One of the divisions at Microsoft that continues to underwhelm me is the Windows Mobile team.
Forget, for a second, the fact that they sell over 20 million licenses yearly….(read on)
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Windows Vista SP2 RCs
The Release Candidate of Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack 2, is now in public release.
This has got to be the smoothest beta ever of an existing product.
The current RC is rock solid, contains so many improvements over 6001 that in a vacuum, it should...(read more)
Open Source Open Letter to President Obama?
Shouldn’t it read,
“Freetards try to schneider the new President?”
And shouted from all the rooftops!
I mean, when will this madness stop?
What if you gave a party and no one came? Then you offered the food and drinks, in descending order, to the caterers...(read more)
The Orbiting O’Odua: The Game Plan
As I look at the task before me, I realize that a game plan, such as I would architect for a small business is required for this undertaking.
However, since I expect the equipment to be swapped in and out as necessary, my plans have to be very fluid as...(read more)
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The New Orbiting O’Odua
A few weeks ago, my new home, aka The Orbiting O’Odua , version 2009, came online.
While musing with some of my friends who are at the vanguard of Social Media, I remarked that it might be a good idea to make it a ‘demo home’ for electronics and total...(read more)
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Happy St. Valentine’s Day
Hope it is/will be a good one for you and yours.
I will be giving the free copy of ...(read more)
Give (PRODUCT)RED this St. Valentine’s Day
One of the limited editions of Windows Vista™, is the (PRODUCT) RED Windows Vista Ultimate Edition.
As you search for a lasting gift for you loved one/ones this Valentine’s Day, why not give the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED ?
This is an INC(RED...(read more)
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HP Small Business Servers Review Series
Over the next few (several?) months, I will be reviewing the HP’s entire series of small business servers.
I will use a real-world business for each review scenario, and report on the performance and ROI each server brings to small and medium businesses...(read more)
IBM may face mainframe antitrust investigation in Europe?
I mean, could this day get any better?
Last week, Doofustina Prime , also known as EU Competition Comish Nelly Kr’oes, declared stupidly again that Internet Explorer was in violation of EU antitrust laws. I groaned, saying to myself, “Here we go again...(read more)
SmallBizWindows CES Roundup: HP dx9000 TouchSmart Business PC
At the 2009 International CES, HP unveiled their dx9000 touch-enabled PC.
The HP dx9000 TouchSmart Business PC
Essentially a TouchSmart for the business market, this PC again vaults HP to the vanguard in innovation in the PC space, this time, in the business...(read more)
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Corporate YouTube? I don’t think so!
Sometimes, it really does feel like we are living in Bizzaro World !
Then again, it has been a bizzaro week, hasn’t it?
- Starting with that loon Blagojevich totally outing himself as a real crazoid,
- Then John Thain of Merrill Lynch showing that he has started...(read more)
The HP Magic Giveaway Entry Rules
- Register on this forum. You may post an introductory message. However that is not necessary.
- Describe yourself and what you would like to do in a private email to HPMagic2008@AbsoluteVista.com. (You don’t want your masterpiece duplicated now, do you?)
- In the spirit of this Giveaway, I would like to know what or how you intend to create HP Magic for someone this Christmas.
- Let me know if this is a collaboration, where the team shares the spoils.
- Create the WOW! Entry.
- Send your entry to HPMagic2008@AbsoluteVista.com
- If your entry is too large to email, contact me, and I will create a SkyDrive solution specifically for your entry.
- You can submit as many entries as you want.
- If you have any questions, post publicly to the forum.
The HP Magic Giveaway by AbsoluteVista
The HP Magic Giveaway is the event of this Christmas Season*: a giving of a massive amount of computing hardware and software HP and Microsoft to single person for both personal use, and for giving it forward to other deserving people or organizations.
*I use Christmas to describe this season for several reasons. However, it is your season, whatever your faith or beliefs are.
The HP Magic Giveaway by AbsoluteVista & SmallBizWindows
We are giving away four systems, a Media Center Extender, and a bunch of software.
HP Magic Giveaway Winners List
I will attempt to maintain a list of the winners of the HP Magic Giveaway here.
So far, Windows Connected, Bleeping Computer, Gear Live, Morningside Mom, Thoughts on Poetics & Tech, & BostonPocketPC have announced winners.
Congratulations to all of them.
What makes this even more amazing are some of the remarkable and magical things some of the winners are doing with the gifts. Please follow the hyperlinks to read these stories.
On deck are Neowin, Media Blab, HackCollege, The Gadgeteer, Gotta Be Mobile, and I Started Something.
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The HP Magic Giveaway – 1st Winner announced
Grinler over at BleepingComputer.com has just announced the first – and may I say ‘lucky’ – winner in the global HP Magic Giveaway.
The winner is Bryan6376 on his website. His post announcing the winner is here . Next up for winner announcements: Josh...(read more)
4 weeks with Windows 7 Milestone 3
On October 26, 2008, I had the opportunity of being part of an exclusive group selected by Microsoft to participate in a Windows 7 Reviewer’s Workshop prior to the public debut of the Windows 7 beta by Steven Sinofsky on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at the Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC2008) in Los Angeles, California. (Read on)
The Chief Yahoo! speaks, and Redmond isn’t listening
Sometime earlier this year, Steve Ballmer, on behalf of Microsoft, made an offer for Yahoo! that was beyond generous.
We all know how that went: the Yahooligans went ballistic, thinking their little piece of the pie was worth more than was offered. After...(read more)
PDC2008 Day 1 Keynote: Ray Ozzie
A few moments ago, Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, announced Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-based service foundation, which powers the Azure Services Platform, which is the moniker for Microsoft’s variation on SaaS offerings. Called...(read more)
PDC2008: Attendee Reception
Held at the rooftop of one of LA’s newest ‘beautiful people’ hangouts, this was a kinda odd event for me, as my two most favorite bloggers on Terra, Terri Stratton and Mike Reyes, were not in attendance due to previous plans.
However, it was good seeing...(read more)
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