Monthly Archives: July 2006

IE7 to be a High-Priority Update

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

In Q4, when IE7 is ready to ship, its going to be put on the Automatic Update site as a High-Priority update, according to the official IE blog.  I haven’t yet tried IE7, except when I’ve had Vista on my … Continue reading →

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Star Wars features in Rose Bowl Parade

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

On January 1, 2007, denizens of a galaxy far, far away will march down the streets of Pasadena, California, in a one-of-a-kind “Star Wars Spectacular” during the 118th Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade®. More than 350 Star Wars characters, including … Continue reading →

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Tablet PC an almost advertisement

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

I just saw a Best Buy “Back to School” ad on TV, and it featured a Tablet PC.  Of course they called it a Convertible Notebook, not a Tablet PC, but they did say you could jot notes directly on … Continue reading →

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Microsoft buys Winternals

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

Cnet is reporting that Microsoft has bought Winternals, including its products, and the Sysinternals freeware tools and community.  The article says that the purchase was less about the products, and more as a way to hire the two co-founders of … Continue reading →

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Desktop Gallery Contest

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

Roy Osherove is running a geek desktop contest.  The grand prize is a Premium MSDN subscription (that’s a seriously cool prize.)  Here’s my entry: Click to view a larger size.  

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Toys R Us drops Amazon

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

A long, long time ago (I can still remember), Toys R Us had their own website, complete with a B2C engine for online purchases, wish lists, etc.  Several years ago, they moved their entire operation to Amazon.  Today I received … Continue reading →

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More free virtualization

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

In an apparent move to combat lost sales due to VMWare Player being free, Microsoft has decided to give away Virtual PC 2004 SP1 for free.  It also says that versio 2007 will be free come next year.  I think … Continue reading →

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JETware Hands-Free Extension

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

Pocket PC Thoughts points to a nifty looking piece of software, JETware Hands-free Extension.  Basically, it adds a bunch of cool extensions to the bluetooth stack, making your headset and Windows Mobile based phone work better together.  It says it … Continue reading →

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New pictures

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

I posted a ton of new pictures to our Gallery.  To be informed of all changes to our Gallery, subscribe to the RSS feed.  

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Note to self

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Rick Lobrecht

Check out Stellarium, this month’s SF project of the month.  Stellarium is a cross platform, open source, planetarium for your PC.  Cool.  

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