Tag: microsoft

Tech Tuesday: Nokia X2


From http://androidadvices.com/nokia-x-successor-launch-details/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AndroidAdvices+(Android+Advices) Nokia had always been my favorite phone maker, my first Nokia being the 232 back in the day. I used that all over the United States, travelling thousands of miles across and up and down the country-before text messaging!  Though this was back when I still had my hearing. I ended up donating that…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Nokia X2

Tech Tuesday: Nokia’s Last Stand


Poor Nokia. Once the dominating leader of free world cell phone technology, now whimpering out the sidelines.  I remember my first phone was a little brick of a thing, a Nokia 232.  Heavy, about the size of a chalkboard eraser and sturdy. It was analog, poor sound and only made phone calls; for it’s time,…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Nokia’s Last Stand

Tech Tuesday: Microsoft revamps Surface tablets to challenge Apple


Microsoft revamps Surface tablets to challenge Apple. http://google.com/producer/s/CBIwtLXmuAQ You build a crappy first line product, overcharge for an underperforming tablet. What’s the next logical step? Why, you build a second generation product that no one wants and no one asked for.  What are these genuises thinking over at the Redmond campus? I echo my question…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Microsoft revamps Surface tablets to challenge Apple

Tech Tuesday Pay-Per-Gaze


While eye-tracking technology is certainly not new, both Google and Microsoft have taken the next evolutionary step in invasive marketing techniques.  Both behemoths are using their hardware to track where your eyes are going in advertisements! Years ago, when I was a young lad of twenty-something, I took part in one of those Mall Marketing…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday Pay-Per-Gaze

Tech Tuesday: Microsoft and the $1400 Computer


Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus, review from zdnet.comPoor Microsoft and their vendors, still living in the past when PC’s and notebooks could sell for thousands. In today’s economic market, a $1400 computer is ridiculous, when people are looking for prices around $500.  While the specs may be jaw-dropping, who really needs all the whistles and bells…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Microsoft and the $1400 Computer

Tech Tuesday: Win 8.1 Start Button Preview


A tip from Engadget about the now infamous start button appearing on Win 8.1 sent me on a hunt for an actual quote, blurb or description from the big behemoth itself. While their various web pages devoted to 8.1 blathers and bubbles on about the features, what ISN’T mentioned is the inclusion of the Start…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Win 8.1 Start Button Preview

Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Cries “Uncle”, will release free Win 8.1


From the tech heads over on engadget, Microsoft will be releasing a free update for Windows 8, previously called Windows Blue, now called Windows 8.1. From  Terrence O’Brien on engagdget: One of the worst kept secrets rattling around Microsoft’s campus is Windows Blue, the forthcoming update to Windows 8 that addresses users’ bugbears about the OS. Now, Microsoft is officially…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Cries “Uncle”, will release free Win 8.1

Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Blue and the Start Button


by  Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft Originally posted for ZDnet.com: What if Microsoft relented and granted users who are lukewarm about Windows 8 two of their biggest requests: Allow those who want to boot straight to the desktop, and bring back the Start button with Windows Blue, a.k.a. Windows 8.1? Though supposedly not part of the original plan…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Blue and the Start Button

Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Merging Phone and Win 8


WINDOWS BLUE RUMORED TO MERGE WINDOWS PHONE AND WINDOWS 8 INTO ONE PRODUCT http://bgr.com/2013/04/08/windows-blue-merge-windows-8-windows-phone-423842/ By Dan Graziano Microsoft’s (MSFT) next version of the Windows operating system, codenamed Windows Blue, will reportedly help merge its PC and mobile platforms, according to Digitimes. Windows Blue is said to currently be in development separate from the Windows 8 and Windows Phone units. Microsoft’s overall goal is said to have…… Continue reading Tech Tuesday: Microsoft Merging Phone and Win 8