Last week came word that Microsoft had to delay the release of XP SP3 and Vista SP1 due to some complications with the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System. Well, it looks like the issues have been worked out temporarily and the service packs will now be available again via Windows Update. Microsoft developed a filter [...]
Microsoft announced that it is withdrawing its bid to acquire Yahoo! after the two could not settle on a price. More info and the text of a letter to Yahoo! from Steve Ballmer can be found here and more info here. Tags: Microsoft, Yahoo!
I may be wrong on this, but I think the HTC Shift is the only UMPC currently shipping with the new Origami Experience 2.0. I’ve had a chance to get my hands on a pre-release copy and will be reporting in soon. OE 2.0 will be made available in the future for public download. But in the [...]
Interesting little meme on Twitter this morning started by Robert Scoble with this Tweet: My Microsoft Office trial is over. I am not spending $450 just to get Outlook. Gmail and Google Calendar win this game: big time That prompted quite a few others to chirp in and say that with the exception of Outlook [...]
We are all familiar with the Pen Flick Gestures in Vista. What about hover-based gestures that get activated without the need to press the pen to the screen? How could technology like this helping you with your Tablet PC experience? Take it a step further – what about capacitive-touch based hover gestures? How about multi-touch [...]
Hold the train. Just as news was starting to spread that Microsoft was about to release XP Service Pack 3, comes word of yet another delay. According to CNet’s News.com: The software maker said there is a “compatibility issue” between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program [...]
This will be a game changer on many different levels. How the game changes and what it will all mean is still to be determined, but make no mistake the game is about to change. Last night Ray Ozzie, the inheritor of Bill Gates’ title of Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, put his stamp on Microsoft’s future roadmap by [...]
While meeting with Microsoft Research’s Ken Hinckley last week, we spent a good amount of time talking about gestures. He demoed a prototype application, called Scriboli, that took advantage of a multi-stroke gesture, allowing copy and move all in one stroke. The videos below demo that functionality, as well as explores the idea of a [...]
Mickey Segal loves his mobile computers. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s recent switch from Outlook Express / Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail is frustrating him as he frequently uses computers that are 800 x 600 resolution. Take a look at the following areas that are frustrating Mickey, each of which could be easily addressed by providing users [...]
Ed Bott has a great article on ZDNet on dealing with some of the headaches that get blamed on Vista when the root cause may in fact be CRAPWARE or lack of up-to-date drivers. He chronicles his experience in helping out a friend start from scratch on a new Sony Vaio that had been relegated to closet [...]
This is billed as a “Stupid Internal Microsoft Vista SP1 Video.” Whether it is internal or not, (gosh, I hope not) it is pretty darn funny and worth a few laughs on a Monday night. Srpingstein fans, try not to wretch too much. > Via spiderwebwoman on Twitter. Tags: Vista+SP1
I posted up our N-Trig interview on Thursday and wanted to pass along my own thoughts on what N-Trig’s Mr. Lenny Englehardt had to say. Since I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Englehardt, I had the benefit of hearing repeated comments, voice inflection, and coming away with an overall impression. I think the [...]
I’ve been meaning to link to this for awhile, but it kept passing me by. So, with apologies to Ed Bott and Media Center Show Podcast host, Ian Dixon, here’s a link to a great chat between the two on what to expect (and not expect) in Vista Service Pack 1. Well worth a listen [...]
Everyone is always looking for the perfect email solution and there are many out there, but I don’t think anyone has discovered a perfect one yet, especially for those of us who rely on mutliple devices. Sure a hosted exchange solution can work, or you can use GMail’s iMap solution. But there has to be [...]
Microsoft may be moving full steam ahead on Silverlight, but they have also licensed Adobe’s Flash Lite, along with Adobe’s Adobe Reader LE software for the Windows Mobile platform. Interesting that Steve Jobs recently stated that Adobe’s Flash lite isn’t good enough for the iPhone. Via InfoWorld Tags: Silverlight, Adobe
James Kendrick over at jkOnTheRun has been posting his experiences on his new Fujitsu P1620. As a P1610 owner, I’ve been interested to read about the similarities and differences in the platforms. James ran into a problem on the P1620 with the touch screen going dead and unresponsive. After realizing that the P1620 uses a [...]
There was a post yesterday on the IEBlog talking about some of the changes in the new version of Internet Explorer 8. There are quite a few changes that I feel would be useful, but one that I don’t agree with.. Why take away my inline auto complete? We’ve cut the inline auto complete feature [...]
Vista Capable became a phrase in flux with the release of Microsoft’s new operating system last year. Lack of drivers, graphics issues, things that didn’t work, and all sorts of headaches were cropping up daily. I criticized Asus and Microsoft for sticking a Vista Capable sticker on the Asus R2H at the time. Well, now there [...]
