The browser is changing
Posted by Mike Halsey in general on 24. Feb, 2009 | 1 Comment
Internet browsers have changed a great deal in recent years, but it’s all been focused exclusively on security, stability and compatibility. The main way we interact with the web browser has remained largely the same since I was using Netscape at college way back, well… it was a very long time ago.
There have been very few [...]
Windows 7 and the death of search – Microsoft reply
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 16. Feb, 2009 | 0 Comments
Yesterday I posted an article entitled Windows 7 and the death of search, in which I said that the removal of contextualised searching, ie. searching by clause, in Windows Vista and Windows 7 was undermining Microsoft’s entire strategy of making finding and organising files easier with saved searches and libraries.
This morning Microsoft group manager Dan [...]
Windows 7 and the death of search
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 15. Feb, 2009 | 22 Comments
As we all collect more and more files, photos and media on our computers, sorting through it all becomes increasingly important. With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced tags (metadata) and ratings to any type of file. Adding these tags can be a difficult and time-consuming process. I can assure you all however that nothing I’ve ever [...]
Is the UK ready to teach ICT?
Posted by Mike Halsey in teaching on 11. Feb, 2009 | 2 Comments
In 2010 the education rules change in the UK, bringing information and computer technology under the same basic skills umbrella as English and Maths. This means that thousands of training providers, colleges and schools around the country will be expected to deliver ICT qualifications in addition to the ones they are already offering.
This may be [...]
Windows 7 Boot from Virtual Hard Disk = Pointless?
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 05. Feb, 2009 | 2 Comments
Microsoft have added some fantastic features to Windows in recent years. Top of my list is Complete PC Backup, a service that really does exactly what it says on the tin, and that can restore a faulty copy of Windows to a fully-working version in as little as ten minutes.
Needless to say when I first [...]
