Microsoft’s next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, has arrived. In a surprising move, after the demo of IE8 and its new features at today’s session of the MIX08 conference, the startling announcement was made: “It’s available for download now”. The new browser showcases many new features and improvements, like Facebook and eBay integration, standards compliance, […]
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Sign in a computer store window.
“Of all the signs we put up there the last two years, at least, we probably got the most response out of that one. A lot of people coming in.”
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This is a clever way of browsing the web on a locked down workstation by using Microsoft’s HTML Help program.
1. Open calculator. You can do this quickly with Windows button+R on your keyboard, type ‘calc’ in the run box, click OK.
2. In Microsoft Calculator go to Help -> Help Topics.
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This is a parody of the Mac vs PC commercials with South Park characters. It’s pretty clever.. enjoy.
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Google is now the #1 brand in the world, relegating Microsoft to 3rd place according to market research firm Millward Brown. It’s a remarkable jump which highlights the pervasiveness of the internet considering Google was in seventh place just 12 months ago, but I can’t say that I am surprised. Oh yeah, in case you […]
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WIndows XP OEM will be no more next year and Microsoft’s contracts will require companies to sell only Vista machines. Hopefully by then Microsoft will have sorted some of the issues that are currently plaguing Vista, such as the quite hefty system requirements and driver incompatibilities. My take is that this is a potentially bad […]
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Consolas.com reckon they have the first official pics of the new black Xbox 360 which is now known as Xbox 360 Elite. The website is in Spanish but you can check out the pics in their gallery here.
The Elite comes with a 120GB hard drive and HDMI, although I personally would pay the extra […]
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According to security company and Microsoft partner Kaspersky, the User Account Control (UAC) feature in Vista is so annoying and intrusive that most users will opt to disable it. The CEO of the company Natalya Kaspersky says that this action will effectively make Vista a less secure OS then Windows XP.
“There’s a question mark if […]
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Microsoft formally launched HD photo, a new file format for digital photography this week. HD Photo is a far more efficient codec than the current defacto standard JPEG which has been with us since 1992. HD Photo is capable of file sizes half that of JPEG and also offers a choice between both lossless and […]
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Microsoft announced today that it will be releasing a new 512MB Xbox 360 Memory Unit worldwide on April 3, 2007. The unit will initially sell for US$49.99 and for a limited time will come preloaded with “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved”. The original 64MB Memory Unit will simultaneously drop in price from $39.99 to $29.99, making […]
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is now available for free download. It’s a 30MB download available in both 32 and 64-bit versions and runs on Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
Virtual PC lets you create separate virtual machines on your Windows desktop, each of […]
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“You’re in the iWorld Bill,….and I am a God here.”
very clever and amusing vid, enjoy :)
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