Tip: Testing Multiple IE versions on Win7

Here’s a neat little tip I spotted the other day and thought I’d share. If you are running Windows 7 (Pro, Ultimate or Enterprise) and need to test sites with various versions of Internet Explorer (6, 7 and then you’ll find this tip interesting as well:

Run IE6, IE7, and IE8 on the Same Machine

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Of F11 and Browsers

A common browser keyboard shortcut that I’ve never used – nor properly cared about until recently – is F11. With most browsers, tapping F11 puts you into some variation of full screen mode. When using a tiny display or low resolution you might find this very helpful to maximize what you’re seeing.

To be clear, this

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Windows IE Out Of Band Patch

I’m excited to see that Microsoft is releasing a patch for the latest crop of IE vulnerabilities tomorrow, December 17th (as announced on Technet).

Frankly, this one had me nervous enough to cause me to send an “all staff” email this morning urging everyone to use alternative browsers:

There are currently some major unpatched vulnerabilities with all

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VMware Fusion 2 Beta

I noticed yesterday that VMware Fusion 2 Beta was announced. Now, I’m not a Mac user so this isn’t really all that exciting for me — but I am curious about one point of the announcement:

VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 integrates importation of Parallels Desktop and Virtual PC for Mac virtual machines.

Some might recall a

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Live SkyDrive -- Multiple File Uploading

Updated: You might be interested in SkyDrive Explorer for multiple file uploading.

This past week I saw quite a few tech and blog articles getting giddy about the new Windows Live SkyDrive changes –especially about the 5GB of free storage included. Sounds great doesn’t it?

A free 5GB to store stuff is pretty compelling and, as

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