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That Damn PC

Archive for the ‘Industry’ Category

June 2nd, 2008

I hate Linux, give me Winblows

I hear this argument all the time from users. First off, it’s not a valid argument as we were taught in Philosophy 101. But more important, it’s usually said because people are uneducated about what Linux is and what it does. They would rather stay with a clogged up, aging OS rather than […]

By Jesse -- 2 comments

October 2nd, 2007

Microsoft puts Office on the Web and Adobe Follows

Microsoft on Monday announced new services such as Microsoft Office Live Workspace, a new Web-based feature of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others. This new strategy departs from the company’s current model of selling licenses for software that runs locally on PC’s, and takes it a […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

April 13th, 2007

Windows XP being phased out soon

Microsoft is forcing PC makers to stop selling machines running Windows XP by the end of this year, despite ongoing compatibility problems and the continuous demand for Windows XP from users and businesses.

Demand for XP is particularly strong among small and medium-sized businesses, according to Dell, which announced it will continue offering some machines with […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

March 21st, 2007

Want to know more about Microsoft’s next OS?

Vista is just barely a couple of months old and here we have news about Microsoft’s next OS:
According to a PowerPoint presentation (download PDF) created by a technical staffer at Microsoft Denmark, the software vendor plans to invest in four major areas in the next client version of Windows after Vista. Microsoft has already begun […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

March 7th, 2007

Immortal Data?

Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine asks: Could Microsoft’s Immortal Data plan reconnect the future with our past?
Pondering all this, it occurs to me that digital data preservation is a unique and incredibly new phenomenon of our times. For two millennia, data was stored on physical objects: stones, walls, papyrus, nonacidic paper, black-and-white film and […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

November 16th, 2006

Free wifi to blanket 95% of Portland, Oregon

Portlanders are so cool. What is it about the Pacific Northwest anyway? Portland innovates while others talk. For example, Portland took advantage of google mapping to effectively fight crime and to create accurate traffic reports. Microsoft and MetroFi team up to offer free wifi to Portland, Oregon [Beta News]
What does this mean for the […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

September 21st, 2006

Tech Toolbox, where techs get social and don’t call each other ‘the devil’

Lifehacker reports on The Tech Toolbox, which delivers “a community where peers share knowledge about information technology…” and recommends The Groups page, where over 700 topical groups discuss a “plethora of tech problems, news, and general geekery.” (oh, how exciting… ) (I’m joining: anything to get my act together.)

We tech people have to stick together. […]

By Mary Ford -- 1 comment

May 19th, 2006

Dell Adopts AMD Chips

In big news that is expected to have wide-ranging effects including an expected dip in Intel stock, Dell has announced its plan to start using AMD Opteron processors in its multi-processor server line.
The move has not been unexpected as Opterons benchmark higher than Intel’s Xeon processor but up until now, Intel and Dell have had […]

By Aaron -- 0 comments

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