Channel 9 - Discussions by USArcher http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by USArcher http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions en Sun, 19 May 2013 19:53:46 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 19:53:46 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Cupertino atom smasher or? Whats that hazy stuff in the sky?  Looks more like a biodome or the Roman Colosseum.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Cupertino-atom-smasher-or/656e35dd915d4655b7aaa110011a7f2c#656e35dd915d4655b7aaa110011a7f2c Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:08:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Cupertino-atom-smasher-or/656e35dd915d4655b7aaa110011a7f2c#656e35dd915d4655b7aaa110011a7f2c USArcher 39 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Sinofsky = gonzo I'd like to see Larsen-Green interact and build rapport with the Windows community early on .. I think its important that we are not waiting 8-12 months for the next developer conference to hear from her.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Sinofsky--gonzo/6eaea3a75c3a4978af70a10a0072cbb7#6eaea3a75c3a4978af70a10a0072cbb7 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:57:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Sinofsky--gonzo/6eaea3a75c3a4978af70a10a0072cbb7#6eaea3a75c3a4978af70a10a0072cbb7 USArcher 88 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - More Windows 8 devices from the Internets I sure do hope Samsung comes out with a desktop dock.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/It-pays-to-be-a-bully/2ab49760a39547c49c45a043011240e5#2ab49760a39547c49c45a043011240e5 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:38:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/It-pays-to-be-a-bully/2ab49760a39547c49c45a043011240e5#2ab49760a39547c49c45a043011240e5 USArcher 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Microsoft: we won't do a tablet OS until its distinctive I believe Lenovo is set to release a Oaktrail based IdeaPad Slate with active digitzer for less than $600.  It runs cool, no fans and gets about 5 hours runtime.  So I think finally we will have something that is workable and within reach of consumers.  Prior to this, sure there were budget netvertibles.  However, I've seen appetizers served with skewers more substantial than the stylus included those past attempts.  So I'm really excited about this Lenovo offering. 

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Pen is a much better story in Windows today.  Its just that you can't find a 10" Slate PC with an active digitizer for $600.  This is the premium a college student might be willing to pay over a $350 Windows netbook.  At CES Lenovo showed off the IdeaPad Slate and indicated this may hit the market later this year at a suprisingly good price point.  So there is hope, as long as they are not the only Windows PC OEM doing so and these are sold/marketed through mainstream consumer sales channels.

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/WebMatrix-released/4811c7ad276546b6ba979e6b0008fb2a#4811c7ad276546b6ba979e6b0008fb2a Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:32:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/WebMatrix-released/4811c7ad276546b6ba979e6b0008fb2a#4811c7ad276546b6ba979e6b0008fb2a USArcher 41 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Google Chrome: "I'm the Daddy!" @Bass: I don't have a problem if they want to support another codec, but dropping support for H264 looks to be idealogical when there is no cost.

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, Srikanth_t wrote

how we have come to this situation.

Lack of new killer apps. Its because 60% of the time users are browsing the web or running web apps.  High speed mobile internet access is giving consumers the impresson they don't need to have a tremendous amount of local storage or processing power.  With the exception of games there haven't been any new killer / must have consumer apps to leverage the horse power of todays most powerful and expensive processors.  A few years ago, industry folks projected we see 8/16 cores become standard fare.  They never justified for what?  Artificial Intelligence hasn't made its way into Windows in any obvious way.  Microsoft hasn't evolved Speech Recognition or Vision to be core to the Windows experience.  Still I'm hopeful, the industry needs to find an answer to excessive commoditization...its not sustainable.  And I don't think counting on telecom/mobile contracts is a long term answer.  CES should have revealed something about a Windows app store and standardized UI framework appropriate for Slates.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/A-thought-on-windows-home-server/d26f2bc651264569b0539e650102b0dc#d26f2bc651264569b0539e650102b0dc Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:41:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/A-thought-on-windows-home-server/d26f2bc651264569b0539e650102b0dc#d26f2bc651264569b0539e650102b0dc USArcher 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - A thought on windows home server CE would be all wrong imo.  Besides with the announcement this week, I wouldn't be surprised if the followup release to v2 WHS will be able to run on ARM.  Personally, I have no problem keeping my current server running 24x7.  I run IPPBX software for our home&business, stream video and do a bunch of other things as well.  Looking forward to Vail release.

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in action...

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, Bass wrote

*snip*

It's been the year of the Linux desktop since 1997 for me. Smiley

why are you here then?

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/starter/

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Microsoft-Buys-Adobe-Why-Not/06d53032e8c6477cb55a9e440038f21f#06d53032e8c6477cb55a9e440038f21f Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:27:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Microsoft-Buys-Adobe-Why-Not/06d53032e8c6477cb55a9e440038f21f#06d53032e8c6477cb55a9e440038f21f USArcher 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/USArcher/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Reliable Email READ/OPENED Confirmation @itsnotabug: Not sure this is would be appropriate for your situation but the certification delivery process I described..has some time constraints.  So if the hospital didn't pick up the certificate in say 4 hours, the SharePoint workflow would add a item to a SharePoint "call queue" list.  Company employees monitor this and make a phone call to see what's the hold up.

I've done something similiar with a simple oncall system.

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A "landing page" is a pretty standard way to deal with security / confirmation matters.  It puts you back in control.  One of the companies I consult with certifies hospital admissions which contains patient information.  They don't transmit that via email but instead send a message to hospital staff that we have certified it and provide a link to the certificate.  They have to login to our SharePoint to pick up the certificate.  I'm greatly oversimplifying but you get the idea.  If those gmail, aol users have web accounts with you, then it should be fairly straight forward to do something similiar.

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