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...
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