Tag 6 auf der CeBit hat richtig Spaß gemacht.  Ich habe mit Uwe Wache gesprochen und er hat mir „Yavido“ gezeigt - ein neues Musikangebot auf Windows Vista.  Danach habe mit Uwe Baumann über Suchtverhalten gesprochen.  Er hat mich auch über deutsche Redewendungen und das…

Am Tag 5 auf der CeBit durfte ich ein bisschen hinter den Kulissen gucken.  Björn Schneider (ITaCS) führt durch den Server-Raum, erklärt das Microsoft-Messenetzwerk und weiß, wozu 6 Kilometer Kabel nötig sind.  Auch dabei, Helmut Otto (OSST) präsentiert ISA Server Appliances.  …

Have you ever watched TV and thought to yourself, "Self, hey- I can make a better show than this!"?  Well, now here is your chance to prove it. Xbox LIVE and the New York Television Festival are giving you the chance you've always dreamed of. You can win $100,000 to make your own…

Matthias Wandel, an engineer over at Research in Motion, came up with a clever way to test Blackberries under multiple angles and orientations by using LEGO. The device will rotate on an axis by the battery in a circle along with rotate the pager.  Is there a single thing LEGO can't…

We recently went back to visit the Microsoft Robotics team to see what they're up to. As expected, they are very busy innovating! This is a four part series where we learn about what's new in CCR (and watch George code!), get a demo of the Visual Programming Language's debugger…

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. - Bob Dylyan Will my application scale? Can it sustain throughput at peak load? How can I know in advance? These questions are similar to ones that building, aircraft and car designers have answered for years by…

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. - Bob Dylyan Will my application scale? Can it sustain throughput at peak load? How can I know in advance? These questions are similar to ones that building, aircraft and car designers have answered for years by…

We recently went back to visit the Microsoft Robotics team to see what they're up to. As expected, they are very busy innovating! This is a four part series where we learn about what's new in CCR (and watch George code!), get a demo of the Visual Programming Language's debugger (outrageously …

Jason Garms sits down with the channel 10 to show off his personal Vista Work Space. He's running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition and he uses four twenty-four-inch monitors connected to his machine.  He's uses three of them in portrait and one in landscape to suit his architectural…

  NetPing is an extensible utility that allows for custom display of networked Windows computers, as well as the ability to perform custom actions on these computers. Jeff Key Website Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual…