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Archive for June, 2007

Exceptionally well-written Wikipedia article

by @ Friday, June 1st, 2007. Filed under tech

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Storage_Engine Amazing how powerful a database there is that is built right into Windows. Obviously it scales and is dependable because Microsoft’s most important and more deployed products rely entirely upon it – Exchange and Active Directory. Wonder why more of the stuff out of MSFT that needs a backend store doesn’t use it. Say like MIIS, […]

New MSFT Technologies that look interesting

by @ Friday, June 1st, 2007. Filed under tech

Microsoft Surface – http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ Tabletop computers. MSFT is saying they came up with this, but I swear I recall seeing a show a couple of years ago on this and the work was being done on it at a university. Match concept up with OLED and we have something cool. Wall displays, desk displays, etc that […]

Guess I wasn’t the only one not enamored with Windows Mail on Vista…

by @ Friday, June 1st, 2007. Filed under general

Microsoft gives Vista’s Windows Mail the heave-ho Beta of Windows Live Mail replaces Vista’s, XP’s built-in e-mail http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9022558&taxonomyId=16 Rating 3.00 out of 5

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