Microsoft is facing investigation by Taiwanese authorities who are investigating why Microsoft ended the distribution of Windows XP on June 30th, 2008. I am not here to take sides whether XP should or should not be distributed. But what I did find of interest is this statement:
Paul Thurrott of Windows IT Pro put a finer [...]
Intel is planning on changing the name of the Centrino Atom name just just plain Atom after five months. Intel feels that this is necessary to avoid confusion as to what the Atom chip processor is. The Atom was designed for use on the new Netbook computers that needed a more power efficient processor for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You’ve heard of the next wave of computers, those little laptops which go by various names, UMPC, Netbook, or even mini-laptops. But I was surprised when I read one person’s review who doesn’t care for the little guys. The review was based on a mini using Windows XP. He even admits that he hasn’t used [...]
Just a quick note:
In one of the forums it was asked why the next version of Microsoft’s Windows was being called ‘7′. Taking the first number of each version, Windows XP is 5.1.2600 and Windows Vista is 6.0.6007, the next version of Windows will start with the number ‘7′.
I wish I had something more exciting [...]
On Tuesday, May 27, 2008, over on the Windows Vista Blog we received some tid-bits of what the future may hold on Microsoft’s latest operating system dubbed Windows 7. Though the blog entry provided more of a press release rather than any solid information, the question is should Microsoft have a separate blog for Windows [...]
When I read last week that Symantec was shifting the blame onto Microsoft for the problems that appeared after SP3 was installed on a system running Symantec software, I paused before writing about this. First of all Symantec products have a reputation for being, shall we say, suspect even when nothing else is happening on [...]
Dell’s latest laptop offerings now include a rugged new design that the computer company claims is even better than the competition’s. On its Web site Dell states that the new laptop will offer the following advantages:
Rugged and Ready
The Latitude XFR D630 is Dell’s first fully ruggedized notebook. Designed for outstanding performance in virtually any environment, [...]
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