XP RIP 25/10/01 – 22/10/10 It seems Microsoft is going to retire Windows XP on 22nd October – no, really this time! As reported by one of the few MVP’s I have respect for: …Windows XP, up to this point, was one of the most popular versions of Windows and continues to dominate the desktop … Continue reading »
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Audacious 2.4.0 – New release!
Audacious has its origins as a fork of Beep Music player and as it matured has been the media player of choice for me for a long while. The latest release is 2.4.0, which doesn’t fail to impress with updates to its GUI and a plethora of features that you’ve come to expect from the … Continue reading »
Puppy Arcade 9 – New release!
Gaming not what it used to be? Bored by the plethora of 3rd person shooters which seem to dominate the games market? Well there has been no reason to say that ever since Puppy Arcade had it’s first release – Puppy Arcade caters for probably every platform of yesteryear you could want and then some … Continue reading »
Microsoft to flog the dead horse with $400 million+ ? – Windows Mobile 7
Cast your mind back to some of the Microsoft adverts of the past. Lets reminisce with a wry smile at the shoe commercials that were supposed to be funny. Let’s remember the Windows 7 party adverts that were so wooden, that they made an episode of Home & Away look like a cinematic masterpiece. … Continue reading »
DCC, Bittorrent and Usenet – Is Bittorrent so great?
I’ve written many articles touching on this subject, but I wanted to look at it with a little more detail as whilst we see a massive surge in Net traffic in regards to file sharing ; as is often the case, has the best tech “won”? Since the vast magority of file-sharing on a p2p … Continue reading »
NewsBytes – Tuesday 24th August 2010
The 360 for at least another 5 years Microsoft is reported to have announced that the 360 is going to be around for the next five years, making it 10 years old before it will allegedly be replaced (if at all) I reported at the time the Kinect was announced (and have been quoted as … Continue reading »
15 seconds of uptime before a crash? – Yep thats Microsoft!
Continuing on from the previous article of “Those “magnificent” softies in their flying machines” we now learn what happened at the Red Bull competition when Microsoft took to the skies. A Microsoft “product” having an uptime of seconds was no surprise to me when after 15 seconds we learn Microsoft’s glider came right back down to … Continue reading »
NewsBytes – Monday 23rd August 2010
Kinect beaten by Sony Move Poor old Microsoft just can’t seem to get it right? Kinect, Microsoft’s attempt in my opinion to suck a little more life out of the 360 has been beaten by Sony’s similar offering (Move) which won “Best hardware accessory”. CVG had this to say: The jury, which consisted of celebrated … Continue reading »
Windows spec requirements out of control? & quest for a refund
A different type of post today, this is my personal story. On Friday 20th August I went to my local store for a new base unit after “old faithful” finally gave up. I have to say before I go any further that Acer products have always been in my opinion, rock solid and built to … Continue reading »
Those “magnificent” softies in their flying machines
A lighter piece of news will make way for quite a few pieces of interest in the next few days. Before we get into those more important articles, lets first give an OpenBytes award. OpenBytes would officially like to recognize a few Microsofties as having nerves of steel. Why? Because some intrepid chaps from the … Continue reading »
