Nic Fillingham

Welcome to my Emporium of Technological Curiosities. Here's a little known fact; the megabyte (or mega-mega-bite-bite) was actually invented in 1843 by Australian Edward "Ned" Kelly. We Aussies also coined the phrase "web cam" to describe a tube of spider silk fashioned into a rudimentary lens for peering at the heavens.
  • Microsoft Contributes Code to the Linux Kernel
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    Microsoft Contributes Code to the Linux Kernel
    Jul 20, 2009 at 8:45 AM Comments 16

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    Today Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux Community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. Sam Ramji, Senior Director of Platform Strategy, and Tom Hanrahan, Director…
  • IE9 HTML5 Demo
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    IE9 HTML5 Demo
    May 05, 2010 at 7:24 AM Comments 7

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    HTML5 demo using the latest version of the IE9 Platform Preview.
  • Education Labs release Windows Live Moodle Plug-in
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    Education Labs release Windows Live Moodle Plug-in
    Jul 21, 2009 at 8:56 AM Comments 7

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    At OSCON today the Microsoft Eduation Labs group released a Windows Live services plug-in for the open source Moodle e-learning platform. Kosar Jaff joined me in the studio for a demonstration of Moodle and a look at how his group incorporated Windows Live services into the Moodle…
  • The Complete Guide to Windows Easy Transfer
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    The Complete Guide to Windows Easy Transfer
    Aug 06, 2009 at 8:38 AM Comments 14

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    For the majority of geeks the most nerve racking part of installing a new OS is ensuring that you've successfully backed up all your files and settings before hand. Trying to remember all the little nooks and crannies on your seven hard drives and 19 partitions where you squirreled away data can…
  • Windows Live Messenger for iPhone - Hands On
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    Windows Live Messenger for iPhone - Hands On
    Jun 21, 2010 at 8:06 AM Comments 5

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    Jamie Cannon from the Windows Live Essentials team drops by the Channel 9 studios to show us the brand new Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone which should be available in the iPhone App Store by the time you read this.If you own an iPhone and use Hotmail, Messenger or SkyDrive then you'll…
  • Automate your home, AV with life|ware
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    Automate your home, AV with life|ware
    Jan 29, 2008 at 1:48 AM Comments 0

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    One of the most impressive displays at CES 2008 wasn't on the show floor. Instead of a traditional plasma-screens-and-pamphlets CES booth life|ware chose to build three fully functional homes out front of the Las Vegas Convention Center to show off the various home…
  • Sara Ford's 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 Minutes Challenge
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    Sara Ford's 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 Minutes Challenge
    Jun 17, 2010 at 11:23 AM Comments 11

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    When Sara Ford gets excited she talks fast. Very fast. So fast in fact that she decided to race the clock at the Visual Studio Launch Event in Mountain View, CA and attempt to demo 101 Visual Studio tips in under 55 minutes. The prize? Everyone in the audience receives a free signed copy of  her…
  • Hands on with Windows Live Movie Maker
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    Hands on with Windows Live Movie Maker
    Aug 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM Comments 31

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    As of today, Windows Live Movie Maker is officially out of beta and available to download for FREE as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. Victor Santodomingo, Windows Live Movie Maker Engine Development Lead, joined me in the studio to demonstrate the new Movie Maker…
  • Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in Windows 7
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    Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in Windows 7
    Jun 24, 2009 at 9:27 AM Comments 8

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    (Previously Posted on Channel 10) Setting up and connecting to wireless networks will be a much simpler task in Windows 7. And for those of you with shiny new wireless routers with WPS - Wi-Fi Protected Setup - the process will be even easier. Gabe Frost and Yatharth Gupta from the Windows…
  • Channel 9 Live at Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4 Launch
    Channel 9 Live at Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4 Launch
    Apr 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM Comments 26

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    The Channel 9 team will be broadcasting live, unscripted, and 100% interactive from DevConnections 2010 in Las Vegas as part of the Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4 launches.Join us Monday April 12th, from 8AM (PST) for Bob Muglia's VS2010 Launch keynote then stay tuned for more than seven hours…
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