I updated the earlier post with this info, but this is worth another post on its own. The Beta of Internet Explorer 8 is now available. (Download at this link.) Keep in mind this is a Beta and targeted at developers. I’ve downloaded it am running it in a virtual machine at the moment with [...]
Everybody into the cloud. It sure seems like it today. On the heels of the Google Gears announcment, Microsoft is announcing that the Office Live Workspace Beta is now live worldwide (albeit in English only). Users can share and access their data online and Microsoft is rolling out several new features. Office Live Workspace lets [...]
Interesting. Nokia is partnering with Microsoft to bring Silverlight to its S60 and S40 platforms and the Nokia Internet Tablets. Silverlight is the plug-in that allows users to run rich media web content regardless of the platform or browser they are using. According to this post on GigaOm, the next version of Windows Mobile (WinMo [...]
In the past, it was often too difficult or expensive for small businesses to use the full suite of Microsoft business applications. Last November, Microsoft announced Microsoft Online Services for businesses of 5,000 employees or more, and today, they announced that they were expanding availability of Online Services to businesses of any size. Also announced [...]
Huh? Microsoft has pulled an unprecedented move by dropping the prices on a couple of variants of the Vista operating system. Vista Ultimate will drop from $399 to $319. The Vista Ultimate upgrade drops from $259 to $219. Vista Home Premium upgrade will drop from $159 to $129. Given that there really has been no real [...]
Ina Fried on Cnet had the chance to talk to to Bill Gates after a speech. Bill Gates said in an interview: “The version after Vista is a big step forward in terms of speech,” Gates said in an interview following his speech at Stanford University. “It’s a big step forward in terms of ink. [...]
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says he wants to “equip a new generation of technology leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to harness the magic of software.” So, he’s giving away software development software to current high school and college students.
If there was any lingering doubt about where Microsoft sees the future (online services and advertising), then that got erased this morning with news that Microsoft is bidding to acquire Yahoo for $45 billion. This news comes after recent word of layoffs at Yahoo. Here’s the press release on the news. Of course this is [...]
Microsoft Windows Vista is celebrating birthday number one today on the anniversary of the public release. You can certainly say it has been a controversial first year. Vista has taken its knocks from many quarters, certainly from the mobile sector, but it has also continued to grow in terms of sales. If you follow the industry news, it [...]
Dennis O’Reilly has penned (perhaps literally!) a great article on using digital ink in Microsoft Office 2007 apps. Although he’s specifically talking about Office 2007, many of his tips and hints actually work just fine in earlier versions of Microsoft Office. I know I’ve sent many handwritten emails using Outlook 2003, for instance. In my [...]
Ok, there’s certainly nothing certain about this, but the wires are buzzing, (or is that the Intertubes are tubing?) with word that the next version of Windows operating system, Windows 7 is being targeted for a late 2009 release. The usual “several industry sources” are doing the talking, which means have your grain of salt [...]
We got some great private time with the Surface, including some demos only seen by a few people. This is some totally cool stuff. Click To Play Technorati Tags: Surface,CES 2008,Multi-Touch,Touch
Okay, so I’m just a touch late with my predictions, but I’ll still throw in my opinions! Standard Windows based Tablet PCs will start evolving. Microsoft has been going after the "pen/touch as a feature" kind of thinking for a while, and I think as Vista inevitably gets adopted, that the feature mind set will [...]
Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft is prepping a $300 million consumer product blitz in early 2008. (I smell a CES roll out.) She’s speculating that this will include Microsoft’s Zune’s, XBox, and Windows Home Server. She’s also curiously suggesting that Microsoft Surface might be in the mix, although I’m not so sure that [...]
Looks like the editors at PCWorld decided to compile a list of the biggest disappointments in tech this year. It also looks like they picked the 15 biggest stories and just found some negative things to say about them. From social networks to Vista (which got #1) and Apple’s Leopard (#8) to the iPhone (#5), [...]
In the midst of service pack releases, Microsoft has also rolled out an update that seems to address the notorious Sleep of Death and Vista Insomnia issues we’ve been reporting about of late. Here’s the link to the info and download, and here’s what is addressed. This update is called a "preview release" so apply [...]
It is raining service packs it seems. Microsoft has released The Microsoft Office suite Service Pack 1 for public download. (note that silly small ‘s’ in the title.) Unlike Vista SP1, this is not a release candidate and is the official service pack release. This service pack is really more about fixes than it is [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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Google Search App iPhone and iPad Update Looks Beautiful (Video)
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