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Presentation styles
Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:54 PM

Zen and the art of presenting. I think I should experiment with some of this for my next presentation.

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101...
Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:38 PM

101 Dumbest Moments in business for the past year. A great, funny read. What were some of these people thinking? Admittedly, Microsoft made it onto this list twice.

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Vista & Vienna
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:05 AM

Q&A with one of our VPs regarding Windows Vista And bye-bye Blackcomb code name, hello Vienna

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Toshiba M400
Sunday, January 22, 2006 4:42 PM

Not out yet, but when it does come out... I want it!

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Rick Rashid
Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:17 PM

Found an interesting article on BusinessWeek Online talking about how Rick Rashid runs Microsot Research. I could see being part of Microsoft Research as a dream position for many academics...

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Caustic
Monday, January 16, 2006 11:51 AM

Ok, I was browsing through old blog sites and came across a July 2005 entry on causticTech. Warning - potentially offensive language and scathing commentary on a variety of topics related to the tech industry. But incredibly funny!

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More about China / MSN Spaces
Friday, January 13, 2006 11:21 AM

I was browsing Kevin Schofield's blog and found that he has written one of the most succinct posts regarding the topic of MSN Spaces removing the blog of a Chinese journalist.

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What is a Microsoft Program Manager?
Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:06 PM

I was going through the recruiting blog and came across an entry back in December that led me to an entry by Steven Sinofsky, our VP for Office. He wrote a great (and very detailed) description about what the Program Manager role is at Microsoft.

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Vista sounds and what's on Bill's Xbox
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:12 AM

We've hired Robert Fripp, an electronic musician, to record the sounds for Windows Vista. Curious what's on Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer's Xbox 360? More about the MSN Spaces / China issue

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Global usage
Monday, January 09, 2006 1:24 PM

To highlight how global the internet community has become, I thought this was an interesting statistic. I happened to come across this a few minutes ago from a report by Morgan-Stanley. North America accounted for 66% of internet usage in 1995. In

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MSN Spaces blog in China
Monday, January 09, 2006 10:54 AM

So this is somewhat interesting... Microsoft shut down the blog of a Chinese national who was discussing political issues. BusinessWeek story The blog is hosted on the servers in the US, I believe. However MS responded to the Chinese government's

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