What the heck is going on with Microsoft? After terrible feedback on its intentional omission of its iconic start button on Windows 8, Microsoft snivels and releases a start button on Windows 8.1. Kind of like saying “let them eat cake!” But, who was the idiot at Microsoft who decided that when you click the start button on… Read More »
On the heels of cleaning up the mess from earlier patch horrors, Microsoft finds itself under criticsm for seriously bothing another patch, labeled as “critical” by the Microsoft Windows update team. Here are the details from our source: “Microsoft hasn’t yet acknowledged Win7 patch KB 2803821 and WinXP patch KB 2834904, which have spawned complaints about top half… Read More »
We’ve been warning you about IncrediMail’s incredible trip on the slippery slope into the realm of malware, adware, and spyware. And we’ve taken a lot of heat for it, because several years ago we did recommend IncrediMail when it was owned by a different company and had not yet started it’s free fall into dark side. If any… Read More »
“Microsoft’s former head of Windows 8 development has agreed not to badmouth Microsoft or work for some of its competitors and in return will receive a payout for unvested stock in the company, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. The “retirement agreement” with Steven Sinofsky, who left Microsoft in November after leading the development of its Windows 8… Read More »
Microsoft, still delusional about Windows 8, has renamed Windows Blue to Windows 8.1, apparently to make it seem more like a minor update to Windows, than a major new release. Experts are predicting Microsoft will release it in time for the Christmas shopping season (naturally), but consumers may get a look at a “preview” version as early as… Read More »
Microsoft will release a preview version of Windows Blue in June of this year. So in order to keep you all up-to-date on the latest news about Windows, Windows 8, and Microsoft’s apparent, upcoming admission that they have failed, once again, to keep the consumer’s wants and needs in mind when developing new products and operating systems, read… Read More »