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Microsoft Announces Most Valuable Professional Award Recipients and Sets Date for 2005 MVP Global Summit

Filed under: Microsoft,MVP Summit — spiderwebwoman at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, January 19, 2005

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today Microsoft Corp. is pleased to announce the 2005 class of Microsoft® Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). This select group of outstanding members from online and offline communities represents the richest, most technically and globally diverse community in the program’s history, with more than 2,600 MVPs. “As we enter the […]

I sold my Oracle stock today

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 9:55 pm on Friday, January 14, 2005

I didn’t have much; only 40 shares. I read this: http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/14/technology/oracle.reut/ and made my decision. I’ve been through a merger before and I really feel for the Peoplesoft employees losing their jobs.

You’ve got GMail

Filed under: Gmail — spiderwebwoman at 7:21 pm on Friday, January 14, 2005

I’ve got 4 Gmail accounts to give away. The first four people that write to webkat88 at gmail dot com get them.

I found my next computer

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 9:32 pm on Thursday, January 13, 2005

I’m in love with this thing! I have a new client who only uses Macs in their office so I can really justify this, but the truth is, it’s so cute!

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January, 2005

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 1:46 pm on Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Bulletin Summary:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-jan.mspx Critical Bulletins: Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution (890175) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-001.mspx Vulnerability in Cursor and Icon Format Handling Could Allow Remote Code Execution (891711) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-002.mspx Important Bulletins: Vulnerability in the Indexing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (871250) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms05-003.mspx 

A new FrontPage Blog

Filed under: FrontPage — spiderwebwoman at 8:29 am on Saturday, January 8, 2005

Dave Berry has started a FrontPage blog; check out the FAQs and How-tos.

tsunami donations made through the end of January 2005 might be deductible on 2004 returns

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 10:31 pm on Thursday, January 6, 2005

Found this in the Salt Lake Tribune: A bill sponsored by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and top Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, of Montana, would allow tsunami donations made through the end of January to be deducted on 2004 returns. Aides to both senators predicted quick congressional passage for the measure. Update: From […]

Windows AntiSpyware Public Beta

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 11:17 am on Thursday, January 6, 2005

The Microsoft version of Giant AntiSpyware, now called Windows AntiSpyware, is in public beta.