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Friday, December 12, 2008 10:37 AM

How to remove a virus from your PC

in 3 steps: 1. Visit Microsoft Update and install the latest updates. 2. If you currently use antivirus software, visit the manufacturer's Web site, update your software, and then perform a thorough scan of your computer. If you don't use antivirus software,
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:01 PM

Buying software online at the Microsoft Store

Did you know you could buy software directly from the Microsoft store ? The store is available in 7 different countries at the moment and has lots of different software on offer – not just games, but Windows, Office and Developer tools like Expression
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:59 AM

Windows 7 – some screen shots

So it’s time to talk about some of the features in Windows 7 after the bits were given out at the PDC last week. I haven’t installed Windows 7 to try it out myself as I wasn’t over there in Los Angeles, so I had a look at Matt’s blog for some screenshots. 
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:21 AM

Finding new friends with Bluehoo

I installed Bluehoo when I was working from home the other day.  A nice easy install onto my mobile device and I want to meet new friends! What bluehoo does is uses your bluetooth stack to scan around and see whether there’s anyone else using Bluehoo
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:26 PM

Windows Azure – Helping to save lives

I’ve been watching all the buzz around Windows Azure since the we announced this at PDC on Monday – and trying to talk about what it is – in simple terms and what it will mean to ordinary people  - not developers, software houses and hosters – but
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Friday, October 24, 2008 2:23 PM

Mary Jo again: our secret Windows advocate.

Well I’ve finally had a chance to properly listen to the podcast I  did with Mary Jo the other day when she came on Campus.  I also forgot to link to Mark’s fantastic write up too when I blogged about this yesterday. One thing that struck me 
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:13 PM

Mary-Jo Foley and Microsoft 2.0

I was really pleased to get a mail from Mary Jo the other day telling me she’s going to be on my side of the pond.  Mary Jo was one of my panellists at the Women in Technology lunch I held in Orlando last year.  Well she’s agreed to come over
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Monday, September 22, 2008 9:48 AM

Stop wasting your time

I saw this brilliant article over on the dumb little man blog about eliminating waste – that’s time wasting stuff by the way and had to share it. Number 10 really strikes a chord: Say NO! The most lasting way to eliminate waste is to learn to say no.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:21 PM

Finally – a fan of those adverts :-)

Jeff loves the new Windows ads – but then you’d expect him to – as he’s a Microsoftee, but actually there’s been a lot of comments internally from techies who actually hate the adverts. I’ve been saying how much I like them – not because I’m internal
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Monday, August 25, 2008 9:19 AM

Teched Australia: Will you be the Ultimate Expert?

I’m really looking forward to TechEd Australia – Jeff has really been building the momentum and has got everyone involved in the Ultimate Expert – speakers too.  You can be the Ultimate Expert too – try and beat all of the Microsoftees there – that
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:17 PM

Helping User groups with Culminis

I’ve been talking to my team this wee, reviewing their work for last year. planning for next year and talking about the commitments and objectives that they need to achieve as evangelists.  One of the primary things we do is to support and encourage
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Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:50 PM

Put your monitor to sleep

- and turn out the lights when you leave are just 2 of the 10 ways to try to curb global warming and improve your carbon footprint. I found these tips on Microsoft’s Environment site (which links to the MSN green site too).  It’s good that we’re
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Friday, June 20, 2008 11:40 AM

I’m not really a geek then?…

I’ve been playing Server Quest and I’m totally rubbish at it, my scores are far  too dismal to admit in print (some of these geeks obviously have too much time) but playing it has reminded me to tell you about the TechNet plus subscription offer
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:53 PM

Offline: from blogging and work. Can I do it?

Well my WIT session is finished and I'm no longer required at TechEd Developers this week, so I'm going to spend a couple of days in Florida chilling out until it's time to come back to TechEd IT pro's. I'm going to the Kennedy Space Centre today as I've
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:11 PM

PDC 2008 - Los Angeles - Be there...

I noticed that the PDC 2008 site has now gone live today. I think that this year is going to be a really exciting year with Ray Ozzie doing the keynote (and probably talking about cloud services like Mesh , Software plus services (think Office Live ,
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