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• 'Last lecture' professor dies of cancer - Randy Pausch

  I was sad to find out today that Randy Pausch had passed forward into a better life. I was deeply moved by his speech and the way he lived. You can read the full article here: 'Last lecture' professor dies of cancer For those of you that have... Posted Jul 25 2008, 02:52 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Virtual PC, IE, Windows Vista, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, Interviews, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, A More Secure and Well Managed Infrastructure (SWMI), Screen Casts, Health and Fitness, IE 8

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• Simply Amazing, Randy Pausch reprising his "Last Lecture"

  If you have never scene this talk, I highly recommend it, it is about 10 minutes long and worth every second.  I guarantee it will touch you.  It is an shorter version of a full lecture that he gave, and you can click on his name to learn more... Posted Feb 20 2008, 08:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Exchange, Active Directory, Search, Virtual PC, Windows Vista, System Center, ISA Server, Group Policy, SQL 2005, WebCast Question Logs, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Exchange 2007, Live Events, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Book of the Month, System Center Data Protection Manager, Podcasts, Virtual Server, ForeFront, Small Business Server 2003, Data Protection Manager, Windows 2003, Windows 2003R2, Windows Desktop Search, Windows Server 2008, Screen Casts, Health and Fitness

• Screencast: How To Install Office Sharepoint Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008

  The other day I was building some new demo servers to showcase search capabilities with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS).  During the process I decided to install MOSS on my brand new RTM copy of Windows 2008 Enterprise server. ... Posted Feb 15 2008, 07:45 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, TechNet Events, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, Podcasts, Windows Server 2008, Screen Casts

• You be the Judge: What is the best search engine: Live Search, Google or Yahoo?

  You get to be the judge, click on the picture below and got the search-off web site , click the picture below, run a search and click the check in the upper right to vote.  Happy Searching! Share this post: Read More... Posted Feb 12 2008, 03:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Search, Windows Vista, Fun and Family, Windows Desktop Search

• Microsoft, Google's and other opinions on the Yahoo! acquisition

  Yesterday I was reading a couple of interesting posts and the general news surrounding the proposed acquisition we made to buy Yahoo: Microsoft Bid To Buy Yahoo Faces Scrutiny   During my reading I stumbled upon a couple of interesting posts one... Posted Feb 05 2008, 08:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Fun and Family

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• ANNOUNCEMENT: Tafiti goes Shared Source

  Happy Searching Everyone! Wanted to give you an update on Tafiti, Microsoft’s experimental site that explores the intersection between Silverlight and Windows Live Search. Today, we are announcing the release of the Tafiti Search Visualization source... Posted Dec 19 2007, 05:51 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, TechNet Events, Live Events, Fun and Family, Screen Casts

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• Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - Search Part 3

  Welcome to the last part in the mini 3 part series. This is also happens to be my last Windows Vista Product Guide screencast! Unless you want more, and all you have to do is ask, and I will see what I can do, either drop a comment here or send me an... Posted Nov 25 2007, 10:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Search, Windows Vista, Fun and Family, Screen Casts

• Windows Vista Product Guide screencast - Search and Organization Overview Part 1

  I hope you have enjoyed all the screencasts I have recently posted. I would like to welcome you to the last 3 screencasts. These screencasts are broken into three parts and they are all about helping you keep your digital world organized. We live in an... Posted Nov 21 2007, 07:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Windows Vista, Fun and Family, Screen Casts

• Announcing Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express)

  Yesterday we announced some huge news the addition of two new search products for you! Microsoft Search Server (MSS) 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express (MSS Express) and you you even try the release candidate (RC) of the express version today... Posted Nov 07 2007, 09:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, TechNet Events, Live Event Questions and Answers, Live Events, 2007 Office system, Fun and Family, Podcasts, Windows Desktop Search, Screen Casts

• What will the future hold for the Search Engine battle?

  It may not be Google and it even may not even be any search engine that we know of today. I just read a good article on Newsweek by David H. Freedman that talked about the current state of the search engine market. It even took a look into the future... Posted Oct 30 2007, 08:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Fun and Family

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• live.com --- Search improvements

  Good afternoon everyone! As you know we have been doing a lot of things around search technologies, I recently blogged about the very cool beta of tafiti front end to the live search engine. We have also made several improvements to the overall engine... Posted Oct 02 2007, 06:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Fun and Family

• Tafiti is ready to Finish the Fight are you?

  Good afternoon all my future master chief candidates. Last week I recorded a quick screencast on Tafiti and you can check it out here: Tafiti Screen Cast Well today my buddy Keith Combs , was checking out Tafiti and he came across the new look of the... Posted Sep 21 2007, 02:28 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Live Events, Fun and Family, XBOX 360, Screen Casts

• Another Great Search Interview

  I hope everyone has had to change to check out some the recent news around search as well as check out my screencast on Tafiti . I just recently received an email from J. Nicholas Hoover who did another interview with Satya Nadella, Microsoft senior VP... Posted Sep 18 2007, 06:15 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Search, Fun and Family