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Microsoft Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" and IIS 7.0 hits BETA 3 |
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By Tony Chan on
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:43:04 GMT
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Just recieved an email from Microsoft. Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" and IIS 7.0 Beta 3 will soon be available to download for all Microsoft Connect members who are enrolled onto the Longhorn Beta Programme (That's Me!).
Also Microsoft Home Server Beta Programme had also posted an updated build.
I will be evaluating both products next week. Keep you posted.
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Future Windows Releases |
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By Tony Chan on
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:09:22 GMT
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Since Kevin Kutz taken charge of the Windows Group the name of the next version of Windows is now internally called "Windows Seven (7)" instead of the its codename Windows "Vienna".
Upcoming Windows Releases:
- 2007 / 2008 Windows "Fuji" (Windows Vista SP1)
- 2009 / 2010 Windows Seven / Windows "Vienna" (formerly Blackcomb)
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The "WoW" Starts Now? Not Really |
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By Tony Chan on
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:40:29 GMT
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Many people had been talking about putting Vista on their PCs.Well, I have Vista on my desktop for a while now, although most of my hardware had been working correctly since additional drivers were available, the very old HP ScanJet 3300C which used to work out of the box in XP does not work in Vista and is no longer supported by HP.
Watch out the cost of upgrading to Vista may be more than you think since you will be quite likely be needing updating at least some of your periperhals as well.
However, these issues apart Vista is a good operating system.
Microsoft marketed Vista as "The WoW" Starts Now". How much of a &qu ...
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Microsoft Windows Vienna: Successor to Windows Vista |
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By Tony Chan on
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:49:16 GMT
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Microsoft only released the latest version of Windows (Windows Vista) to consumers 2 weeks ago. Uncle Bill's company is already gearing for the next version of Windows - Microsoft Windows "Vienna" (formerly Blackcomb). Allow me to brief you what is coming in "Vienna" which I am very excited about.
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Vienna is targeted directly at revolutionizing the way users of the product interact with their PCs. For instance, the "Start" philosophy, introduced in Windows 95, may be replaced by the "new interface" which was said in 1999 to be scheduled for "Vienna" (befo ...
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What Type of Person Am I? |
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By Tony Chan on
Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:03:01 GMT
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I learned myself while I was in Hong Kong last month. The method is called Enneagram
The Enneagram in more recent years has mostly come to prominence because of its use with what is often called the Enneagram of Personality (九型人格). In Chinese: 九型人格是一種性格分類，基本上把人的性格分成九類。
這九類﹙分三大組﹚是︰
感情主導（Feeling Centre）
心部中心，感情主導。
* 第二型助人者（The Helper）、全愛型、助人型、 ...
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Footprint - Winter Edition |
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By Tony Chan on
Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:08:45 GMT
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Do you remember the poem footprint? Where The text describes a dream, in which a man finds himself walking on a beach with 'The Lord' ?
Yesterday, Birmingham have had heavy snowing and I made my own footprint - the Winter version.
Also Mariner Avenue was under snow
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G4 Cube - The Super Computer in an 8" Box |
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By Tony Chan on
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:55:17 GMT
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Power Mac G4 Cube was a quiet, fanless, compact Macintosh personal computer from Apple Computer. Apple Designer Jonathan Ive won several international awards for the cube's design. The cube can be found in many publications related to design and some technology museums.
This diminutive 8" x 8" x 8" cube suspend ...
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