Carpe Diem: Flaphead@Home

Heard a rumour today, that RIM are taking the european datacentre down for 7 hours on Friday (25th July 2008) night! Yeah, you read right, that it they are taking EUROPE out! .. All BES devices that use the European NOC will not be working! Oh my GAWD! time to get those Windows Mobile devices out!  Couldn't find anything on Google about it ...

They seem to have been in the press a lot this week.  Well I say a lot, I have seen 3 seperate articles, Computing, Computerweekly and this.  They seem to be ''bleeding'' edge by moving email and application sharing out to the ''Cloud'' I wonder what the users think of it? Source: ...

So Ari isn't too bitter that o2 messed things up big style and he wont get his until next week, but the news on the web is quite amusing. This is funny (in a strange kinda way) iPhone 3G: UK gets long wait as O2 systems fail Check this guy our: One-man queue for iPhone 3G in the UK love the sleeping bag  But was it worth it, ''Sadly, ...

So the iPhone 3g is out today, but if you can't get one Reg Hardware have an alternative list of phone for you ;-) Source: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/round_up_iphone_rivals/print.html 10: Motorola Z10  9: Palm Treo 500v  8: Samsung SGH-F700  7: Motorola Moto Q 9h  6: HTC Touch Diamond  5: Nokia N78  4: ...

Interesting article up on the computer weekly website about moving towards webmail.! <SNIP>Businesses with less than 1000 staff should consider replacing in-house e-mail servers with webmail to reduce the cost of providing e-mail for end users, analyst firm Gartner has advised. Matthew Cain, research vice-president at Gartner, said ...

Boyz & Girlz gentle remind if your interested in spending an evening with Gordon McKenna discussing SCOM 2007 and Exchange 2007. This event will be held in London at the MSFT offices in Cardinal Place near Victoria. The meeting will be a mixture of PowerPoint and Discussions so there will be plenty of time to run through your questions. The ...

Interesting .. wonder if it will make it over the ''pond''? and to the rest of the world.  Looks like a ''budget'' way of getting office to people .. still not ''cloud'' computing is it? Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-02EquiptPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases REDMOND, Wash. — July 2, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. ...

Check this out .. it's the mutts nuts! ... Erik has just posted this excellent post .. basically you can toggle the Office Ribbon by double clicking on the label name. http://msmvps.com/blogs/erikr/archive/2008/05/31/playing-with-office-ribbons.aspx

Nice cut and paste .. does the guy know who they work for? http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/05/23/att-fast-tracking-hspa-in-preparation-for-iphone-video-calling/  

So I posted this but missed the golden nugget near the end Original Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080519/tc_nm/summit_microsoft_dc_2;_ylt=AsKL2pjELwGF53bquJszSVIE1vAI Microsoft has already signed up large customers to its online services. The company said Coca Cola Enterprises Inc (CCE.N) signed up 70,000 seats for Exchange Online, ...

Interesting! Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080519/tc_nm/summit_microsoft_dc_2;_ylt=AsKL2pjELwGF53bquJszSVIE1vAI SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sees tens of millions of corporate e-mail accounts moving to its data centers over the next five years, shifting to a business model that may thin profit margins but generate more ...

Crikey! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7397370.stm Hewlett-Packard (HP) has confirmed that it is in talks to buy the information technology provider Electronic Data Systems (EDS). It followed a report in the Wall Street Journal, which said that HP was close to a deal to buy EDS for between $12bn (£6.1bn) and $13bn. EDS is a ...

Hummm this was news to me. Source: http://www.platespin.com/novell/ On March 31, 2008, Novell announced that it has acquired PlateSpin Ltd. The combination of Novell’s platform and automation management with PlateSpin's leading solutions for workload relocation, protection and provisioning will give customers the agility to cross physical and ...

Okay so I have spent the evening unboxing my shift and will post the pictures in the morning. Honestly I didn't spend all night unboxing, but I actually took and MCP tonight, just like last night. So last night I took 70-236 and managed 963 out of 1000 ... I only needed to get over 700! Tonight I took 70-237 (Pro: Designing Messaging Solutions ...

