PKEY_Identity (or “System.Identity”) is used to store the identity GUID associated with an Outlook Express or Windows Mail (Vista) account.
Tom Laird-McConnell, who used to be my boss until a few months ago, wrote one of his extremely rare blog posts last week on this subject. To celebrate the occassion, I will link you there for the detailed answer to this question.
Definition of the PKEY_Identity / System.Identity property at Tom’s Handy Dandy Space
Today I saw this article pop up on TechMeme and at first thought it was my post from the other day. But it was actually a new post on the same subject by Eric Bangerman from Ars Technica, who happened to use a similar title.
Obama’s MLK speech in Atlanta (updated)
Better yet, watch the video.
That’s all I can say. You owe it to yourself to read every word.
As you may have heard, Time Warner is experimenting with a new pricing scheme in which they limit the amount of data users are allowed to transfer each month over their cable internet service.
They claim that this is to manage costs. But as Dave Burstein (of DSL Prime) said, that’s not really it at all. That’s the same reason that Comcast gives for their throttling nonsense, which clearly hasn’t gone over well with heavy ‘net users.
But if that were the real reason, why would Verizon be so anxious to give me 20mbps in both directions and not throttle or limit a single thing? Well let’s see… what other possible reason could Cable companies have to stop you from downloading large files like, oh I don’t know… TV shows and movies?
Fact is… cable companies have an opportunity here that they are wasting because they want to cling to a Cable TV and PayPerView-based business model that is quickly being eroded by iTunes, Xbox, Amazon, Netflix, etc.
But instead of capitalizing on this change, by offering users more of what they need in order to leverage it (ie. faster speeds) for a reasonable price increase, they’d rather discourage you from using these new IP-based offerings.
I guess they saw how well fighting the digital trend worked for those other media companies and decided that they can alienate their customers and lock them into outdated business models with the best of them.
Fortunately, some of us have viable alternatives. And with moves like this, companies like Verizon with FIOS will have even more people lined up to pay them for service.
iTunes 7.6 is out, with x64 support at last! Just as I predicted 🙂
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
It redirects you based on your OS, which is kind of annoying if it doesn’t happen to properly detect you’re on a 64-bit version of Windows.
Update: Sadly it isn’t actually a 64-bit binary. Lame, but what do you expect from Apple, who seem to be pretty stuck in a 32-bit world. At least it includes a 64-bit iPhone / iPod Touch driver, which is all that was really needed.
Update 2: As of late 2008, Apple has finally put up a 64-bit landing page with a direct download link for the latest 64-bit installer.
Gooooo Obama!
I’ve been supporting this guy for a while, and while both Edwards and Clinton have their appeal, I am incredibly pleased to see him win Iowa’s primary.
Watching him speak, as in that video, I can’t help but feel that he’s every bit as good a speaker as Bill Clinton. That’s where Hillary often disappoints. Hence my twitter tonight, “Anyone else think Obama is more like Clinton than Clinton?”
FIOS is the best thing ever.
In case you were wondering.
- It takes 10-15 seconds for a (standard def) video from Xbox Live to be ready to play.
- I frequently download files at about 2 MB/sec from good servers.
- Orb is amazing with 15mbps upload
- Same goes for Remote Desktop
- Bit Torrents aren’t choked by stupid Comcrap throttling software
- My connection doesn’t drop momentarily every few minutes like it did with Comcrap, kicking Trillian off of AIM and causing lag in Halo.
- Sure, it’s not even been a week, but the service has been operational 100% of that time. No middle of the night service interruptions so far.
I just received an e-mail from Karen Anderson, the assistant organizer for the Seattle Weblogger Meetups, delivering the news that Anita Rowland (who organized those meet-ups) died of cancer today.
She is the second blogger I remember from geek dinners at Crossroads Mall to pass away in less than a week. Robert Scoble even linked to a rather saddening photo from one of those dinners with both Marc and Anita in it.
You didn’t have to even meet Anita to know her name and that she was a pillar of the Seattle blogging community. I only wish I’d taken better advantage of her monthly meet-ups.
My thoughts and sympathies are with her husband Jack, Riley, and the rest of her family.
Rest In Peace, Marc Orchant
It was with great shock and sadness this evening that I read of Marc Orchant’s death. I didn’t know Marc well, or even that he was being hospitalized because of a heart attack. I first met him at the “MSN Search Champs V2” event back in 2005. Over those few days he made a great and lasting impression. I fondly remember geeking out with him at one of Scoble’s “geek dinner” events at the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, talking about nifty uses for Tablet PCs. I looked forward to the next time our paths would cross, and am deeply saddened that they never will again.
Even though I only met Marc a few times, I didn’t need more than that to know he was a good man. My deepest condolences to Marc’s family. He will be missed.
64-bit iTunes on the way?
Judging by this new error message in iTunes 7.5 (which I didn’t even notice had changed the first dozen times I clicked OK to it), it seems like a 64-bit version of iTunes is on the way. Sadly I can’t do as the message says as the 64-bit installer is nowhere to be found on Apple’ site. While a 64-bit version in of itself isn’t much to write home about (the 32-bit version of iTunes works fine, including iPod support), it appears that iPhone and iPod Touch support will be included with it.
It’s a real shame that the iPhone launched without a 64-bit driver. Even worse, 6 months later and it’s still nowhere to be found. At least this is a sign of hope, though, when compared with the previous error (seen below). Then I can finally sync with my desktop instead of my laptop.
![ipod_touch[1]](http://brandonlive.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ipod-touch1.jpg)