Archive for May, 2008
May 29, 2008
Touch screen technology on CE devices up till recently have been a mere novelty with nobody taking the technology seriously; that was until the iPhone was released. The iPhone put touch screen technology in the forefront and brought mainstream acceptance as a method of navigating a graphical user interface.
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Posted in Hardware, Microsoft, Notebooks, Uncategorized, Vista, windows 7, Windows Seven | No Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 29, 2008
This isn’t new, this has been said before but it’s not exactly clear what Windows 7 will shape up to be when it finally ships. If you are to believe what Microsoft has said that it will "be available three years after the general availability of Vista" then that translates to a late 2009 or early 2010 release. So soon? The only way it could accomplish that is if it is basically Vista (and it is) with little changes.
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Posted in Microsoft, Uncategorized, Upgrading, windows 7 | 10 Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
May 28, 2008
Yes you read it right, Microsoft is telling people to upgrade to Vista now instead of waiting for Windows 7 because it would help ‘ease’ their way into Windows 7 down the line. What I want to ask is, easier for who the businesses or Microsoft?
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Posted in Uncategorized, Upgrading, Vista, windows 7, Windows Seven | 11 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 28, 2008
Microsoft wants us all to believe that Windows 7 will be like the second coming but the fact is that it won’t, Vista was supposed to be that and the company failed. It says consumers should upgrade to Vista because it’s more or less the same as Vista which may be the first true thing Redmond has said.
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Posted in Microsoft, Uncategorized, Upgrading, Vista | No Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
May 27, 2008
It seems like the computing community is just waiting for Microsoft to step forward and admit the mistakes made with Vista, but in a recent interview with CNET, a high-ranking Microsoft chief continued Microsoft’s distasteful trend of corporate double-speak and PR fluff. What will it take for Microsoft to change its direction as a software company and of refusing to listen to consumers and the media?
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Posted in Opinion, Vista, windows 7 | 6 Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
May 27, 2008
Microsoft is saying that Windows 7 is a major release that will build on the technologies already present in Vista. As far as hardware requirements, Windows 7 will have similar or even slightly lower requirements than Vista.
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Posted in Microsoft, Upgrading, Vista, windows 7 | 8 Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
May 27, 2008
Is this a case of sacrificing one offspring over another? It sure seems that way, with Microsoft pointing out XP’s flaws in order to make Vista look light years better. However, some believe these XP “flaws” are actually inaccurate.
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Posted in Uncategorized, Vista, xp | 1 Comment » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 27, 2008
Remember that cool concept Bill Gates himself made a big deal two years ago during Vista’s big push, called Xbox Live Anywhere? Most people assumed Anywhere-became-vaporware, with very little news or update released at all for sometime now.
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Posted in Microsoft, Mobile, Uncategorized, Vista, xp | 3 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 26, 2008
Love or hate Windows Vista, it is selling on almost every new PC sold be it a desktop or laptop. Of course, that’s easy for Microsoft since it has right around 90% of the computer operating system market and users essentially have no choice but to buy a PC with Vista.
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Posted in Microsoft, Uncategorized, Upgrading, Vista | 8 Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
May 24, 2008
With a rather glum 2010 release projection already established by Microsoft, it seemed as though there was no hope of seeing anything significant of the next Microsoft Windows OS for quite a while. However, word on the web is that Windows 7 might be making a bold step out of the closet at the D6 conference, which should leave quite a few happily shocked onlookers in its wake.
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Posted in Microsoft, Vista, windows 7 | No Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
May 23, 2008
Not even a week ago it was reported that Microsoft released a document which listed and explained five of Vista’s most understood features. The document was pulled shortly after being posted leaving many to wonder what as going on.
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Posted in Microsoft, Vista | No Comments » Posted by: Jonathan Schlaffer
May 22, 2008
Can you believe it, Windows Vista help the environment? Yes I know, It’s hard to swallow but according to one IT director this is one of the main reasons they are migrating to Windows Vista.
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Posted in Hardware, Microsoft, Uncategorized, Vista | 2 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 21, 2008
How does any search engine compete in a market dominated by a giant like Google? The answer is simple: you take money out of your own pocket and put it in the pockets of your users. That might not be textbook business practice, but for Microsoft, there aren’t many other options.
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Posted in Microsoft, Opinion | 2 Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre
May 21, 2008
Symantec the software security firm has publicly expressed disappointment over Vista’s lackluster sales this Monday. It’s really not all that surprising because if Microsoft doesn’t make money neither does Symantec.
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Posted in AntiSpyware, Microsoft, Security, sp1, Support, Uncategorized, Vista, xp | 1 Comment » Posted by: Mike Ferro
May 20, 2008
It has to be difficult, being just as old as Apple but never really having that youthful glow that Apple created when Steve Jobs returned to the company in the late 1990s. Microsoft sees that being cool actually has very real value, and was willing to pay a large $300 million in hopes of getting a cool makeover.
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Posted in Microsoft, Vista, xp | 5 Comments » Posted by: Triston McIntyre