Category Microsoft

EU vs Microsoft, Why?

I don’t really understand this case. Opera complains to the European Commission about Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with the operating system. The Commission takes it on and is now waiting for Microsoft’s response to the accusations.
As much as I hate IE (especially 6 and 7, hating 5.5 would be like hating a dead dictator) I [...]

If Any More Prove Was Needed…

… That Microsoft doesn’t excel at making adverts for their products, watch this ad.

Something to notice is that Songsmith – the product it advertices – doesn’t run on a Mac.
They also haven’t realized that when other companies use real people as actors they’re actually ‘real’ people – actors. Maybe MS should send their engineers and [...]

ISS Got Infected

Just quick note to the people in charge of ISS (International Space Station); go get yourselves some MacBook Airs and stop having to worry about viruses. Seriously, this is almost as bad as those US voting machines needing anti-virus software. To quote xkcd: “It’s better that the alternative – yet someone is clearly doing their [...]

Cheering Up

I just broke the glass jug for my Moccamaster coffee maker. This has made me really depressed. If you don’t know, Moccamasters are the best coffee makers there are. They’re also next impossible to get in the UK (see here). This is what I’m now left with (see below). At least I don’t have to [...]

Buy a New OS

This problem that Microsoft is having at the moment with WGA, I thought that maybe people – who want to upgrade their Win95/98 machines – shouldn’t look as far as getting XP or Vista. They should just stick with Steve Gibsons preferred Windows OS, Windows 2000!
But no, you can’t buy that any more. Or can [...]