The new Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7 has recently been released to MSDN. To find out what's new in the Tablet PC 2005 OS (Lonestar), I recommend having a look at this article.

Are you experiencing trouble with software accessing the internet or opening network ports / waiting for incoming requests after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2? This KB article may help. A lot of other questions are being answered in the XP SP 2 Support Center, including detailed information for IT-Pros and Developers.

Just when I started to think that I know all about IIS6, I find http://www.tryiis.com that has vast amounts of info on the technology, including a very good web-cast-section: http://www.tryiis.com/Webcasts.asp

Metablogging via http://www.technewsworld.com/story/35673.html: <quote>Developed jointly by Sharp Corporation and Sharp Laboratories Europe, Sharp hopes the new TFT 3D LCD technology will revolutionize the visual experience by offering a realistic sense of depth and presence that hasn't been previously available in LCD displays. ...

Are you (planning to) run systems equipped with AMD Opteron processors or Intel Xeon with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) processors? If so, make sure to join the Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems Beta Customer Preview Program or the Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems Customer Preview Program!

 The Microsoft Architects Journal JOURNAL3 has gone online and is available here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/journal

I have revised my ASP.NET based CaptCha control that I use in the comments section. Daniel Turini told me (in my comments) that my first control lacks security as I loaded a static image for each character that the user needs to type - something easily breakable via a small script. The new CaptCha control always loads the same image which is an...

LookOut is performing nicely on my system now, but only after disabling/removing DateLens. There is however no problem in running LookOut and NewsGator together at the same time.

I decided to make my weblog engine a little more comment spam unfriendly by adding a captcha validation to the comments section and by not displaying URLs or email addresses written in comments as hyperlinks anymore as I was recently flooded by comment spam. If you are intersted in my ASP.NET based captcha control, you may download its source...

I haven't found my favorite way of how to read / find data in / keep up with NNTP based newsgroups. The "subscribe-to"-model in Outlook Express just does not do the trick for me for whatever reason. I have now discovered Netscan from Microsoft Research which I will certainly give a try!

I learned about the "MSN sandbox" today, a place that lets you play early with MSN technologies and prototypes. What a cool site! First task, I installed Lookout 1.2 and oh, revolutionized the way I search for data in Outlook and Exchange. How come I never heard about this technology before? This is amazing!!!

iBIZ announced the availability of their virtual keyboard in February 2004 - but has so far not been able to ship. Now they officially announced their inability to ship the product (for now) to their customers due to pending lawsuits (aw)... Sad news, looks like I'll just have to wait a little longer...

For all fans / users of Windows XP Media Center Edition, TheGreenButton.com has some very interesting information on this technology, including a hot discussion forum and a good download center. Above mentioned forums also pointed me to a few sites that should end most codec questions, but beware, blindly fiddling with codecs can quickly mess...

Swisscom and SBB have announced broadband WLAN (speed of up to 2MBit) availability in railway stations and on board trains! If there is a good subscription / pricing model, this could be revolutionary for commuters! <Quote...

Not just a cool name, with "Project Kitty Hawk", SUN is announcing a service oriented architecture based software development initiative. I wonder how their technology will compare to Microsoft's project Whitehorse in Team System.