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- Patchy antivirus coverage for 64-bit Vista
- Virus Bulletin security certification body tested a number of antivirus software solutions for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and discovered that security firms are struggling to provide satisfactory protection for the operating system and users.Here's how an article on vnunet.com describes the situation:Of the 20 antivirus product tested, 35 per...
- Tags: Vista, Trends, Thoughts, Software, Security
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- 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
- Friday Rant - Windows Live Messenger ads
- It's a Friday and it's rant time again! This week has given me cause to rant and rave about a number of things – well they say that choice is a good thing! I could take this opportunity to get off my chest the hassles that we've had over at the...
- Tags: Thoughts, Microsoft, Ad industry
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Screen resolutions - is 800x600 dead?
- Time for a quick poll ...Almost all the web data I have access to both for my own sites and others seems to indicate that the 800x600 screen resolution is dead and that 1024x768 is the new 800x600. However, when I talk to web developers they continue to preach to...
- Tags: Trends, Thoughts, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- 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
- What's the point of Gobuntu?
- A couple of days ago Mark Shuttleworth the founder of Ubuntu announced the release of a new flavor of Ubuntu called Gobuntu. What's Gobuntu? Here's how Shuttleworth describes it:It is a flavour of Ubuntu like Kubuntu or Xubuntu that is basically the same desktop environment as Ubuntu a GNOME desktop and...
- Tags: Hardware, Linux, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Sitting here ... in my new Aeron
- I just thought I'd post a follow-up to a post I made a while back where I asked if whether the Herman Miller Aeron really is the best office chair available.Well, yesterday I took delivery of my brand new "stealth black" Aeron and having pulled a few hours in it...
- Tags: Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- It's content that drives the adoption of new technology
- Many companies still seem to be missing the point. Outside of a small number of tech-heads, it's content that drives the adoption of new technology, not how cool the technology actually is.Two areas where this simple but trustworthy rule of thumb has been forgotten are home entertainment and games consoles. ...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Gadgets, Gaming, Hardware, HD-DVD, Marketing, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Bustin' malware!
- Whenever a Windows PC starts to misbehave - running slow, crashing, locking up, displaying odd messages and so forth - there are chance that the problem is down to some sneaky malware that's made it onto the system. At these times there are a few tools that I bring out...
- Tags: Thoughts, Software, Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Are you a "fixer" or do you "throw away"?
- I know a lot of people who fall into the "geek" category but a funny thing that I've noticed about people who fall into this category is that when they are faced with something that's broken, damaged or otherwise not working, they seem to fall into one of two categories: Fixer...
- Tags: Thoughts, Poll of the Day
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- All that AMD is left with is spinning the numbers
- AMD is so broken that all it has left in the battle against Intel is marketing spin. What's AMD going to try to sell me next? A special secret sauce to boost Barcelona performance to that being claimed in the benchmark results? Or maybe some magic beans??I used to feel sorry...
- Tags: Thoughts, Marketing, Intel, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- 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
- Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?
- Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes. The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...
- Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple
- 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
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 - Stock cooler overclockable to 3.92GHz
- HotHardware has access to some Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 samples and put them to the test. The results mean more bad news for the folks at AMD.E6750 running at stock speeds is barely distinguishable from the E6700The E6750 is basically a E6700 processor that runs on a 1333MHz Front...
- Tags: Thoughts, Intel, Components
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Friday Rant - Copy protection on computer game discs
- OK, today my rant - copy protection mechanisms used on game CDs and DVDs which mean that you have to have the game in the CD/DVD drive in order to be able to play it.If you play computer games you'll know what I mean. You install a game, doing...
- Tags: Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- 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
- Banning violent video games - Right or wrong?
- British censors have banned Manhunt 2 by Rockstar Games from being sold in the UK.The video game Manhunt 2 was rejected for its "unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying", the British Board of Film Classification said.It means the Manhunt sequel cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK.Manhunt 2,...
- Tags: Thoughts, Poll of the Day
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- iPhone's improved battery life
- Apple has released some new info about the iPhone today - Battery life is significantly better than Apple estimated back in January!The improvements are pretty impressive. Talk time is up from 5 hours to 8 hours, Internet usage up from 5 hours to 6 hours, video playback up from 5 hours...
- Tags: Apple, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Firefox is on Steve Jobs' hit list!
- John Lilly, Mozilla's COO, spotted something that I hadn't noticed about Steve Jobs Worldwide Developers Conference WWDC keynote the other day.They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's two thousand words worth of images for you:Notice how Steve seems to be indicating that Safari will wipe...
- Tags: Apple, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
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