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- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter searchagreei have to agree Vista search is excellent and extremely fast. I have been using version 3 and up on my XP machine at work and it always trumps other search indexers like Google Desktop. This is one example of MS doing a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Backups, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows Vista, smarter search, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5, Microsoft Windows XP, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about services
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about servicesHave you benchmarked the performance differences ...... that you see when you disable Superfetch, Windows Defender and Windows Search? Last time I benchmarked a system with and without Windows Defender I saw no difference (outside of statistical 'noise').I'm not saying that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Printers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Defender, Fixing Windows Vista, Get Smart, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC
- Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, Taming UAC, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time
- Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a timeOr......you could just buy from a vendor that doesn't fill up every system with crapware like Sony. I have installed several Dell Vostros recently, and they are refreshingly clean out of the box.Once again, I fail to see why it is Microsoft's,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista, Fixing Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
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- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- America's airways ready for NextGenTraffic Controllers & an outdated system?Maybe, but that hasn't stopped them from filling the skies so full and knowingly stressing and burning out controller after controller and who knows how many costly mistakes, not all on the ground, caused as a result of it. ...
- Tags: NextGen
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Microsoft Big Brains: Gary Flake
- Microsoft Big Brains: Gary FlakeThe Live products keep getting betterI am a Microsoft programmer who does web and normal programming. The web programming tools are getting better and better. But, Popfly is an example of the way that the web can be used for both programming and for...
- Tags: Channel management, PRODUCTIVITY, Web, Popfly, tool, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Are there really 750 million mentally ill?
- Are there really 750 million mentally ill?Not hard to believe at all...just walk down a street or watch people as the are driving... hell look at some of the posters here!LoverockMike Cox (although he is probably the most sane...)Anton PhiladoryeShade TreeMike FarinaHey wait a minute... I see a trend here....
- Tags: flute, Messiah
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Are there really too many Windows editions?Are there really too many Windows editions?Nope!Still, from a consumer point of view, he wants one version, 20 bucks,enable any features you want. The multiple versions are ONLY for Microsoft's benefit in order to extract more money from YOU the eager customer.There is something...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for download
- OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for downloadcool tipThanks for pointing it out! I'm downloading it right now.RE: OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for downloadIt is not yet ready for download. Monday is the day.Thanks for being patience.it isif you go to a mirror and enter the stable folder, you'll find it. Nevertheless,...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice 3.0, OpenOffice 3.0 Final, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is all
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don�t like teenagersI don�t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Will you forget about Android?
- Will you forget about Android?RE: Will you forget about Android?The only thing Android is really up against is Apple. Apple's penchant for keeping their boxes and software closed will impact it's flexibility.Android as I understand it, is open source. If that is true, applications for it should explode....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, iPhone comparison
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMwareFunny how they talk about the importance of interoperability when they donot have a dominant position. But, with Windows and Office, they are strangely not very interested in interoperability, and have to be dragged kicking and screaming to open up things like file formats and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Lotus 123, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'Where are these returned MachinesI keep looking online for refurbished Linux Netbooks and can�t find any. Are they being resold as new?'teething problems'well written but i would like the know the return rate for Linux not compared XP or vista, is it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
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