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- Friday Rant - Things I hate about Windows Vista
- It's Friday again so it's time for another Friday Rant. This could be a very long post ... but I'll try to restrain myself.First, some background. When I've been sitting in front of a Vista machine over the last few months I've usually been in one of two modes. The first mode is where I'm exploring Vista and getting...
- Tags: thoughts, vista
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Your Mileage May Vary - Is this the best we can expect from Vista?
- Last Friday Robert McLaws Windows Now posted an interesting piece of Windows Vista as a response to a news item on AP entitled Six months on, Vista users still griping. The piece is based on Chris Pirillo's experiences with Vista. Both pieces are worth a read but one thing that struck me...
- Tags: vista, upgrading, thoughts, microsoft, hardware
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Windows Vista Extras - what a rip off!
- Microsoft has broken silence over Windows Vista Extras and given us some vague ideas of what's in the pipeline:We intend to ship Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs by the end of the summer. We will not ship the last two Extras showcased in January (Windows DreamScene and...
- Tags: thoughts, microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- I can understand why some want to downgrade from Vista to XP
- Last week my ZDNet blogging colleague Mary Jo Foley reported that Microsoft is to make it easier for some Vista users specifically those using Windows Vista Ultimate and Vista Business to roll back to Windows XP until they are ready to make the move. This is a good move for everyone,...
- Tags: thoughts, software, microsoft, marketing
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Windows Vista - Proceed with Confidence (or tread carefully?)
- It seems that Microsoft doesn't want customers to wait any longer to upgrade to Windows Vista. The message coming in from Redmond is "Do it! Do it NOW!"Try to integrate a Vista box into an existing hardware/software ecosystem and it's a throw of the dice as to whether it's all...
- Tags: vista, trends, thoughts, microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Friday Rant - Hey Microsoft! Where's the Windows Extras you promised me?
- OK, today my rant is on a topic that others have been talking about for a few days now but which nonetheless bugs me and I feel I need to get it off my chest - Where are all the cool Windows Vista Extras we were promised?Windows Vista has been...
- Tags: microsoft, thoughts, vista
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Safari for Windows - Do we really need another browser?
- Yesterday Apple unveiled a public beta of the Safari web browser aimed at Windows XP and Windows Vista users (oh, and Mac OS X 10.4.9 and later). Earlier this year when Apple had sent me a loaner MacBook Pro I'd had the opportunity to use Safari and quite honestly I wasn't...
- Tags: thoughts, software, apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Windows Vista = Windows Me II?
- Is Windows Vista going to be a repeat of the Windows Me marketing and sales disaster that Microsoft experienced back on 2000?Over the past few weeks Ive come across a number of articles on tech sites that are putting Windows Vista and Windows Me in the same sentence. Not...
- Tags: industry, marketing, microsoft, software, thoughts, trends, vista
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- Make XP look like Vista!
- Ive had a number of people ask me what I think of the transformation packs that allow you to make Windows XP look like Windows Vista. I had to be honest and say that Id never tried to do this because Ive been running Windows Vista betas for months....
- Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft windows xp, vista transformation pack, microsoft windows vista
- Blog posts 2006-11-24
Additional Resources
- Top sites in France in May 2008
- Property Apr-08 May-08 Growth Total Internet 100.0 100.0 0.0 Google Sites 80.5 82.0 1.5 Groupe Pages Jaunes 3.1 2.7 -0.4 Microsoft Sites 2.6 2.4 -0.2 eBay 2.3 2.2 -0.1 Yahoo! Sites 2.5 2.1 -0.4 Groupe Spi...
- Tags: site, internet, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user
- Property Audience, 000 Videos per Viewer Total Internet 141,657 85.3 Google Sites 83,828 50.2 Fox Interactive Media 60,760 12.8 Yahoo! Sites 40,197 8.6 Microsoft Sites 29,471 8.3 Time Warner - Excl. AOL 24,612 5.9 AOL LLC...
- Tags: online video, video, site, corporate communications, marketing, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user
- Property Audience, 000 Videos per Viewer Total Internet 141,657 85.3 Google Sites 83,828 50.2 Fox Interactive Media 60,760 12.8 Yahoo! Sites 40,197 8.6 Microsoft Sites 29,471 8.3 Time Warner - Excl. AOL 24,612 5.9 AOL LLC...
- Tags: online video, video, site, corporate communications, marketing, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Dell now ships XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed
- Dell has launched an XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed. The two models are the Dell XPS M153On and Studio 15n. Dell "recommends Windows Vista Home Premium" for both of these models, according to the Dell web pages for similar models. Here's the quick blurb...
- Tags: ubuntu, dell computer corp., ubuntu linux, notebooks, blogging, hardware, notebooks & tablets, internet, paula rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming
- Next Tuesday (August 12th), Microsoft will ship 12 security bulletins with fixes for serious vulnerabilities in a wide range of of widely deployed products. Seven of the 12 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The critical bulletins will cover remotely exploitable...
- Tags: microsoft access, vulnerability, patch management, activex control, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., microsoft excel, microsoft windows, activex/com/com+/dcom, microsoft office, security, operating systems, software, software development, software/web development, office suites, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Last.fm is rocking on various mobile operating systems
- While I enjoy listening to music, I actually have a very small personal collection and primarily listen to the FM radio or stream my music over the internet. The recent iPhone 2.0 update opened my eyes to Pandora, AOL Radio, and Last.fm on mobile devices. I enjoy listening to Last.fm...
- Tags: apple iphone, microsoft windows mobile, nokia corp., mobile, operating system, music, last.fm, advertising & promotion, tablets, marketing, hardware, notebooks & tablets, matthew miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- The Microsoft middle ground
- Microsoft occupies a middle ground between the vertically-integrated control of an Apple and the bazaar-like atmosphere of the open source world. Microsoft abandons that middle ground at their own peril. by John Carroll
- Tags: software, business model, apple inc., microsoft corp., hardware, tools & techniques, open source, management, john carroll
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
- Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...
- Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
- VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualization platform. Microsoft was used by 13% of the sample base with various Unix technologies and mainframe...
- Tags: server, vmware inc., microsoft corp., virtualization, cloud computing, storage management, utility computing, hardware, storage, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Vista struggling? OCZ launch 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits
- Feel like your PC could do with a little more RAM? OCZ, the California-based memory specialist, might have the answer - 8GB and 16GB upgrade kits! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: kit, microsoft windows vista, ram, memory, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), semiconductors, hardware, components, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, adrian kingsley-hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely
- Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G. The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked. Needless to say that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus Techmeme. MacRumors notes that Apple has come under fire for removing App...
- Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., 3g, tools & techniques, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, management, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
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