Omar Shahine
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To be continued... on my blog
Until further notice, I'm discontinuing cross posting to this blog. As always, all the posts here...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/29/2005
Treo 650 Review Part 3
I almost forgot that I never finished my Treo Review Series. The device is so integrated into my...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/21/2005
Good luck Dennis!
Dennis Cheung, someone that I interviewed for his first job out of college, and someone who I...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/21/2005
This blog location
For a while now (since January 2004) I have been posting both to my personal blog...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/20/2005
Wow I was slashdotted!
I never thought it would happen, but thanks to Dan Crevier's recent patent, I was slashdotted...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/18/2005
Newsgator + FeedDemon
Interesting indeed. I started using FeedDemon because I grew tired of having my RSS in Outlook (I do...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/17/2005
Yahoo Music
Here is why Yahoo Music is cool. Yes I work for MSN, and sure I wish MSN Music had this same...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 05/12/2005
Vacation in progress
If you are trying to reach me over the next week, I will be unavailable. Many have asked me why I'm...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/29/2005
I'm not alone with my Comcast DVR woes
I'm not the only one who thinks the Comcast DVR with TV Guide software is buggy. I should call...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/26/2005
Fixing Outlook Red "X" Problem
Every few months, Outlook 2003 will get into a situation where it will no longer render images in...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/26/2005
Interesting things Jimmy did see
My good buddy, Jimmy (a.k.a. JimmyG) who no longer works for MS, spends all day taking spy photos of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/26/2005
New VP of HR for Microsoft
Lisa Brummel was just named Vice President of Human Resources at Microsoft. Previous to this role...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/25/2005
Photoshop CS2
First of all, a big shout out to Adobe for creating an awesome upgrade for Digital Camera owners. I...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/25/2005
Office 2003 Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies
I can't even begin to explain how happy I am that we recently released the Office 2003 PIA download....
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/22/2005
Media Center TV on PSP
I just found this app called Image Converter 2 made by Sony, that will convert a wide variety of...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/22/2005
Adobe Photoshop CS2 in the mail!
Just got this email from Adobe. Wohooo! Your Adobe Store order has shipped! Product: Adobe Photoshop...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/22/2005
So long MPx
Motorola finally cancelled the MPx [via Steve Makofsky]. I just pulled up this post I wrote last...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/22/2005
Zinio 3.0
Zinio released an updated version of their Magazine Reader. It's much improved over 2.0. One of the...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/16/2005
PSP
Nooooo!!! I could not resist (sorry Steve). I had to have one. Must purchase. Well, I was walking...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/15/2005
Photshop Maximize Compatability
I just noticed this warning when I saved a file: So lets see. You are asking the user a question....
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/15/2005
Uh oh
I just played with a friend's PSP. OMG it rocks. I have an Xbox and I play it like once a month. I...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/14/2005
Get Perpendicular
From a...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/14/2005
Get to the root of an Explorer window
Found this great tip from Ed Bott. You can take advantage of the explorer.exe command line switches...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/11/2005
Shutdown
Why doesn't Shutdown work? Shutting down Windows and Shutting down Outlook requires user...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/11/2005
Wither the Audiovox 5600
Now I understand why Cingular hasn't launched the Audiovox 5600 Smartphone that AT&T was...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/10/2005
Show/Hide Filenames in XP Thumbnails View
Did you know that if you hold down the SHIFT key when selecting Thumbnails View or opening a folder,...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/09/2005
Microsoft Internal Recruiting
Is the tech job market heating up? Hell yes. In the last 4 months I've been cold called by 3...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/08/2005
Turbo Tax 2004
Well, this is the 6th year I've used TurboTax now. Each year I owe some federal tax, and each year...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/06/2005
WikiSpam
I am getting a ton of LinkSpam on my dasBlog Wiki. It's driving me nuts. Like 3 times a day! In...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/05/2005
Think Outside Bluetooth Stowaway Travel Mouse
I picked up this little gem from amazon a few days ago and love it. Since my laptop has built in...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 04/05/2005
The device does not appear to work consistently as a phone
That title is one of the main reasons I seriously considered a Treo 650 (and ultimately got one). If...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/26/2005
Apple iTunes DRM hole
It seems that Paul Thurrott is astonished that Apple would apply DRM to purchased music on the...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/23/2005
Windows Media DRM to deliver Indian Movies over the Internet
One of my co-workers, Imran, is a prime example of how powerful a rich and licensable DRM system...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/23/2005
Digital Audio Tools
Eric Virro has a great site that covers all aspects of ripping digital audio. Highly recommended...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/22/2005
start.com developer blogs
Steve Rider, who works on start.com, started blogging about it. I'm super excited about the work...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/22/2005
Phone Calls in Meetings
When did it become OK to answer a phone call in a meeting? I personally find it incredibly...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/21/2005
Programming Mac vs Windows
David Weller discusses what it's like to program on a Mac. Back when I was a Mac user, I desperately...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/19/2005
Joe Wilcox on PlaysForSure, Napster, WMP10 and Zen Micro
Joe Wilcox did an awesome four part series on his experiences with PlaysForSure, Napster To Go and...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/18/2005
Google Human
I think this is the kind of stuff that makes me feel like Google is a human company. How cool and...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/17/2005
Groove Virtual Office
Wow. I installed Groove a few days ago on advice from Dennis and tried the File Synchronization...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/14/2005
Vonage ClickToCall API
This is pretty neat. I wish Vonage had a web API, but they do not. However, they do have a HTTP GET...
Author: Omar Shahine Date: 03/12/2005