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Vista skepticism pervades, may be misplaced

Vista skepticism pervades, may be misplacedA strong demand for Windows Vista!I think that it will be a great demand for Windows Vista because people wants a more modern layout and as PC hardware are getting cheaper for more capacity, it is logical to make a operating system that need more...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., skepticism, Apple Macintosh, hardware, Vista skepticism, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

Vista skepticism pervades, may be misplaced

This just in--Vista is launching to consumers and the Web is buzzing with worries over how to upgrade and whether those worries are legit, stories about demand and primers on killer apps and pitfalls. One common thread: Folks are pretty...

Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Vista, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2007-01-29

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Microsoft caught flat-footed by Windows 7 download rush

Microsoft caught flat-footed by Windows 7 download rushMicrosoft caught flat-footed by Windows 7 download rushHooray, the 4th article about Microsoft's download issue. Maybe ZDNet can post a few more. Any way you look at this it has to be good for Microsoft. They could not have anticipated this...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Servers, Vista SP2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

AVADirect Custom Gaming PC

A dirty secret of gaming PC reviews is that vendors frequently try to submit systems with aggressive overclocking that they won't actually sell because of poor reliability, but that will last long enough to score well on our benchmarks. Imagine our skepticism when this $2,900 AVADirect Custom Gaming PC showed...

Tags: Network technology, PC, AVADirect Custom Gaming PC, gaming PC

Product reviews 2009-04-23

Report: Lost laptops cost companies $50,000 apiece

Report: Lost laptops cost companies $50,000 apieceI'm calling BS"Why not a lower figure for the encrypted laptop? Encryption may have not been implemented properly, according to Ponemon."They're trying to tell us that so many encryption products are misconfigured by users that the encryption is in essence ineffective? I'm not...

Tags: encryption, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?A PS3 on everyone's deskThe problem I have with your DumbRay solution is that you cannot do any processing on the desktop. This means that for FEA, you need to have dedicated "compute" servers in the old days those were Crays....

Tags: Linux, Workstations, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

News to know: Facebookgate, XP, iPhone credit, greentech in 2009

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: 'Facebookgate': Fake Class of 2013 groups today; Annoying marketing tomorrow? Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Roland Piquepaille, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Internet, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Study: Apple logo stimulates the brain

Study: Apple logo stimulates the brainPeople Exposed To Windows Logo, HoweverAre still drooling on their keyboards and uttering incoherently.Might stimulate the stomach...but the brain?;-)What was the creativity test?If the test was: create your own watery looking logo, then, it may be true...RE: Study: Apple logo stimulates the brainThis could be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Logo, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.

First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.It's the sun, stupid.The earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. If the current low solar activity keeps up, we could be in deep doodoo.RE: First scientist to warn Congress on Global...

Tags: U.S. Congress, Hansen, data set, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?

Dell CEO Michael Dell mentioned the product lust mantra last year and has come back to it repeatedly in conference calls and analyst meetings. Dell's message: The company needs to improve design and inspire a few 'gotta have that' moments from technology buyers. How is Dell doing?...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-20

XP era ends: Will Vista step up?

The Windows XP era ends June 30 and soon hardware vendors will be shipping you all Vista all the time in most cases. The save XP effort failed. The whining should cease. And now it's time for Vista to sink or swim. Ina Fried has a good...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-16

How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?

How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?I like your idea of a refundfor unsatisfied customers. Why not a money-back guarantee? I think that would be a good way for Microsoft to put its money where its mouth is...Mary JoTurn Ballmer over to the angry crowdWhile that is a great...

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

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver

Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiverHa ha haHa ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, HA-HA HA HA HA, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, troll

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

News to know: IE 8; Big storage; Gnome 2.2; Apple; Acer; Tech lobbying

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Will IE 8 break the Web? Microsoft buys virtualization vendor help with Vista migrations There's more than one way to make Microsoft software 'serviceable' Windows Home Server users want their Power Pack 1...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Yahoo! Inc., Storage, GNOME, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., Channel Management, Virtualization, Internet, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-13

This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic

This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skepticAnd cue NMB'ers ....Personally, I see straight through their horsesh*t.Because they've lied so many times in the past, there is a remote possibility that at some time, once, they said something and I was wrongly over-skeptical, but I doubt it.RE: This is...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Microsoft Corp., skeptic

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures

PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...

Tags: James Farrar, Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology Sector

Blog posts 2008-03-05

Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole

A little more than a year ago, Sebastian Krahmer posted a question on the Dailydave security mailing list whether Vista's speech recognition was exploitable or not via malicious sound files that could be hosted on websites.  I was the first to answer his call with some initial skepticism...

Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Bottom Line, Speech Recognition, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-12

The balance sheet on Windows Vista

The balance sheet on Windows VistaThat which sits on a store shelf is entirely differentthan sitting in a consumers home (MS just ask Sony on the PS3 up until recently). For the way users use the Windows OS, the perception of good enough is a stalling factor to migration....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Balance sheets, MSFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, balance sheet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

Windows automatically updating itself: Case closed?

Windows automatically updating itself: Case closed?Keep your lies simpleHuman history has many examples of great lies being believed by most of the people. The key is to keep the lie simple and stay with it. Microsoft is adopting this tactic. I just don't understand why these reports...

Tags: Operating systems, Nothing New, HUMAN HISTORY, CASE CLOSED, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Microsoft Stealth Update and Windows XP repair don't mix

Remember that Stealth Update I talked about a couple of weeks ago?  The one that Microsoft sent down the pipes to XP and Vista users and installed it irrespective of whether the user had given consent for updates to be installed?  Remember too how the apologists claimed that there was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows XP, Update, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-09-27