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Is Microsoft losing patience with OEMs?

Microsoft is planning to open a line of retail stores to show off the Windows operating system and the software and hardware that is designed to run on it. Having worked in a retail store that specialized in electronics and computers I can say that any type of store that Microsoft opens would have [...]

The last must-have Windows 7 feature

So far the Windows 7 beta is looking great, the taskbar is a huge improvement and the overall system performance is faster on similar hardware than Vista is.  It is shaping up to be quite a success for Microsoft, but there is one last thing that it really needs.  Windows 7, like Vista and like [...]

DRM Free iTunes Music Store To Be A Boon For Third Party Music Players?

With Apple’s announcement at Macworld this year that all music on the iTunes Music Store would be free of digital rights management comes a real chance for third party media players to finally compete against the iPod.  Many have attributed the iPod’s success to the high quality feel and ease of use of the iTunes [...]

Time to split up Windows?

Microsoft recently announced that they would be taking on the Mac when it comes to user experience.  They intend to make Windows as easy to use and as stable as Mac OS X and bring back some of those users who have left Windows.  Is it doable?  In a word, No.  In many words, the [...]

Why the Mac will suck in 5 years

Ask any die hard Windows user what the problem is with Windows and many of them will tell you that Windows itself is fine if you know how to use it, the problem comes with users who do not know how to keep up with their system and who do not know how to follow [...]

My life away from junk software - moving away from PC makers

My first computer of note was an NEC computer that I got for college in 1996, it ran Windows 95 and came with all sorts of great programs that seemed like they could change my life for the better.  If I wasn’t sure how to do something on my computer I could call up the [...]

Living in the world of the PC… and hating it -or- Why the PC world should take some clues from Apple.

I was at the store a few days ago, looking around to see if there was any new piece of technology that I just couldn’t live without, and I noticed something strange…  I walked by the notebook computer display and was taken aback by the sheer number of computers that were on display.  Normally I [...]

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