The last time I saw a movie, it occurred to me that as much as I love them, I hate theaters. They overcharge for the tickets and then require your first born child for popcorn and sodas. Movie theaters make airports seem like dollar stores.
Anyway, I've got a great setup at home, complete with big screen TV, 5.1 digital surround sound and a PC already connected to the whole mess. I'm a big NetFlix.com fan, but they and sites like CinemaNow.com only show stuff that's available for rental. I want first run movies!
Shouldn't a platform with such a strong media and digital rights management story allow me to watch first run movies at my house? And wouldn't that be a killer app for a new OS from that company?
DISCLAIMER: I'm not pre-announcing anything. I don't know of any plans along these lines; I just think it'd be cool.
I'm constantly amazed at how few people know about the Microsoft-specific Google site. The results almost always link back to somewhere on microsoft.com but the results seem to be somewhat more [cough] comprehensive than [sneeze] [rub eyes] MS's own search engine. [nudge] [nudge] Enjoy.
"Security and privacy are two of the most important -- and difficult -- issues facing the computer industry. Improving the ability of software and hardware to protect the integrity of digital information and the privacy of computer users has become a critical focus for both software developers and hardware manufacturers. Last June, Microsoft introduced a new security technology, code-named "Palladium" at the time, that is designed to provide the foundation for a new approach to security and privacy in Windows. Now known as the Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) for Windows, this technology utilizes an innovative hardware and software design to protect against malicious software in order to enhance privacy, security, and system integrity and help insure that software acts in a way that customers can rely on."
"During his keynote address on day two of the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Microsoft Senior Vice President of the Windows Client Division, detailed his company's roadmap for delivering Longhorn, the next major Windows version."
Sorry for the long wait. There’s been two whole books written between the last release of Genghis and this one. Here’s the list of new features:
Everything works under .NET 1.0 and 1.1 (except HandleCollector)
MSN Messanger-style popup window
UI Type Editor for use with ImageList index selection
AppBar implementation
Text file search
Themed controls
Single instance application support, including passing command line args from other instances
Multiple top-level window support
Many enhancements and fixes to the command line parser
Splash screen class
Improved WebCommandLineHelper class which now works with .NET 1.0 and 1.1, includes URL decoding and requires no additional permissions (although it does require a server-side HTTP handler, included as the ConfigFileHandler class that maps requests for foo.exe?bar=quux.config to the foo.exe.config file)
WizardSheet updates
Status Bar Extender for mapping status messages to Windows Forms controls
Thanks to my new build master, Mike Marshal, who got all of this together. He’s the greatest!
