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All I want for Seven is…

David Taraso — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:47:40 +0000

While Long Zheng has shined a much needed spotlight on Vista’s visual quirks at Windows UX Taskforce, I figured it’s about time someone brought to light another major aspect of Windows, the features. As important as the UI is, I can certainly cope with some minor visual flaws here and there; it’s in terms of [...]

Zunes finally come to the Great White North

David Taraso — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:02:47 +0000

Well well well, look who finally decided to show up. As expected, the Zune has finally made it’s way over the border today, and snuggled right up onto them cosy store shelves. If you’re Canadian, and interested in purchasing a Zune, you can now pick one up at most major retailers (ie. Future Shop, Best Buy, [...]

Fiji, anyone?

David Taraso — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:48:25 +0000

I can’t get you much news about Seven, but will you settle news for Windows “Fiji”? I thought you would. For those who aren’t “in the know”, Fiji is scheduled as the next update to Windows Vista’s Media Center, or an Update Rollup if you will. Well, thanks to a good friend whom some of you [...]

I’m up, I’m up!… zZzz….

David Taraso — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:17:40 +0000

Hey, remember me? Yeah, David, the guy who pops in here every once in a while for a blog post. Ok, ok, so I’m not the most active blogger there is, can you really blame me though? We’re suffering somewhat of a lull when it comes to [blog worthy] technology related news. Let’s face it, there’s [...]

Microsoft jingles keys infront of Ultimate users

David Taraso — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:55:34 +0000

In a horrible attempt to resurrect the once much-anticipated Ultimate Extras, Microsoft has released a few new “Exclusive Extras” for Windows Vista Ultimate users. What exactly are these new Extras? Two new sound schemes and a couple of new Dreamscene backgrounds! It’s been seven months since we’ve last seen any new Extras, honestly, this is the [...]

Windows Live for All!

David Taraso — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:25:30 +0000

It wasn’t too many moons ago that the Windows Live Messenger team officially announced that users running either Windows Server or 64-Bit editions of Windows would not be able to install any Windows Live Applications. Seeing as how I am currently running not only Windows Server 2008, but the 64-Bit edition as well, this poses to [...]

“It’s Not Cheating” goes Worldwide

David Taraso — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:02:09 +0000

Some of you may remember the campaign Microsoft Australia started this time last year, called “It’s not Cheating“. The goal of the campaign was to stop the piracy of Microsoft’s products amongst teens, in this case, Microsoft Office. So how did they do it? They sold it at a price you will never be able [...]

La PC de Resistance

David Taraso — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:32:04 +0000

After a few shipping delays (Thank you, NCIX), I finally have my new computer up and running. I’ll start off by saying, this thing is fast! Then again, I’ve been using an eight year old Pentium 4 system for the past week and a half, so my judgement might be a tad skewed. Knowing my luck [...]

How We Test Software at Microsoft

David Taraso — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:03:41 +0000

It’s always fun to browse through random sections of the Microsoft web site. And it’s even more fun when you stumble across something that is rather funny. I took a stroll through the Microsoft Learning site today, and I found the following book which is set to be released in August this year: “How We Test [...]

Fairwell, Sweet MacBook

David Taraso — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:35:37 +0000

After three months with my MacBook, I have decided to part ways with it. Last week, I posted the system up for sale on Craigslist after deciding that it just wasn’t powerful enough as my main computer and couldn’t satisfy my gaming needs. Luckily, after roughly a week, I received an offer and last night, [...]