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552 applications available in the App Store at launch

552 applications available in the App Store at launchYou've probably downloaded more free and useful software......for your iPhone than Microsoft has released Ultimate Extras. Too bad Microsoft can't be more like Apple in this respect.FileMagnet is the killer app for meNo more emailing attachments to myself to view documents on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, Operating systems, Apple iPhone, phone, Ultimate Extras, mobile, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"

Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for the "Wow!"Microsoft tried this stunt with Plus!...and look how that went....RE: Microsoft releases more Ultimate Extras - Search parties are out looking for theAnyone who thought Ultimate Extras was any more than a marketing ploy was kidding themselves....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Ultimate Extras

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packs

Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packsDreamScene is perfectI was looking for a way of ensuring that my CPU never went below 30% usage. DreamScene was the perfect solution for me!!;)RE: Windows Ultimate Extras update - Windows DreamScene goes final, but no language packsDreamscene...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Windows DreamScene, Ultimate Extras, language pack, Windows Ultimate Extras update, Microsoft Windows, Windows Ultimate Extras, DreamScene

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Microsoft says more Vista Ultimate add-ons are in the pipeline

Windows users who shelled out extra to get the top-of-the-line Vista Ultimate SKU, your requests for an update have been answered. Microsoft hasn't abandoned its promise to get more of the expected downloadable add-ons to Ultimate to you, after all.Microsoft posted an update on the whereabouts to the Vista Team...

Tags: Windows client, Vista, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Vista Ultimate users want their value-add

Those pesky Windows Vista users are a demanding lot.They are clamoring for information on Vista Service Pack SP 1. At the same time, they have the audacity to want to know what's up with "Fiji," the Media Center update to Vista. And now? Those who purchased the high-end Vista Ultimate...

Tags: Fiji, Service Pack, Vista, Windows client

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Microsoft lifts the curtain on Vista Ultimate Extras

For months know, Microsoft has made it known that it planned to position its downloadable Vista Ultimate Extra add-ons as icing on the top tier of the Vista cake. What Microsoft hadnt made public -- until January 7 -- was exactly what would be part of the Ultimate line...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Ultimate Extras

Blog posts 2007-01-07

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Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Needed: iPhone radio toggle application

It's pretty well documented that the iPhone 3G can barely eek out a full day's use on a single charge. So much so that a cottage industry is cropping up for external battery packs. Here's a free tip that I previously mentioned for an enterprising developer that...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Battery, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so

Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

More big money for work on wind. Yes, that's $1 billion.

Finavera Renewables which has both wind and wave energy projects around the world has negotiated a deal with an unnamed corporate investor who plans to put up $1 bilion for wind power projects that will create up to 300 megawatts of capacity in British Columbia. The money...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Agreement, mW, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

WinRemotePC Lite (exe)

WinRemotePC is a program that allows you to work on a remote PC as on your local computer. With WinRemotePC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that...

Tags: PC, Remote Desktop, Plug-in, WinSoftMagic, WinRemotePC, WinRemotePC Video Driver Technology, Plug-in Architecture, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-22

WinRemotePC (exe)

WinRemotePC is a program that allows you to work on a remote PC as on your local computer. With WinRemotePC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that...

Tags: Machine, WinSoftMagic, WinRemotePC, WinRemotePC Video Driver Technology, Keyboards, Mice, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2008-07-22

First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear

First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appearPerception IS reality.The damage is done. Apple is #3 in US home computer sales today. Perception [b]is[/b] reality and unfortunately for microsoft they've got battered, much of it being well deserved. This is the proverbial finger to plug a dyke breach.RE: First hints...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

The key barrier to health care reform

The key barrier to health care reformReducing residenciesHey, at least Georgia [b]has[/b] residencies. Arizona's University Hospital has, thanks to Andrew Weil, turned all of its general practice residencies into NCCAAM-funded "alternative health care" training programs.If you think it's bad now, wait until your insurance only covers "therapeutic touch" and...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, barrier, health care, residency, physician

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal

iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...

Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Zoor Business Kit (zip)

Zoor Business Kit is an ultimate 3 in 1 solution for daily communication. You can now perform routine business communication tasks like a charm. Zoor Business Kit comprises three best in class directories. Personal Directory, Your Personal Contacts Manager. Business Directory, Yellow Pages With Zoor Power Search. PTCL Directory, Latest...

Tags: Directory, Zoor Systems, Zoor Business Kit, Backups

Software downloads 2008-07-21

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD

When it comes to black levels, you apparently get what you pay for. Pioneer's PDP-5020FD is the company's cheapest flat-panel plasma HDTV for 2008, yet it still costs significantly more than the poshest plasmas produced by Panasonic. We really liked the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U we reviewed earlier this year, and despite...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, PDP-5020FD

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soonMedia Center may be best MS appMedia Center is by far the app I use most on my PC. When you're in MC, you don't even realize you're using a computer. Yes, there are some missing features, but it a joy to...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), TVs, Digital media, TV Pack, Fiji, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TV, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Center TV Pack

Discussion threads 2008-07-18