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Watch BillG at the RSA keynote over breakfast tomorrow morning

6AM tomorrow morning NZ time Add a reminder to your Outlook calendar I'm not a morning person :( but...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 02/14/2006

IE7 Beta 2 Preview Available for download

IE7 Beta2 preview is now available for download from https://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/ This...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/31/2006

Nigel blogs about Seattle sport

First time to see a live NBA basketball match, Nigel has more details about the fun and oncourt...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/26/2006

Ambient Design release ArtRage 2

Ambient Design release ArtRage 2 download it from https://artrage.com/artragedown.html Made in New...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/25/2006

Need an invite to Windows Live Messenger Beta?

I have a bunch of invites available if anyone wants to try out Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/20/2006

Invite to the Xbox 360 launch in NZ

From the Xbox team: Over March we will be traveling NZ in a custom built bus loaded with Xbox 360...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/17/2006

Toshiba Gigabeat S looks hot, PMC v2

Toshiba Gigabeat S Series Portable Media Center yummy yummy, where do I get one, I can't wait till...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/16/2006

WinPE 2.0 will be available widely...

Windows PE with Windows Vista will be available much more widely than the current version of WinPE...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/16/2006

January/February TechNet Magazine is now available

Happy New Year! The January/February TechNet Magazine is now available online... The complete...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 01/08/2006

Merry Christmas!

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer is in New Zealand enjoying the festive season with his family. There...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 12/25/2005

So whats in the latest Windows Vista (December) CTP?

The December CTP (Community Technology Preview) build released out through MSDN Subscription...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 12/21/2005

Virtual Server 2005 R2 Evaluation is now available online for immediate download

Interested in evaluating Virtual Server 2005 R2? Here are some of the new key features: Virtual...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 12/06/2005

Download Virtual Machine additions for Virtual Server 2005 R2

are now available for download. No more calling up PSS or Microsoft Services requesting the hotfix...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 12/06/2005

ActiveSync 4.1 is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices

If you've got a flashy new WM5.0 device, it's recommended that you use this latest version 4.1,...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 11/18/2005

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Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/19/2005

Released to Web: Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (download)

Just came out, download away and start your testing......

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/19/2005

System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Beta release is now available

System Center Capacity Planner 2006 Beta release is now available We are proud to announce public...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/07/2005

MS Security announcements

10PM Thursday night NZ time, Microsoft made a few announcements around Security Strategy and product...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/06/2005

Why can't I upgrade my existing Windows Mobile device to WM5.0 ?

A frequently asked question, I get asked this pretty much every week. So the Windows Mobile Team...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/06/2005

Native PDF support in Office "12"

Steven Sinofsky just announced at the MVP Summit that we will build in native support for the PDF...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 10/02/2005

new Acer tablet: convertible but with a Direct Hinge instead of swivel

Tablet PC pioneer Acer does it again, looks like they will be first to market with the new Tablet PC...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 09/19/2005

download IntelliPoint 5.3 - get magnified

The Hardware guys announced a whole lot of new products today including a very cool new highend...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 09/08/2005

TechEd New Zealand 2005

TechEd is on next week and to help demo Windows Sharepoint Services and prepare for his 2 sessions...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 08/23/2005

Its official: "Longhorn" is Windows Vista

Just officially announced this morning...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 07/22/2005

Search the GAL from a Windows Mobile - Microsoft Global Contact Access

How do you lookup and search the Exchange Global Address Book (GAL) when you're on the road, with...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 07/13/2005

News from Tech Ed USA

TechEd is on in the USA (Orlando, Florida) right now, Steve Ballmer did the opening Keynote (titled...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 06/08/2005

IE7 IIS7

Last week Tony on the IEBlog announced (or confirmed depending on your POV) that IE7 would have tabs...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/28/2005

x64

With the launch of Windows x64 at WinHEC 2005, last week I was in Auckland and Christchurch with AMD...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/28/2005

Wellington Windows Mobile User Group meeting Thursday June 9th, 2005

Details for the next Windows Mobile User Group https://www.wmug.co.nz/ meeting have just been sent...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/14/2005

download final version of Office Communicator 2005 (trial)

Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 is an enterprise messenger that integrates communications...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/13/2005

Windows OneCare

all over the web now...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/13/2005

XBOX360

The MTV show was broadcast about half an hour ago, now the new https://www.xbox360.com/ site is up,...

Author: Nathan Mercer Date: 05/12/2005

Bill Gates Keynote from the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas

Hooray, now that the cat is out of the bag we can finally talk about Windows Mobile 5.0. That's the...