Alexander Holy's Weblog
Guns to save laptops?
Cryptography and security experts bruce Schneier dug up this little gem: Photographer Matt Brandon...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/25/2006
Need more cool WPF demos...
Heard this a lot recently - in the meantime, ease the pain with Kevin's Bag-O-Tricks aka Kevin...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/25/2006
Gadget Dept.: Smartphone keyboard made of cloth
I've seen flexible rubber USB keyboards before, but this is a true novelty: Based on a British...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/14/2006
Vista RC1 + Office B2TR == Happiness
In case you have not seen Jensen Harris' announcement, you will be able to download Microsoft Office...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/14/2006
Updated ATI and NVidia drivers for Windows Vista RC1
Windows Vista RC1 comes with inbox support for those neat new graphics cards, but if you care for...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 09/06/2006
Convert files to XAML, win a Dell XPS laptop
Michael Swanson posted the contest today: If you create and submit a file converter to XAML, you can...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/29/2006
Ways to speed up Vista
Depending on who talk to, people will tell you how happy/unhappy they are with current Windows Vista...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/25/2006
[XLS|T|A][X|M] or XLSB?
The new Excel File Formats. Like all "new" file formats coming along with Windows Vista and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/23/2006
.NET Rocks all over TechEd: Developers/Barcelona (and how to win a ticket)
I hope to see many of you at Tech·Ed: Developers Europe Nov 7-10 in Barcelona, Spain. I am one of...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/22/2006
Augmented reality marching forward
Occasionally people are questioning those fancy 3D Vista examples, or anything beyond today's 2D...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/21/2006
Script# to tame the JavaScript beast?
10 years ago, JavaWorld was wondering if JavaScript has a future. Today, JavaScript has emerged as...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/18/2006
The computer book market as a tech trend indicator
Tim O’Reilly recently published a truly insightful analysis of the computer book market. Looking at...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/09/2006
Rest in pieces, WEP: Retire your WEP based WLAN equipment today
I've always had this uneasy feeling about WEP secured wireless networks, so when I moved to my...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/07/2006
Flash + Hard Drive = Speed + Battery
If you have seen a recent presentation on Windows Vista, you may have noted that fully using new...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2006
The Robots are Loose!
Something completely different: Did you know there is actually a Microsoft Robotics Group?Today, at...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/20/2006
Into the Lions Den: Vista @ Black Hat 2006
I almost overlooked it: Stephen Toulouse posted it last week in the Microsoft Security Response...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/12/2006
How to record/capture Windows Vista demos
Grant, working for the Platform Adoption Center, has come up with a method to capture Windows demos....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/07/2006
Follow the dots...
I’ve tested my recently purchased a Nikon Coolpix S5 compact digital camera. I’ve played with the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/05/2006
ScreenSpaceLines3D for WPF
Daniel Lehenbauer has posted an update for his 3D tools for WPF on GotDotNet. This version is...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/31/2006
Don't be chicken: fix your apps for (Windows) Vista
Bookmark this page: Here you are going to find a wealth of webcasts on WinFX and Windows Vista...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/30/2006
Is your application compatible with Windows Vista?
Programs that do not meet the requirements of a well behaved Windows Applications (as defined in the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/28/2006
New ATI and NVidia drivers for Windows Vista Beta 2
Beta 2 of Windows Vista is just out, and this is reason for the major hardware vendors to offer...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 05/25/2006