June 28th, 2008
NBC is going full strength on Beijing Olympics by giving users online coverage to all its sports. However, only Vista users would be able to enjoy this. In an excerpt:
NBC announced two significant technology partnerships with Microsoft and Wavexpress today to provide 2008 Olympics coverage over the web. The new initiatives embody a natural evolution […]
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June 28th, 2008
Bill Gates is wearing an Apple t-shirt. Funny, I just found this over at Flickr. Whether it’s photoshopped or not, we may see more of it as he is going farther away from Microsoft and to his other commitments.
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June 28th, 2008
Bill Veghte, Microsoft Vice-president, quoted the launch date of Windows 7 by saying:
You have told us you want a more regular, predictable Windows release schedule.
Our plan is to deliver Windows 7 approximately three years after the January 2007 general availability launch date of Windows Vista.
You’ve also let us know you don’t want to face the […]
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June 28th, 2008
Do you want to use the same picture for all Vista users? The following are the steps to do it:
1. In the run command type gpedit.msc
2. Click Computer Configuration, then Administrative Templates, followed by Control Panel, and finally User Accounts (Image above)
3. Right-click on Apply the default user logon picture to all users
4. Click on […]
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June 27th, 2008
Wintel no more.
The term “Wintel” was coined earlier when Microsoft and Intel was inseparable from each other. Intel and Microsoft has been tight for so many years helping each other out with every release of their product. Intel has installed and implemented every generation of Microsoft’s Windows while Microsoft has promoted Intel at every chance […]
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June 27th, 2008
This is an interview done on Steve Jobs a while back where he talks about Microsoft’s lack of originality. Everyone knows that, no big deal. He should have figured out how Microsoft racked up the dollars despite being un-original.
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June 27th, 2008
nVidia ForceWare WHQL drivers has been certified for Windows Vista. The highlights of the release are as follows:
# WHQL-certified for Windows Vista
# Supports GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs.
# Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce […]
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June 26th, 2008
This is a video on disabling Windows Vista startup sound.
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June 21st, 2008
Vista Woes: Netizens still love XP platformMan Gets Windows Vista to Work With PrinterMicrosoft earmarks another $200 million for Windows advertisingWindows Vista Lags With Developers
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June 21st, 2008
I found this picture over Flickr which is a Windows Vista Fatal Error T-Shirt. Cool! and the model too!
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June 21st, 2008
Microsoft is re-releasing Security Bulletin MS08-030 which fixes vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack. This update only works on Vista and seems to have problems on Windows XP. Hmmm, something fishy here.
Anyways, be sure to download the re-released version.
In an excerpt:
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June 21st, 2008
Microsoft is discontinuing their support for Windows Vista in two weeks’ time and this comes after the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 which makes the lower cost operating system attractive for consumers who wants a basic box.
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June 20th, 2008
Apple has just released a fix for a security flaw in Safari running on Windows Vista. The flaw allows download of software from malicious sites without the knowledge of the user.
This flaw is finally fixed, almost two months after Microsoft has released a warning on it (found here).
The flaw works by luring a user to […]
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June 20th, 2008
This is an interesting post on UAC wherein people of about 12% has decided to disable the feature of Windows Vista, making it behave like Windows XP. Though there are risks associated with it and Microsoft is doing things to make Vista secure even if UAC is disabled. 12% may be small, but the amount […]
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June 19th, 2008
This is a video on Windows Vista Speech Recognition.
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June 14th, 2008
Dell is putting pressure on Microsoft anew by publicly announcing they are selling Windows XP until 2009 even if Microsoft is only supporting the old operating system until June 30.
According to Dell they will make Windows XP OEM available for customers buying PCs. Back in April 2007, Dell extended Windows XP’s shelf life.
This should give […]
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June 14th, 2008
I have been thinking of buying an Asus Eee PC as my tertiary computer whose ultra portability I can use with my busy moving schedule nowadays.
I found this video on unpacking Asus Eee PC and it makes me think seriously about it.
The only concern I have is whether I could load Windows Vista on […]
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June 14th, 2008
This video shoes Vista Ultimate on a MAC (?) mini.
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June 14th, 2008
Microsoft has released their latest security bulletin for June 2008. It includes 3 critical, 3 important, & 1 moderate. The critical updates are:
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June 13th, 2008
The Windows UX Taskforce Blog is a venue for users to let Microsoft know what they think of their user interface. This is blog offers helpful tips instead of bashing Microsoft user interface.
Some of the useful posts are:
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