Entries Tagged as 'Software'

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

New Windows Version Officially Named

After months of using the codename of Windows 7 for the “after Vista OS”, Microsoft officially announced that the name of the new version of Windows Operating system will be called - Windows 7.
Kind of an anti-climatic announcement, I suppose, but at least they are keeping things simple for users. Hopefully, you were not [...]

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Microsoft Announces Anti-Piracy Day

Today Microsoft is making an effort to bring attention to the steps it has taken to reduce piracy of its software by announcing “anti-piracy day”.
Microsoft has created an interactive map that highlights the anti-piracy efforts of 49 different countries using interactive red dots and uses blue dots for comments made by end users duped into [...]

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Yahoo OnePlace for Mobile Browsers

Yahoo is not sitting back waiting for the next bid from Microsoft.  They are launching new products and services. A new addition to the Yahoo Mobile family is called OnePlace and if your phone doubles as a web browser at times, you might want to check this out.
Face it, in their current form the [...]

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Windows Vista SP1 - Microsoft Still Going Backwards

When is the last time you “upgraded” to the new and improved version of something and ended up with less functionality than you had with the old version? Probably when you purchased that new computer with Vista installed, right?
Well, just when life in Vista land was starting to get back to normal, Microsoft decided [...]

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Get $500 to Replace Counterfeit Software

Did you purchase your software from an illegal software vendor? If you did so unknowingly, by the time you realized it, you surely felt probably ripped off. You spent your money and didn’t get warranties or even manuals to operate the program.
The good news is that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) [...]