Mar 6, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, software, Vista
Microsoft has been researching speech recognition for more than fifteen years. It has released enterprise products like Speech Server for telephony systems, and built rudimentary voice commands into Windows Mobile so that a woman whispers “Say a command!”...
Mar 4, 2008 | search, Vista, WinXP
Windows Desktop Search is deeply built into Windows Vista and can be added for free to Windows XP to index files and Outlook folders for instant searches. By default, it indexes everything on your individual computer and presents results from everywhere – mail,...
Mar 3, 2008 | computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista
More evidence confirms that poor decisions by Microsoft played an important role in creating the public perception that Vista is a failed operating system. Vista may never recover from the last year of relentless criticism and the lack of support from the computing...
Feb 27, 2008 | software, Vista, WinXP
Here’s a little something that’s just perfect for those of you on prescription medication for your compulsive tendencies. We’re all running more programs simultaneously than ever before. The items on the task bar at the bottom of the screen are...
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 21, 2008 | computers, OneCare, SBS, security, software, Vista, WinXP
I work with small businesses – typically with 1-25 workstations, 1-2 servers, and no onsite IT staff. The business owners know it’s important to stay safe and up-to-date, but there’s little desire to have me hanging around doing routine audits....
