Excellent!Peter Jackson, the producer/director behind the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy has agreed to be the executive producer of the new “Halo” film, based on the game of the same name.Here’s the story at MSNBC.Hmmm…. I wonder… Will it be “Halo 2” right away? Will they then have to make a pre-quel at some later … Continue reading Lord of the Halo Rings
Microsoft Word came out 22 years ago today.Microsoft Introduces Word9/29/83 Microsoft introduces its full-featured word processing program, Microsoft Word for MS-DOS 1.00. PC World subscribers receive a free demonstration floppy disk of Microsoft Word in the magazine's special Software Review. "This is the first time in the history of publishing that a magazine has featured … Continue reading Happy Anniversary!
Yes, Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office is available today.Here are some notes from a memo I received about it…—“Why should I upgrade?”SP2 is an update to Office programs and servers that addresses top customer experience issues. To optimize the customer experience with SP2, Microsoft recommends people update their Office applications and servers to take advantage … Continue reading Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 is now available
Yessir! That was the rumor, anyway, according to a Business Week article last week.And that rumor was confirmed.Check out the press conference announcement here.I'll add a link to the artlcles when they're available.---UPDATE: Palm and Microsoft Join to Bring the Palm Experience to Windows Mobile; Verizon Wireless First to Market with New Treo Smartphone September … Continue reading Whoa! A Palm device powered by Windows Mobile 5.0?!
The schedule of TechNet Webcasts for October is ready to go. I’m doing at least one of them; on Understanding Group Policy.I’ve posted the entire schedule, complete with breakdowns by topic or product/technology, as well as full descriptions, as an article HERE. And here are some additional resources: · NEW: TechNet Events and Webcasts blogger site. § … Continue reading October 2005 TechNet Webcast Schedule
Well.. it’s been said that “Blondes have more fun”. And we all know that Developers are having more fun than IT Pros this week, so it must follow that blonde developers are probably having more fun than anybody.Yes.. I must confess… this is NOT my natural hair color… AND I used to be a Software Engineer! … Continue reading Blonde Developers Have More Fun
XBOX 360 will be in stores November 22nd (two days before Thanksgiving) in North America. Launch in Europe is December 2nd, with a December 10th launch in Japan.http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/9344952 Game on!
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