From the monthly archives:

May 2008

TIP: Mouse issues running Windows 2008 under Virtual PC 2007

May 26, 2008Main

This is exactly the same issue I mentioned in my VPC: Mouse issues running W2K3 under Virtual PC 2007 almost a year ago. But this time it’s with Windows 2008.
Solution: Set Hardware Acceleration to Full
Problem: My mouse movement was really sluggish in a VPC running Windows 2008 (and 2003, but other OSes are fine) [...]

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Microsoft’s new Green Strategy – it’s called Vista 64 bit

May 26, 2008Elcom

The Techies at Elcom completely reformatted my machine a few weeks back and installed Vista 64bit. This has been great because I can now access all 4GB of RAM (woo hoo!). But there’s been another unexpected benefit…
It turns out that there’s no printer drivers for our Elcom printers that work on Vista 64. So, for [...]

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ELCOM: New product launch – Elcom TrainingManager.NET

May 25, 2008Elcom

We’re launching a new product this week. This Thursday morning to be exact.
You may know that Elcom, where I work, is a web company that builds products for medium to large companies. We do intranets, extranets, portals, web sites, etc. Plus we do a fair bit of customisation.
Over the last few months we’ve been [...]

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SBTUG: Microsoft Groove 2007 + 2008 Stack + Prizes

May 24, 2008Main

This Wed at the Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) we’re lucky enough to have Aaron Saikovski along to bring us up to speed on all things Microsoft Groove related. Oh, and check out the prizes…
 
When: This Wed 28 May 2008

Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm)
Where: Microsoft, North Ryde
Contact: Craig Bailey : [...]

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OPINION: The Death of Gen Y

May 16, 2008Main

The whole Gen Y thing really intrigues me.

On one hand I think the concept behind Gen Y is a complete myth, and on the other I think there is something compelling we can learn from.

In this post I cover the following:

why Gen Y is a useless categorisation
why I think the IT crash is coming [...]

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Microsoft Data Centres – it’s staggering

May 13, 2008Link

There’s been some interesting articles about data centres lately. This one from ComputerWorld questions Microsoft’s plan to use container based data centres (yep, as in you stick a bunch of servers in a 40 foot container). There’s further follow up from Michael Manos here.
And don’t miss the forest for the trees – they are [...]

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Grand Theft Auto 4 sells $500M in first week

May 11, 2008Link

Yep, half a billion. Not that anyone really needed convincing, but computer games are big business. This one eclipsed the record set by Halo 3 last year.
And games are only going to get better.
Interestingly – but I can’t find the reference (send me the link if you know it) – I was told last week [...]

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BizTalk Roadmap

May 10, 2008BizTalk

Thanks to Rahul for linking to the BizTalk Server Roadmap. It’s nice to be able to get a summary of view of where the product has come from, currently sits (eg RFID is a big focus) and is going. Apart from a few marketing ‘guffettes’ (eg using terms like ‘People-ready processes’) the page (yes, a [...]

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Chris Williams – INETA Director of User Group Recruitment

May 10, 2008Community

It will be interesting to see how this one pans out. INETA seems to cop a lot of flack in the developer circles I mix in, and from my perspective some of it is valid criticism. Chris Williams has his own thoughts on the matter along those lines, and rather than sit on the sidelines [...]

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Visual Basic ‘Learn’ Section continues to improve

May 10, 2008Link

I continue to be impressed with how Microsoft is organising and presenting their online help. The Visual Basic site is a case in point. Beth Massi highlights some of the new features coming whereby you can create your own dynamic lists – ie tailor help to just your area of interest. Neat. But even in [...]

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SECURITY: BlogEngine.NET Security update

May 9, 2008BlogEngine.NET

In case you are running your site on BlogEngine.NET and missed it, a security patch was released in mid-April. Al Nyveldt notes it here, and the official announcement from the team is here. In order to be safe you need to be running 1.3.1.0 (or later). It is important you upgrade asap. As per the [...]

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ASP.NET Wake up call from Mads

May 6, 2008Microsoft

Mads Kristensen (creator of the most excellent BlogEngine.NET) has put the call out to Wake up ASP.NET developers.
Whether you agree with him or not, his post is an important read, if for no other reason than to use the list of fun-fact links at the end.
The following quote will give you a taste:
You’re participating [...]

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Microsoft. Yahoo. Google. Gillmor Gang

May 5, 2008Main

If you have any interest in the Yahoo – Microsoft saga (that is far from finished btw) then I recommend listening to this Gillmor Gang Emergency edition. The first 10 minutes are annoying as they get themselves organised (and should have been edited out) and the last 5 minutes is a bit of a ‘he [...]

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