New Windows 7 UI coming soon? Latest!
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 25. Apr, 2009 | 0 Comments
There’s been a great deal of speculation in recent weeks about forthcoming surprises from Microsoft for Windows 7 that they’ve so far held back.
A source very close to the upper echelons of Microsoft has told me today that there is a new ’skin’ coming for the OS, currently at the release candidate stage, though they have [...]
HTC Touch HD Smartphone – A Short Review
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows on 02. Apr, 2009 | 2 Comments
Last week I got the ‘reasonably’ new HTC Touch HD smartphone on contract from Orange here in the UK. It’s an extremely impressive phone despite a specification that initially underwhelmes. 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 512Mb ROM, 288Mb RAM and Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 on board.
The presentation when you open it is of a highly desirable, luxury item. [...]
April Fool ;o) I didn’t really buy a Mac
Posted by Mike Halsey in general on 01. Apr, 2009 | 1 Comment
Okay, I’m gonna say this April Fool was aimed squarely at one friend of mine. You know who you are… Phil!
I’m not really likely to buy a Mac any time soon or in the future (not that I hate Apple that is). The clue of course was the reference to my buying an iMac [...]
Finally… I bought an iMac
Posted by Mike Halsey in general on 01. Apr, 2009 | 4 Comments
The Windows 7 ‘technical beta’ has been a hugely frustrating experience for many people, especially myself. Microsoft turned the entire thing into a bug hunt and have been criticised from almost everyone. At least Apple, who always run secret betas, are open and honest about being secret (if that’s not a contradiction in terms).
Anyway, what [...]
