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On bald cats and small children.
How's that for an attention grabbing title? One of the best things about working for Microsoft is...
Author: tparks Date: 10/09/2005
With security flaws, Everybody loses
While surfing the blogosphere, I cam across a link to this article on ZDnet talking about...
Author: tparks Date: 10/08/2005
Halo movie Executive Producer: Peter Jackson
https://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla&p=4955829 will we have a 12 disc...
Author: tparks Date: 10/05/2005
E_INVALID_ARRRRRRRRRRRGH
What's the most annoying api you've ever used? Mine pretty much has to be the winsock NSP as it is...
Author: tparks Date: 10/05/2005
5 Years of Neowin!
Congrads! Now, if we can just get them running Windows 2003;)
Author: tparks Date: 10/02/2005
The big dogs ride this year
Xbox 360 Windows Vista Office 12 IE 7 Hotmail "Kahuna" Windows Mobile 2005 Visual Studio 2005 .NET...
Author: tparks Date: 10/01/2005
Interesting 3rd party blogging on Collaboration Technologies in Windows Vista
Adrian Moore is posting about working with the Windows Vista Collaboration API's (and he's wrapping...
Author: tparks Date: 10/01/2005
A little bit of assembly goes a long way
What a Compiler Turns Your C Code Into Its compiled with GCC and its for the PPC chip, but its still...
Author: tparks Date: 09/29/2005
Tripp gets a new toy.
So, I finally decided to get a new cell phone as my old one was beginning to show its age, so it was...
Author: tparks Date: 09/29/2005
Russell Beattie to switch back?
https://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008631.html Russell Beattie is considering defecting from...
Author: tparks Date: 09/23/2005
Article on Microsoft's P2P Platform
https://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2142266/microsoft-wants-peer-peer Sandeep is our teams product...
Author: tparks Date: 09/15/2005
Bill Gates on Channel 9
Scoble https://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/09/08.html#a11061 Got a chance to interview Bill Gates...
Author: tparks Date: 09/08/2005
Microsoft Acquires Teleo, Innovative VoIP Technology Company
https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/09-30MSNTeleoPR.mspx It appears we have acquired...
Author: tparks Date: 08/31/2005
Peer Eventing and you
Now that we are successfully able to enumerate a static snapshot of people online at a particular...
Author: tparks Date: 08/30/2005
Enumerating People near me in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1
Now that we have learned how to Sign in, we can see who else is signed in HRESULT WINAPI...
Author: tparks Date: 08/30/2005
Getting Started with the Collaboration API's!
Guess what the first api you have to call is? HRESULT WINAPI PeerCollabStartup(WORD...
Author: tparks Date: 08/30/2005
Thin clients thin on experience
Scoble is getting picked on by the thin client "revolutionaries"...
Author: tparks Date: 08/30/2005
Media Center hits the mainstream
Being an intense Windows Media Center user I’m glad to see this....
Author: tparks Date: 08/30/2005
PeerCollab API's finally avaliable on MSDN!
I’ve been waiting a long time to be able to post about this, Our new Serverless Collaboration api’s...
Author: tparks Date: 08/26/2005
A fair article on PNRP
Would you believe it’s from the Register? I suppose I have to give credit where credit is due....
Author: tparks Date: 08/20/2005
Funny MSN Virtual Earth Ad
This is a pretty amusing ad for Virtual Earth
Author: tparks Date: 08/19/2005
More Pnrp news
More Pnrp news in which the press gets in to full paranoia mode.
Author: tparks Date: 08/16/2005
Go go Honeymonkies!
This is an interesting story of how Microsoft is trying to find issues in windows, using a...
Author: tparks Date: 08/12/2005
PNRP in Windows Vista Beta 1
Noah has a post about PNRP in Beta 1
Author: tparks Date: 08/11/2005
How to make money from spammers.
Settle with them for <drevil>$7 million dollars</drevil> ;)...
Author: tparks Date: 08/09/2005
Konfabulator
It's pretty well known that Yahoo! bought Konfabulator a few weeks ago and that they released...
Author: tparks Date: 08/09/2005
What are the new collaboration features in Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1
I'll post more about the API's later From MSDN: Peer-to-Peer Windows Vista provides capabilities for...
Author: tparks Date: 08/07/2005
Looking for a credible source of news.
What makes a good news source? For me, it consists of the following Non editorializing Thank you...
Author: tparks Date: 08/07/2005
It was a dark and stormy night: Microsoft analyst Dan McKay wins Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Microsoft analyst wins bad-writing award Congradulations to Dan McKay for winning the Bulwer-Lytton...
Author: tparks Date: 07/30/2005
After the release the fun begins, or What do you have to say about Vista?
One of my favorite things to do after a release is watch the public reaction to the product....
Author: tparks Date: 07/30/2005
Chris Jones,Corporate VP of Core Os Division talks about Vista
You can catch the video on Channel 9.
Author: tparks Date: 07/28/2005
And now for something completely different
A pretty interesting show has premiered on the Discovery Channel called Dirty Jobs. Hosted by Mike...
Author: tparks Date: 07/28/2005
Vista Beta 1 Ship party photos
As promised, some beta 1 ship party pictures are here
Author: tparks Date: 07/27/2005
Its out the door! Vista Beta 1 ships!
It's party time here on campus! Announcement Screenshots! Maybe I'll post some pictures of the party...
Author: tparks Date: 07/27/2005
Going to PDC? Register by July 30 for 15% off!
If you register for the PDC by July 30, you save 15% ($300). See you there!
Author: tparks Date: 07/27/2005
Slow news day?
News flash! Mapping service is not realtime! Our tech news tabloid friends(The Register,Slashdot)...
Author: tparks Date: 07/26/2005
I want one!
Drool I've been tracking the release of this phone for a long time and I need it to satisfy my geek...
Author: tparks Date: 07/26/2005
Bribes for Vista
This was floating around the company recently. It worked, and we got chocolate!
Author: tparks Date: 07/23/2005
Windows Network Developer Platform has a blog
Part of the team that Collaboration Technologies works for has a team blog located here. Hopefully...
Author: tparks Date: 07/23/2005
Mark your calendars, Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 1 by August 3
Now that Longhorn has been given a real name Microsoft Windows Vista (isn't that a mouthful) it is...
Author: tparks Date: 07/23/2005
Windows Vista
At least it doesnt have X in its name:) https://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861734355/vista.html...
Author: tparks Date: 07/22/2005
I've got a secret. Wanna hear it?
Tomorrow, at 6 am PDT, the following Web link will go live with new information. I can’t tell you...
Author: tparks Date: 07/22/2005
X64 Farcry!
If you haven't already seen/beaten it, the x64 version of FarCry was released by AMD.
Author: tparks Date: 06/21/2005
I have saved the earth once again.
I just beat Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil. If you liked the origional, you will like the expansion. I...
Author: tparks Date: 06/21/2005
RAW Support for Windows XP
I saw this over on Robert Burke's weblog. Microsoft has released a powertoy that allows for raw...
Author: tparks Date: 06/16/2005
Orca is your Friend.
One of the games I recently purchased decided it didn’t want me to run on my spiffy new x64 install....
Author: tparks Date: 06/16/2005
Blogger Smackdown! Scoble vs Joel
It seems Scoble and Joel (of Joel on software fame) are having a tiff. An amusing read.
Author: tparks Date: 06/16/2005