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Over at the Black Hat convention being held in Las Vegas two researches have hacked though the security features that Microsoft had put in place for Windows Vista. It is unfortunate that the Redmond giant is going to be embarrassed once again, but heh people, what did we really expect? Did anyone with half a [...]

The debate between Apple vs a PC has been going on since the early 80’s and continues on to this day. The main reason that we still talk about which is best, is that in the technology field, we all run out of things to discuss. So on a slow news day, it is always [...]

Here is a controversial article in which the writer poses his opinion and those of others, to debunk some of the more popular performance myths that surround the Windows operating system. The article is well written and a definite read for anyone who is considering putting down their hard earned bucks for what he calls [...]

During the past few months, as we all watched Microsoft’s dismal attempt to take over Yahoo, a couple of things struck me as strange. First, Microsoft has the ability, money and talent to improve their own search engine and to market it themselves. Second, as each failed bid was reported on the Internet, one started [...]

Before I start this article, let me just say this. I am somewhat unsure of the total accuracy of what some are saying on the Internet, about users rights to either Upgrade or Downgrade their copy of Windows Vista.  I believe the reason for some of the confusion is because we users would be dealing [...]

Microsoft is still struggling trying to get big businesses to start using Windows Vista operating system. According to a survey by Forrester Research, Inc.  about 87% of companies with 50,000 or more employees are still using Windows XP. But the wording of the report takes on a nasty tone when it compares Vista to the [...]

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 [...]

gAttach is a free utility that helps user of GMail and Google Apps Mail to attach items quickly. The software itself is a freebie and the download, which is only 1MB in size, uses few resources on your system.gAttach actually changes the  ‘Mail to’ and ‘Send to’ button and to use Gmail instead of Outlook [...]

The latest operating system stats from Market Shares shows that Windows XP is still king, with Vista a distant second.

Operating System Market Share
June, 2008

Operating System

Total Market Share

Windows XP

71.20%

Windows Vista

16.14%

MacIntel

5.25%

Mac OS

2.69%

Windows 2000

2.11%

Linux

0.80%

Windows NT

0.69%

Windows 98

0.43%

Windows ME

0.25%

iPhone

0.16%

Windows CE

0.06%

Pike

0.04%

iPod

0.04%

Hiptop

0.03%

PSP

0.02%

PLAYSTATION 3

0.02%

Unknown

0.02%

Series60

0.02%

SunOS

0.01%

Nintendo Wii

0.01%

Web TV

0.01%

Windows 95

0.01%

Sun Solaris

0.00%

NEC e616/1.0

0.00%

Source.
Which makes one wonder. How long will it be before [...]

This week my wife and I are visiting family in Texas and last night my son-in-law asked a simple question. If you buy a Vista computer today will it run Windows 7 ? Hmm….. Interesting question and my answer was that it should. But than I gave it some thought this morning and my answer [...]

Over at Gizmodo they have what I believe is one of the best articles I have read about why Vista isn’t that bad. What I enjoyed about the article was the way it was written and the choice of wording. Some positive points were almost apologetic in the writers view. There were also 5 things [...]