Microsoft

The problems of the world continue no matter the hopes and best wishes of any business or corporate entity. That is the reason we have so many reports of the early sales of Windows 7 being up, by as much as 234%, according to some reports, yet other reports state that PC sales are down. [...]

Walmart is pushing hard for the big slice of the holiday pie this year, more than ever before it seems.
A new note popping up in Maximum PC tells of a BF Only Xbox 360 for $99. It’s not strictly $99 that day, but if you’re the patient type it can be. Sort of a Black [...]

I’m not sure who missed the meeting, but the folks at Sophos, if they were in attendance, certainly did not take any notes.
It’s strange how many times things can be fluffed over in such a way that to the casual observer they seem completely different. At least that’s what we are requested to believe.
From slashdot [...]

Say what you will about Windows 7 (I mostly like it, other than the menu problem that you have heard me hammer on), but the company’s commercials suck. There is no nice way of getting around it. I can’t say  I have ever seen a Microsoft commercial I like. The Windows 7 commercial with the [...]

That’s the word from a fairly reliable source of Windows unannounced information.
Though I would say this has been perhaps the second smoothest release of Windows (Windows XP being the best, though not generally acknowledged, the minor whinings about XP were mostly just that – not based on any real install or usability problems) to date, [...]

Knowing that change is always a problem, and that the size of any problems is directly proportional to the amount of change, it is no wonder that many independent voices are coming up with cautions on the upgrade to Windows 7.
As someone who learns the lesson vicariously each time Windows is updated, I would say [...]

Over at independent comparator and evaluator, AV-Comparatives, we see that in one of their latest tests, Microsoft Security Essentials is rated at the top of  all the free antivirus products and very high when the paid versions are thrown in.
I don’t debate the results. I don’t doubt that the site has gotten them after their [...]

Do you remember when many people we stating that one of the really nasty things about the Starter Edition of Windows 7 was that the user was stuck with one rather nasty background, and no way to change it? I remember seeing a certain site trying to get around the problem through some registry magic, [...]

Deciding to get out of the accounting business, the Office Accounting product will be discontinued on November 16, 2009. All of the features that are on-line for that program will disappear soon after.
This includes the Office Accounting Express 2009 program, which I’m told by an accountant in the family, works well for the small business [...]

Everyone I know has been wondering how successful the new Microsoft branded stores would be, and if they might offer a place to gain insight on products that are new, or have not been fully investigated by the computer press.
I know I did not hold out much hope, but I did think it might be [...]

I certainly understand that customers don’t always get things right. After a number of years in sales, I am acutely aware of how many times communication fails between seller and buyer, with neither party really being at fault.
However, I also know that trained sales people are usually aware that an abundance of caution prior to [...]

Perhaps Microsoft is trying to save people from possible troubles with their Windows 7 upgrades, because they need as much good press as possible for this upgrade cycle. Perhaps they did not want anything that might have changed between the time of the Release Candidate to stay in use after the released version. Who knows. [...]

After reading the usual articles, about the upgrade messes, the upgrade triumphs, the many complaints about cost, and a few people who are very paranoid, I came upon an article with no real conclusions, just facts.
I found it very interesting.
from PC Advisor
At Windows 7’s UK launch event yesterday, news was thin on the ground, but [...]

Netbooks are the darling of the computer market right now. Definitely the fastest growing segment are those little, lightweight units, easily carried for hours by the girliest of men.
Seriously, the netbook is something that is going to reach down into levels of the population never thought of before, not only because of its diminutive size, [...]

It looks as though the English are among those who aren’t yet convinced that Windows 7 should be sold with a red ‘S’ emblazoned on a yellow shield on the front of each box just yet.
After looking at some of the English websites, and the English magazine PC Advisor, it is easy to come across [...]