Without a doubt it’s the best version of Windows.
Learn more about Windows 7
I’ve been using it since the beta without a hitch.
Jump lists, window & tab previews, easy window manipulation, stability, and security.
Also cool if you pair it with the new Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000. First set of hardware with features specific to Windows [...]
Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category
23 Oct
Windows 7 – now available
23 Sep
Courier
Gizmodo has details on a tablet from Microsoft Research.
Go to their site and watch the video. Am excited to hear that it is in “late prototype” stage.
17 Sep
Zune HD
Zune HD has been released in the US. I am going to put this on the must-buy list next time I return home.
Gizmodo declares it the “best touchscreen PMP on the market.”
For us international folks, we will have to content ourselves in the meanwhile with the Zune software.
15 Aug
Zune HD
Here’s one reason to look forward to the next trip to the US… the Zune HD.
Zune HD Grand Tour
22 Jun
Gates on Gates
People should envy Bill Gates not for his wealth but for the relationship he has built with his parents.
12 Jun
Project Natal on Jimmy Fallon
The internet has been rife with speculation about whether the Project Natal demonstration at E3 was rigged.
Kudo Tsunoda, creative director for Project Natal, made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and dispelled those rumors.
Natal is going to be awesome!
8 Jun
Windows 7 Themes
I’ve installed the Windows 7 Release Candidate on all my machines. It’s running on a custom-built Intel Core 2 Duo desktop, a HP Mini 1000 Netbook, and a 15 inch Macbook Pro running Boot Camp. They are all running very well. The only “problem” is I can’t get the microphone in the HP Mini 1000 [...]
2 Jun
Xbox 360 owns the living room
At the E3 gaming conference, Microsoft made some massive announcements. I think Microsoft may have just “won the living room.”
Engadget provided a play-by-play of the Microsoft presentation.
Controller-free gaming! (Watch the trailer)
The Beatles: Rock Band (coming in September!!) They had Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono help unveil the game.
Facebook & Twitter apps running on [...]
24 May
Creating a search field on an Access form
Pardon the techie entry, but I wanted to give kudos to Allen Browne. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional awarded in the Access expertise.
I volunteered to design a database for TWC2, and have been dredging my brain for the skills I used to have with Access. A lot has changed since I last created [...]
18 May
Ballmer on his leadership at Microsoft
Interview from NYTimes.com with Steve Ballmer.
While I may not agree with everything our esteemed leader is doing at Microsoft, I do agree with his way of handling meetings.
“I decided that’s not what I want to do anymore. I don’t think it’s productive. I don’t think it’s efficient. I get impatient. So most meetings nowadays, you [...]
