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Microsoft to employees: Free Phones!

Microsoft to employees: Free Phones!

Jul 22, 2010

Microsoft, facing the worst competition since the day they were founded, is looking for ways to drive users to its new Windows Phone 7.  With Android and iPhone basically owning the market today (with RIM/Blackberry) Microsoft has decided to simply give every one of its 90,000 employees a Windows Phone 7! Microsoft has since confirmed the news and explained...

iAds coming to OS X?

iAds coming to OS X?

Jul 22, 2010

Apple Insider is running an article on the update renewal of Apple’s patent on Advertisements in Operating Systems.  The article describes the patent details and operation.  It appears that an iAd would open on the desktop and prohibit other OS functions from working until the iAd was viewed or interacted with in some way. The patent now appears to cover...

Letter to Microsoft

Letter to Microsoft

Jul 10, 2010

Recently, a good and long time friend of mine wrote a letter to Microsoft and posted it on his FaceBook account. I couldn't help but share this letter with you.

Welcome to your new BLOATED PC

Welcome to your new BLOATED PC

Jun 17, 2010

We’ve all seen the commercial.  The big bloated PC says he is full of trial software and really slows him down.  What makes this commercial so humorous is that it is actually so, so true.    You may have just purchased a new PC and noticed the same problem.  So what do you do about it?  Read on to find out. I buy computers on a regular basis for the...