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Do you ‘bing’?
Wed, Sep 22 2010 6:25
I know it sounds cheesy, that’s because it probably is. Not because it’s particularly wrong to try to ‘verbify’ it, but because it’s trying too hard to be like Google. The fact is, I do ‘bing’. Yes, you heard right, I use Microsoft’s bing as my primary... Read More...
by Bashar Lulu
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Farewell Windows XP
Mon, May 4 2009 18:46
I just formatted my laptop. It is something I have not done ever since I bought my laptop almost 2 years ago, which came with Windows XP preinstalled. I formatted it to install Windows 7 which, as an MSDN subscriber, I had first hand access to. I did... Read More...
by Bashar Lulu - MVP
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Can you say 'Xobni'?
Sun, May 11 2008 3:04
Neither could I. Xobni (pronounced zob-nee) is 'Inbox' spelt backwards, and has been hailed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as the 'next generation of social networking'. At first glance Xobni looks like yet-another-desktop-search-engine... Read More...
A developer's best friend is...
Wed, Jul 25 2007 11:11
Two years ago, my friend, mentor, manager and fellow MVP Omar Shraim and I were on a Whidbey (now Visual Studio 2005) and Yukon (now SQL Server 2005) 'Train-the-Trainer' course in Paris, France. And I can remember our trainer for the Yukon course... Read More...
Live.com: Search Dot Net
Fri, May 18 2007 4:53
I just came back from Friday prayer, my kids are out with their Aunt (probably at McDonald's), my wife's in the kitchen prepping something up for lunch, so I have the study room all to myself. I went in, and instead of firing up my laptop, I logged... Read More...