We all know our good friends at Microsoft are not shy for a stunt here and there, but now they really hit the jackpot… Brian Krebs from The Washington Post has been advising the average Windows user on various things. A while ago, people started asking him if they could trust a Service Pack for [...]
Whether you like it or not, the final release of Microsoft’s newest browser, Internet Explorer 8, is coming closer and closer. While this latest version of IE has been giving quite some attention around the Web, with both the lovers and the haters elaborately venting their opinions, I thought it was time for me to [...]
The last day of 2008 seems to be a memorable one for Microsoft Zune owners. It seems that the latest firmware (3.1) had quite a stupid bug which resulted the player to crash or freeze on the 31st of December. Reason for all this was bad coding which didn’t incorporate a leap year. Since 2008 [...]
More good news in Linux-land. It seems that Moonlight, the open-source version of the Microsoft Silverlight platform, is soon going to be releasing a beta version of their 1.0 branch. This is very good news indeed, as it will enable Linux users to run Silverlight websites natively. Since the development is sponsored by Novell, and [...]
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they will stop providing the Live OneCare and started working on free consumer security software. They will continue to provide support for Onecare, but will no longer develop the platform anymore. The new software, codenamed ‘Morro’ is supposed to be a light version of OneCare. The program will be used [...]
After the mechanical, optical and laser mice, Microsoft is now presenting the next-generation mouse, called Explorer Mouse. This new hardware is developed by the Redmond company and is supposed to combine the power of optical and the precision of laser, providing a superior mousing experience. It’s easy to recharge with the accompanied docking station and [...]
I’m proud to announce that today I have passed my first Microsoft Exam, Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment (70-290). Therefore, I can now call myself a Microsoft Certified Professional . I’d like to express my many thanks to my wonderful girlfriend for all the moral support and testing me with questions . [...]
Yesterday, Microsoft announced in a press release the newest version of Silverlight, which is available for download starting from today. This new version, which is supposed to be an even more fierceful competitor for Adobe’s popular Flash player, looks very promising. Among one of the most eye-catching improvements is the promise that this new version [...]
Mike Nash from the Windows Vista Team announced yesterday that the new Windows, codename ‘Windows 7′, will be officially named … ‘Windows 7′. Many fellow bloggers on the Net are of course flaming Microsoft for this decision. Personally, I don’t care so much, but one has to scratch his head at the following statement: Simply [...]
