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Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow this weekend...
Family is away...gives me chance to indulge in a bit of guilt-free Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow this...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2005
Quake Announced for Mobile Phones
MobileTechReview reports "Quake Announced for Mobile Phones" "The mobile gaming world is going to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2005
This is fishy...
This is ridiculous. "Fishermen in northern Thailand have netted a fish as big as a grizzly bear, a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2005
A History of MSN
Paul Thurrott provides a three-part historical look at MSN: "So here is the story of MSN's rebirth...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2005
Richard and I recorded our Skype call
Richard MacManus of Read/WriteWeb and I had a Skype chat this evening and recorded the call Talked...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/01/2005
What shall i eat tonight? You decide, please.
Right. Family is away, I'm not going to cook. I need to eat, so a take-out is in order. The options...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
email open rates fall from 38.2% to 30.2%
emarketer reports on the news that email open rates are falling from 38.2% to 30.2% over a year on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Atlas: 'no client installation at all'.
Eric Dolecki writes about his concerns regarding the news of Microsoft's Ajaz project, Atlas::...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/30/2005
Google Video - launched Monday, cracked Tuesday.
Google Video - launched Monday, cracked Tuesday.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2005
First RSS, now Ajax
Dare Obasanjo on the news of the Microsoft Atlas Ajax project: "This is excellent news which I know...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2005
Open Source Radio interviews 4 folks who know a thing or two about the Grosker / Supreme Court decision
Open Source Radio interviews 3 4 folks (mp3) who know a thing or two about the Grosker / Supreme...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/28/2005
RSS List Extensions feedback
Inside Microsoft: "Phil Ringalda didn’t like part of the way Microsoft’s new RSS extension is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/26/2005
'The biggest thing is to not overly use the word 'RSS' '
Seattle Times quotes Scott Gatz, the senior director for personalization products at Yahoo in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2005
Google Song
Inside Google points to some home-grown funny Flash movie....Google Song, created by Edward Evans...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/23/2005
Myscreencast.com and DebugCast
Myscreencast.com, a library of categorised screencasts, is worth checking out. This is where I found...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2005
How to encourage more behind-the-firewall use of blogs and RSS
Kevin Briody picks up on the internal blogs at Microsoft discussion, and makes some great...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2005
MSN Search + Virtual Earth: Near You
Check out the 'Near Me' & aerial features on results seach.msn.com beta (I've only tried out the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/21/2005
Does GNU GPL incompatibility mean not 'open'?
News and commentary that the new Office XML formats are not compatible with the GNU General Public...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/20/2005
My old computers...
Chris Pirillo points out Old-Computers.Com. Ah, memory lane (or lack of)...So, I'm going to bore you...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/18/2005
BBC to launch free online video system
(via Digg)...New Scientist reports: "The BBC is poised to release a free and 'open source' internet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/18/2005
Here you go Dave, all yours
"Someday this picture will be a header graphic on Scripting News." Here you go Dave, all yours.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/18/2005
Don't click here
DONTCLICK.IT is an imaginary interactive research institute - a Flash site created by Alex Frank...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/17/2005
You say Canonicalization, I say C14N
Thought I'd share this with you... "In information technology, canonicalization (pronounced...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2005
BBC Beethoven downloads get more than 600,000 requests
Dan Hill runs the team responsible for designing and building the BBC's radio and music-based...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2005
MSN's RSS reader: your feedback wanted
MSN's Steve Rider is looking feedback for on the next version of the AJAX RSS reader Start.com: "Our...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2005
nano-RFID
RFID has been getting plenty of attention: British Airways, Amex, Chase & Microsoft have each...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2005
Skype made portable with USB drive
This is a clever idea - flash drives made smart (via Digg): "Skype and ICQ users will be able to use...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/08/2005
Schwarzenegger is Podcasting
Oh, my giddy aunt. 'I'll play back' (via Strubel)
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005
Apptel (Apple + Intel)
zzzzz.... (update...seconds after i orginally posted...): Which will it be? Apptel or Aptel ?...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005
Dare asks jolly good question regarding XAML/Avalon in light of AJAX
Dare Obasanjo speculates on XAML/Avalon given the recently renewed interest in DHMTL/AJAX. "Based on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/06/2005
Xbox 360 v Xbox side-by-side pic
Team Xbox has a side-by-side pic of the Xbox 360 and Xbox and dimension details (via Addict3d.org):...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/05/2005
RSS - the Shiva of the publishing business
The director of digital publishing at the Guardian, Simon Waldman, has posted a transcript of a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/04/2005
RSS commerce
Rok Hrastnik writes up a quick post on RSS Bazaar, a service by a little known company Hexlet LLC...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2005
From .doc, .xls and .ppt to .docx, .xlsx and pptx
Reuters reports on Microsoft's announcement that 'Office 12' will have new XML file formats:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2005
Jacob Nielsen: what about RSS?
Jacob Nielsen's written up a look-back article on the 10th anniversary of his widely read Alertbox...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/02/2005
John Udell: The ultra-thin InfoCard
John Udell's take on InfoCard (see Microsoft press release on Infocard) "Over the weekend I needed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
An Excess of RSS
Mike Walsh: "Here is an irony for you. There is a growing number of people who consume their news...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
Augmented Reality
This is video of a augmented reality demo totally amazing - tech is by a company called Total...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
A mouse that traveled 5.47893 miles in a single week
William Drentel writes a great post on the mapping of cyberspace. One perspective includes that of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/01/2005
Gaming or genetic engineering?
Will Wright, Chief Designer and Co-Founder of Maxis, gave a presentation and demo (requires...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/31/2005
Updated my Disclaimer
FYI, updated my Disclaimer today: "This is a personal weblog. The opinions expressed here represent...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/29/2005
Microsoft chief blogger herder at TechEd Europe
If you're going to the TechEd in Amsterdam (5-8 July), be sure to check out Betsy Aoki's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/28/2005
Web 2.0 and RSS services for hire
Richard MacManus, editor of ionRSS and Read/Write Web, is looking for some part-time writing,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/28/2005