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Monday, November 27, 2006 10:30 AM

Chris Sells wrote a blog entry on why he's thankful for Windows Vista. Reading it did make me appreciate Vista more. As much as one can appreciate an operating system or piece of software, that is. :)

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Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 23, 2006 2:07 AM

First, the small details: It’s past midnight. I have an early morning meeting tomorrow that periodically pops into my mind. “Get some rest,” is what the voice says. The computer behind me is making whirring noises, I’m not sure whether

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Gates and the developing world
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:49 PM

From a Mercury News interview with Bill Gates: "I've said many times that if we just re-sorted the world so that you randomly lived next to the majority [and knew] how the majority of people lived, you'd say, ``Oh my God, her baby just died of malaria;

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Vietnam
Monday, November 20, 2006 10:05 AM

Great article about the development taking place in Vietnam. Back in 2000 you could "feel" how quickly the country was moving along. And how entrpeneurial people seemed. It's what attracted me to Asia. (I was there as a tourist in December

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The future
Friday, November 17, 2006 9:10 AM

One day, we'll have all our experiences and memories stored on the computer. MyLifeBits is a sneak preview of it. The applications they talk about in this article are very cool. I've already got pretty much every e-mail and sms message I've

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Vista mythbusters
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:19 AM

Ed Bott has debunked a few myths about Vista (both positive and negative ones). He's got a list of them here, and there are more detailed explanations about each myth on ZDNet. It's a good read.

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What goes into the sounds...
Monday, November 13, 2006 8:41 AM

You've all heard the sounds... the start-up of Windows, the "ding" message, "stop" sound of the red message box for an error... This article talks about the work that went into creating these sounds for Windows.

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Vista has RTM'd
Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:27 AM

Long, long, long in the making... :) But finally, Windows Vista is complete! Vista Ready to Roll Have fun boys and girls... whenever you do manage to get your hands on a copy of this operating system. It's itchy fingers in Microsoft as many of

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Youtube is Time's invention of the year
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:32 AM

Time magazine has named Youtube its invention of the year. Youtube's impact really is quite incredible. Such a simple idea - I want to share videos online with others. And I guess they managed to come along at the right time with enough broadband

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Vote and Office 2007 System
Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:22 PM

Hello all you Americans. Go vote! And in other news, Office 2007 System released to manufacturing. Get ready for it! I was getting updates from my friends about the Office 2007 ship party. I was there for two of the ship parties: Office

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Packaging and a different look at Youtube
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:06 AM

The Windows Vista team has released photos of the new packaging that Vista and Office 2007 will come in. A subtle change, with the curved corner, but I think it looks quite smart. Hopefully not too glossy. I think we've all been hearing a

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