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Bill Gates was interviewed by Charlie Rose on Monday Link Removed While you may not be up to listening to the whole interview, at about the 27 minute mark he begins discussing Windows 8, tablet form factors and of course MS Surface. From there to the end it's a pretty good and informative...

While this doesn't necessarily pertain specifically to Windows 8 it is well worth a few moments of your time. The summary provides some candid insights into some inside Microsoft history. Microsoft May actually have to see if I can find that August issue at my local Walgreens or somewhere...

For those of us with extra time on our hands and who like to know a little bit more than the average bear about what might be going on behind the scene and under the hood, I found a link to a PDF file that some may find handy. Starting on about page 21 the document provides some information...

A very good article! Link Removed Cheers, Drew

Do you have cold feet about going it alone with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview? You don't have to. Join me in a rational exploration of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. About 45 minutes in length, the video gives you a first hand look at the aesthetics and readily apparent features of Windows 8 CP...

Hello all. Before we look at next week’s bulletin release, we’d like to point out an update to our Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) that should provide customers with greater transparency as to how MAPP partners use the information we share with them when we release...

Link Removed was a relatively short chat with me about C++0x. You wanted more questions asked and some of you thought I was just too soft on Herb. Well, Herb decided that the best way to get the questions you want asked is, well, to have you ask them. Most of the highest user-rated questions...

Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack visited the "Open Source Fest" at Mix 11 in Las Vegas just a few months ago. One of the projects that really stood out - amongst the dozens of great projects shown - was Glimpse. Glimpse is a server-side NuGet package that plugs into ASP.NET (and other technologies...

Happy Birthday, Channel 9!!! We are 7 years old today! Link Removed Wow, hard to believe. What a great 7 years it has been. THANK YOU, NINERS! In celebration, we bring you the latest episode of Checking In with Erik Meijer. Our very special guest is Eric Lippert. Many of you probably know Eric...

Hi all -- We're pleased to announce the release of the new Link Removed due to 404 Error. Fully revised and updated from the first edition, which was released in 2009, this edition focuses on best practices for prioritizing and testing security updates before deployment within your...

I had a chance to spend a few minutes with some of the Kinect team's key members. Most of what they are working on is under lock and key, but it was nice to chat with them for a little bit and get a little insight into the Kinect. Link Removed Link Removed

In this episode, the Silverlight 5 Triad joins John on Silverlight TV to discuss their Silverlight 5 roles, some ways they receive feedback from customers, how they interact with each other, and to talk about some of their favorite features in the next release. Sam George (Development Manager)...

When you think about all the code executing in the world at any given time, there's a good chance you're thinking about a lot of code written in C/C++ (aka native code). As Mohsen Agsen mentions so astutely in this impromptu and candid conversation, C++ can be thought of as the dark matter of...

On this episode of Ping, Laura is joined by special guest Adam DePue to give their insight into the top stories from Microsoft this week. Here's a sampling of the dishes served: Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed

Back in XP I built a UBCD and have been looking for the same for Windows 7 64 bit. Looking at their site they only mention XP in instructions. I thought I saw mention of somebody here using it. Anybody have any useful links or insite with it? Joe

Link Removed due to 404 ErrorHi guys ! check out this new desktop searching software ! its titled "InSight" . this is fully vista compatible and also works perfectly with win xp. the searching speed for files on your system is really fast !!! its worth a tryout ! works even faster than windows...

Just as the subject says, I am wanting to downgrade from Vista back to XP with the computer's original Reinstallation disk that came with it. I am wondering if this is a clean install or would it just revert back to XP. I am wantng to keep everything on there without having to make a backup of...