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If You Use an Android Phone, Please Take Me Out of your Contacts…

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Bill Williams

I know that sounds harsh.  Especially so considering the large usage share that Google’s Android mobile OS enjoys.  Everyone knows someone with an Android phone.  In fact, chances are, at least a plurality of your friends are using the platform … Continue reading →

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New version of E6B Gizmo

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Bill Williams

I’ve submitted an upgrade of E6B Gizmo, version 1.1, to the Windows Phone Marketplace which should go live shortly (I’ll keep you posted).  It just contains a couple of little bug fixes, but the big news is that I’ve made … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Had a Secret

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Bill Williams

Indulge me for a bit of background.  Less than a week ago a colleague and I were talking about the possibilities of a virtualization system that would allow future versions of Windows to forgo all of the baggage of compatibility … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Snacks

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Bill Williams

Microsoft Learning has developed some cool learning “snacks” about about various Windows 7 topics to help you start to get familiar with enhancements and changes in Windows 7.  These snacks are simply short demos/training clips for the various subjects. Here … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Beta Publicly Released

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Bill Williams

In SteveB’s CES kickoff keynote Wednesday night, he announced the public availability of the Windows 7 Beta release.  Windows 7 is the next release of the desktop operating system from Microsoft, to succeed Windows Vista.  This is good news for … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Bill Williams

I was updating one of my Vista machine’s installed JRE a couple of days ago, and I noticed something interesting.  I’m sure this has been old news for a while, but it was the first time I had noticed it.  … Continue reading →

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Xbox 360 Gets a Facelift

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Bill Williams

As E3 continues, we got some updates yesterday from Microsoft on the future of the Xbox 360.  It turns out the with the Fall release, a lot of changes are coming.  First, for the first time in history (according to … Continue reading →

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