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• This blog is moving... me too!

  This blog is moving to http://www.markwilson.co.uk/blog/ Read More... Posted 12 August 2005 17:30 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft, Industry News, Cool Stuff/Geeky, Tips and tricks, SharePoint, ISA Server, Windows Platform, Macintosh, ISP, SQL Server, Networking, IIS, Office Products, Open Source/Low Cost Software, Security, Exchange and Outlook/Outlook Express, Mobility, Systems Management, Virtualisation, Messaging, *nix, Integration, Web Browsers, Apache, Web Development, Inane Waffle

• "Incessant infrastructure and tech gossip"

  For a while now I've wanted a catchy subtitle for my blog (something descriptive, maybe with a touch of humour, and perhaps also a little bit thought provoking - like, for example, a " grey matter honeypot, distracting the mind with information overload Read More... Posted 10 August 2005 22:15 by mark.wilson | 2 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Inane Waffle

• Metro: read all about it!

  A while back, I read that Microsoft is switching to XML-based document formats in the next release of Microsoft Office and I just read some more... According to PDFzone , Microsoft is developing a new document format (codenamed Metro), which is: A new Read More... Posted 08 August 2005 15:03 by mark.wilson | 4 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Windows Platform, Office Products

• Microsoft and SAP alliance site

  I don't know anything about enterprise resource planning (ERP) products, except that SAP are a big player in this space (and that Microsoft runs its business on SAP with a 1.7Tb SQL Server database - pretty much the only non-Microsoft product in use there). Read More... Posted 29 July 2005 11:50 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Microsoft

• Finally, I'm starting to understand the possible uses for a camera phone...

  For a few years now, it's been becoming increasingly difficult to buy a mobile phone handset which was both stylish and a good phone without also getting a whole load of distractions (games, camera, etc.). Now, I have a smartphone (a Nokia 6600), which Read More... Posted 27 July 2005 21:28 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Mobility

• We are not afraid: photo blogging at its best

  This is a technology blog and as such, I don't cover politics. I do sometimes work in London though. As do many of my friends and family. And I do like it when somebody uses technology to push home a message - like that WE'RE NOT AFRAID of terrorism. Read More... Posted 23 July 2005 22:17 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General

• Find out what the moon is made of using Google maps

  Today is the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings ( thought by some to be a hoax , and by others to be a fantastic scientific achievement on the part of mankind ). To celebrate this, Google has added some NASA imaging to Google Maps and if Read More... Posted 20 July 2005 12:34 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Cool Stuff/Geeky

• Using a mobile phone to help out in a crisis - with ICE

  I've received this from a couple of sources and it seems to be both genuine and a really good idea. Since last Thursday's attacks in London , this campaign has gained a lot of momentum and many people will already have received e-mail about this but just Read More... Posted 12 July 2005 11:01 by mark.wilson | 1 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Mobility

• The mobile networks didn't collapse

  Following yesterday's atrocities in London , it was widely reported that the mobile phone networks collapsed under the strain of those caught up in the chaos trying to contact their friends, family, work colleagues and vice versa. In a statement from Read More... Posted 08 July 2005 07:43 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Mobility

• Can you help to make poverty history?

  Yesterday's Live 8 concerts were a fantastic spectacle. I know that many critics doubt the effect that the Live 8 campaign can have; and as this is a technology blog I will put aside the politics, but one thing the Live 8 event has done is to grab the Read More... Posted 03 July 2005 11:28 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General

• Reminiscing about my first computers

  Alex 's post about his first home computer got me reminiscing about mine - a Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ . Then I remembered having an emulator for one a few years ago but couldn't find it anywhere until I stumbled across World of Spectrum , which features Read More... Posted 01 July 2005 17:55 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Cool Stuff/Geeky

• Jack Kilby, who invented the integrated circuit, passes away

  I just read that Jack St.Clair Kilby died last week. The sad thing is that I'd never heard of Jack until I read his obituary even though his invention - the integrated circuit (IC) - undoubtedly paved the way for the computerised world in which we live Read More... Posted 29 June 2005 09:38 by mark.wilson | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Industry News

• Crazy ringtones - could skins for smartphones be the next big thing?

  It had to happen - with music single sales falling and downloads incorporated into the official UK music charts (since 17 April 2005) one day a ringtone-derived music single (the inevitable evolution of a music single-derived ringtone) would outsell a Read More... Posted 27 May 2005 22:57 by mark.wilson | 7 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General, Mobility

• Why consultants should leave hardware alone...

  Today has not been a good day for me and computer hardware. It all started a couple of weeks back, when I dropped the bag in which I carry the Dell Latitude D600 that I use for work. When I took the computer out of the bag, I had cracked the case on the Read More... Posted 19 May 2005 23:47 by mark.wilson | 7 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General

• The IBM archives

  As I was writing my post on Microsoft Host Integration Server (HIS), I came across many unfamiliar terms and IBM technologies. In many cases, some quick googling came up with the answers to my questions but I also stumbed across the IBM archives , which Read More... Posted 20 April 2005 10:08 by mark.wilson | 4 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous/General