Published in July 29th, 2009
Unless you have been living under a huge rock, you would have heard of Microsoft’s new search engine – Bing. Well recently Microsoft has been offering cashback incentives to users of Bing. The way it works is if you make a purchase through an ad on the Bing search engine, Microsoft will give you a [...]
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Published in July 28th, 2009
Our good friends from downunder have been testing out a new internet filter at the ISP level. The initial concerns with the filter were that there would be a massive slow down in the speed and performance of services – possibly 75% reduction in speed. Well tests have been underway at some of the major [...]
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Published in July 22nd, 2009
As you all know Firefox 3.5 was released not too long ago and its a pretty decent browser, with excellent performance. So what’s next for Firefox? Well the planned releases are Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 3.7. Nothing is set in stone yet, but the plan is to get 3.6 out by fall of this year [...]
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Published in July 21st, 2009
Well this isn’t really PC news, but you might find it interesting. Microsoft has just rolled out Office 2008 for Mac SP2. One of the biggest additions is Document connection. This allows users to easily work with documents on both Live Workspace and Sharepoint. So it’s a pretty cool feature and worth checking out if [...]
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Published in July 15th, 2009
The latest Samsung HDTVs and Blu Ray players will offer support for Blockbuster streaming, with Blockbuster OnDemand being built in. Blockbuster OnDemand is also supported by TiVo, and this move should help Blockbuster in their battle against Netflix. Samsung are one of the key players in the US HDTV market with approximately 17% market share. You [...]
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Published in July 1st, 2009
In an excellent move to cut down on waste and increase interoperability between devices, ten manufacturers of mobile phones have agreed to use micro USB as the standard. This agreement was signed by the European Commission and includes some of the leading mobile manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony, Apple etc. I personally think this is [...]
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Published in June 18th, 2009
In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft is releasing a new security product called Morro. This will be an anti-virus, anti-spyware product. The best news of all is that the product will be free and it will be like a replacement for their paid solution One Care (which will be removed). If you are familiar with [...]
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Published in June 17th, 2009
I have been hearing about the Microsoft case in Europe regarding the inclusion of Internet Explorer, but so far haven’t paid much attention, until now, when I heard how stupid the whole thing is. Well here is the deal. The EU have targeted Microsoft for an antitrust case, because of the inclusion of Internet Explorer. [...]
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Published in June 12th, 2009
Microsoft Money has gone bankrupt. It seems kind of ironic that MS Money is going bust?? MS Money is personal financial management software and it has recently gone bankrupt. Sales have been declining due to the way money management has evolved over the years. Users now prefer full service solutions from banks and brokerages. MS [...]
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Published in June 9th, 2009
At the WWDC Apple has just taken a shot at Windows Vista and WIndows 7 in particular. Basically, the Apple rep has badmouthed Vista and then went on to explain how Windows 7 will be even worse. In fact, they didn’t have any good things to say at all about the new OS. Generally an attack [...]
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