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Speed up Vista using Firefox 3 Beta

Published on Mar 31st, 2008 in blog, windows, the web, microsoft, software, tips & tricks, apple, thumbs up | No Comments »

If like me, you spend a sizable amount of your computer time on a web browser, you can forget about RAM or processor upgrades, it’s software where the hole was all this time.
First let me tell you that I’m an avid fan of trying new web browsers, or at least new versions of today’s traditional […]

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Vista crashing in the most simple of tasks

Published on Mar 20th, 2008 in blog, windows, microsoft, software, thumbs down | 8 Comments »

So let me rant for a bit. After defending Windows Vista, not because I like Microsoft but because based on my experiences I have had relatively few problems with the OS, last night I saw it giving me a deja vu of the early Win95 days!
A solid install of Vista now running SP1 was put […]

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Bill Gates life after retirement (CES video)

Published on Jan 7th, 2008 in blog, microsoft, humor, video | 1 Comment »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lE21kpE3M0

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Reboot or Shutdown from Remote Desktop Connection

Published on Dec 24th, 2007 in windows, microsoft, tips & tricks | 2 Comments »

If you have ever feel frustrated because you have been unable to reboot a machine from a remote location (using Microsoft’s own RDC), here’s a solution. While I recall having the option to send a Ctrl+Alt+Del to the remote machine that doesn’t seem to be available in most recent versions of the software, or at […]

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Welcome to the social 2.0, new Zunes available

Published on Oct 3rd, 2007 in microsoft | No Comments »

This will be making it to the TechSpot frontpage in a matter of hours but until then, for those of you that simply refuse going the iPod’s way (not many of you I must add), Microsoft has revamped its line of Zune players with new smaller, flash-based players that are meant to compete with the […]

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Cleartype font smoothing using Remote Desktop Connection

Published on Oct 1st, 2007 in windows, microsoft, software, tips & tricks | No Comments »

If you rely on a remote connection client to get access to your files at the office or from your home, chances are you have probably tried using the client built-in into Windows called Remote Desktop Connection (also Terminal Services Client).
Personally, I don’t like opening up my main PC to the Internet but only to […]

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Games for Windows, where is my Halo 3?

Published on Sep 26th, 2007 in microsoft, gaming | 1 Comment »

I must admit I’m a console gamer on a very limited basis. I have owned a PS2 for years but for the most part I have limited myself to a handful of what I consider great games, beginning with the Pro Evolution Soccer/Winning Eleven franchise.
It wasn’t until recently that I got myself an Xbox 360 […]

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Vista and Office 2007 fonts at a glance

Published on Jun 5th, 2006 in microsoft, software | 2 Comments »

Some good looking fonts coming our way with Microsoft’s next generation products. Although it will take years until these can become standards (backward compatibility), it will be a welcome update for those of us upgrading from XP in the near future.
“The following are examples of 10 new Vista/Office 2007 fonts, taken in Office 2007 at […]

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Firefox / IE 7 News

Published on Jan 22nd, 2006 in the web, microsoft, software | 1 Comment »

Noticed over on The Burning Edge that several changes have been made to the tabbed interface;
* Close buttons on tabs, including background tabs (as long as browser.tabs.disableBackgroundClose is true & each tab is at least browser.tabs.tabClipWidth pixels wide).
* Make it easier to get back to the “parent tab” when you click a link that opens […]

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