With Windows 7 released and currently making its way to shelves in time for the holiday season, we’ve taken this opportunity to upgrade our copy of the official Windows System Recovery Discs for compatibility with Windows 7.
If you’re like most PC users, you probably got Windows 7 with a new PC or laptop. And if [...]
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Published by October 12th, 2009 in Guides, Microsoft, NeoSmart Technologies, Software, Windows 46 CommentsVerified Accounts: Twitter’s Next Attempt at Making Money?
Published by June 7th, 2009 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Security 6 CommentsHow much would you pay for people to know you’re really you? That the updates coming in every 2 minutes on that twitter page come from yours truly and not someone else… someone else pretending to be you?
If you’re like most people, the answer is not much. But there are people out there that really [...]
Windows 7 Discontinues Ultimate Extras
Published by April 24th, 2009 in Microsoft, Software 28 CommentsUsers attempting to upgrade from Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition to Windows 7 Build 7100 (the unofficial RC1 release leak), are greeted with the following "compatibility warning" dialog:
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition’s "Ultimate Extras" have been a constant source of derision and anger from Vista users ever since its release 3 years ago. If the blog [...]
Does it GTK/QT/Win32 Really Matter for Chrome?
Published by February 15th, 2009 in Design, Google, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 8 CommentsA recent article on OSNews highlights the changes expected to come in Google’s Chrome 2.0 for Windows and the progress being made on the Linux and OS X fronts for Google’s new browser.
In the article, Ben Goodger, lead Chrome UI developer, states
[Google avoids] cross platform UI toolkits because while they may offer what superficially appears [...]
Excellent Customer Service Means A Lot
Published by January 27th, 2009 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk 6 CommentsAt a time when the human touch comes at a premium, it’s always a relief to find a company or two that reply quickly, politely, and efficiently to customer support requests.
And the two companies that have impressed us with their support? Pubmatic and Assembla – both excellent startups that we highly recommend in their individual [...]
Google Abandons Standards, Forks OpenID
Published by October 29th, 2008 in Corporate Talk, Google, Security 74 CommentsA couple of hours ago, the Google Security Team posted an article claiming that Google’s made the switch to OpenID, joining Yahoo! and Microsoft in the ranks OpenID providers.
But it looks like someone may have been a bit to hasty to pull that switch (perhaps itching to get some of the limelight Microsoft has been [...]
Windows Isn’t For Gamers Anymore
Published by September 11th, 2008 in Hardware, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 16 CommentsFor the past decade-and-a-half, “Windows” has been synonymous with “PC Gaming” – after all, no other PC platform has managed to satiate the undying hunger gamers are quite famous for. But now it seems that Windows is on the verge of losing its distinction as the gaming platform of choice – with nothing but [...]
Don’t Forget About the Dual-Booters!
Published by August 18th, 2008 in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 5 Comments InfoWorld has an article out today wherein Randall Kenney of the “Windows Sentinel” team (a program used to monitor system settings and performance to provide aggregate data for analysis) trashes end-user uptake of Windows Vista by revealing that 35% of surveyed PCs that ship with Vista have downgraded to Windows XP.
While that’s a stunning [...]
This Is Your Internet On Bandwidth Meters
Published by August 5th, 2008 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk 0 CommentsThis is your internet:
And this is your internet on drugs bandwidth meters:
Richard Stallman Attacks the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Published by July 4th, 2008 in Blogosphere, Corporate Talk, Microsoft, Software, Windows 103 CommentsRichard Stallman: legendary founder of the Free Software Foundation, purveyor of the GPL, defender of open source. And – as of today – expert FUD manipulator.
Obviously someone was seriously pissed off at the abundance of (largely positive) press coverage Bill Gates has been receiving as he stepped down from his final roles at Microsoft.. [...]
