Feb 22, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, software, Vista
Walt Mossberg, influential tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote this article about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. I can’t make any sense out of what’s in people’s heads these days. Here’s his overview: “Based on my tests of...
Feb 7, 2008 | Microsoft, Office, OneNote, search, software
I’ve written before about Microsoft OneNote 2007 but it bears repeating: this is the best program you’ve never heard of. OneNote collects your notes and lets you find them later. It keeps anything you want to put into it – scraps of information, web...
Feb 5, 2008 | Microsoft, Vista
Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing, causing a flurry of excitement in the online press and blogs. The service pack includes bug fixes, compatibility updates that provide better support for thousands of programs and...
Feb 4, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, OneCare, security, software
The Windows Live OneCare team continues to find new ways to shoot themselves in the foot. There have already been a number of bugs and annoyances that have been poorly handled. Better communication would have prevented some of the negative media coverage in the past,...
Feb 1, 2008 | business, Microsoft
Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo has been struggling to find a place in a world dominated by Google; it just spent a year analyzing its position and coming up without any particularly strong ideas to turn things around. In...
Jan 25, 2008 | Microsoft, software, Vista
The hostility toward Vista is almost palpable now. Support representatives sigh deeply when customers say they’re running Vista. Computer magazines and tech web sites proudly trash it as the worst product of the year. The word of mouth that I overhear is...
