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A recent post on my Livejournal was a link to a story on The Inquirer about someone moving to Linux because it's just less hassle than XP. (I may yet repeat that story here, so for now, I'll not link to it again.)
I find it interesting that one of the replies was, in essence, "I use XP because it...
Read More | Jan 2nd, 2007
Endless beta testing does still not guarantee a bug-free program, as Microsoft found out a few weeks ago. Recently, a major flaw was discovered by a Russian programmer, in Windows Vista that was released to businesses earlier this month.
This particular flaw allows a user with standard user system...
Read More | Dec 26th, 2006 | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: Jan 3rd, 2007
Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 has a special bar that turns green when visiting "safe" sites, which it determines if it recieves a special strict security certificate from Microsoft. But, small business owners and corporations are worried that users will leave their sites feeling unsafe, as...
Read More | Dec 19th, 2006 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Dec 21st, 2006
Why doesn't everyone switch to Linux? Is it because it's too difficult? Not exactly. The problem with Linux isn't because you have to run millions of commands to start it up, it's because it gives users too many options.
Commercial companies like Microsoft standardize their product when they...
Read More | Dec 7th, 2006 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jan 4th, 2007
Microsoft has finally launched the long-awaited Windows Vista. Will it sell well? It's already pretty obvious that Windows Vista will have a hard time competing against Microsoft's previous operating system, Windows XP. Many businesses are happy with it, and see no reason to switch. Still others...
Read More | Dec 3rd, 2006 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Dec 7th, 2006
Microsoft announced that Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 are now all available to 'Business' users. While most websites were speculating that this wouldn't be released to anyone (except OEM Manufactures) until January. To most it would appear that Microsoft is trying to get a head...
Read More | Dec 3rd, 2006 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Dec 3rd, 2006
The French parliament is now going to dump Windows in favour of open-source. More specifically, Linux. The planned switch date is June 2007, with over 1000 parliament workers switching.
No word yet on what Linux distribution they're going to use, or what email client -- one thing is for sure:...
Read More | Nov 28th, 2006
On Thursday I went to Oxfordshire for a training day on the much anticipated Windows Vista. Firstly the appearance of Windows Vista has many improvements and enhancements over XP, with the outstanding graphics and of course Windows Aero, you've found what Microsoft like to call `the Vista...
Read More | Nov 25th, 2006 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jul 2nd, 2007
According to a report posted at Ars Technica Vista has been cracked. Jeremy Reimer reports that Torrents are now being circulated of the cracked version, known as Vista BillGates.
Microsoft is keeping remarkably quiet on the subject, and my emails requesting official comment have gone unanswered....
Read More | Nov 13th, 2006
It is the sort of no-brainer question that ordinarily you wouldn’t waste any time on: does a Windows OS need additional antivirus protection to be considered a safe platform? Obviously, the answer is yes, unless you are the Co-President, Platform and Services Division of Microsoft Corp, it would...
Read More | Nov 12th, 2006 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Nov 12th, 2006
