Windows 7 Release Candidate: May 5th
April 24th, 2009The Windows 7 Release Candidate will go public on May 5th. That’s really all there is to tell. If you want to learn more, check out The Windows Blog, The Supersite for Windows and Gizmodo.
Internet Explorer 8 is out
March 24th, 2009It’s happy days for web developers! Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8, which touts many improvements over previous versions. Find out more at Microsoft.com/IE8. 
Zune Repair: Replacing a Flash Zune’s Glass
March 6th, 2009Over a year ago I bought a second generation Microsoft Zune. I bought the highest capacity available with flash-based storage (8GB), instead of the higher capacity hard drive-based options, because I’ve already broken two like players in my lifetime—a forth generation 40GB Apple iPod and a first generation Creative Zen Vision (no suffix).
This time the problem wasn’t the storage. Last week I broke my 8GB, second generation Microsoft Zune, but this time I could repair the thing myself!
Amazing Concept Video of Future Technology, “Future Vision Montage”
March 3rd, 2009Think what you want about Microsoft, but if you don’t know Microsoft Research, you don’t have the whole picture. I just found this concept video, titled “Future Vision Montage” on Gizmodo. I think I might have recognized more of the theoretical technologies than the casual onlooker since I’ve seen other Microsoft Research projects, but basically this video has technology do everything possible to maintain the appearance of magic. This is generally called “augmented reality” and is an unbelievably cool field of research.
Here’s the Soapbox video:
Windows Live Street View?
February 26th, 2009Oh, Microsoft. Implementing a Street View feature for Windows Live Maps, are we? One of my friends snapped this picture on Elkhorn Ave in Norfolk, Virginia. 