Over at C/Net they have an interesting article about a new plan that Microsoft is trying to revive the image of Vista. Seems that Microsoft went to San Francisco and located anti-Vista folks and gathered them up for an experiment of sorts. According to the article the participants were introduced to a new operating system […]
It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we […]
Sandisk has made a stunning announcement that Microsoft’s flagship operating system is not currently optimized for SSD [Solid State Drives], which are currently being used in Apple’s Air computer and also on some models from Toshiba. In an article from C/Net the CEO of Sandisk has stated:
Speaking during SanDisk’s second-quarter earnings conference call, Chairman and […]
Microsoft has another strategy to convince the public that Vista is now fixed and they want you to ‘look how far we’ve come’ campaign. Microsoft is going to try and convince the masses that Vista is great and better than the reputation that continues to haunt the operating system. Which may take some doing. On […]
Though the gains are small, each quarter Apple continues to gain market share on its PC rivals according to the latest research by Gartner. Apple has a 8.5% share of the market for the 2nd Quarter of 2008. The largest vendors, HP at 25.3% and Dell at 31.9% continue their lions share of the sales […]
About a week ago or so, I download Norton’s 2009 Beta software for a look see. The download file is about 48.9 MB in size. The process to install the beta requires a valid email address, since a product ID number is sent to activate the software. The installation of the software is very quick. […]
The next wave of small computers is set to hit the market place, with tens of millions being sold during the last half of 2008. But the computer industry is not excited about these new devices, since they view these smaller systems will cut into their already slim profit margins. Since some of these units […]
Dell has announced that the company will provide drivers for those Latitude XP users to enable multi-touch aka touchscreen technology for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Dell is stating that users will not have to wait for Windows 7 to be released to take advantage of using your pinkies to operate the system. In addition […]
Asus is blaming Intel, not Microsoft, for a shortage of Linux based Eee PC’s in the UK. The popular Linux based computers are in short supply and have been sold out, while the less popular Windows XP models are still available. It was at first thought that the shortage was a possible plot by Microsoft […]
I’ve been using Microsoft Windows before it was even a Window :-). But I can’t recall any operating system that has received such a negative reception as Vista has gotten. Yes. There have been problems when other operating systems were first introduced. Yes. We struggled with patches and fixes before getting things right. But I […]
