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Posted on November 18, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Software | Leave a Comment
Well, not really tomorrow, how about the middle of next year? That’s the timeline Microsoft has given for the release of their new program called MORRO which is a free application designed to protect PCs from viruses and other bad stuff.
Read More..>>W7 First Looks
Posted on November 9, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Vista, Windows 7 | Leave a Comment
Since the recent Microsoft PDC where the first copies of pre-beta Windows 7 were passed out, everyone has been anxious to know what it’s like.
Not having access to a copy, I have to rely on the reports I’m relying on the initial impressions of others…
Better Vista
Posted on October 21, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Vista | Leave a Comment
As we suspected, Steve Ballmer has verified in a recent interview with Gartner analysts that Windows 7 is ‘a better Vista’.
That is exactly the reason it can be pushed out as quickly as the timeline currently indicates because
Instant Windows
Posted on October 16, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Windows 7 | Leave a Comment
Dumb question if I asked you if you feel that Windows is too slow in starting up.
You certainly can’t think so as much as I do. There’s just so much coffee I can drink waiting on the completion of the startup.
Vista India
Posted on October 5, 2008 - Filed Under Linux, Microsoft, Vista | Leave a Comment
Interesting that Microsoft has been bragging about worldwide sales of Vista licenses. They say over 180 million licenses have been sold in all, but seem to be especially pushing the fact that over 2 million licenses have been sold in India.
Read More..>>Good Clouds
Posted on October 1, 2008 - Filed Under Cloud Computing, Google Docs, Microsoft, Zoho | Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of our post on opposition to cloud computing, Microsoft’s Ballmer today talked about a soon to appear OS to help developers write apps for the web.
He calls it “Windows Cloud.” I’m sure it will have a different name, but it is definitely not connected to Windows 7 which is under development.
Windows 7 Pre-Beta
Posted on September 25, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Vista, Windows 7 | 1 Comment
As we speculated recently, Microsoft has confirmed that those attending two upcoming conferences (PDC and WinHEC) will receive an early beta of Windows 7 for evaluation.
Read More..>>GE Chooses Zoho
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under Google Apps, Microsoft, Zoho | Leave a Comment
I mentioned some time back a new company called Zoho and their innovative product suite which provides via cloud computing many of the desktop apps (and then some), everyone is familiar with through the Microsoft Office package.
Read More..>>Ads About Nothing
Posted on September 18, 2008 - Filed Under Advertising, Apple, Microsoft | Leave a Comment
Just like Seinfeld’s show proclaimed, so also should the Jerry-Bill ads that have been running the last couple of weeks be named.
Thankfully, the ads have stopped (at least for now) as Microsoft begins today the next phase of a huge campaign
Windows 7
Posted on September 16, 2008 - Filed Under Microsoft, Vista | 1 Comment
The highly-anticipated successor to Microsoft’s much-maligned Vista may arrive ahead of schedule.
With Vista getting so much heat after its launch, it wasn’t long before Microsoft was hinting at a ramp-up to version 7 as early as 2009.