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Stop using Google!
live.com is (finally!) sooo much better. Yes, I know "Google" has become a verb and it's hard to say "Live it", but the reality is Live's search results are (finally) better. Live's mapping ( http://maps.live.com ) is far...
Visual Studio Express and Windows Home Server
Dan Fernandez is the lead product manager for Visual Studio Express . He just blogged about developing tools and applications for Windows Home Server using Visual Studio. + As I mentioned in my Channel9 video I'm super excited that WHS is going to enable...
Stop Digital Amnesia SWAG
Stop Digital Amnesia SWAG Originally uploaded by ckindel . Have you checked out www.stopdigitalamnesia.com yet? I know in my first post I had a typo in the URL (thanks Mark for fixing it remotely for me!). My marketing team (and the vendors who helped...
HP MediaSmart pic
DSCN0235 Originally uploaded by ckindel . Here's a pic I took this morning in the Microsoft booth at CES of the Windows Home Server powered HP MediaSmart device. I put my latte next to it so you might be able to appreciate the diminutive size of the device...
Amazing Response
My inbox is overflowing with messages from people congratualating my team, asking questionsm, and pointng me at all the great press we've been getting. I awoke this morning over a hundred emails directly to me and my RSS reader overflowing with feeds...
Bill Gates' CES Keynote can be viewed online
Head over to http://microsoftatces.com/ to view Bill Gates' keynote where he announced Windows Home Server.
Windows Home Server
Windows Home Server prototype Originally uploaded by ckindel . I am writing this from the Windows Home Server blogger's lounge in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Bill Gates just finished up his CES 2007 keynote where the product I have been slaving over...
Stop Digital Amnesia?
Noticed a banner ad on cnet.com that clicked through to this site www.stopdigitalamnesia.com (Stop Digital Amnesia). Hmmm... Yet another Microsoft viral-teaser site. Something big will be announced on 1/7 at CES... Reminds me of Furry Goat's post about...
MCE Controller 1.0.4 Released
I’ve released an update to MCE Controller that fixes a bug where it would prevent Windows logoff and shutdown. Head over to http://www.kindel.com/products/mcecontroller to download it. MCE Controller allows the Media Center application of Windows...
Chris Gray - Building your own home server
Chris talks about his home server on Channel9 . “Let’s go to my white board…here’s a diagram of my home network…” He’s actually a pretty good artist. And I thought he was just a great developer. Chris’...
Great Windows Media Center videos
Check out these great Channel9 videos on Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) . If you’ve ever wondered what all the fuss over MCE is watch John Canning and Charlie Owen expose it all. Media Center exposed, Part I Media Center exposed, Part II...
Dell 24" LCD for $1,199
Ohhhh… check out the new Dell 2405FPW Wide screen LCD that ExtremeTech just reviewed . I am such a sucker for big, high-resolution displays. I was one of the first on the block to have an NEC 6FG back in the day; I still have the hulking monster...
Blobservations: Windows Server, Home Edition
Rick Hallihan presents a really nice vision of what a Windows based home server would look like in Blobservations: Windows Server, Home Edition . At my house I use Windows Server 2003 to manage all of my client PCs. For example I can easily change all...
A File Server...in Your Living Room?
Via BusinessWeek a good article on home servers: That's right, with most homes nowadays having multiple computers and lots of files to share, these new low-cost devices can do wonders Want to watch movies, control your stereo's music, and back up your...
In depth MCE 2005 article on AnandTech
AnandTech has a very deep article on Windows Media Center Edition 2005. They didn't think much of the earlier versions of MCE. Some quotes: " Media Center Edition continues to be the coolest looking highest performance PVR/DVR (with a fast enough system...
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