Tag: Microsoft
Is The Xbox Live Companion Application In Windows 8 More Interesting Than Xbox Live Integration?
Consumers, industry insiders and many a broadband expert are eagerly anticipating the launch of Windows 8. The latest version of Windows is expected to become a rage once it is released to the market. Currently, there has been no formal announcement regarding the date but the news doing the rounds is that it should be later this [...]
Will my next phone be a Nokia running Windows?
At work, as a cost saving measure, they’re replacing the many Blackberry handsets with Nokia’s. More specifically Nokia Lumia 800′, running Windows Phone 7. Naturally, I’ve had a chance to try one out and get feedback from those that have them. And, believe it or not, I may just choose for my next phone (or, [...]
Driver’s Updating in Windows 7
Windows 7 was created to make your communication with computer easier. Considering it became more safe and reliable and had some bugs removed from the previous versions Windows 7 is really more user-friendly. Even in respect of device driver’s installation it has become more convenient to use hardware with this OS. Microsoft developers did their [...]
Nintendo 3DS, Windows 7 Mobile and Microsoft Surface
It’s been a week of trying out tech, with a recent visit from Microsoft promoting their business “goodies” particularly giving me a chance to try some new products out! Microsoft surface The highlight, for me, was trying out Microsoft Surface, the tabletop multi-gesture surface (or, probably more accurately, it’s a smoked glass touch sensitive coffee [...]
Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive
Microsoft, always ready to introduce their own program naming, have introduced the concept of the “Platform Preview” for Internet Explorer 7, which you can download and try . Basically, it’s IE but without the ability to change the URL or move backwards through pages – they want you to try it out, but without thinking this is anything [...]
Querying Microsoft licenses
With the recent demise of my Mesh PC and the arrival of a brand-spanking-new Dell, I assumed my nice boxed edition of Office 2007 could be transferred across. I was wrong. First of all, I thought I’d check whether I could, so I’d contact Microsoft – their EULA didn’t appear specific enough. Their contact page shows an 0844 [...]
Microsoft Keyboard 600
For some time at home now I’ve been using a rather nice looking Hiper aluminium keyboard . It’s also very compact. Unfortunately, it’s also badly laid out and keys are never where you expect them to be. It annoys me that high street PC magazines rarely cover essential items such as keyboards and mice, giving them only a [...]
Synchronising Files Across Computers
For some time now I’ve used Microsoft’s Live Mesh software to synchronise folders across a number of computers. It’s a little tricky to set up at first but otherwise is relatively easy to use. The idea is that you mark folder that you wish to add to the Mesh. On your other linked computers, it [...]
More Useful Netbook Software
My original list of Useful Netbook Software was rather popular so I’ve gathered together some more suggestions for getting the most out of your Netbook. I’ve seen many similar lists on other sites but they seems to suffer from at least one of the following… Concentrating on applications which are, well, generally useful and not really Netbook specific. [...]
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Is it the time for Skype?
I met a Skype representative recently and was asked the question, “do you use Skype”. My answer was “no, but I don’t know why”. And I suspect my answer echoes a lot of other people. Skype offers free video calling world-wide. Even if it’s just to your mum in the next town, it’s still a [...]
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