Category Archives: Microsoft
So much for IE9’s tab recovery
IE9 claims to have tab recovery features yet in my personal experience, 9 times out of 10, the tab recovery feature does NOT work. My HP Pavilion 363-2000 NR machine loves to conk out as soon as I move the … Continue reading
Windows Phone still fails at retail–wholesale clubs
These are just observations I made myself, but it is really hard to find decent Windows Phones at retail, when it comes to wholesale clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club for example. Now not everybody buys their phones at wholesale … Continue reading
Microsoft Academic Search replaces Bing Academic
I just stumbled upon this recently while searching grants, but Microsoft has a ‘new’ replacement for Bing Academic. Well maybe it’s not so new, at least as of August 2011. No blogs that I follow (like LiveSide) seem to have … Continue reading
Metro & Ribbon–The real difference and how they can blend
What’s the difference? In recent years, Microsoft has been pushing two very different types of solutions for user interfacing: the Ribbon and Metro. To be more accurate, ‘Metro’ is not really a GUI-type per se; it’s actually what is considered … Continue reading
Microsoft + Tablets (Part 2): Windows Tablets as of the present – 2010
This is Part 2 out of my 3 part series on “Microsoft + Tablets” where I analyze what direction Microsoft has gone with Windows on tablet device. In Part 1, I highlighted the areas that I think have contribute d … Continue reading
2010: Microsoft’s Highs and Lows
Every year, I plan to blog what I consider to be the high points and the low points of the year for Microsoft. Like practically all of my lists, there’s no specific ranking of any of the items. I try … Continue reading