Any another one .. interesting how you could never find them when you want them  Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937194/  This article describes the product service strategy that Microsoft uses to help support Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The way that we service Exchange 2007 differs from the way that we service ...

So unless you have had your head in the sand you wll know by now that Toshiba has canned the HD-DVD format and the Sony backed BluRay was won the day (I supposed it had to win something after loosing the Betamax vs. VHS video tape battle)Anyway the good people over at reghardware have written an Obituary: HD DVD 2002-2008.It makes a really good ...

this really does make me smile, why doesn't Yahoo just roll over accept the take over! .. must admit the handbag fight is quite amusing http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-11msft-response.mspx  REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 11, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today issued the following statement in response to the ...

This just arrived in my inbox ... no mention of support for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1! Packed with new features to simplify administration and increase productivity! Includes BlackBerry® Monitoring Service for high availability through enhanced monitoring, alert, troubleshooting and reporting capabilities. Enhanced security features include ...

This makes an interesting read, and makes you realise how vulnerable the internet actually is! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7228315.stm Work has begun to repair two damaged internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea that were severed last week. Flag Telecom, one of the firms responsible for the cables, says it will take about a week ...

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-04VistaSP1MA.mspx ... Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was released to manufacturing today and will start being available to customers in March, starting with Microsoft Volume Licensing customers. Windows Server 2008 was also released to manufacturing today and will be available for ...

more holy smoke batman ... from the register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/railgun_record_bid_us_navy_electric_hypersonic_cannon/ The US Navy will astound the world tomorrow by test-firing a radical new weapon system at an unprecedented power level. The new piece of war-tech on trial is that old sci-fi favourite, an electromagnetic ...

holy smoke batman  Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-01CorpNewsPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 1, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share ...

At last a Web Update Pack for ExBPA.  You can get it from here:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4F2F1339-CBCD-4D26-9174-F30C10D7EC4C&displaylang=en Basically this download contains the latest XML and ExBPA.chm files. Use this package to update your existing installation of the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer. ...

Now that is an interesting purchase Source: http://www.multimap.com/press/press_releases/pr185_microsoft/ Microsoft Corp. has acquired Multimap, one of the United Kingdom's top 100 technology companies and one of the leading online mapping services in the world. The acquisition gives Microsoft a powerful new location and mapping technology to ...

Went outside today for a bit of fresh air and took this really bizarre picture It looked a bit like a rain cloud, not a fire. Well that was until Essa text me to tell me that is actually was a fire.  Check this out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm

Well, well, well I suppose this does make sense, seeing as Amstrad supplied approximately 30 per cent. of the set-top boxes purchased by the Sky and Sky believes that it accountedfor approximately 75 per cent. of Amstrad’s revenues.! Source: http://www.amstrad.com/assets/downloads/Files/Amstrad_Offer_Announcement.pdf  he Boards of Sky ...

Okay so this weekend we flew up to Inverness for a Wedding.  The weather was nice and the drive from Inverness to Helmsdale was long, but the scernery is breath taking. Anyway, coming back on Sunday we stop off at the great little farm shop.  We get some Haggis, White & Black Pudding and some organic free range eggs. So we get ...

Interesting Mr Bond .. I wonder what will happen with the construction business, as Wimpey is mainly Homes now after it sold it's consutction business to Tarmac and then Carillion ... Humm Oh you might be asking why have I published this .. well a long time ago I used to work for Wimpey Construction! Source: ...

So, do americans WANT you to feel like a criminal before you even enter the country! Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/21/us_travellers_fingerprints/ The US will increase the amount of information it holds on foreign visitors when it takes all 10 fingerprints from air travellers rather than the usual two. Currently foreign ...

Wow, I wondered my be SideBar Gadget stopped working properly yesterday. TFL have updated the Live travel news site.  Check it out, it looks really good http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/default.html Also have a look at the Departure boards, nice!

Oh, oh the new show is coming to Royal Albert Hall, London with Varekai, set to begin in January 2008. Looks like it will run from the 10th Jan 2008 until the 3rd Feb 2008 On March 22, the tickets will be made available to the general public.   Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world—a ...

