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Name for Windows XP w/ no Media Player in Europe
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:16 AM
How interesting... the European Commission has proposed the following names for the version of Windows w/ no Media Player that will be sold in Europe."Windows XP Home Edition N and Windows XP Professional Edition N."Gee, I wonder if this will be confusing..
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Linux riskier than Windows? And a day off...
Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:32 AM
Interesting - new study (apparently funded by MS) by Security Innovations concludes that Linux is riskier than Windows for web applications.  I don't think any of the Linux distributors have a good response to this yet.How nice, tomorrow (Friday)
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3 cheers for MSN Messenger
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:27 AM
The MSN Messenger team just announced today that they have implemented a feature that doubles the number of contacts people can have on their messenger list.  Goes from 150 to 300.  Yay!The change is implemented on the server-side I guess, so
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More articles
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:43 AM
is there going to be a Halo 2 Expansion Pack?  I certainly hope so.Games that mimic drug use and effects.  Hmm... heading down a slippery slope with this one.
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Some updates
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:21 AM
My SharpReader broke - refuses to boot, so haven't been keeping up with blogs lately.  I think I have to reinstall the .NET framework or something.  (When configuring things for Visual Studio 2005 I seem to have removed a key component).SQL
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March Madness
Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:53 AM
My George Washington Colonials lost to Georgia Tech in the NCAA Tournament.  Thus, March Madness comes to an end for me. Well, at least the University of Washington Huskies are still powering strong through the tournament.  I used to have
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Short trip
Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:35 AM
Only 3 days in Seattle, in the hotel conference room almost the whole time (except for work dinners).  Not much e-mail access - sorry to the folks who have written me and I haven't responded to yet.  My external out of office message is messed
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Seattle
Monday, March 14, 2005 8:46 AM
Just an FYI for anyone looking for me - I'm in Seattle in meetings all day and night and will have limited e-mail access.  Wasn't able to get my external out of office message working properly. More later...
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Xbox 2
Friday, March 11, 2005 2:38 AM
1) We have too many blog subcategories.2) Finally, some details about Xbox 2!I should think about getting an HDTV."Allard had less to say on the technical side, saying Microsoft will spill the beans on Xenon on at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
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Imagine Cup - Singapore
Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:27 AM
How wonderful, I am going to be one of the judges that goes through the Software Design Invitational proposals by teams from Singapore. Let me get my big red marker ready. This will be nice - it gives me something to do on the long flight over
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Bled white
Sunday, March 06, 2005 1:30 PM
Another Sunday night... doing the routine of preparing for the work week.  Going through e-mails (I always have tons of e-mails that I need to catch up on, and I always feel guilty about that.  It's like a never-ending cycle.  I'm sure
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Microsoft Research TechFest and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:45 PM
Microsoft Research's TechFest is happening now on the Redmond campus.  Exciting stuff... I wonder if we'll ever see any of the technologies in product form.Bill Gates became a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire"She was very nice."
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Random humor
Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:12 AM
I don't know why I find things like this funny.He should have gone out for American Idol.
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Waiting in line
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:19 PM
My old roommate from college just sent me a link to this article.Back in university we would sometimes work as professional line-standers.The Washington Post has a great article: The Line Starts Here
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Imagine Cup - last chance for Algorithm, IT, and Visual Gaming
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:52 AM
FYI - for those of you who have waited until the last minute, the deadline has been extended until March 3, 12:00 AM GMT to participate in the algorithm, IT, and Visual Gaming categories.  Go check it out now!For those of you in Asia: http://www.imaginecupasia.comFor
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