November 2006 Entries
What is BitLocker? Vista has the capability to encrypt your entire disk drive, so if your laptop is stolen, someone can't just pop the hard drive into another computer to get the data.
You don't need to play WOW to find this picture hilarious!
Great excert from Scott Adam's blog.
Whew! There is around 200 in total.
Your one stop shop for Black Friday ads in full PDF format.
I really want to want one of these. I think the device has potential. But it's missing some big things on day one.
Microsoft is launching a new team, blogger, ??? site called Aggreg8. I signed on, looked around, and for the life of me, I don't understand the focus of this site. It seems to be a way to group blog posts more my topic than blogger, but it doesn't look executed very well. They probably should have just tried to integrate these feature into The Hive.
Many of you may have seen this screensaver before. It simulates the Blue Screen of Death. The original began at SysInternals which was recently purchased by Microsoft. You can now get an official, updated version direct from Microsoft itself. There is even an option to fake a memory dump. Classic.
This article describes how to use VLC, an open-source video player, to convert files to WMV format. I know Windows Media Encoder already does this, but the reviews claim VLC wins in both quality and speed.
NEVER USE YAHOO! FOR ANYTHING AND NEVER GIVE THEM ANY MONEY!
Funny article on the Vista EULA.
Microsoft is going to give Universal $1 for every Zune they sell. Why?
Microsoft has a Wiki version of the MSDN. It looks a lot like the standard MSDN, but with fewer articles. Each page has a community section so not everything appears to be editable in standard Wiki fashion. It's in beta right now, with the release do before the end of the year.
This article focuses on the motivation factors behind software developement and encourages you to score your company.
Beginning on its first anniversary, November 22, Xbox 360 will become the first gaming console in history to provide HD TV shows and movies directly to gamers in their own living rooms. Xbox 360 gamers will be able to download full-length TV shows to own, and will be able to rent movies via download from the Xbox Live® network, the world leader in online distribution of high-definition gaming and entertainment content.
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