Microsoft

At the 2009 Professional Developers Conference a couple of days ago Microsoft gave a quick preview of the next version of Internet Explorer - version 9.  What they showed was a browser that was moving slowly towards being standards compliant, to a certain degree.  The point was made that standards were not everything, and that [...]

The issue of shovel-ware has long been a thorn in the side of Microsoft and its attempts at improving the Windows experience.  Companies such as Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and Sony have a nasty habit of loading up computers with trial software and redundant programs that duplicate the functionality of Windows.  I can’t help but [...]

I recently started a  new job where we use Windows XP in a corporate environment; I have to say the change has been less than enjoyable.  At my previous job we worked with iMacs running 10.5 Leopard and I got quite used to the little time savers and shortcuts on the Mac that could allow [...]

Microsoft recently stopped production on the first and second generation Zune players; it will focus entirely on the Zune HD from here on out.  The early reviews for the Zune HD are positive - it has a nice screen and the touch features work well.  The sound quality is good and it will have some [...]

The product breakdown for Microsoft Windows 7 was recently released and posted on the website WinSuperSite.com.  There was nothing really new about the number of versions that Microsoft will release, we always knew there would be a fair number.  What was interesting was the chart showing the various features of the different versions.  The Home Basic [...]

Microsoft recently commissioned a report about the Apple tax and how much more it would cost for a typical family to buy and support Apple computers versus the price for lower priced Windows computers.  Not really a big surprise that Windows came out ahead of the game considering that they paid for the report.  What [...]

Microsoft Web Slices are a new feature in IE 8, according to the WinSuperSite blog, that allows you to take a slice of a Web site and create a quick link to that slice while in IE 8.
For example, if you wanted to just check the top news stories on CNN.com, you could create a [...]

With the announcement that Samsung and Sony Ericsson have decided to drop Windows Mobile in favor of Android, and the rumors about  Dell looking at  buying Palm in order to get access to their new web based OS, it looks more and more as though the traditional smart phone makers are moving away from Windows [...]

I recently saw a video that was prepared by Microsoft’s business team to give their partners a look at what the next 10-15 years will hold for businesses and consumers. It struck me as odd that their vision of the future involves everyone giving up on their regular computers and switching over to using computers [...]

If you are currently in the market for a job, which I am, you may find that some companies and agencies will only allow you to access their online job application and job search system through Window’s Internet Explorer.  I ran into this when trying to access the Texas Health and Human Services website. It [...]