Quoted: In Apple's defense, what they have released is a beta version of Safari, and betas are made for bug detection. But by creating a version that runs on Windows, it has left the relatively safe harbor of 5% market share and exposed itself to the winds of malware that blow fierce in the Microsoft (MSFT) Windows environment.

WinFX is now called .NET 3.0

I've seen this work a number of times. Connect the drive as a slave and not as a master. Just be prepared to know exactly what you need to recover because you don't have long before the drive starts to fail again!

Redotting : Sumit

QuietComfort 2's are pretty much standard issue for traveling consultants. The 3's are smaller and include a rechargeable battery. $349 is too much for these minor differences though - I hope they drop the price.

Quoted: Bose is proving that smaller doesn't necessarily mean less expensive. The company has announced the QuietComfort 3, a new pair of noise-canceling headphones that are significantly smaller than its popular QuietComfort 2 headphones ($299) and feature...

The QWERTY keyboard is a nice addition.

Quoted: Throwing its hat into--or at least nearby--the UMPC ring, Sony has announced the VAIO UX180P Micro PC. Taking some of the most innovative elements of the T-Mobile Sidekick and the OQO Model 01, the VAIO UX180P features a a 4.5-inch (diagonal) wide-s...

My friend Brian is blogging about his Easter weekend chaos (insert feces joke here). I heard a little about it when we met up in Portland for dinner - what a mess. Hope the story ends well....

As recommended by Nerfherder - to fully complete the integration with personal blogs and blue.us (dots to blogs and blogs to dots)...use MetaWeblog API! Get on that Blue.Team ;-)

If any of you are .NET Developers using the Enterprise Library Framework v2.0 from Microsoft Patterns & Practices, you may like this new asset that integrates the Configuration Console with Visual Studio 2005.

Fascinating Webcast keynote/conversation between Bill Gates and Tim O'Reilly. Huge range of topics (e.g. mobility, digital lifestyle, software development, competitors, market leaders, trendsetters, etc). I'll have to rewatch this in its entirety.