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Entries from October 2003

MSDN: developer view of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Beta coming soon.

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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Take Your Desktop With You In Your Pocket?

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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“Cracks Appear In Microsoft Kodiak ‘Store Story’ “

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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No More Ringing in Your Ears

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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MSDN: developer view of Windows XP Service Pack 2. Beta coming soon.

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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Take Your Desktop With You In Your Pocket?

October 31st, 2003 · Comments Off

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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Novelty farting dog sparks US terror alert

October 29th, 2003 · Comments Off

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

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Vonage brings VoIP to Michigan town

October 29th, 2003 · Comments Off

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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Web whispers about Microsoft voice plan

October 29th, 2003 · Comments Off

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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Backup Tivo Images

October 29th, 2003 · 2 Comments

 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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