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- Microsoft's Windows 7 challenge: Selling Live services (without being sued)
- What competitors?Other than iLife, who is competing with Live Essentials?These seem like little trivial programs to be fighting over. Besides the people complaining about bloat (Even though these programs don't take up much space), I don't think anyone would complain even if they were included in Windows to begin with.The...
- Tags: Operating systems, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- How long should a Windows 7 upgrade really take?
- Even if it takes 20 hours, it's still faster than starting from scratchIf you have a massive PC that needs 20 hours for upgrading, you'll need a week to re-install and configure all your apps before you have a configuration that's even remotely comparable. So even if it takes 20...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, clean install, user data, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?
- How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?Want to do the same post ...... for AMD CPUs? :)nope :/I just bought a Quad Q8300 a few weeks ago. I didn't put much thought into VT. My dad has a Core 2 Duo that...
- Tags: Processors, Desktops, Intel Corp., XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, CPU, Microsoft Windows, processor, Intel Core 2 Duo, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-05-03
- HP Officejet Pro 8500 - Happy with Mac, Linux and Windows XP
- HP Officejet Pro 8500 - Happy with Mac, Linux and Windows XPDon't need to load drivers ...... with a mainstream distro like Ubuntu. Just plug the printer in and turn it on. If you need advanced features you only need to install the HP Linux Imaging and Printing System HLIP...
- Tags: Printers, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, software
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- Don't F: with our networks
- Don't F: with our networksGreat and handy toolsDon't blame the very useful flash drive. If you don't execute stuff on them, they can't do any harm. And after all, just how freaking [b]insane[/b] is it to execute any random crap you find on a removable storage device?Next thing...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash memory, network, disk, CD, floppy disk, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95No thanksI wouldn't take a free copy of Office...not with that godawful ribbon bar. You know you've screwed up the user interface of a product when a predominant question on websites seems to be "How do I print?". If you...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, MS Office Ultimate, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., Weekend Gadget Guidance
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Mozilla getting ready to push Firefox 3.0.1 on 2.0 users
- Mozilla getting ready to push Firefox 3.0.1 on 2.0 usersOlder OSesAnd for those people that are running older OSes that the Mozilla folks decided to abandon, just what is Mozilla planning to do? Perhaps forcefully install an incompatible version on top of the one they already had, thus rendering...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3.0.1, FF3, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads
- Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsJudicious editing"First off, do not download Flash Player from a site other than adobe.com"Close, but let's try this instead:"First off, do not download Flash Player."Ah, much better.RE: Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloadsThose fake malware infested downloads have been in various newsgroups for a while.They...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i
- My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3iI dove deep dude ...... and in Table 11 came to 'iSCSI with Broadcom GB NIC'. Might give that a try before buying a RAID card.How about an expo from you/Robin H. on iSCSI? Some free offerings out there for iSCSI targets these...
- Tags: IP storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network technology, SATA Chipset, VMware Inc., iSCSI, Serial ATA, RAID, VMWare ESX, ESX, storage
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- What we do know about Windows 7
- What we do know about Windows 7Not 2010, It's sep 2009Windows 7 would definitely be released in 2009. Mostly Sep 2009as you guessed in previous postsWindows 7 will be more tightly integrated with Windows Mobile.Gee, there is a nonstarter.By the time Win7 comes out, WinMobile will have been Zunified and...
- Tags: Wiki, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, HA-HA-HA, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processor
- Updated MacBook inherits Penryn processorTruly impressive!Great configurations for an unfortunately high price!ANd people wondered why Apple went with IntelPretty obvious to me why they switched to x86 CPUs from Intel.Was hoping for more...A redesigned form factor thinner MBPMulti-Touch Trackpad on MBs not just the ProsA redeisgned form factorFaster MBsA redeisgned...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Desktops, Apple Inc., Penryn, Penryn processor, Apple MacBook, processor, Updated MacBook, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- A dozen free & essential apps for Windows
- Every time I build a new Windows computer, there are a dozen free and essential applications that I always install for other people. These applications all seem to fill essential functions and they all seem to be well-behaved installers and uninstallers, in other words it won't crash your computer or...
- Tags: Application, DivXNetworks, Antivirus, Dr., Codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Skype Technologies S.A., Computer, FastStone, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Security, Software, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- The most disappointing products of 2007
- The most disappointing products of 2007Haup & VistaNow my Haup HD tuner is USB, so maybe that makes a difference, but after following the installation instructions to a tee I had a perfectly working tuner/capture card on Vista HP. Now mind you, Haup's software is vintage mid-1990's quality, but with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, security, Haup USB TV tuner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks
- After almost a year of hemming and hawing over how and when to acknowledge publicly its plans for Windows Vista Service Pack SP 1, Microsoft finally released on August 29 its officially-approved schedule and feature set for the awaited update. Vista SP1 will go to about 10,000...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Goal, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Beta, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, SP1, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- New Vista fix packs provide updates promised for SP1
- Microsoft has rolled out to select testers two new Windows Vista fix packs that deliver many of the same updates expected to be provided by Vista Service Pack SP 1.The fix packs (detailed in Knowledge Base articles 938194 and 938979) were made available to Windows Server 2008 testers on July...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Windows client, Vista, Service Pack
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- The desktop OS will still matter, just not which one
- The desktop OS will still matter, just not which oneThe fundamental problem with web based apps......is that they're only useful as long as internet connection could be maintained. Today at work a national office supply chain, our internet/intranet connection went down. Debit transactions didn't work at all, Credit card transactions...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, desktop, clincher, Hard-Drive-Space, operating system, Web, Internet, desktop OS
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- Your Mileage May Vary - Is this the best we can expect from Vista?
- Your Mileage May Vary - Is this the best we can expect from Vista?I think the phrase Your Mileage May Very ....... is appropriate because there is still hardware that the manufacturers have refused to or are late in providing drivers for. In the case of 32 bit Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Scanners, Operating systems, ShadeTree, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mileage, Microsoft Windows XP, scanner
- Discussion threads 2007-07-16
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