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Microsoft Says Battery Issue Isn’t An Issue
In recent weeks some reports have been raised on the web in regards to issues with Windows 7 alerting users that their battery’s were in need of replacement when in fact they weren’t. The following message shows up on your laptop: “Consider replacing your battery. There is a problem with your battery, so your computermight shut down suddenly.”
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Acer to Launch Google Chrome OS Notebooks – Challenge to Win 7?
Acer has narrowed its Chrome OS netbook release window to the third quarter 2010. It’s also preparing to launch an e-book reader and a tablet too. It’ll be aimed initially at Europe and Asia Pacific.
The time for narrow-minded self-interest is over
This week it came to light that there have been senior people at Microsoft who have blocked, or tried to block new products from the company on the grounds that they hadn’t come from their own department.
Now it’s widely known that different departments within Microsoft don’t talk to each other. Examples of this are SkyDrive [...]
Microsoft Security Patches Coming Next Week
Microsoft will compensate for the small number of security updates released for its products in January. Next week, on February 9, 2010, the Microsoft will make available patches for no less than 26 vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office.
Windows 7 Start Orb Changer
The user Perception of the design and default theme of Windows 7 is mainly positive. Every operating system on the other hand has users that love to customize the design by installing new themes and changing system files which often results in a unique design that does not look like all the others out there.
We [...]
Sky Player For Windows 7
UK users have already had this feature since November 2009, but Sky TV broadcaster has now finally rolled out it’s Sky player to Windows 7 users in Ireland.The service gives Windows 7 users in Ireland and the UK access to a range of live and on demand programming, including movies, sports, the arts and family [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 RC Leaked
Microsoft’s Office 2010 RC has been leaked to various torrent sites (brings back memories of the constant postings of new Windows 7 leaks) after being circulated via Microsoft Connect on February 4th to select members of the Technology Adoption Program (TAP). This is a newer build (14.0.4734.1000) than the other recent leak of MS Office [...]
Which OS is best for your tablet device? A surprise winner
With the recent launch of Apple’s iPad and the consequent talk about not only forthcoming tablet devices running Google’s Android operating system, but also what a low power-tablet running Windows 7 or Chrome OS might be like, I decided to work out some (unscientific) figures to see which OS would be best to use on [...]
Firefox 4.0 Concept Videos Appear
In a recent blog post by Stephen Horlander, a new interface for Firefox 4.0 was shown in two concept videos that match the Ribbon style present in Windows 7. The next major overhaul of the popular browser will include a new UI developed to match the interface of the operating system that it runs on, [...]
Photo Manipulation Themes for Windows7
Surrealism arose in the 1920 and it aimed to revolutionize human experience, including its personal, cultural, social, and political aspects. The goal was that by freeing people from what they saw as false rationality, and restrictive customs and structures, a new human order would develop and take over. One without preconceptions.
Your PC is more expensive to run with Apple software
I’m not only a PC, I’m a Microsoft lock-in. I use Windows, Office, Live Mail and Calendar, Live Suite and Windows Mobile. Why do I exclusively use Microsoft products? The answer is simple really, it’s just so convenient to do so. It’s called the lock-in.
Other companies have lock-ins too, top of the list being Apple. [...]
Windows 7 Personalization: New Themes
Microsoft has once again made available new Windows 7 themes and desktop backgrounds in their personalization gallery. One of the biggest improvements over previous operating systems is the improved personalization in Windows 7. Basic themes can now be created by anyone and shared with friends, family and colleagues. We call them basic themes because of [...]
Microsoft Set To Patch 26 Holes In Windows & Office
Microsoft are getting ready to patch yet another 26 security flaws this coming patch Tuesday. One affecting the kernel of 32-bit versions of Windows and several holes in Office. Five of the 13 bulletins affect vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution and Microsoft have rated them as critical, seven are rated important, and one [...]
Folder Takes Ages To Load? Try This Fix
I have one folder on my hard drive where I put all the downloads from the Internet on; Videos, photos, documents, music, programs and basically anything that gets downloaded. I noticed lately that it took a long time to open that folder in Windows Explorer. Or, to be more precise, a long time before the [...]
Windows 7 Bests Apple’s Snow Leopard in Satisfaction?
A few years back we were all anxiously awaiting an operating system codenamed project Longhorn which made many transformations throughout its long testing phase. The ultimate product was 32 flavors of a bloated, poorly reviewed operating system, which was slammed by any and all media outlets, including Apple’s “I’m a Mac” campaigns. Now it’s 2010 and Windows [...]
Microsoft At a Crossroads … The Beginning of The End?
Ballmer is a good manager, but a visionary, no he is not. His stockholders are probably very happy with him, in the same way that the stock holders at GM or Ford were happy for decades. But innovation is the one element that must be maintained, or you are selling typewriters over and over again.
