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Here's a short machinima film showing an excited IT Pro receiving his copy of Windows Vista

It's been a long time coming but Windows Vista is nearly ready for Prime Time. Steve Horne's posted a machinima short film (2:30 minutes duration) that pokes fun at the time it's taken to design and build Windows Vista - it's titled "Hunting Read More
posted Monday, August 21, 2006 6:01 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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KUDOS to James for the nice intro to Taking Microsoft - I'd love to hear your suggestions for people you'd like us to interview

James wrote a great introduction to Talking Microsoft and I'm glad to see that folk out there in IT Pro land are starting to talk about this new resource which takes you behind the scenes at Microsoft Ltd. Our aim is to connect you to the Read More
posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 9:36 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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It's time for another UK Girlie Geek Dinner!

Eileen beat me to it in posting about the upcoming Girl Geek Dinner. I was glad she mentioned it as I hadn't realised there was one coming up. I've thoroughly enjoyed joining previous Girl Geek Dinners as there are always so many interesting people there. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:16 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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I'm so sad - I'm going stir crazy as my mobile phone's been offline for nearly four hours!

This must say more about me than I perhaps intend and I dare say it's not good! Earlier this morning I happily received a brand new shiny phone with all kinds of bells and whistles including 3G and a touch screen. My new device is an Orange M3100. Paul's Read More
posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:11 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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Here's the first "Talking Microsoft" video - an interview with Gordon Frazer - Microsoft Ltd's new Managing Director

Thanks to James for boldly inviting Microsoft Ltd's new Managing Director to be our guinea pig for the first in a series of interviews titled "Talking Microsoft". We've been looking for interesting alternative ways to share information with you Read More
posted Monday, August 14, 2006 5:18 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Join Tim O'Reilly for a podcast discussing OpenSource, Architectures for Collaboration and Mashups

There's an interesting podcast (of approx 20 mins duration) hosted by Bill Hilf where Tim O'Reilly discusses where OpenSource is going and how Open Access to data is of principle importance. Tim talks about how the best applications are those that get Read More
posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:30 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Why are the "M" and "N" keys wearing out on my keyboard?

I'm using a couple of laptops - one is nearly three years old and for some bizarre reason only the "M" and "N" keys are loosing the symbols printed on the key. I could understand if the vowels were wearing out. Someone helpfully suggested that I Read More
posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:39 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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I'm grappling with which device to get next to replace my C500 Smartphone

My current C500 Smartphone is one of the few mobile telephones that I've been happy with for more than the first month or two of ownership - I've had it for two years now. I use it to read/write email whilst on the move, as a personal music device and Read More
posted Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:50 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Ooooh here's a nice toy - a blue tooth enabled watch

Thanks to Hoop for posting about this rather interesting gadget. Thanks to Engadget for the image - browse to their site to read more. It's a Bluetooth enabled watch. I really like the idea. It looks rather large for every day wear but the idea of talking Read More
posted Friday, June 30, 2006 9:34 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Ah the wonders of English / American - one language? such different meaning!

This made me smile and deserved to be shared... I've just stumbled across a "personal bug portal, designed to make your bug list easier to manage and a bit more fun." - it's named "Bugg*r" :-)   Read More
posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:57 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Would you like the TechNet team to visit a venue near you? Where would you recommend?

The following image is displayed on the WilliamsF1Conference Centre site - aside from the flash looking venue I've heard from many of you in the last couple of months that it's a great venue. We're actively looking for your recommendations of WHERE (which Read More
posted Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:59 AM by Steve Lamb | 13 Comments
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I Love this - MOOWA - Outlook Web Access that MOOs when you receive a new message!

KC posted a wonderful MOOWA entry showing how to set Outlook Web Access (OWA) that takes on a Cow theme AND it MOOs when you receive new messages. OK so this has nothing to do with security but I had to share it. Thanks to KC for sharing and also supplying Read More
posted Thursday, June 15, 2006 4:41 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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How to toggle Aero Glass on and off in Windows Vista

Thanks to Robert McLaws for commenting on this post to correct me - the following information is obsolete - please ignore! Very weird I know but the key combination you need to switch Aero Glass on / off (given that your system's configured Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 3:29 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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How to project or use an external monitor from Windows Vista whilst running Aero Glass

I'm still struggling with this one. If you know of a reliable way to project or use an external monitor from Windows Vista Beta 2 with Aero Glass then please hit the comment button. I realise that most of you probably haven't had time / access to the Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 3:24 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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How to restore the display on Windows Vista following hibernation

OK so there is a minor practical problem with Windows Vista in it's current Beta form - if you suspend or hibernate your system the display doesn't come back up (on my machine anyway). Thanks to James for sharing with me the tip to get it to come back Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 3:19 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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