Call me a geek, but I was happy to learn that the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussion that happened at the D5 Conference yesterday is available for download at iTunes. There are video and audio versions for download, and the video one is downloading as I type this.
The influence that these two have had […]

Remember that Photosynth tech preview that drew quite a bit of attention? Well, now the BBC has released a collection of Photosynth virtual tours to go along with their ‘How We Built Britain’ TV show. The portal to a variety of Photosynth virtual tours is available here. The screen shot above is me checking out […]

There is an interesting article at ZDNet discussing some merits of using the upcoming Windows Home Server from Microsoft. It makes a bit of a case for Windows Home Server in the NAS(Network Attached Storage) device for relatively painless backups for homes with multiple desktops. I feel it makes some good points.
It already has the […]

I only yesterday mentioned an alternative to Windows Update, now there is another alternative you may want to consider. Windows Updates Downloader is a free utility that will download updates to many of Microsoft’s products so you can save them to a DVD-R or whatever. It is very easy to use, once you know how […]

One of the concerns I’ve heard numerous times over Microsoft’s Windows Update, is the concern over privacy. Many users are a bit troubled over the level of information that Microsoft may be gathering about themselves and their computers. Well, it would appear that there is an alternative.

Windiz Update is a website that offers Windows Update […]

Network administrators, power users, and command line junkies can rejoice. Windows PowerShell has been released. PowerShell offers users of Windows an advanced shell interface for maintaining Windows computers, including servers. It offers a host of improvements over the old style command shell, and it is nice to see that many common Unix shell commands work […]

Microsoft is getting ready to release a beta version of a new cross platform graphical subsystem, WPF/E. WPF/E stands for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, and is a scaled down version of WPF.

WPF is the graphical subsystem of .Net 3.0, and is a part of the Vista operating system. It is what allows such fluid transitions […]

Analysts have speculated that with Microsoft’s Windows Vista not being available to the public until after the holiday shopping period, that Apple may be able to cash in during this lucrative time. Apple’s share of the computer market with its Mac computers has recently joined the top four at 5.8%. This was achieved after […]

Microsoft recently released an update that integrated 3D into their Virtual Earth software. This announcement of the release of the Photosynth Technology Preview has me far more interested. I installed the ActiveX component into Internet Explorer 7 and was met with a 3D looking environment that I believe has to be seen to be appreciated. […]

With the recent releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2, the ongoing battle between the two browsers was brought back into the spotlight. The reports of the number of downloads each had received promoted by both Microsoft and Mozilla. And now some third party members have decided to have a little fun […]