M3 Sweatt's blog
Thoughts on time, technology, products and services at Microsoft
Best Buy Revisited: Buying a PC at retail isn't as bad as I first found
Over the weekend I twittered about a follow up visit to Best Buy. Given the volume of mail I...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/10/2008
New Links to Microsoft and Windows Vista videos online, including hires for new spot from Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld
Have you seen all the videos posted? Thanks to the Twitter feed (addictive), the folks over in HR...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/05/2008
First Commercial with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld airs today
While on Twitter this evening, whilst still reading and responding to the feedback mail from my post...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/04/2008
'Congratulations' but you're not really at our most elite membership level...
Another day, another big retailer disappointment. Minutes after receiving an email yesterday from...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/04/2008
Mythbusters on RFID (not) and other items I've recently read
Yes, yes, as I twittered away this evening, installing the IE8 beta and working on how I was going...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 09/04/2008
Success: I have Windows Mobile 6.1 update on my AT&T Tilt
Earlier this week I twittered that I was going to embark on a perilous effort to (gasp) install...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/29/2008
Says Geek Squad: "[our] agents have one thing over Apple and Microsoft engineers. We spend most of the day talking to people."
I twittered tonite (I can stop any time) that Matt Richtel wrote in his article in the Times...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/29/2008
Talk to Mark Russinovich via the Springboard Series on September 24th
I just ran into Mark Russinovich (of Sysinternals fame) in the hallway and was reminded that on...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/27/2008
AT&T HTC Tilt Windows Mobile 6.1 update now available
Getting ready to go to my 5PM mtg and I saw that the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the HTC...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/26/2008
Get an ecard today? Watch out for malware, viruses and poor spelling
Be alert as you read your mail today: fake ecards with loaded exe's are once again making the...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/26/2008
Coffee and breakfast without the Musak
I'm in a section of north Seattle called Ravenna, taking the morning off to take my youngest son to...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/25/2008
My baker's dozen of recent, interesting MSDN blogs posts (082208)
Late on a Friday, the kids are finally in bed and I just burned through the rest of my mail and...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/23/2008
Gizmodo: AIM for Windows Mobile now available
Gizmodo reports today that AIM for Windows Mobile is now available as an RTM... "It's been in beta...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/22/2008
Of interest: Jerry Seinfeld reportedly in Microsoft's new ad campaign
So. I'm having lunch, going through my mail when the phone rings... "Did you hear? I read a report...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/21/2008
It's more than iPods and iTunes: BusinessWeek on Dell's effort to spur on the digital entertainment market
An old friend of mine, the irrepressible Tim Bucher, is in the news this week, as he's preparing to...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/15/2008
New: Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky kick off the Engineering Windows 7 blog
A quick post prior to my next meeting... In case you missed the fanfare yesterday, my boss, Jon...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/15/2008
Jim Goldman: Netflix 'goes dark' today for some, but the company responded well
Jim Goldman writes today that Netflix Goes Dark And Finds It's No Place To Be... "It started this...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/15/2008
Smart planning: Turkey considers a move to DST, but with a two year ramp period
Now this is a positive move. Turkey is considering moving to daylight saving time (as noted here)....
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/14/2008
Mac vs. PC laptops: Yeah, right, they're more than twice as much
A quick post to provide some pricing perspective on Windows vs. Mac PCs, as we look to the upcoming...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/14/2008
Available now: the latest Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone update for Windows
A post about the latest daylight saving time and time zone update for Windows that goes live next...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/11/2008
Running into issues with an update to Windows XP SP3? There's free help available
Patrick Marshall has a weekly column in the The Seattle Times where he answers reader questions...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/09/2008
Apple, Microsoft, Imagine Cup winners and lots of other news in the reading pile last week
A quick reading list as I post before leaving the office (yes, early today... we have a busy weekend...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/08/2008
Businessweek: Cloud Computing changes everything
Rachael King has an article in the current issue of Businessweek, How Cloud Computing Is Changing...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 08/04/2008
On Midori, Forrester, and my favourite recent MSDN Blog posts
A little news coverage on something called Midori, Forrester's comments/ response on Vista...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/31/2008
del.icio.us is now truly Delicious
As I noted here previously, I use del.icio.us to tag articles and stories. "I find it to be an easy...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/31/2008
Of interest: Windows Live OneCare security suite to be included with many new PCs
Of interest... OneCare to be preinstalled in new PCs from several PC manufacturers... To address the...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/30/2008
It's an illusion: I've just found more time to blog via Windows Mobile
One of my friends form Exchange (thanks, Gil) made the comment to me this evening at a post Tech...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/30/2008
Anticipate your customer's needs, eliminate inconveniences
John Wayne Airport saw that customers were inconvenienced and came up with a simple solution,...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/29/2008
Microsoft Security Advisory (956187): Increased threat for DNS spoofing vulnerability, and what you should do
As noted in this security advisory on TechNet... Microsoft released Microsoft Security Bulletin...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/28/2008
AllThingsD: Apple Extends iPhone Lines Additional 2 Hours
If you didn't get one at launch, like waiting in lines and are an early bird by nature, John...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/28/2008
New from Windows Live: Search and Give, benefiting schools and charitable organizations
New from Live Search: Search And Give... Whether it's your local school or an effort to find a cure,...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/27/2008
At TR7 with some down time? Consider a trip to Bainbridge Island
Coming to TR7 in Seattle and wondering what to do with a day off? sure, there's plenty to do and see...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/26/2008
More on Mojave: new site online
Check out the site for the Mojave Experiment that just went live along with Ina Fried’s latest post,...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/26/2008
Advisory: New Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone updates available for Windows
A quick note to let you know that Knowledge Base article https://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387 "How...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/26/2008
Post a few more signs
Ok, so we're taking the family out for the day to Bainbridge Island. On our way to the terminal, we...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/26/2008
Randy Pausch, "last lecture" prof passes away
As I previously posted here -- with link to the lecture -- about Randy Pausch's piece in the usually...
Author: M3 Sweatt Date: 07/26/2008