Vista

Bill Gates is gone. For most, new computers with Windows XP are gone. Things with Vista are not much better than they were a year and a half ago. So, what is happening?
The Microsoft apologists are all coming out of the woodwork – it’s their time, Microsoft is not doing so well, after all, it [...]

After announcing that NBC will offer ‘Olympics on the Go’ download service for the Beijing Olympics in a few weeks, it spoils the idea for many who aren’t users of the Vista operating system or happen to have Microsoft’s Silverlight  software installed.
from Ars Technica
NBC announced two significant technology partnerships with Microsoft and Wavexpress today to [...]

It seems that Microsoft has finally decided to admit that it turns out code that is full of problems, and that the chances of quick release from the growing pains of coding to standards are small.
from Betanews
Late Wednesday, a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews that a TechEd session in Orlando today summarized some of Internet Explorer [...]

It’s an amazing thing when the stars line up, the magnetic lines of force converge, and the cosmic consciousness gives the same thought to many.
Some time ago, I gave a few reasons (although I did not formalize a list) why Steve Ballmer needed to be retired. Then a few days ago Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gave [...]

There are so many distorted views of Vista being promulgated on the internet right now. It does seem that more than the usual amount of complaints brought about by those generally disgruntled by Microsoft in general are surfacing at a high pace. On the other hand, there are those who cling to the story that [...]

In an entry of Microsoft Subnet, on Network World, Mitchell Ashley lets out the news that the previously vaporous Windows 7 will be previewed at the Wall Street journal’s All Things Digital conference.
Then he almost immediately recants that, saying he is not sure if ‘7′ will be shown. This is the sort of ’smoke and [...]