Tag Archives: foss
Microsoft begs for Windows Phone developers?
Despite the usual Microsoft PR, Windows Phone (and infact) many of Microsoft’s many “new ideas”, have been met with apathy from the consumer. Windows Phone has found itself in a … Continue reading
Microsoft take-down requests – needs its own house in order first?
By now its common knowledge that Google has released publically, figures on the takedown requests it has recieved from copyright holders and their affiliates. Microsoft figured heavily in this release … Continue reading
Nearly half a billion $ lost online – Microsoft’s continuing tale of woe
Despite what Microsoft advocates may claim about Windows 7 sales or office sales (lets face it there’s no bragging about WP7) they can’t seem to talk up their online efforts. … Continue reading
More bad fortune for Nokia – The Microsoft disaster
Microsoft’s WP7 can be summarized by giving the example of a star collapsing in on itself – its dragging everything near it, in with it. Nokia who to be fair … Continue reading
One mans patent is another mans future – AOL sells $billion+ in patents to Microsoft
What do you do when you have products which people are not buying? What do you do when you produce a product that fails to grasp the interest of the … Continue reading
It can’t be! – The tablet hit with consumers!
… it will be Windows Phone 7 hell for Windows tablets when they finally have a real showing. Certain tech “experts” dismissed them, they said the tablet form factor would never … Continue reading
UK Government going ahead with Open Source
Intellect 2012 Open source and open standards are the direction for UK government IT, the civil servant leading the government’s technology change agenda has said. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/10/open_source_government/ More often than not, the … Continue reading
Microsoft, MC Hammer and mobiles – its old news and new news!
I want no connection drawn between the legend that is MC Hammer and the “company” that is Microsoft, there’s old news and surprising news to be had in the world of tech … Continue reading
Over on Diaspora – A collection of my musings
I often write musings on Diaspora, in themselves not substantial enough for an article here, however they are more than a simple dent or tweet. I present a selection of … Continue reading
A look at: ArtistX (1.1) – LiveCD (3.6GB)
Ubuntu is probably the most common for distro’s to derive from, the number of Ubuntu variants is staggering and whilst many can share aspects rendering them virtually identical, the one … Continue reading
