1,000,000 Down
Published On: Nov 12, 2009
It's not the first time this has happened but, it may be the largest single occurrence of such an action. InformationWeek is reporting that Microsoft has banned 1,000,000 users from its Xbox Live service because the company believes that they are playing on "modded" consoles. Modified consoles ...Read more...
Windows 7 boots slower than Vista?
Published On: Oct 11, 2009
I add this one to the "you'd-have-to-be-a-geek-to-care" category but, Iolo Technologies, a California software firm, is claiming that Windows 7 boots about 42% slower than Vista. This contradicts Microsoft's claims that Windows 7's boot time was actually less than Vista's.
Now, I suspect that this is ...Read more...
Trading one bad idea for another?
Published On: Oct 9, 2009
I can only say, it's about time!Yes, Microsoft has finally bringing a merciful end to the steaming pile that is MS Works. If you have ever used Works, you quickly realized why it was so cheap (inexpensive) -- it was because it was cheap (underpowered). Don't get me ...Read more...
Microsoft smartens up on stickers
Published On: Sep 30, 2009
When I read that Microsoft will not be placing "Windows 7 compatible" stickers on netbooks, I had to chuckle. If anyone remembers the class-action lawsuit over the "Vista capable" stickers, you know how ugly things got. In a nutshell, Microsoft let manufacturers put "Vista capable" on anything that could run ...Read more...
Dumb Move, Microsoft
Published On: Aug 26, 2009
Typically, I am all about marketing to the population to whom you're selling a product. This is often my complaint when I see so many commercials that seemingly only target their ads to white Americans (as if black, Latino or Asian folks don't watch network TV). So, clearly ...Read more...
Microsoft says the sky will fall if it cannot sell Word
Published On: Aug 24, 2009
If you're Microsoft, the rules that govern other simply don't apply to you. At least that appears to be their thinking. Recently, a judge ruled that Microsoft had to stop selling Word within 60 days and keep it out of circulation until it removed some offending code that ...Read more...
IE6, why won't you just die?
Published On: Aug 14, 2009
A little while back, I was reading some statistics that showed Internet Explorer 6's market share falling. Upon reading this, I was in a celebratory mood. Well, there are other statistics out there that are causing my heart to sink.
According Net Applications' market share analysis, IE6 still holds ...Read more...
Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word
Published On: Aug 13, 2009
Uh-oh, it looks like Microsoft may have been caught infringing on another company's intellectual property, yet again.
This time, the party leveling this charge is i4i LP, who owns a technology that allows complex documents to be treated as databases. The Canadian firm alleged, and a U.S. judge ...Read more...
Windows 7 already cracked?
Published On: Jul 29, 2009
Windows 7 is not due to be released to the public until October 2009 and there are reports that pirates may have already found a crack for it and, if true, may be one for which Microsoft will not have an answer.
As the story goes, Chines hackers appear to ...Read more...
Wait, you had one of those?
Published On: Jul 22, 2009
Is "innovation" a dirty word at Microsoft? The reason why I ask is because, so often, much of their newer technology is often based on an idea someone else is doing. Adobe does Flash so, Microsoft comes up with Silverlight (much later). Google get a firm foothold on web searching ...Read more...