Humm, this could accelerate the user of IP Telephony! Source: http://www.microsoft.com:80/presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-14PowerOfSpeechPR.mspx   REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it will acquire Tellme Networks, Inc., a leading provider of voice services for everyday life, including nationwide directory ...

I have been wondering why people have have this  in Windows Live Messenger. So after some digging I found out.   Microsoft is giving Windows Live Messenger users the chance to give money to some charities as part of their “I’M Initiative. Just add some letters to your display name in Live Messenger, and a share of the ...

Gents, Welcome to the big bad world of  blogging! Ben is blogging here: http://blogs.technet.com/benp/ and Richard here: http://blogs.technet.com/Richard_macdonald/

What the hell, check out http://www.marmite.com/ and http://www.unilever.co.uk/ourbrands/whatsnew/   Some say it's madness – others call it pure genius. Marmite and Guinness have joined forces to create a limited edition Guinness Marmite. The glass jar appears black when full, and together with the white lid (to replicate a pint of ...

What is going on.  BSkyB and the newly created Virgin Media (formerly NTL, Telewest & Virgin Mobile) are fighting over Sky's Basic Channels.  exNTL & Telewest customers used to get Sky One, Sky Two, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Travel and Sky Travel Extra, but as off Midnight last night that stopped. It looks like it's all ...

So this have been in the UK for a while but not really inforced.  So the powers that be have upped the fine Source: http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/mobilephones/mobilephones.htm New legislation to increase the penalty for using a hand-held phone whilst driving will come into force on 27 February 2007. The current fine of £30 ...

DOWNLOADSMicrosoft Forefront Server Security Management Console Beta 1Forefront Server Security Management Console allows administrators to easily manage Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint and Microsoft Antigen, providing a web-based console to centralize configuration and operation, automate the download and ...

I kid you not .. the Royal Navy is using Windows 2000 on warships and submarines!  All you need is a BSOD at the wrong moment! Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/windows_boxes_at_sea/  The Type 45 destroyers now being launched will run Windows for Warships: and that's not all. The attack submarine Torbay has been ...

Downloads Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 HelpThe Exchange Server 2007 Help can help you in the day-to-day administration of Exchange. Use this information to guide you through Exchange Server 2007 features, tasks, and administration ...

Okay so after yesterdays data loss, I thought I had learnt my lession. Doh I was VERY wrong.  It also seems that I have become very bitter and twisted over the last few weeks :-| So at home I have an Elonex eXentia Media Centre PC, which I upgraded to Vista Ultimate a while back.  So I get home last night and start up Windows Update and ...

Okay so today is launch day, and Vista decided to install some updates on my laptop. This is okay, but then WITHOUT a big centre of screen popup saying I am going to reboot it does .. and it does it really well, by terminating programs that are running and so ignoring the ''save this document'' dialog. THANKS TO WINDOWS VISTA and MICROSOFT ...

So SQL doesn't escape the dreaded DST2007!!! Source: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=931815 Starting in the spring of 2007, daylight saving time (DST) start dates and end dates for the United States will change to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DST dates in the United States will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the ...

Well you can see that today is release day, as the updates are flowing.  Also I see two Ultimate Extras this morning!   Technorati tags: flaphead, vista, ultimate

This is quite funny.  While looking for the outlook DST20007 patch I discovered a few vista patches.  Wonder why that would be?  Oh, it's released today!  Windows Update will do the job of downloading them for you! Source: ...

If you use Exchange and Outlook, then YOU NEED TO watch this WebCast! Why oh Why do the damm times for these WebCast SUCK of everyone outside of the US? This one is at 2100-2200 on Friday 2nd Feb 2007 Source: ...

So today is Robert Burns birthday (25th Janaury) and tonight is Burns Night so you can enjoy a Haggis. Haggis achieved literary fame through ''To A Haggis'' by Scotland's bard, Robert Burns in the 18th century. It is largely through the celebrations of Burns’ birthday each year that eating haggis has become a certain ritual. Burns now ...

