This summer, a good portion of the work I was involved with took place on a Windows Vista system, so it’s only proper for me to have found out a few things about it. As I stated in my initial review, Microsoft’s latest and greatest left me somewhat impressed, but otherwise XP still rocks the […]
I couldn’t get my hands on a machine with Vista Ultimate at CompUSA today, but I did manage to find one with Home Premium or Basic. Despite all the hype I talked about earlier, there isn’t much that significantly improves your compter. And it’s kind of hard to believe, but Windows Photo Gallery actually crashed […]
SixApart is showcasing how their MoveableType Enterprise blogging platform and Microsoft Word link together to create the ultimate hook into existing productivity apps. It’s nice to see how the daddy (no way - WordPress rules) of blogging tools is connecting with existing programs to help bring users toward a unified environment for al their dialy […]
It’s hard to believe that the news hasn’t made it over to this corner of the blogosphere, but let it be known: Windows Vista has been officially released as of Tuesday, January 30. From what I here and see, Vista is the biggest and baddest Microsoft ever put churned out, with millions of lines of […]
For once, Microsoft made a product that [everyone says] is so good that PC World gave it a product rating of 90, which not many products get. The player got a major facelift in just about all aspects, and sports many new and useful features.
The library has new views and layouts, and searching is both […]
Microsoft has expanded on their Live idea by developing various applications that connect with the Web in some way or another. One of their best ones is, in my opinion, the Windows Live Writer application, which lets you post to your blog from your desktop.
Upon the first launch of the program, you will be asked […]
I attended the MSDN Event in New York City yesterday. In my opinion, it was a very good presentation and demonstration of ASP.Net 2.0. Susan Wisowaty was the presenter. She did an excellent job on explaining how the new features work and illustrating them. Some quick observations: It was in the Regal movie theater, the […]
Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta is one of Microsoft’s new incarnamtions. Designed for beginners and hobbyists, it is easy to use and learn … (like other Visual Basic editions, like versions 6 and earlier) and is free to download. Microsoft doesn’t provide that much information on VB2005EE home page, but I’m sure more will […]
