Windows Browser Ballot, What really happens
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows on 11. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
So the rollout has begun and every PC user in Europe running XP, Vista or Windows 7 will shortly see the new browser ballot screen, if they’ve not seen it already. Last night I got my update and along with it, a few surprises.
The first surprise was the apparent optionality of the update. In Windows [...]
Free PDF guide to Windows 7 Search
Posted by Mike Halsey in guides and how to's, windows 7 on 24. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Yesterday I published the article Why Windows 7 search is the way it is, and what lies ahead, in which Dan Plastina, the group manager for the Find and Organise features within the Windows 7 beta explained why the search, organisation and library features in Microsoft’s latest operating system turned out the way they did.
Despite [...]
Why Windows 7 search is the way it is
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 23. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
A year ago I published an article entitled “Windows 7 and the Death of Search” in which I criticised the new search facility in the then forthcoming Windows 7. There are a great many reasons why this new way of searching came about, and why Microsoft changed it from the multi-level drop-down search of Windows [...]
What could a Windows 8 / Windows 7 Phone derivative interface look like?
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 8 on 17. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I wrote about how Microsoft now have an opportunity to bring all of their platforms and services together to form a seamless connectedness that would not only make life considerably simpler for millions of people, but that could also turn around the company’s fortunes.
The Zune software, on the PC and the Zune HD has [...]
It’s time for Microsoft to pull it all together
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows on 16. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled a quite remarkable product, and one that’s certainly taken the tech-world by surprise, a fully-featured new smart phone OS that appears to have every angle covered.
This is quite an achievement, especially when you consider what type of company Microsoft is. As it’s such a behemoth there are a huge number of very [...]
