Pinboard: bookmarks for mcroydon tagged 'microsoft'

Basic for kids.

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9 weeks ago by mcroydon

Nokia design chief spending a third of his time on future tablet -- Engadget

I'm not sure what to make of this, but I think it makes sense. Tablets are actually kind of old hat for Nokia. They do have a suite of excellent but not commercially successful tablets under their belt though. The collaboration with Microsoft might make a little more sense if the goal is to get something new and different out the door as quickly as possible. Interesting stuff though.

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11 weeks ago by mcroydon

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Kinect Effect - Xbox.com

The future, powered by Kinect.

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january 2012 by mcroydon

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The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet | News - Microsoft - CNET News

a fascinating look at what might have been a spectacular disruptor and some of the processes behind it.

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november 2011 by mcroydon

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Virus, Spyware & Malware Protection | Microsoft Security Essentials

I had no idea.

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december 2010 by mcroydon

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Small Basic

I'd prefer something open but anything that gets kids psyched about programming is a good thing.

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march 2010 by mcroydon

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Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and details (update: video!) -- Engadget

Pretty impressive form factor and UI.

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march 2010 by mcroydon

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Embedded.com - The Use Of Assertions

I had a bunch of assertions catch something that I had missed in a migration just last night so there's probably something to this even if improvements aren't dramatic.

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november 2009 by mcroydon

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Flickr's Mobile Site Gets Smarter: Shows Photos Taken Nearby

I really love the opportunities for progressive enhancement that the W3C Geolocation API provides.

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june 2009 by mcroydon

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Xbox Live Operations Blog : 7pm Pacific Update

Seriously. I'm amazed that it's 2009 and you have to take your service down for most of a day in order to perform upgrades. You'd think that would be a solved issue at this point.

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june 2009 by mcroydon

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Poedit

A cross-platform PO file editor for Linux, Windows, and OSX.

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april 2009 by mcroydon

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How to be a program manager - Joel on Software

This has been in my tabs for weeks now. Must read or close.

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march 2009 by mcroydon

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Architecture astronauts take over - Joel on Software

This would be overly harsh if it weren't all true. I tried to figure out Groove back in 2002 and just couldn't. I knew what it did, I just couldn't find a use for it and its SDK.

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may 2008 by mcroydon

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Coding Horror: Is Eeyore Designing Your Software?

Thanks for noticing...

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march 2008 by mcroydon

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MSN Direct now on Windows Mobile - Engadget Mobile

I miss my clunky old SPOT watch.

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february 2008 by mcroydon

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Yahoo to Reject Microsoft Bid - Portfolio.com

Yay potentially good news.

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february 2008 by mcroydon

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OSI Approves Microsoft License Submissions | Open Source Initiative

Could someone pass the rubber stamp?

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october 2007 by mcroydon

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Windows Users Caused Skype Outage

Windows users: causing trouble again.

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august 2007 by mcroydon

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XPath Examples

A quite solid XPath roundup.

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july 2007 by mcroydon

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How to install Windows Vista’s new fonts on a Linux system // plasmasturm.org

They're good fonts indeed.

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april 2007 by mcroydon

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OpenChange - Home

Doing for exchange what Samba did for CIFS.

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february 2007 by mcroydon

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Nintendo and Sony Get Caught in Microsoft's Xbox 360 Mousetrap : Breaking News : Video Games : Games : Sympatico / MSN

Point, but how easy was it to get an Xbox 360 this time last year?

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december 2006 by mcroydon

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Microsoft Unveils Vista Operating System - New York Times

That crazy guy.

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november 2006 by mcroydon

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Zune surprises in first sales week - Nov. 29, 2006

These sales numbers still don't sound very good.

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november 2006 by mcroydon

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BetaNews | Zune Sales Lagging Behind iPod, Others

"However, that buzz appears to have been short lived. Whereas the iPod is expected to sell as many as 15 million players this holiday season, analysts only project Zune sales of about 300,000 to 500,000 units at most."

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november 2006 by mcroydon

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Micro Center extends Xbox 360 rebate thru holidays - Joystiq

I've been in to Micro Center a few times and 360's have been flying off the shelves for $100 off. Smart move on a sweet console.

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november 2006 by mcroydon

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IronPython: ASP.NET Web: The Official Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Site

Via James, I'll have to check this out later.

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november 2006 by mcroydon

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AppLens and LaunchTile: Two Designs for One-Handed Thumb Use on Small Devices

Thoughts on one-handed UI with gestures.

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august 2006 by mcroydon

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Wonderland: MSoft & NAVTEQ team up

Oh my I want me some FSX.

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july 2006 by mcroydon

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Notes on Microsoft Presentation at Where 2 0
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june 2006 by mcroydon

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Web 2.0, Meet .Net 3.0

And we thought the .net brand was diluted enough already.

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june 2006 by mcroydon

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Poynter Online - The Next Big Thing in Online Type

These look pretty good for displaying text (if you have them installed of course). I don't think it's going to do anything to make reading on a screen much easier than it is now though. While I read stuff on the web all the time, a new set of fonts isn'

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may 2006 by mcroydon

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Google Operating System: Test Internet Explorer 7 Without Installing It

Great hack for a standalone IE7.

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april 2006 by mcroydon

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BetaNews | Sun Unveils SPOT Java Powered Objects

Bring out your dead!

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march 2006 by mcroydon

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An Overview of the Singularity Project

"what would a software platform look like if it was designed from scratch with the primary goal of dependability?"