Tag Archives: microsoft
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
If only IE could recover webpages after a computer crash
Sometimes my terrible HP 2000-363NR will have a system crash if I jerk the computer too fast in the process of moving it somewhere else. I usually use both Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 11.0. When I restart my system, … Continue reading
Will the Start Screen be Windows Gadgets all over again?
Remember when Windows Gadgets were introduced in Windows Vista? It was supposed to be the cool little widget engine for Windows that was meant to compete with the likes of the OS X Dashboard or Yahoo!’s Konfabulator. However, it rarely … 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
Microsoft should make a dumbphone OS
Smartphones are all the rage these days, but what about the underestimated dumbphone market? By the way, when I say ‘dumbphone’ I’m referring to general cellphones that aren’t classified as ‘smartphones’. The quasi-official classification is really ‘feature phone’ but ‘dumbphone’ … Continue reading
Why the Microsoft Kin failed
I know this is rather late, but I though I had previous typed this up before, but couldn’t locate it on WordPress. So here it is. The Kin failed because of poor research into what the market wanted, especially baseline … Continue reading
Microsoft makes monitors
Check out these awesome monitors by Microsoft. See the Microsoft logo on the top left of the bevel? And the Windows logo smacked dab in the center of the bottom of the bezel? Here’s the back. Ok, so it’s really … Continue reading
Why the new Zune Music Pass is terrible for what you get
On, September 29, 2011, the Zune Insider blog gave details on the new Zune Music Pass, which is intended to replace the Zune Pass. For those unfamiliar, here’s the comparison breakdown of changed features between the old and new: … Continue reading
Live Tiles takes center stage as a unifying element across Microsoft’s ecosystem
It first appeared on Windows Phone 7, then it became the basis of the Windows 8 Start screen, then the updated 2011 Xbox New Experience UI, and just recently, it popped up on the Bing homepage. I’m talking about Microsoft’s … 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
