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Windows 8 Will Impact Microsoft’s Presence Even Outside of the Desktop

by Mike Mansell September 23, 2011

Considering Microsoft’s on-off history with releasing successful operating systems it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Microsoft’s success with the Windows platform from here on out (in a world where Apple is thriving and consumer-focused Linux distributions are popping up like advertisements for Internet Explorer users) rests on their ability to make another [...]

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Microsoft Implements Ribbon UI in Windows 8 Explorer

by Mike Mansell August 30, 2011

There’s no denying the fact that Microsoft has been walking on egg shells a bit in the last couple of years after having publicly humiliated itself with the failure of Windows Vista (something that many people still refer to even to this day) and the less than admirable reputation that many of the company’s other offerings [...]

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Apple Dropping Support for Windows XP?

by Mike Mansell June 13, 2011

Even with Apple’s famed Macintosh product line becoming more and more popular and well-supported each and every day, there is absolutely no denying the fact that Microsoft’s Windows operating system easily surpasses the popularity of Mac OS X several times over. But even with the improvements made in the 2009 release of Windows 7 a [...]

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Windows 8: Microsoft’s Game of Catch Up

by Mike Mansell June 8, 2011

It’s no secret that Redmond-based Microsoft Corporation went through somewhat of a rough patch and a sizable public image meltdown when Windows Vista (early 2007) failed to meet the expectations and needs of consumers. Seeing as how the release sported the most significant jumps since the release of Windows 95 in terms of both GUI [...]

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Microsoft’s Latest Problem: Windows Phone 7 Isn’t Attracting Developers

by Mike Mansell April 11, 2011

The other night I read a post on the Seattle Times about Windows Phone 7. What initially caught my eye about the article in question was the fact that it was the only news pertaining to Microsoft’s mobile operating system that I have seen or come across in quite a long time. After all, there [...]

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Would A Windows App Store Catch On?

by Mike Mansell November 30, 2010

One of the biggest announcements at the “Back to the Mac” event in October was that Mac OS X was going to get an “App Store” in which developers could market their software applications and users could purchase and install them with relative ease. While there are definitely some flaws with the idea, I think that the [...]

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Remember How Secure Windows 98 Was?

by Jeff Weisbein October 24, 2010

I stumbled across this animated gif file on Reddit today and it reminded me of how secure Windows 98 was. That’s a joke by the way. For those of you who remember Windows 98, I’m sure you remember the super secure the login screen. You know, the one you could easily bypass with a little [...]

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We Need to Kill the Windows Installer

by Jeff Weisbein August 24, 2010

We need to kill the Windows Installer. More specifically, Microsoft needs to kill it. Why? Because it’s a poor method of installing software. Alternative operating systems to Windows such as Mac OS X and every Linux distribution do software installations the right way. What makes their method for installing software the “right way” you ask? [...]

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How To: Move from Windows to Linux

by Mike Mansell July 15, 2010

Over the past three weeks, I have partaken in what is easily one of the most daunting computer-related feats that I’ve ever subjected myself to. What is this task that has taken up my time and patience for nearly a month? Well, you see, when I first started using computers as a small child, I [...]

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Battle for Relevance: Microsoft

by Jeff Weisbein July 8, 2010

In the battle for relevance in the technology market place is Microsoft falling too far behind? While Microsoft is still in good shape and will be for the next few years, they are in a heated battle for market relevancy. Make no mistake about it, Microsoft is having some serious morale issues. The Kin [...]

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