“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 »
This article, published by ABC news, should be of interest to all Windows 8 users, and to those Windows XP devotees who are holding on to their Windows XP systems until the bitter end (April 2014): “Since releasing Windows 8, Microsoft has sold over 100 million licenses, however users have said that the software changes were confusing. Recently, analyst… Read More »
Hacking group Anonymous asked websites to black out their front pages on Monday, in protest against legislation in the U.S. that would allow online companies and government agencies to more easily share personal information. The protest against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), meant to start from 6 a.m. GMT, appeared to have little traction early.… Read More »
Twitter stood fast against a court order seeking personal information about one of its users. This is from a news story that appeared on many Web sites and in many newspapers today (09 May 2012). Read the article and come back and tell us what you think. We’d like your opinion. Is Twitter doing the right thing? Tweet… Read More »