WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate October 23, 2007 After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I’ve finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card…
Vista and 100 Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless October 22, 2007 “I wasn’t a big fan of the “Wow” campaign around Windows Vista. But its newest incarnation — 100 Reasons Why Everyone’s So Speechless —…
Microsoft agrees: Windows is a “really large bloated operating system” October 22, 2007 We’re seeing signs that Microsoft is rethinking its monolithic approach to not only the mass-market Windows operating system but the entire family of Windows…
Why I’ve moved from Vista to Ubuntu 7.10 October 22, 2007 “Have we reached the beginning of the tipping point? I think we may just have.” Since the late 90s I’ve dabbled with Linux, but…
Stripped-down ‘MinWin’ kernel to be at the core of Windows 7 and more… October 19, 2007 Microsoft has created a stripped-down version of the Windows core, called MinWin, that will be at the heart of future Windows products, starting with…
OK, I admit it, Leopard has more “Wow!” than Vista … in theory anyway October 17, 2007 OK, I admit it, Leopard has more “Wow!” than Vista … in theory anyway… Now that I’ve given in and decided that the PC…
Why are Windows machines automatically updating themselves? October 15, 2007 A (slight) update on last week’s report that some Windows users are seeing their Vista PCs automatically update themselves and reboot. From Nate Clinton,…
New Features Discovered in Windows XP SP3: Is It Better Than Vista? October 11, 2007 The principal reason given for the tremendous under-the-hood changes to Windows unveiled early this year in Vista was the need to overhaul the security…
Microsoft’s Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threats October 9, 2007 It seems that Microsoft is feeling a bit threatened again. With Microsoft Vista “tanking” and arrows coming from all sides it seems that Microsoft…
The Ubuntu coming out party! But where is the marketing and advertising effort from Dell and others? October 9, 2007 The final release of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) will be released shortly and Dell has indicated that it will be pre-installed on some of…