March 2008 - Posts

Remote Search in Windows Search 4.0
29 March 08 07:56 PM | Brandon Live!
Following up on the Windows Search 4.0 Preview release, I will be writing several posts about some of the new features and changes enabled by this release.  One such feature, and this first one I will dive into here, is the capability to remotely search the index of another Windows PC. This features isn’t entirely new.  [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Windows Search 4.0 Preview release
27 March 08 09:21 PM | Brandon Live!
Today we made available the WS 4.0 preview release for Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003/2008.  You can read details about WS 4.0 at the following sites: Vista Team Blog - Announcing the Windows Search 4.0 Preview KB Article describing Windows Search 4.0 (with download links) This release is mainly an update to the Windows Search indexer, and [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Don’t trust Trend Micro with your PC security
23 March 08 02:51 PM | Brandon Live!
I wouldn’t after seeing this. A Neowin forum member brought up what they believed was a conflict between UAC and Trend Micro Internet Security 2007.  After some discussion about it, they received this e-mail from Trend Micro’s support team: Dear Lexonex, Hello there! A pleasant day to you! My name is John from Consumer Escalation Team and I [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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More on the Apple Update scandal
22 March 08 11:55 PM | Brandon Live!
Two points I want to make based on the comments my last post is receiving: 1)  That post, and its title, are mainly about the outrageous ways in which people are jumping to Apple’s defense… not Apple’s action itself. 2)  If your argument is that user’s read the dialog and can uncheck the Safari box if they [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Apple is the new Borg.
22 March 08 04:34 PM | Brandon Live!
If you haven’t heard, Apple has decided to start forcing Safari down your throat if you use iTunes, Quicktime, or any of their other Windows software. In response, lots of Apple fans have jumped to their defense.  They say that users read the dialog before clicking “update.”  They say users will welcome their new Apple overlords.  [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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FAQ: How do I disable indexing for most file extensions?
16 March 08 06:54 PM | Brandon Live!
The answer is simple:  you shouldn’t. I’ve been e-mailed this question a couple times now, and seen it on forums more times than that.  Sometimes the person asking the question says something like, “I only want to index my media files.”  They apparently believe the way to achieve this is to tell the indexer to ignore [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Don’t write gadgets with Flash or Silverlight
11 March 08 01:51 PM | Brandon Live!
Because I, and millions of others, will not be able to use them.  That’s because we use 64-bit versions of Windows. You see, the Windows Sidebar uses Internet Explorer to host the HTML and script that make up a gadget.  On 64-bit versions of Windows, the Sidebar is a 64-bit process, and so it uses the [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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I Am Legend: The ending that should have been
11 March 08 04:22 AM | Brandon Live!
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The case for Obama-Clinton
09 March 08 06:10 PM | Brandon Live!
I just read a good argument for an Obama-Clinton democractic ticket.  For a short time I had ruled out such a ticket, and it’s quite possible that such a thing will be impossible (especially when Clinton makes attacks like this one). Regardless of what happens, I do hope someone will call out Senator Clinton for that [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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IE 8 Beta 1 is released
05 March 08 04:02 PM | Brandon Live!
I’m a huge fan of the great work the IE team is doing for this release.  The first beta, targetted mainly at web developers, is now available.  In addition to excellent standards support, it includes some cool new user-facing features like “Web Slices,” Activities (XML driven extensions for doing things like mapping an address), automatic [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Don’t buy the Obama hype, buy the Obama record
04 March 08 12:57 PM | Brandon Live!
Grassroots Mom over at the Daily Kos has a fantastic breakdown of both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama’s track records through 2007.  She looks at the bills and amendments they authored, who co-sponsored them, and how many they actually got passed. The result of this analysis may surprise you, especially if you believe Hillary’s claims that [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Seriously, watch this WorldWide Telescope video
04 March 08 03:27 AM | Brandon Live!
Freakin’ amazing. Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Irrational Explanations - Xbox 360 repair removes guy’s prized signatures
01 March 08 04:16 PM | Brandon Live!
I just got linked to this article via Neowin, about a guy who had an Xbox 360 for two years that had been signed by various Xbox, Bungie, and Rooster Teeth staff (and also had some cool custom artwork drawn on it). He tried to arrange with the repair facility to have either the same console [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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