We have said over and over and over again, regardless of your personal feelings about Windows 8, that Microsoft needs to change their strategy and realize they are no longer in a position to dictate to users and force upon them whatever Microsoft wants. Google’s stock and products are soaring, Apple is holding its own and still an… Read More »
Somewhere between 25% and 40% of all Windows computers are still running Windows XP, and a big percentage of these are large corporations and smaller businesses for whom Windows 8 is anathema because of its obvious leanings toward touch screen computers. Some think Windows 8 was designed to appeal to younger people whose primary reasons for using computers… Read More »
A Sugar-Powered Smartphone? Sweet! A more efficient, sugar-powered battery developed by a team at Virginia Tech could help move the technology out of the lab and into your favorite gadget. Your phone might have to start counting calories. A Virginia Tech research team unveiled a new sugar-powered battery Tuesday that could replace conventional batteries in cell phones and… Read More »
During my morning Web foraging, I came across this article I found rather interesting — so I wanted to share it with you: Microsoft employees reportedly call Windows 8 ‘the new Vista’ We’ve argued in the past that it wouldn’t be fair to compare Windows 8 to Vista, in part because Vista was widely hated by many Windows… Read More »
Even Microsoft employees – who should no better – fall for phishing scams. It appears that a group of miscreants known as the Syrian Electronic Army fooled some Microsoft employees into giving up their Microsoft email account credentials thus allowing access into the bowels of Microsoft. (Yuck!). Anyway, you really need to be careful not to fall for… Read More »
Declining PC sales and rising sales of non-Windows tablets and Chromebooks would seem to serve as a wake-up call to the sleeping giant we all know as Microsoft. Whether you love or hate Windows 8 or 8.1, the fact remains it’s the worst selling new Windows operating system ever. We really hope Microsoft wakes up soon — just… Read More »