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If you want a heads-up on what SP2 will have in it then take a look here.  It looks like Microsoft is trying to make a change at making their code a little bit safer.  They don’t look like they are doing a knee jerk response (like in Outlook attachments) but this looks more thought [...]

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Here we go again….  Didn’t we talk about this a while back?  Seems they were listening…. AGAIN. 
“Small computers are great when you are on the move, but when you are at your desk you don’t want to work on 6″ screen — you want a desktop computer’s big monitor, big keyboard, and big mouse. Insert [...]

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Kodiak…  When, oh when, will we begin seeing this one? 
“This week Microsoft executives opened the door to a possible shift in that strategy at least with respect to Kodiak, the next-generation Exchange Server. While the plan remains to put Kodiak on the WinFS relational store, business pressures could abrogate that decision, the executives conceded.”
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I can’t wait for Vonage to start offering this.  Now I just have to find something funny to replace that ring with…  Maybe a busy signal? J 
If it’s popular in Korea, you know it will wind up here. Your calls to a cell phone may never be the same, thanks to ring-back tones, which play [...]

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If you want a heads-up on what SP2 will have in it then take a look here.  It looks like Microsoft is trying to make a change at making their code a little bit safer.  They don’t look like they are doing a knee jerk response (like in Outlook attachments) but this looks more thought [...]

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Here we go again….  Didn’t we talk about this a while back?  Seems they were listening…. AGAIN. 
“Small computers are great when you are on the move, but when you are at your desk you don’t want to work on 6″ screen — you want a desktop computer’s big monitor, big keyboard, and big mouse. Insert [...]

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This story is quite funny. J 
Malodorous mechanical mutt mayhem [The Register]

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How far can they take it before they ARE treated like a Bell company and subject to the taxes and red tape that comes along with it?
 
I do like the idea though. 
The Internet phone company strikes an agreement with a utility commission to offer its voice services to the region’s households. [CNET News.com - Front [...]

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ooooooh 
Details have leaked onto the Web about a new Microsoft application that will add voice recognition to handheld computers that use the company’s Pocket PC software. Microsoft began soliciting beta testers in September for Voice Command, a software add-on for Pocket PC handhelds and Smartphones. According to information sent to testers, the software would enable [...]

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 I used to think the serial number was on the hard drive, but it seems that the Tivo serial number is located elsewhere.  Having said that I can now tell you about the bad time I have had with adding a second hard drive to my Tivo.  Regular readers may remember that I added an [...]

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