Category: Microsoft
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 not very wireless!
I bought a Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 V2.0 a few weeks back because I needed an ergonomic keyboard (was suffering from an RSI) and went wireless to avoid cable clutter. However, I have had lots of issues with the reception on the wireless devices. They report poor signal quality when 2-3 centimeters apart! How…
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Popfly mashups
After Steve Clayton demoed it to me last week, I decided to try playing around with Microsoft’s Popfly. Popfly is a tool for creating Mashups in Silverlight, with a drag and drop interface. It comes with a tutorial (on right) and the interface is easy to get used to. In fact it is even easier…
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Gmail adds IMAP support
I noticed that Chris Gilmer reported this morning that Gmail is now supporting IMAP for getting your mail as well as POP. I quickly logged into my GMail account and Lo!, there was the IMAP option – wohoo! Why is this a good thing? Well, previously if you wanted to read your Gmail in your…
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Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform
I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then failed to get OneCare to work on this laptop). Many others are eschewing Vista, not…
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Microsoft Licensing blog
Via Martha Rotter’s blog (Martha is Rob Burke‘s replacement in Microsoft Ireland and I bet she hates being introduced that way!), I see that Microsoft Ireland have started a Microsoft Licensing blog. This is a great idea because licensing Microsoft’s software correctly in any kinds of numbers is unbelievably complex. I often wonder if it…