This is an old conversation, but I find that many people still do not know about it. From Office 97 to 2003 Microsoft used the .doc file extension.  These files were binary files.  When Office 2007 was introduced, Microsoft change the file extension to .docx.  These files are stored in an open XML format.  One [...]

Tuesday, while listing to Microsoft Technical Evangelist John Westin, I learned that  Natal for the Xbox will cost under $100.  This is a great price point in my opinion for the experience a person will have. Microsoft is not just letting the Natal interface stop with the Xbox.  They are taking it and and the [...]

How do you manage all of your connections? I have several different silos that I use.  LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc all have their own contact list.  I do not have a place that consolidates it all, but I want it.  I do have some requirements though. I know that Outlook is incorporating it in 2010 [...]

Have you ever wondered, “How fast would MS CRM be if I could use FireFox?”.   I have.  Internet Explorer 8 and older are not very competitive when it comes to javascript.  Guess what MS CRM has a lot of.  JAVASCRIPT! Well, there is some good news.  Microsoft is testing IE9 and it shows some tremendous [...]

The story begins with me needing more drive space on my backup drive.  I allocated the extra space from our SAN.  Then I went into the server and told it to expand the drive with the extra space. This is where it gets weird.  I could see the new space everywhere except in explore and [...]

For those of you looking to upgrade to Windows 7, I have found a deal at CompUSA.  Now it is only the Home edition, but you get 3 full licenses for $149.99.  Have fun with your install. Share