Archive for April, 2008
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Microsoft's David Cross was quoted as saying: "The reason we put UAC into the platform was 'to annoy users. I'm serious." This gem popped out at the 2008 RSA security conference
The apparent purpose of one of the most annoying "features" that any software maker has ever included in a ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
It looks like XP users can breath a (brief) sigh of relief now that Microsoft has decided to extend the life of XP for "Low Cost" Laptops.
Of course, that's not the full XP Pro that so many would much rather have, it's XP Home. This means that XP will ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Now that Vista SP1 is out and people are deciding whether or not to upgrade, here's one tiny bit of good news (well, good if you're a vista convert, otherwise it's pretty much "who cares?").
With SP1 it's still possible to buy the "upgrade edition" and install it on any PC ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
We it hasn't been out very long and already Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is being welcomed *almost* as un-enthusiastically as Vista itself has been. Apparently, next to Vista itself, the service pack is turning out to be one of the most UNwelcome software packages to come out of ...
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