Check out my buddy Marc's new blog.  Only a couple of posts as he works his way around the Blogosphere Check it out: http://cihb.wordpress.com/ with the RSS: http://cihb.wordpress.com/feed

Found this and wanted to share it with you all. Source: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21245334 ...  Solution : To ensure that your Lotus software products will work as expected in 2007, it is recommended that the host operating system be updated per the manufacturer's instructions. Details on operating system ...

Isn't it amazing the strange ideas people come up this.  Check this out: http://www.archinode.com/gym.html Basically it's a floating gym that is power by the people working out in it! Our concept encapsulates a new typology for the contemporary urban gym.  It is  intended to challenge our innate proprioceptive and multi-planer ...

Humm, interesting Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-17BusCommTransformationPR.mspx?source=rss&WT.dl=0 NEW YORK — Jan. 17, 2007 — Today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and Nortel* CEO and President Mike Zafirovski announced a joint road map to deliver their shared vision for unified communications. The road ...

Okay I have upgraded my blog to Community Server 2.1 SP2, so expect a upgraded site in about an hour or so, when the vhd has copied up to my server. Yup that right, I run my blog in a virtual server session! The upgrade was actually quite simple as the Community Server boys & girls have done a stunning job. The only change “out of the ...

Just been surfing and found this website.  Check it out! http://microsoftatces.com/ it has all the Microsoft News from CES! You can see billg’s keynote here: http://www.microsoft.com/ces/ It’s a 250mb wmv that is about 90 mins long

Check out another buddy Chris, who has started to blog! http://blog.cbeams.co.uk/cs/blogs/chris/ Hey and he passed the big 3-0 last week ;-)  

Nice but I bet I won’t get a ticket to any races! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/dec06/12-11FIAPR.mspx?source=rss&amp;WT.dl=0 PARIS — Dec. 11, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. and McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) today formally announced that they are to be the official suppliers of engine control units ...

How stupid is this, but it will teach you not to eat a curry before your fly!  Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6213644.stm An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Nashville after passengers reported the smell of sulphur from burning matches. The matches were found on the seat of a woman who ...

Humm, I have a new boss :-| http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-28VPWorldwideServicesPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 28, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Maria Martinez has been named corporate vice president of Worldwide Services, effective Jan. 5, 2007. Martinez will continue in her role as corporate ...

Kewl! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6129460.stm The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players without wires. The concept exploits ...

Bit of old news but … interesting.  Good Technology is a cross betweeen Blackberry and Exchange ActiveSync. Source: http://www.good.com/corp/int_about.php?id=406 SCHAUMBURG, Ill., and SANTA CLARA, Calif., 10 November 2006 —Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Good Technology, Inc. today announced that the companies have ...

After the events of the last couple of weeks it has made me realise a few things.  So my tag line is nolonger “The Ramblings of a Mad Blogger “ but the latin Carpe diem.  The translation to “seize the day” feels right .. if you know what I mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem Carpe ...

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is now available to users of Windows Server 2003. You can download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 using the links below. Please note the different links for standard (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions. Check the sharepoint blog too: ...

I don’t want much in life, but a decent NAS device for home would be nice. I made the very bad mistake of purchasing two SC101’s with a couple of 200gb disk ide disks each stuck in them. It worked fine for about 6 month and now they are a total pile of poo.  They keep loosing the mirror between the two drive in each SC101 ...

Ooops! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6062074.stm 18 October 2006: Apple is warning that some video iPods are harbouring a Windows virus. In a statement on its website Apple said that a small number of video iPods sold after 12 September are carrying the RavMonE virus. The company said that, so far, it had seen ''less ...

Source: http://www.tvr.co.uk/news.php 18 October 2006: Staff at TVR's Blackpool factory have been informed today (Wednesday) that the company is planning to outsource all production. Agreements are being finalised for the 2007 run of Tuscan, Tuscan Convertible and Sagaris to be produced in Europe while fully built powertrains - straight six, ...

Interesting: Source: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/about/pressroom/information/GB/EN,contentid=12940 FREMONT, Calif. Oct. 18, 2006 and ROMANEL-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland, Oct. 19, 2006 —Logitech International (SWX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced that it has acquired Slim Devices, Inc., a pioneer in the development of music ...

