The Minority Report

I admit it, I might have been wrong…but probably not. Microsoft Silverlight has had a topsy-turvy year. Apparently doomed or at least marginalized by HTML5, Silverlight found a foothold in Windows Phone and has more recently emerged as a key component of the Jupiter application framework and programming model for Windows 8. If Silverlight has [...]

Thank you for being one of our valued customers. We are writing to you today to make a very sad announcement. BeamItDown Software and the iFlow Reader will cease operations as of May 31, 2011. We absolutely do not want to do this, but Apple has made it completely impossible for anyone but Apple to [...]

Here’s the setup: Since I’m about a month away from being done with University and entering the programmer workforce, I’ve taken to asking my classmates what type of starting salaries they’re getting at their first jobs. The Programmer Salary Taboo and…..the money shot: To put my money where my mouth is, here’s some information on [...]

Ok, I’ll admit that I’m not a huge fan of peanut butter…or Internet Explorer. One of my big complaints has been that IE doesn’t support SVG. I posted about Microsoft joining the SVG Working Group previously and this is a follow up post on the IE Blog update regarding their working with the group. In [...]

Holy freaking crap!! This is AWESOME news! Hopefully, SVG will become a first class technology in Internet Explorer 9!! No more work arounds, no more VML kludges! This is great news. As a part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to interoperability and standards support, yesterday we submitted our request to join the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) [...]

You know…it’s the little things in life. As a systems administrator, I’m in and out of the Services MMC snapin pretty frequently. It’s annoyed me almost every time because it opens at 640x480px and defaults to the Extended view. Well, I took a shot at it once and set the properties to “Open Maximized” but [...]

I’ve blogged about the progress that the Remote Desktop Services (RDP) gang at Microsoft is making and some of their tutorials. I’m not sure what’s going on here but this is one hell of a graphic!! Traditionally, Remote Desktop Services (previously called Terminal Services) provided the ability to host multiple, simultaneous user sessions on a [...]

We’ve been pushing for the death of Internet Explorer 6 here for some time. So it’s with great joy that I see Google pushing the death with this banner on YouTube. Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6 user who was watching some videos on YouTube, it appears the Google company will be phasing [...]

I don’t know if you noticed this slip? on the IEBlog today but it would seem that Kumo, the new/replacement to Windows Live Search (or whatever it’s called today), might be moving forward as the new name and not just a code name. Accelerator Platform on Windows 7IEBlog : Accelerator Platform on Windows 7 Right [...]

I like this quote from ChannelWeb about Vista: Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) channel partners believe that once Windows 7 arrives, already-weak market demand for Windows Vista PCs will decline even further, reaching the approximate level of interest that exists today for sightseeing tours to Chernobyl. Vultures Circling Windows Vista’s Corpse – Software – IT Channel News by [...]

I blogged the other day, Windows Vista sUACks, that I hated the UAC prompts in my newly loaded Vista. I’ve been following the Windows 7 team with interest about how they are going to handle UAC. I found this list from Rafael on which EXE’s in Windows 7 will be able to auto-elevate without actually [...]

I continue enjoying snipping from george’s world today. He notes that Internet Explorer 8 is now a high priority update from Microsoft. I have updated servers today and noticed the same thing. Now the adoption rate of IE7 from IE6 wasn’t that significant at first but I don’t remember how they flagged IE7 vs. IE8. [...]

Like yesterday where I joined the Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 announcement bandwagon, I’m joining in the chorus announcing the release of Microsoft Windows Vista SP2. Like I mentioned previously in my Microsoft Windows Vista sUACks post, I think Vista UAC sucks ass but the thing that frustrated me the most was the INCREDIBLY SLOW network [...]

I just started reading this blog and it touched a nerve today with this salient observation: According to one recent article, Windows 7 will provide a 29% reduction in the amount of clicks one will use for UAC. Interesting. I can reduce that number by 100%. Just turn the darn thing off! Problem solved. Windows [...]

I figure I’ll hop on the Office 2007 SP2 announcement train too. Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 is out today and I’ve already downloaded and installed it. I still have to reboot after this post so I don’t know how its going to stack up but I am looking forward to trying the native support for [...]