Good grief man … I just [finally] upgraded my system to Vista, am thinking about going to Windows 7 when they release it and now you’re talking about Windows 8? So it would seem, according to this article published in  Redmond Magazine.

Obviously Version 8 would be several years away but sometimes this gets crazy.  For some reason I thought I read somewhere else that Windows 7 was going to be the last major release for awhile.  Guess not!

One thing’s for sure; there’s not going to be any lack of work for this Olde Country Windows programmer for a long time!  Click on the Logo below to read more about it.

-CB

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Despite the fact that Voice Command is already available for Windows Mobile phones, Gizmodo, and other technology sites are reporting that a Tellme App is coming to Windows Mobile 6.5 in the fall. The new App should be available for free via the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, or embedded on handsets.

Tellme a mobile voice company became a subsidiary two years ago, and currently have products available for the Blackberry platform,  Samsung Instinct as well as for Ford’s Sync System. It includes using voice command for text messaging, making calls, web searches etc.

None of these features are new to long time Voice Command users, and even using voice command for web searches has been available in Live Search. What Tellme does seem to do, is create a unified interface for all of this functionality, and best of all it’s free!

Sources also state that the product will be more integrated at the carrier level, and use GPS and Cell tower triangulation to localize searches such as traffic searches and movies.

Head over to Tellme’s site if you want to be notified when this product becomes available for Windows Mobile, (Blackberry users remember there’s already a client available for you) and also check out a brief video over at Windows Mobile Experts on some of the functionality of Microsoft’s Tellme.

What other things do you think Microsoft could improve about Voice Command, and in turn Tellme?

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One of the most anticipated features about Microsoft’s upcoming OS release Windows 7, is its new built in Virtualization dubbed XP Mode. The feature should help new users migrating to the new OS, over any compatibility fears they may have of the new OS, with their legacy software etc.

News has been trickling out about what the actual system requirements will entail to be able to run the feature on your computer. Gizmodo reported earlier this morning that some of the requirements include:

a CPU with true chip level virtualization

a minimum of 2GB of ram

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate

licensed copy of Windows XP SP3.

To find out if your computer has true chip level virtualization, Steve Gibson has created a little utility. Check out his program Securable, which can tell you if your pc is up to snuff or not.

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The MobilityMinded  AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro contest started today, April 29th, 2009, and will end on May 3rd 11:59 pm EST.

The prize package consist out of:

• AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro handset;
• Service Credit (via gift card) in the amount of 0. The gift card is good for anything sold through any AT&T store or can be used for the cost of a service plan.

The rules are very easy:

1. Sign up with twitter and follow @mobilityminded
2. tweet the following line: RT Win an AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro @mobilityminded  just follow the easy rules. http://twurl.nl/i7430y
3. Come back to this post and leave a comment. In the comment you leave your Twitter name.

So head over to MobilityMinded  and enter to win the AT&T Pantech Matrix Pro give away

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Yesterday, there was a lot of buzz about this “Project Pink” phone thing. This was some rumor swirling around that Microsoft was making something for Verizon that many assumed might be a “Zune Phone” that so many have expected over the last couple years. Well, John Starkweather from  Microsoft put out the following late last night…

1) Microsoft is not going into the phone hardware business
2) Microsoft is not building a Zune-specific phone
3) We’re deepening our relationships with our hardware partners in order to create even better performing phones that are competitively priced, have the features people want, that are easy-to-use and just downright lustworthy. The upcoming availability of Windows Mobile 6.5 software will enable our OEM partners to build even more compelling devices in a wide-range of form factors for customers around the world.

Plans change, focus changes, the world changes. Who knows. I trust this source much more than some story in quoting some he said, she said stuff though.

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Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system was announced yesterday by Microsoft. The service pack includes major performance enhancements for Office applications, most notably Microsoft Office Outlook, as well as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. One big benefit is SP2’s boost to interoperability — with this release, Office supports additional built-in file formats such as PDF and ODF.

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides customers with the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite (the products that are affected by this update are listed below). This download includes two types of fixes:

• Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack.
  • In addition to general product fixes, this includes improvements in stability, performance, and security.
  • You can find out more information in Knowledge Base Article 953195, where product-specific changes are described.
• All of the Public Updates, Security Updates, Cumulative Updates, and Hotfixes released through February 2009.

Before installing this service pack, you are strongly encouraged to read the KB article (953195), which describes some big improvements introduced by SP2.

The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)

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For those of you that have the Samsung Epix and have been plagued with an irritating “Slog Dump” issue, there has been a fix posted at the Wireless Forums from AT&T

A fix is now available for the Samsung EPIX Slog Dump issue. An AT&T Care Representative can send the patch directly to your phone. The update will take approximately 5 minutes to install. This process will not involve a hard reset of your device, but please ensure all important data is backed up prior to calling for the update. Please call 800-331-0500 for this software update.

Wireless Forums from AT&T

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According to news published today at MSFN, some of the copies leaked of W7 RC are infected with Trojans, something that does not surprise me at all.

Various torrents of the Windows 7 RC have been infected with a Trojan that, if allowed to run successfully, could open a security hole in a user’s system. The affected torrents have the setup.exe install file encapsulated in a self-extracting archive, along with an installer for the Trojan itself; launching it triggers an install of both Windows 7 RC and the malware.

Sources:

SlashGear

MSFN - Leaked Windows 7 RC torrents infected with Trojan

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Today is day 14 and Smartphone Thoughts has their contest up and just waiting for you to enter and win.

Remember that Pantech Matrix Pro mega-giveaway that Rocco announced a bit over a week ago? We’re it’s now our turn: Smartphone Thoughts is giving away a brand new Pantech Matrix Pro, and a 0 AT&T Wireless gift card, to one lucky winner. Because this device is carrier-locked to AT&T, the 0 gift card is for AT&T, this contest will be limited residents of the USA.

So check out the contest at Smartphone Thoughts, enter and take your chance at winning!

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Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ. Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-application-reviews/review-network-admin-for-iphone/ .

Network Admin is an iPhone app that’s aimed at network admins and IT consultants – as it is focused on helping you keep up-to-date records of clients’ network configurations and overall IT environments.  It is meant help in areas like asset tracking and configuration management – for things like workstations, servers, firewalls, routers, switches and similar equipment.

I’ve worked in tech support and network management for many years, and as an IT consultant for the last five – so an app of this sort is interesting to me.  I’m always glad to see iPhone apps that can potentially make tech jobs easier.

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Read the rest of Review: Network Admin for iPhone

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