Strange things for the register to run with, but interesting! … As they say, every day is a school day! Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/the_odd_body_virus_bacterium/ Viruses and bacteria are both capable of killing humans and ravaging human health. It is a very fair question. There are some subtle and not so subtle ...

Interesting Mr Bond! but is it true? Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/283884_msftvalentine05ww.html A veteran Microsoft Corp. executive who led the development of Windows Vista, the delayed update to the company's biggest product, is leaving to join Amazon.com. Brian Valentine, senior vice president in Microsoft's Windows ...

Greenpeace as compiled a list of the leading mobile & PC manufactures and how environmentally unfriendly that are! http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up This Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful ...

Every day is a school day! Now i use ExBPA almost everyday in one way or another, but I didn’t know about some of the other ones.  Check it out! Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Best Practices Analyzer ...

Catchy name! CUV1647.  Basically they plant an implant under your skin, and it triggers melanin, which hopfully will give you 3 months of a tan! http://www.clinuvel.com.au/IRM/content/products_products_cuv1647.htm Alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (-MSH) is a naturally occurring peptide hormone which is released by cells in the skin in ...

Doh! I know a few customers with stuff here! Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/telehouse_power_problems/ … We have a power distribution problem within the Telehouse TFM 6 room from approximateley 08:18 this morning. One of the 2 power distribution units (PDU 2) in this room has suffered from a power failure to one ...

Ooops! See I told you so! http://blogs.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2006/06/22/3432.aspx Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4793143.stm The world's largest manufacturer of personal computers, Dell, is to recall 4.1 million of its notebook computer batteries because of a fire risk. Most batteries are in computers sold in the United ...

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/02/eds_offshore/ EDS is to move up to 15,000 jobs to cheaper locations over the next ''couple of years'', according to the company's CEO Michael Jordan, bringing the total number of ''offshore'' employees to around 45,000. The company has already cut around 1,000 jobs this year, but Jordan told The FT ...

Source: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~110899,00.html NEW YORK -- July 24, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) and ATI (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced plans to join forces in a transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion. The combination will create a processing powerhouse by bringing AMD’s technology ...

Source: http://www.insight.com/site/static/investor_relations.cfm TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2006--Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) (''Insight'' or the ''company'') today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Software Spectrum Inc. (''Software Spectrum''), a global technology solutions ...

Damm, now that is a surprise! Source: http://www.winternals.com/Company/PressRelease92.aspx Microsoft Corp. today announced the acquisition of Winternals Software LP, a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, that provides Windows®-based enterprises with systems recovery and data protection solutions in addition to offering a ...

Who? Thats what I thought! and what?! Well it would seem that MRAM deosn’t need power to store information in memory, instead it uses magnetic materials.  AND? Well it could replace harddisks! Source: http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=880030&highlight= AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS ...

Source: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/07/05/elonex_sold/ Administrators have sold Elonex Plc to Newcastle based stationery and printer cartridge remanufacturing firm Afic. Afic founder and managing director Yuval Ella bought Elonex Plc following negotiations with administrator Deloitte Touche over the last week. A newly-formed Afic group ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5133754.stm A law that could force Apple to share its digital download technology with rivals has been passed in France.  Currently, songs bought from Apple's iTunes music store can only be played on Apple-manufactured iPods. The bill would mean any digital song could be played on any player, ...

Hit the fridge at work today and found a can of this So I needed to check it out.  Good old Wikipedia came up a nice hit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Zero It’s like the diet coke you can get in Europe now.  It has the taste of full fat coke, but zero calories .. and it still has caffeine! Check out the Wikipedia as it ...

Interesting.  Proof that customer pressure works! Source: http://www.eon-uk.com/pressRelease.aspx?id=946&month=0&year=0&p=1 Powergen, part of E.ON, has today (Thursday 15 June) announced that it is to withdraw all inbound call handling from India, which will result in all calls to the company being answered by ...

This is a damm good idea! Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/14/uk_homes_energy/ From June next year, all homes in England and Wales must be given an energy efficiency rating before they can be sold. The government says the move, which is in line with European agreements, will help the UK reduce its carbon emissions. The Energy ...

