Today was a great day for Texas and the US. Senate Bill 5 was signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry into law and offers to radically change the telecommunications landscape in Texas. See the press release for more details. This bill allows for telecommunications companies to obtain a statewide cable and video franchise. It also allows…
6.8 Ghz, 1 TB RAM, 2 TB Disk Laptop
I have got to get me one of these…
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, no it’s Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 !!!
In case you haven’t noticed, Microsoft launched a whole bunch of really kewl mice and keyboards today. I am really looking forward to the Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000 and the full size Wireless Laser Mouse 6000. I already have them on order via our internal ordering process. After we get the channel fully stuffed for…
When is 1080p not 1080p?
I’ve been shopping for a high definition television. I’ve ignored the HDTV industry simply because I thought the prices were too high, even for my pocketbook. When the Xbox360 details were announced, I said to myself, “Keith, go get yerself one of them dern fancy HDTVs.” During my shopping adventure, I started to notice a…
Windows OneCare Live Beta
Have you managed to stumble across the Windows OneCare product website? This is an interesting new product currently in beta. As you can see on the website, the product will have antivirus, firewall, PC maintenance, data backup and restore functionality. Wow!!! Now that sounds totally cool to me. It wouldn’t bother me a bit to get…
Sender ID Framework (SIDF) and Exchange Server 2003 SP2
You may have started to hear rumblings about the Sender ID Framework (SIDF). The SIDF technology takes another step towards curtailing spam and phishing. If your Inbox is anything like mine, it regularly receives a considerable amount of unwanted and offensive email. So how in the world do you block this stuff? Hopefully you are already using…
Security Advisory: Acrobat and Adobe Reader plug-in buffer overflow
Release Date: August 16th, 2005 Products: Adobe Reader 5.1, 6.0-6.0.3, 7.0-7.0.2, Adobe Acrobat 5.0-5.0.5, 6.0-6.0.3, 7.0-7.0.2 Platform : Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris Vulnerability Identifier: CVE-2005-2470 Overview: Adobe has discovered a buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. This issue has been addressed and a product update is available to proactively mitigate potential malicious…
The Blogs Of War
On my way home this evening, I read the Wired article, “The Blogs Of War” by John Hockenberry. It’s an interesting article with a number of angles to consider beyond just blogging. Check it out.
Fun With Themes
I had lots of fun yesterday at my San Antonio SQL Server 2005 seminar. During the demos, while doing backups and other processing intensive tasks, I gave up some performance to run a few funny videos. You can see the videos at http://escapeyesterworld.com/. They are a riot. Here’s a look at the desktop I used for…
Can you beat this?
How many of you need network access wherever you go? Do you really NEED it, or would it just be nice? As a Microsoft evangelist, information is a core component of my daily life. It’s bewildering how much news gets generated each day. The members of my team are asked questions frequently. Wouldn’t it be nice to get the…