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Alfred Biehler

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• Email @ Microsoft

  Posted: 19 May 2008 at 16:08

  I've installed and played with an Outlook plug-in called Xobni (Inbox backwards). It does stats on your email sending and receiving habits, and it can search for stuff in your inbox in a few new ways. I've not really used it, not ever. When I installed it, it could not add much value, as it has not

• XCarLink version 6 review

  Posted: 15 May 2008 at 16:58

  I've recently bought a VW Touran, and it's a great car. It's got the needed occasional 7 seats, it is nice and punchy and I got it for a great deal (thanks to autoebid)... but it's <yawn> sooo boring. It's not even a bit exotic or exciting or exhilarating. I've got the DSG gearbox, which does

• Samsung i780 working with TomTom 5.21

  Posted: 14 May 2008 at 23:46

  As someone working in the software industry, it's weird that I'm not willing to spend money on software... or at least I think 100 times before doing so. So - many moons ago I bought TomTom 3, then later 5 and later upgraded to 5.21. Today, I've managed to get my shiny new Samsung i780 phone working

• Blog writer tools

  Posted: 19 Nov 2007 at 18:55

  You would have thought that an anorak like me would not even think twice about using Windows Live Writer to blog with... but I did not. I have a few blogs inside Microsoft (for those Microserfs out there, have a look on my SharePoint MySite) and I've been using Word to blog. Yes, Word 2007 can do it

• Private parts

  Posted: 16 Nov 2007 at 13:14

  I've been brewing on the topic of privacy. I recall in my days as consultant on our Commerce Server product (even when it was just Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition - now showing my age and technical background), we were contemplating the implications of personalisation, and how it might play out to

• Lenovo X61T More Xolid than seXy

  Posted: 15 Nov 2007 at 13:12

  I received my new Lenovo X61T tablet PC on Monday, and I'd like to share with you my first impressions. I was hoping to buy (with work money - thanks Bill!) the ultimate power machine in a small and lightweight portable package, looking very sexy, with all the features I wanted yet within the budget

• Zune bonus

  Posted: 15 Nov 2007 at 11:26

  I've received a Zune as a gift a few months ago, and it worked brilliantly as an PM 3 player, but that was about it - especially since there are not thousands of friends around me with Zunes to share music with. I nearly sold it, but then stopped short because of the fantastic musical quality that I

• Photo Album: Mobile photos

  Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 11:36

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• Get your Windows Live ID NOW

  Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 08:18

  I know I'm competitive... so perhaps this is more important to me than others... but if you have any desire to get a cool Windows Live ID (Think Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces + much, much more....) with a [name]@live.co.uk, *now* is the time to grab it. It only opened up for business 11pm last night

• Photo Album: Mobile photos

  Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 06:35

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• Photo Album: Test

  Posted: 12 Oct 2007 at 13:47

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• Photo Album: Test

  Posted: 12 Oct 2007 at 09:47

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• Photo Album: Sweet Caroline

  Posted: 02 Oct 2007 at 22:19

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• Photo Album: Sweet Caroline

  Posted: 02 Oct 2007 at 17:45

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• Real life MCE on Vista experience great

  Posted: 14 Dec 2006 at 15:27

  I just had to find something in an old blog posting, and thought I’ll drop another posting to say “hi” to those still subscribed to my blog. Did you know you could force Live.com to search a specific site? If you wanted to search only my blog for any pages containing “Vista”, this would do the job:

• An apology and a change

  Posted: 05 Oct 2006 at 21:12

  Good evening all I owe all my readers an apology: I've been absent for nearly a month now - and have been struggling to figure out the new shape of my blog and content. But, I'm back, now, with a new hat on! I'm tempted to say that I was inspired by Brian Valentine & Scoble, but actually, but th

• Guru stock trader, you?

  Posted: 08 Sep 2006 at 11:59

  If you ever fancied becoming a big stock trader with no risk (why does this sound so much like the typical promises in Nigerian emails?), this is your chance. Virtual Stock trader On this site, you can show the stuff you are made of! I've got a friend in SA that is an absolute mathematical genius. S

• Why being cool is *really* important

  Posted: 08 Sep 2006 at 08:00

  E=mc^2 I always wanted to start a blog posting with this, and now I’ve got a good reason. E = Energy m = mass c = the speed of light In our data centres, the mass and the speed of light will remain constant. Servers won’t get lighter or heavier, and constants stay constants. Therefore, E will need

• Movies get more focus

  Posted: 30 Aug 2006 at 21:43

  There has been a flurry of activity over the last few days that are very, very interesting. I'm still getting my head around some of these, but it seems like movies are getting renewed attention. YouTube, Google demoting Froogle for movies, and now two bits from Microsoft's stall: 1) For UK movie g

• Microsoft taking quality seriously

  Posted: 24 Aug 2006 at 12:32

  If you ever had *any* doubt about just how seriously we take our customer feedback, the this 3 minute 50 second video is an absolute must see. Ever wondered what happens if you click "send report"? I promise you, if this video don't make you think again (or laugh or cry), then I would be v