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Mission Possible — Five Things Microsoft Needs To Focus On In 2014
The year 2014 is here, and if you thought the past 12 months were really something for Redmond, then make room for more amazement in what promises to be another exciting year ahead. Microsoft will,...
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3 Features Microsoft Got Absolutely Spot On In Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 has now been out in the wild for a couple of months now, and save for the few unlucky souls that are still experiencing installation problems, a lot of users have made the jump to the new...
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Tip: Use VLC Player’s Hidden Tools To Easily Create Video Clips
Ever felt the need to make clips of short sections of a video you are watching? Welcome to the club. The needs are many, sending a small video to your friends and family, inserting it into...
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Let’s Hear It: How Much Should Bill Gates Be Involved With The New CEO?
The big news, ladies and gentle people is that Alan Mulally is out of the race for the post of Microsoft CEO. Yes, his exit, although not unexpected, was as fast as his entry. But if you are expecting...
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Windows Dictionary: Apps
Ever wondered what apps are? Get out! Few have. Anyone that has had anything to do with mobile devices and now Windows 8 probably already knows what apps are. They are just there! Apps are your tools —...
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Windows — The 2014 Script
One of my favorite words, and one that I use with notable restraint is ‘marquee’. If 2013 was a year of consolidation and smoothing the edges for Windows, then 2014 has the potential to be a marquee...
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Let’s Hear It: Are Gates And Ballmer Scaring Away Microsoft CEO Hopefuls?
The pioneer is the fellow with the arrow in his back. Regardless of this fact, it seems that a lot of fans, shareholders, investors, critics, friends and foes all want Microsoft to go in with a new...
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Week In Review (Jan 6 – Jan 10)
Missed this column? I know you did, I just feel it in my water! The end or start of years is rarely the time to do week in reviews, when the principal news usually has got something to do with sales...
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 Thrashes The Competition, Will It Find A Place In The Surface 3?
Microsoft and NVIDIA currently have a rather interesting relationship. Redmond partnered with the graphic processor maker on the Surface front in order to use its Tegra chips to power the slates. The...
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Microsoft’s Android Gambit — What’s In It For Redmond?
If we stop mythologizing computing technology, we will find that there are only three companies that make some real money from Android. Google, Samsung and Microsoft. Others get by, quarter to quarter,...
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Let’s Hear It: How Many People Do You Know That Are Still Running Windows XP?
Today is January 14, 2014 in most parts of this rock we call Earth. And that means that only 83 days are left before Windows XP gets it final Patch Tuesday fix and is retired for all time. In a world...
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After Doomsday? Microsoft Details Windows XP Usage Post Retirement
Fans of science fiction may be aware of After Doomsday, a novel written by famed writer Poul Anderson. Published in 1962, it explores the events after the destruction of Earth. Windows XP users do not...
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Microsoft Said To Be Investing Over $2 Billion On Windows Phone Makers In 2014
Keep calm and keep investing? That seems to be the play on the Windows Phone front for the year, as the latest gossip on the matter is that Redmond is ready to invest an eye watering $2.3 billion to...
View ArticleLet’s Hear It: Do You Want The Start Menu Back In Windows 8.1 Update 1?
So here’s the deal. The various reliable and not-so-reliable sources have hinted that Windows 8.1 Update 1 is about to bring back one of the most revered features of the Windows platform. Yes, the...
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Is The Android Powered Nokia Normandy A Reality Or Just Another Dream?
Now here is a little something that makes Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” a sparkling model of decision. Will Microsoft actually allow Nokia to bring to market its Android powered Normandy handset? There...
View ArticleWeek In Review (Jan 13 – Jan 17)
A somewhat everyday week in the world of Microsoft, truth be told. But with the quarterly financial results expected in the days to come, things could heat up. For now, however, we will have to make do...
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The Road To Windows 9: An Evolution, Revolution Or Rewind?
So then, the big news for this brand new year is that Microsoft is ready to put some serious development work behind its new operating system, codenamed Threshold. In the meantime, the Windows 8...
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Let’s Hear It: Have Tablets Finally Become Replacement Devices?
There is talk in the town, talk of whether to classify tablets as PCs, talk of affording them the same column as computers, of speaking of them in the same breath as notebooks when reporting quarterly...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update 1 Comes With Option To Pin Metro Apps To The Taskbar
Ah, the Windows taskbar, the unchanged phenomenon of Microsoft’s flagship operating system! Things may have come and gone over the years (and in the case of the Start Menu, returning), but the taskbar...
View ArticleTip: Download Howard Email Notifier And Receive Email Alerts On The Desktop
If you are not the type to let go of the desktop environment in Windows 8.1, then boy, have I got something for you. Microsoft, as you may well be aware, has completely retired the Windows Live...
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