Ran into a friend on the Zune team. He recommended I try out the Zune software even if don't have a Zune. Trying it out now.

Quoted: Sign up for a free Zune account and download Zune software.

For btreloar.

Quoted: The move comes after start-up Parallels introduced its own virtualization software for running Windows on a Mac, and VMware said Monday it plans to provide a beta version of Mac virtualization software later this year.

This is the downside (if you are pro-U.S.) of tougher immigration policies in the U.S.

Quoted: Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it will open a software development center in Vancouver, giving it a place to employ skilled workers snagged by U.S. immigration quotas.

If you want Exposé on Vista...

Quoted: I'm kinda tired of these showy Vista window flyaround things myself, but if you're aching for a Exposé-like Vista action, Switcher may be it.

redotted from Russell (http://bluedot.us/users/russell)

Quoted: Microsoft Photo Info tool: Microsoft has today released a new 'Photo Info' tool designed specifically for digital photographers. After installation this tool provides a new option of 'Photo Info' on the Explorer ...

Great tool.

Quoted: Log Parser is a free command-line tool from Microsoft that lets you run SQL queries against a variety of log files and other system data sources, and get the results out to an array of destinations, from SQL tables to CSV files. To get Log Parser 2.2 (the current version), visit the Microsoft Download site.
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Unfortunately, because Log Parser is essentially a skunkworks project from one of Microsoft's developers, it doesn't have much in the way of official support from Microsoft. That's why I've put together this site to help Log Parser users.

Quoted: Security Developer Center: Michael Howard discusses how you can run as an administrator and access Internet data safely by dropping unnecessary administrative privileges when using any tool to access the Internet.

Going to give it a try. Looks interesting.

Quoted: The best way to describe the interface (see screenshot) is…beautiful. Posts are divided up into a two column view with a newspaper look and feel. Max is handling HTML and CSS very well, something I haven’t seen with any other reader and which I debated with a number of feed reader execs in a podcast a few months ago (they said what Max is doing is very difficult/impossible).