Mossberg: Vista SP1 Little Changed For Mainstream Users
WSJ techie reporter Walt Mossberg says Microsoft Vista SP1 will no little to help mainstream Windows users. The SP1 (Service Pack 1) update coming for Vista takes an hour to install and weighs in at...
View Article50 Reasons to Switch from Windows to Mac OS X
Chris Pirillo a longtime tech guy and Windows expert has announced he has switched to a Mac for his primary computing platform posting 50 Reasons to Switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X....
View ArticleMicrosoft Pulls Vista SP1 Update
According to CNET, Microsoft has stopped automatically distributing a prerequisite piece of software for Vista Service Pack 1, following customer complaints that it had caused system problems.
View ArticleMicrosoft Emails Reveal Misleading Vista Specs To Sell Intel Chips
Microsoft's internal emails have revealed that they knowingly lowered the requirements for Windows Vista to help Intel sell more low-cost chipsets. As part of the investigation into the misleading...
View ArticleMicrosoft is Slashing Vista Retail Prices
In what is considered an unprecedented move, Microsoft is cutting the retail prices on Windows Vista. For those in the U.S., Microsoft is cutting prices only on the higher-end versions of Vista, and...
View ArticleWinclone: Clone Your Boot Camp Partition
Running Windows on your Mac is pretty easy these days as Apple provides Boot Camp that is built right into Leopard. Some Mac users may have found out that once they are running Windows they are subject...
View ArticleNY Times: They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know.
Interesting article from the NY Times asking the question, ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”? Was it high prices for the retail...
View ArticleTiVo Updates PC Desktop with iTunes Podcasts
TiVo has introduced a "plus" version TiVo Desktop for Windows software that helps turn its DVR STB into a networked media hubs. This new version stresses the ability to pull podcasts and can either...
View ArticleVista Toilet Paper: Wipe After Your Download
Vista Ultimate SP1 toilet paper is being sold in Tokyo at the T-Zone gadget store. The smooth and comfortable 3-ply product, has printed a list of all the new features in Vista SP1 in Japanese. Seems...
View ArticleCan Windows Vista Get Even Worse?
Apparently it can. The recent consensus showing up on Microsoft's own blog and many other Windows based websites seem to be that with SP1 Windows Vista is even worse. Since Windows Vista was released...
View ArticleAmazon Offering a Great Deal on VMware
Great deal on VMware Fusion today on Amazon. If you are needing to run Windows on your Mac you can not go wrong on this deal. Amazon is selling VMware Fusion for only $54.99 with a $20 rebate applied...
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Microsoft: We Designed Windows Vista To ‘Annoy Users’
When it comes to Windows Vista, the amount of complaints from users, even die-hard Windows users are huge. In fact some have even left the platform for something better. Vista tested customers with its...
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Apple Has Changed Windows Software Updater After Criticism
Well in another instance Apple is proving it is listening to users. In March, some Windows users were upset that it appeared that Apple was using the Apple Software Update program that installs with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Loses Vista-Capable Appeal
Microsoft has lost an attempt to reverse a lower court's ruling in the ongoing "Vista Capable" lawsuit in an appeals court. This decision means the case can resume. We should expect some more...
View ArticleHundreds of Thousands of Microsoft Web Servers Hacked
According a story at the Washington Post's Security Blog, Hundreds of thousands of Web sites - including several at the United Nations and in the U.K. government -- have been hacked recently and seeded...
View ArticleWindows XP SP3 New Feature: Constant Rebooting!
What are you doing this weekend? How about watching your PC continually reboot? That's what some aggravated Windows XP users have been doing Friday after installing the XP SP3 as reported by PC...
View ArticleHumor: Kernel Panic Screensaver
If you want to have some fun with one of your Mac using friends install this kernel panic screensaver, wait until it kicks in and watch their face. If your friends use a Windows box, try the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Fuzzy Math and Hallucinations?
There is an old saying "Lies, Damn Lies, and then there are statistics." Microsoft however goes waaaay past this in the latest reported numbers and their own predictions. I think they must be handing...
View ArticleWhy Buy Windows and Limit Yourself?
The same old tired arguments still get perpetuated by some Windows zealots. Macs are too expensive, there is no software for Macs, there is no games for Macs, Macs have no market share, etc. Of course...
View ArticleWindows XP SP3 Finger Pointing Continues
Users are claiming the Microsoft Windows XP SP3 update corrupted their Windows registry finding that their network cards and previously-created connections have vanished from after updating to the...
View ArticleWindows 7 Will Copy Features in iPhone and Mac OS
Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7 This should surprise nobody. Microsoft trying its best to look past the technical disaster of Windows Vista, showed off a few features of the promised Windows 7 at the...
View ArticleQuarkXPress 8 Announced
Quark Inc. has announced the latest version of their flagship page layout application, QuarkXPress 8 in Germany today. The latest version of the high-end design tool for Mac and Windows will bring many...
View ArticleSun Brings Open Source Competitor to VMware and Paralells
Sun Microsystems announced Sun xVM VirtualBox, a free and open source desktop virtualization system for Mac OS X Leopard, Windows, Linux and Solaris that will compete with VMware Fusion and Parallels...
View ArticleBallmer Using XP to Sell Vista Now
It is no secret that Windows Vista has not exactly started the "Wow" it promised with users, especially business users. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, responding to a question about the support for XP...
View ArticleVMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 Feature Demos
VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 for Mac is out and shaping up quite nicely. I run VMware Fusion everyday and I am ecstatic to see this. One new feature is the ability to run 10.5 Server as a virtual machine....
View ArticleWindows XP R.I.P. – Now the WoW Begins
Windows users will soon have no choice but to accept Vista on new PCs as June 30 is the cut off date when Microsoft will no longer make Windows XP available to large system builders. Like or not Vista...
View ArticleI Will Miss the Bill Gates Rants
Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft as a day worker by the end of this month. This signals the end of an era and the start of the Steve Ballmer roller coaster ride at Microsoft (in my opinion). If you...
View ArticleIntel Sees No Need For Windows Vista Upgrade
“This isn’t a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.” Intel, a longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against...
View ArticleVMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 Now Available
VMware has made available Fusion 2 now in beta 2 which is its virtualization solution for the Mac. This new release improves on an already great product, focusing to improve the user experience,...
View ArticleBlue Screen of Death Appears at Olympics 2008 – UPDATED
Windows BSOD are now part of Olympic history. I wonder if they were running Vista? [via Gizmodo] UPDATE: Microsoft's newer operating system, Vista, was not chosen. Seems Microsoft is designated as an...
View ArticleMicrosoft Hires Themselves A $10 Million Comic
Say it isn't so, says Steve to Jerry on the latest Joy of Tech. Microsoft apparently feeling the pain in lost market share, especially to consumers as the Apple ads have proved their effective. Now...
View ArticleMobileMe Control Panel for Windows Updated
Apple has brought and update to the MobileMe Control Panel for Windows users now version 1.1. The update is free and available for download at the Apple Support web site.
View ArticleVMware Fusion 2.0 Released
Just updated my MacBook Pro today. Seems like a nice update that is free to current registered users. See the details at the Team Fusion blog.
View ArticleRunning Windows on Macs Gets Even Better
It is clear to me that Microsoft simply does not get it as exampled by their newest "I'm a PC ad." My Mac has long been a PC. Why choose when running Windows on a Mac is so easy and convenient. Walt...
View ArticleIt’s Official Windows Vista is a Failure
If you thought that Vista was just going through a slow period, think again. Seems Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has all but given up on Windows Vista. That's right, he said at Gartner's...
View ArticleWhy I Like Apple
I have owned computers for many years running different operating systems including Windows, Amiga, Linux, and Mac OS. I am not writing this to say "I'm a Mac" and you should not be a "PC." Fact is all...
View ArticleiPhone Tops Windows Mobile in Worldwide Sales
Apple with its one model smartphone has now outsold all of Windows Mobile and its related devices. So much for Steve Ballmer's predictions. According to new Gartner data. The launch of iPhone 3G in...
View ArticleMossberg: Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust
Well at least their is some bright spot for the folks in Redmond. After reporting disappointing earnings numbers and planning 5,000 layoffs, at least Walt Mossberg's first review of Windows 7 is...
View Article6 for 7 for Windows Fixa
Microsoft has made public that there will be SIX editions of Windows 7. Here is the line-up - Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate! Really? Simple? No! You would...
View ArticleMy Next Netbook the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE
I bought the ASUS Eee PC 4G Ultra Portable Computer last year [see my review] one of the first Asus Netbooks, the company that helped invent the category. Well ASUS is bringing the new ASUS Eee PC...
View ArticleMobileMe Control Panel 1.3 for Windows Arrives
Apple has released a free updated MobileMe Control Panel 1.3 for Windows. This update is said to offer faster MobileMe contact and calendar syncing for Microsoft Outlook users, auto-updating when...
View ArticleApple Brings Safari 4 Beta Faster and 150 New Features
Apple today announced Safari 4 public beta for Mac and Windows. With its new Nitro engine, Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. And it features many innovative new features that...
View ArticleBallmer: Where is my foot? Oh yeah, I found it!
Interesting take on Steve "the monkey-boy" Ballmer and where he put his mojo over at John Paczkowski article on Digital Daily. Ballmer speaking at Microsoft’s annual Strategic Update in New York on...
View ArticleASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook In-Stock at Amazon
ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook now in-stock at Amazon! The new ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook contains Intel's next generation 1.66GHz N280 Atom processor running a much faster front side bus...
View ArticleReview: ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook
I have been using a ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook I purchased. I bought this to replace the Asus Eee PC 4G Ultra Portable Computer I reviewed last year. I say replace, but actually I still own the...
View ArticleMS Lauren Goes Grocery Shopping
Lauren has already been exposed as an actress hired under NDA for the dopey Microsoft ad. Enough said!
View ArticleThe Conficker Worm and Mac OS X
This worm, called Conficker, as well as Downadup and Kido, has infected unknown millions of Windows computers, and is expected to become active on April 1, 2009. For now, researchers are unsure of what...
View ArticleOne Reason Why Windows Laptops Are Pain in the Ass!
All I could think of was Ouch! What does this say for MSI laptops? Do they want you to stick up your butt? See video.
View ArticleParallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition
Parallels has introduced an all-in-one solution for Windows users thinking about making the switch to Mac much easier with their new Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition. This version helps PC users...
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