Microsoft confirms Windows 7 release by the end of...

Microsoft opened up today and said they plan on releasing Windows 7 in time for the holidays. No firm date was given, but that statement means that manufacturers would need Windows 7 in hand no later than September or early October in order to start selling it in November/December. As I mentioned multiple times before: if you are in the market for a Windows based computer and don’t absolutely need it now…wait for...

Windows 7 released by August?

Before I left for my work saving and fixing computers, I started the massive download for Windows 7 RC 1. The download is nearly 2.5 GB! This weekend, I will install it on my laptop and give you a full report in the upcoming weeks. This news story indicates that we might see the commercial release of Windows as early as August of this year. I want to see Microsoft release a quality product, but I also think it would be a good...

Windows 7 will run XP programs; virtually

I don’t know whether to put this in the win or lose column for Windows users who need to run XP software on a newer computer. This announcement (see link below) indicates that in order to run a program designed for Windows XP, the user will have to invoke Windows XP Mode. The implementation of XP Mode occurs in a virtual machine (VM). Large companies and research companies use VM software all the time to simulate...

U.S. Soldiers’ New Weapon: an iPod

Growing up I watched cartoons on Saturday morning like many other children in the 60s and 70s. I enjoyed watching the School House Rock intermissions almost more than the cartoons. One of those lessons stated that knowledge is power. I took that to heart and never forgot the phrase and now the military is putting that phrase to more direct use as well. This interesting Newsweek article describes how the military is using the...

Windows XP Rumors

Supposedly Microsoft was supposed to stop all sales of Windows XP in March ‘o7. They changed that date to June ’07, then December ’07, then July ’08, December ’08, June ’09, and now it appears it might get extended to April ’10 if the following article has any substance to it. Microsoft first released XP in September 2001. When they released Vista in February 2007, they pulled XP from...

NYTimes gets in on Web 2.0 and Zoho

I’ve been writing about and using Zoho.com’s useful and robust online office programs for years (search the site for Zoho), and now finally they are getting some national media attention as well. Digital Domain – Web-Based Competition for Microsoft Word – NYTimes.com.

Microsoft can’t get Windows 7 to market fast...

Even after two years on the market, Windows Vista continues to get negative press…most of it rightfully so. If all you do is browse the web and play solitaire, Vista isn’t too much of a problem. But in the business world, Vista and Office 2007 have created great havoc the past two years evidenced by Microsoft continuing to allow XP to be sold to businesses to this day after promising five times before they would...

Hold off on the Internet Explorer 8 upgrade

Are you really still using Internet Explorer after all these years of me promoting and talking up Firefox? If you are, Microsoft released IE 8 last week, and already people are running away from it because of compatibility and stability problems. Like always, hold off on these types of upgrades for at least 3 months and let others be the guienea pigs for Microsoft. You will get along just fine with IE 7 and better with...

It pays to scrutinize search results – Taint...

Computer degenerates looking to turn a quick buck always take advantage of hot topics. This month, the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament is the target. The shady folks possess skills that let them take advantage of how search engines see web pages and can lead unsuspecting web browsers into a trap. Once sprung, the trap is designed to take your money, infect your computer or both. How do you fight it? Always keep your...

An unfortunate event – Linux losing to Micro...

Netbooks are the class of laptops that have screens measuring from 7″ to 10″, have no CD or DVD-ROM and use a specially designed low power processor. Initially, these small and inexpensive laptops were released with different versions of Linux on them and they ran fast and ran well. Microsoft saw a huge potential loss in their market share and quickly used their muscle to interject themselves and Windows XP into...

Chrome gets even faster!

If you haven’t tried out Google’s Chrome browser, you should download and try it. Like almost everything Google does, Chrome’s approach to web browsing is simple, fast, and intuitive. Since the browser is less than a year old and still considered beta, Google continues to improve upon it. Today, Google announced that they have made their already blazingly fast browser, even faster! Google boosts speed in...

The Internet is truly becoming mobile

Incredible news story outlining the incredible growth of Internet use on mobile telephones and smartphones. Incredible phones like the iPhone and the Blackberry Bold make the Internet and its limitless information truly accessible while on the go. From January 2008 to January 2009, the number of handheld users accessing the Internet daily, doubled. Read the whole article below. NewsFactor Network | Internet Access on Mobile...

Windows 7 faster than XP and Vista

ZDNet Blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes tested one of the latest beta versions of Wndows 7 on two different machines. One machine had 4 GB of RAM and fast processor, the other machine had 1 GB of RAM and a 2-3 year old processor. On ALL tests, Windows 7 outperformed XP and Vista by almost a 2 to 1 margin and in some cases even more than that. Kingsley-Hughes writes extremely interesting articles over at ZDNet and might be...

Don’t buy a new computer yet!

If you can at all help it, I still recommend waiting to buy a new computer until later this year. Unless you are willing to move to Ubuntu or a Mac. The reason being that more and more evidence is pointing to a fall release of Windows 7…Microsoft’s next Widnows release. Analyst sees Windows 7 done by summer | Beyond Binary – CNET News.

Social networking and blogs gaining popularity.

This report shows that social network sites, Facebook leading them all, are gaining popularity and quickly becoming more popular than even email! Social networking and blogs now more popular than email, says Nielsen | Technology | guardian.co.uk.