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Microsoft BUILD on May 21 – 23, 2024

Posted on 2024-02-15 by guenni

Microsoft plans to hold this year's BUILD developer conference from May 21-23, 2024 in Seattle at the Seattle Convention Center. The company announced this yesterday.

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Merry Christmas 2023

Posted on 2023-12-25 by guenni

I wish all blog readers a Merry Christmas 2023. While browsing the web this week, I came across Santa Claus, who now seems to be traveling on a rocket sled, as you can see in the image on the left. … Continue reading →

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Broadcom plans to sell VMware end-user computing and carbon black businesses

Posted on 2023-12-10 by guenni

[German]A few weeks ago, it was announced that Broadcom had completed the acquisition of VMware. Now Broadcom is moving to sell all of VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black (endpoint security solution) businesses.

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40 years of Turbo Pascal

Posted on 2023-12-03 by guenni

[German]I recently recognized that the Turbo Pascal development environment was introduced by Borland 40 years ago. But it completely passed me by. I myself only came into contact with Turbo Pascal around 1987/1988. Today, a brief look back for the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft decommission the Technet Wiki, will be read-only from Dec. 5, 2023

Posted on 2023-11-30 by guenni

[German]A quick note for people who may have published content in the Microsoft Technet Wiki or would still like to access it. I have just noticed that Microsoft will probably remove or delete (decommission) this content in the future. This … Continue reading →

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BlueSky Invite codes available for my readers

Posted on 2023-11-29 by guenni

I'm at BlueSky (@etguenni.bsky.social) and I have some spare invite codes for BlueSky (the X/Twitter alternative at bsky.app, see also this post) to give away for free to my blog readers. Just leave a comment with a valid email address … Continue reading →

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Shock: Sam Altman fired from OpenAI, and Greg Brockman leaves also

Posted on 2023-11-18 by guenni

[German]It is a real quake and the employees of OpenAI are probably shocked. The founder and figurehead of OpenAI has been fired as CEO and Greg Brockman has also been removed from the board. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati is … Continue reading →

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HP toner: Purchase from distributor only after B2B registration?

Posted on 2023-11-08 by guenni

[German]Strange development in the area of printer consumables at the manufacturer HP. The fact that ink cartridges from third-party suppliers are blocked by firmware updates is nothing new. I have also discussed ink subscriptions for HP devices here on the … Continue reading →

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BlueSky Invite codes to give away

Posted on 2023-11-06 by guenni

[German]I'm at BlueSky (@etguenni.bsky.social) and I have some spare invite codes for BlueSky (the X/Twitter alternative at bsky.app) to give away to my blog readers. Just leave a comment with a valid email address and why you are interested in … Continue reading →

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Microsoft discontinues the Windows Insider MVP as of Dec. 31, 2023

Posted on 2023-10-31 by guenni

[German]A short info for the colleagues who were still awarded the title "Windows Insider MVP" by Microsoft. December 31, 2023 is finito, the program will be discontinued then. A spokesperson confirmed this to The Register. Microsoft's goal, according to the … Continue reading →

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