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Back on Channel 9!
In late December, I sat down for another interview on Channel 9. It took a little while to "bake"...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/26/2007
USA Today on the Windows Vista Upgrade Experience
In the USA Today Personal Technology Column this week, Ed Baig talks about his experience upgrading...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/26/2007
Sky Surprise
This site cracks me up. The offer is pretty incredible also.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/26/2007
Bill Gates introduces Windows Vista on the Daily Show
As part of our launch activties for Windows Vista, Bill Gates will be on the Daily Show with John...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/25/2007
PayPal Add-In for Expression Web
WebAssist has created a great Add-In for Expression Web that allows you to easily imbed PayPal...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/25/2007
53 CSS Techniques You Couldn't Live Without
Smashing Magazine has a round-up of CSS based design techniques on their blog.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/25/2007
Share your score!
A colleague recently pointed me to www.shareyourscore.com - this is a web service that lets you...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/25/2007
Web Design Inspiration Gallery on Flickr
Someone forwarded me this great gallery on flickr of different web sites.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/19/2007
Touchlight
Now that Apple has annoucned their iPhone, theres a whole lot more interest in touch-based...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/19/2007
Windows Live Writer
I just got around to trying Windows Live Writer. Wow - this thing is awesome. It autodetected my...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/19/2007
Expression Momentum
Momentum is starting to build around the expression tools. There's a nice write-up in InfoWorld...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/19/2007
Instant Viewer & Intellipoint Software for Windows Vista
The new Intellipoint Software for Windows Vista has a great feature that builds on the DWM API...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/18/2007
Refund Please
This article on Slate just turned me on to Refund Please. A great new web service that does the work...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/16/2007
Dell Concept LCD – Please Build it!
Dell makes some of the best LCD monitors out there, if not the best. I have a Dell 2001FP's at home...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/13/2007
Stephen Colbert on CES & iPhone
This made me laugh out loud:
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/13/2007
Children’s Hospital
Live Search and Team Seattle are partnering to help children's hospital. Children's is an awesome...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/10/2007
John Tokash’s 3 lies about iPhone
John makes some interesting comments about iPhone. I certainly believe that homebrew code will find...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/10/2007
iPhone
Time Magazine has an interesting article on the genesis of the Apple iPhone. I read through the...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/10/2007
Hearsay on Exec briefings with Steve Jobs
Someone recently emailed me this article about an executive briefing some senior folks at NIH had...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/08/2007
Personal Again
I have no idea why these videos aren't on television. HP did a great set of advertising a while back...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/08/2007
Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista
Yahoo has posted short video about Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista. It looks really nice, and does...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/08/2007
Keep up with Microsoft CES announcements on the Microsoft @ CES blog
The title pretty much sums it up. https://www.microsoftatces.com will cover all our activity at CES.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/06/2007
Report on the performance impact of Desktop Composition
Ars Technica picked up a report on a study on Windows Vista performance that was conducted at...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/06/2007
Off topic – Doogie Howser Sings!
A colleague in the office sent me this link. My wife and I have started watching a sitcom on CBS...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/04/2007
CSS Cheat Sheet
Lifehacker points to a handy CSS Cheat Sheet this morning. It's funny – stuff like this can be...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/03/2007
Make your car look like a car form Cars!
Autoblog links to a neat write-up about how to make a photo of your own car look like Lightning...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/02/2007
Snap Anywhere
I just discovered Snap Anywhere's link preview service, and decided to try it out on my blog. If you...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 01/02/2007
A new job and a new look!
Several weeks ago, I started a in a new role at Microsoft as a program manager on the Expression Web...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/20/2006
Heuristics for enabling Aero
If you're a system builder or just building a pc for yourself, and you want to make sure that your...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/08/2006
DPI Scaling in Windows Vista
Someone posted a question via the blog recently asking about how Windows Vista supports high DPI...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 12/02/2006
Shipped!
It's done! Windows Vista has released to manufacturing! The Windows Vista page on Microsoft.com has...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 11/08/2006
features that didn't make it into vista
Dave has an interesting list of these over on the shell blog. Most enjoyable to read. :-)
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/10/2006
colorization improvements for maximized windows
One question (complaint really) we've gotten for quite some time with Windows Vista has been that...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 10/06/2006
exposé using DWM API
Greg Schecter has been blogging extensively about the DWM API's in Windows Vista lately. It's...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 09/25/2006
Arrested Development
MSN Video will be hosting the entire 3 season run of Arrested development on MSN Video. Awesome.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/27/2006
Dissecting my WinHEC talk
I got an email recently about a post on a third-party discussion board regarding my talk at WinHEC....
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/06/2006
Photographing Fireworks
Sean Alexander pointed me to this great article about photographing fireworks. Timely.
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 07/04/2006
Computerworld’s Top 20 Reasons Why Windows Vista Will Be Your Next OS
Computerworld has a comprehensive write-up on Windows Vista that just went up a couple days ago. One...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/29/2006
Traveling with your Windows PC? Try SpeedSwitchXP
Chad Essley’s blog pointed me to SpeedSwitchXP. A great little utility for managing your CPU’s...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/16/2006
Closing windows, learned behaviors, and the forward-slash key
I just read Jensen’s post about the history of the close button and it made me chuckle. You see,...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/09/2006
Off topic: inexpensive mini-rc airplanes!
A friend just sent me a link to Raiden Tech Inc., who make some neat little remote control...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/08/2006
Take Windows Vista and Office 2007 for a test drive!
The Windows Vista site on Microsoft.com has all the details on getting signed up for the Windows...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/08/2006
The only thing cooler than the Halo 3 trailer at E3…
…is this video the folks at Bungie produced about the making of the trailer. I can’t wait for this...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/08/2006
Hack your router
UPDATED: fixed the link -now it points to the same article LifeHacker was linking to (I can't find...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/08/2006
Seema’s Blogging!
Seema is a program manager on my team focusing on 2d & 3d graphics in Avalon. She’s started her...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/08/2006
How to get “glass” into your application using WPF or WinForms
The great thing about working at a company the size of Microsoft is that sometimes people get things...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/05/2006
iTunes and QuickTime updated to be compatible with Aero
Back in February, I posted about some compatibility issues various applications may have with Aero,...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/04/2006
Plays For Sure hat-trick: WMP11+URGE+Clix
Windows Media Devices have been getting a whole lot of really positive press lately. CNet stacked...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/04/2006
Responding to comments on podcasting
No question that this whole process is way more difficult than what's available with iTunes (I'm...
Author: Kam VedBrat Date: 06/04/2006