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Windows Mobile 7.0 Delayed

Published Tue, Sep 23 2008 9:39 | William

At first glance, the announcement that Windows Mobile 7.0 will be delayed is pretty frustrating. MS has been in the mobile phone game for a while now and it's really hard to argue that Apple didn't get it right with the iPhone. So why can't...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Windows Mobile

Using Facebook to launch a Botnet army

Published Sat, Sep 6 2008 13:07 | William

Wired has a piece talking about how easy this would be to do. It's not entirely speculative since researchers built such a beast. I think the hype is a bit much though. The argument they make could be made for any mechanism that can get people to...

Filed under: News, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Security, Privacy

Rescuing the Hubble

Published Thu, Sep 4 2008 11:54 | William

Kudos to the Boston Globe for providing such high quality and just kick a55 pics of the mission to repair the Hubble telescope.

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Chrome's EULA

Published Thu, Sep 4 2008 11:32 | William

Yah, I'm probably like the 10 trillionth person to post about it, but until now I hadn't really had a chance to look at it. This morning Gizmodo had a piece on it which definitely makes you shake your head thinking WTF. However like most things...

Filed under: Life in General, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Chrome

Create a Mobile office with Windows Mobile

Published Wed, Aug 13 2008 8:23 | William

With such a compelling title, I figured the article would be quite intriguing . I've had a lot of phone drama recently, dropping my WM 6.1 Dash and breaking it, leaving the replacement on the roof of my car and driving off, buying another imate but...

Filed under: Me, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Mobility, Windows Mobile, iPhone

WCF to the rescue

Published Mon, Jul 7 2008 19:41 | William

Although part of the idea below was mine, James Ashley was crucial to helping me figure this out. Problem: Without getting into the ghoury details, we have an application that allows users to send messages to large groups of people. Anyone using a client...

Filed under: Misc Technology, WCF, WIndows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.5 Framework, ChannelFactory

Utter Coolness compliments of Roku

Published Thu, Jul 3 2008 16:01 | William

My first Roku Soundbridge joined the family back in 2005. As far as wireless media players go, it was a bit pricey. But it looked really cool and I got it through a special offer making it a lot more reasonable. The form factor and styling was the main...

Filed under: News, Roku, Mindless Babbling, Misc Technology, Open Source

Looking for some .NET Developers

Published Fri, Jun 6 2008 22:19 | William

A client of mine located in the Aiken/Columbia South Carolina Area has asked me if I had any friends who are .NET Developers and looking for a job. They are looking for at least one Junior Developer, on Mid-Level Developer and several Senior developers...

Filed under: Compact Framework, Data Access, Web Services / WSE, .NET Basics, .NET General, Coding Techniques, Misc Technology, Biztalk, WPF, WCF, .NET 3.0 Framework, WIX, Sql Server Integration Services, SSIS, Silverlight, Sql Server, Sql Server 2008, Sharepoint, LINQ To ADO.NET, .NET 3.5 Framework, LINQ, LINQ Training, ADO.NET 3.5, C# 3.5, Windows Mobile, Job Stuff

How cheap are SMS messages?

Published Mon, May 12 2008 15:16 | William

Normally, when you hear a price comparison and the govt is involved, it's some ridiculously expensive item from the govt. However in the case of the cost of SMS messages vs the cost of pulling data from the Hubbell, it's just the opposite it's...

Filed under: Misc Technology

The Associated Press' Double Standard

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:46 | William

Exhibit A Whether it's legal, illegal, moral, immoral or whatever, it's not a good idea to post stuff on the internet if you don't want people using it without your approval. The main reason is that if someone does use it against your wishes...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology

Silverlight for Windows Mobile

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:16 | William

Speaking of new features that should help Windows Mobile remain the dominant player in the market, a mobile version of Silverlight is going to be coming down the highway . The good news: Expected release is Q2 - 2008 You can use Expression Blend to develop...

Filed under: Misc Technology, Silverlight, Mobility, .NET 3.5 Framework

The Microsoft® Windows Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator 2008!

Published Mon, Mar 17 2008 9:04 | William

Rob Tiffany has got the details... . The main features include: Intelligent resolution awareness Synchronization Services Windows Communication Foundations "Store and Forward" MapPoint LINQ Custom Controls Managed Stored Procedures and Triggers...

Filed under: News, Humor, Data Access, Misc Technology, WCF, ADO.NET Synchronization Services, Microsoft.Synchronization, Mobility, LINQ, Sahil Malik

Whitney Weaver is now blogging

Published Tue, Mar 11 2008 17:38 | William

My friend and co-worker, Whitney Weaver is now blogging at the Magenic blog site . Actually, he's been blogging for a little while now, I've just been a bum and not updated my blog in a while. Although he's certainly an up and coming programmer...

Filed under: Data Access, Misc Technology

Interesting Mac iBook story

Published Tue, Mar 11 2008 17:16 | William

Every time I hear about the TSA, I become more and more convinced that if Darwin's theory is correct, the TSA will cease to exist before long. The latest 'can they really be this stupid?' incident has to do with a Mac Airbook. At first I started...

Filed under: News, Humor, Misc Technology

I'd just close the hole...

Published Sat, Mar 8 2008 21:15 | William

There are often times that I read something, typically involving a lawsuit, that I'm shocked people push. Often they are so embarassing, I'd probably pay extortion money to keep the crap quiet if someone threatened to go public about something...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Mobility, Security

The Genius that is Frans Bouma

Published Sat, Jan 12 2008 12:56 | William

I've known Frans for a few years now and he never fails to impress. He is very well learened in many areas and he's speaks with a brutal honesty that's all too rare these days. His little discussion on a few well known mailing lists is so...

Filed under: Misc Technology

Is this legal?

Published Sun, Jan 6 2008 15:15 | William

Bruce Schneier has a new article on a program that Sears is installing on people's computers. Money quote: "If a kid with a scary hacker name did this sort of thing, he'd be arrested. But this is Sears, so who knows what will happen to them...

Filed under: News, Misc Technology, Privacy

The downside to copy and paste

Published Fri, Dec 28 2007 0:01 | William

As much time as I spend on computers, it's really hard to imagine life without the Clipboard. Copy/Cut/Paste is such a handy feature I couldn't begin to calculate how much time and effort it's saved me. However, it's definitely caused...

Filed under: News, Life in General, Misc Technology

The Bill of Rights in 2007

Published Tue, Dec 18 2007 22:31 | William

So often when I hear talking heads pontificate about constitutional issues, I hear two basic sides. The first is the strict constructionist interpretation where they claim the constitution is clear as day hence end of discussion. On the other side you...

Filed under: News, Life in General, Misc Technology, Security

Is she really this stupid?

Published Fri, Nov 30 2007 23:02 | William

On the one hand, I believe she's being sincere. On the other hand, it's hard to imagine anyone is this much of a moron . "I thought Europe WuZZZZZ a country"? Getting schooled by a 5th grader has to really suck.

Filed under: Humor, Misc Technology