Oh dear! They made some cracking Media Centre PCs! Source: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/13/elonex_throws_in_towel/ Elonex Plc (UK) has gone into administration after weeks of speculation that the PC builder was having serious credit problems. The company is thought to owe almost £20m to creditors in the UK, Europe and ...

AKA ranger! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/jun06/06-13Certification.mspx BOSTON, June 13, 2006 – As announced last year, Microsoft Learning has developed a new generation of senior-level certifications to address the evolving needs of IT developers and professionals. The new certification program, Microsoft ...

Bart sent me this .. be warned! Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550 AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jun06/06-15CorpNewsPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — June 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that effective July 2008 Bill Gates, chairman, will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda ...

Yup, 2 today … feels like forever, but today my Blog have completed it’s second year. So whats coming then? Well to start with I’m in the process of using PlateSpin to port my physical server to a virtual one, and then I plan to migrate from Community Server to Sharepoint 2007, so we will see how that goes. My content is going ...

So the morale of the story … make sure you hard disk is totally & utterly clean before selling! Source: http://www.theregister.com/2006/05/31/ebay_laptop_site/ Police are investigating a disgruntled eBayer who took online revenge after paying £375 for a laptop which, he said, did not work. The buyer recovered the hard ...

Humm, Movielink is only available in the US, but CinemaNow seems to be okay.  If they are cheap enough the should stop the piracy … well thats the theory anyway! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5033204.stm Disney is to start selling films over the internet via CinemaNow, including new films on the day they come out. ...

Hummm Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-30WLDforMacPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. May 30, 2006 Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac, its first Mac-specific desktop complete with a stylish wireless Comfort Curve Keyboard and a wireless High Definition laser mouse. With ...

Okay they call it Soccer instead of Football Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=df6a6e6e-21af-4786-ad1d-a38e8bfda82f&DisplayLang=en Follow your favorite teams and players during the FIFA World Cup tournament with Microsoft Soccer Scoreboard. This fun program allows you to access all the latest tournament ...

Humm Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/may06/05-22Virtualization.mspx SEATTLE, May 22, 2006 … Microsoft also announced today the intent to acquire Softricity Inc. Softricity offers the SoftGrid Desktop Virtualization Platform, which turns almost all Windows applications into a service using application ...

What the … Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4996630.stm Security software maker Symantec is taking legal action against Microsoft, accusing it of misusing its technology. The action, filed in a US federal court in Seattle, alleges that Microsoft improperly used Symantec's data storage techniques in its own software. Symantec ...

I saw this fly in over London … Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4990780.stm The Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, has landed at London's Heathrow Airport for the first time. Making its UK debut after a flight from Berlin, the giant twin-deck plane had earlier flown over the two UK Airbus sites that ...

Humm Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-04VexcelPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — May 4, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has acquired Vexcel Corp., a worldwide leader in photogrammetry, imagery and remote sensing technologies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. This deal, the ...

Cool Idea Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4968338.stm The cloaking devices that are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed. They have outlined their concept in a research paper published in one of the UK Royal Society's scientific journals. Nicolae ...

Humm, I wonder why? Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4956100.stm Telecoms giant BT has bought online electronic products retailer Dabs.com for an estimated £30m. With around 75,000 customers a week, Dabs.com specialises in computer related goods, but also sells other items such as LCD TVs and Apple iPods. BT said the ...

Interesting Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4929594.stm Electrical power has changed our lives and given us phenomenal freedoms, from talking to people around the world, to going to the moon. But do we know just how much power we are using when we switch things off or put them into standby mode? ...

Humm, this caught my eye .. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4941050.stm Sun Microsystems says co-founder and chief Scott McNealy, who has been a critic of Microsoft, is to step down.  The 51-year-old will quit the post with immediate effect, but will stay on at the company in the role of chairman. Sun's current president ...

Windows PowerShell (Monad) Has Arrived .. well it’s better than Monad 2007! Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/default.aspx I just got out of Bob Muglia's keynote speech where he formally announced Windows PowerShell (previously known as Monad).  The key things he announced are: Monad (MSH) has a new name: Windows ...