Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

Another great year ends and 2012 is just around the corner. 2011 was a successful year but I think 2012 will be even better. The private cloud products we all have talked about in the past months like System Center 2012 and Windows Server 8 will finally be released. And I am sure a lot of other stuff is coming in 2012.
I hope you all had fun reading my blog posts and tweets. I have learned a lot in the past year and had the chance to talk to a lot of interesting people.

Some predictions for 2012:

2012 will be the year of Hyper-V (by Aidan Finn)
Windows 8 will be released
I will buy my first Windows Tablet
My blog will hit the magic line of 2000 unique visitors a day
A lot of interesting project
System Center 2012 change the datacenter
Windows Phone will get some market share
I will do my private cloud proof of concept for my diploma thesis

Thank you all and happy new year.

Awesome: Huge Windows Phone NYC

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

Microsofts huge Windows Phone in New York City

Xbox & Kinect: The Future of Gaming and Entertainment

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

The New Xbox TV Experience: Entertainment on Your Terms

Xbox 360 teams up with partners around the world to offer new entertainment services on Xbox LIVE, including live and on-demand TV, movies, games, sports, music and more. Starting this Holiday season, the entertainment services you want will be a voice command away and searchable via Bing voice search.

Microsoft’s Mouse Without Borders

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

Microsoft Mouse Without Borders

Microsoft released a free software called “Mouse Without Borders” which allows you running multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse like Synergy. But the “Mouse Without Borders” brings a lot of cool features and an easy setup.

Use your mouse seamlessly
Drag files across computers
Copy & paste across computers
Share one keyboard across computers
Lock or log into all of your PCs at one time and share screen captures from one PC to another

New Toys: Microsoft Zune HD and Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Thomas Maurer

Sometimes you just need some new toys to play with. I ordered two new toys. A Microsoft Zune HD with a Docking station which I will use in my living room as “media station” and in my car. The wireless sync is perfect for that, so I can park in front of my flat to sync my Zune.

The second one is the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. I needed a good mouse for my notebook. Even the Track pad of my HP Elitebook is really great, if you need to work a little more I enjoy using a mouse. First the Arc Touch Mouse is really cool and does not waste a lot of space in my bag.