Windows 7 is inching to the final public release, and party atmosphere is heating.
For any software as huge and essential as operating system, no matter how great it is, gets dysfunctional here or there sometimes. The question is how to fix it and we judge a good OS by having as few frustrations as possible [...]
Archive for October, 2009
I’ll start a series of posts looking back at Microsoft’s glorious products in history.
Legacy applications still shining
Microsoft Office 95
Released in 1995, refreshed by Office 97, replaced by Office 2000.
I tried installing it in a virtual machine, and it surprisingly installed well and worked as expected.
Short introduction by wiki.
Microsoft Office 95 was released in August 1995. [...]
When I checked MSDN today, a new look show up. Much prettier. Much elegant. And much useful than before!
Subscriber Downloads also get refreshed by the new theme.
Very beautiful design!
I never doubt it when seeing Intel’s newly released promotion ads, featuring many of their own famous engineers, claiming themselves as the Sponsor of Tomorrow.
Of course, if you had spent time here, you’d probably know I am a Intel hardcore, never ever thinking about the lackluster/manipulator AMD.
Intel plus Microsoft are my only choices for [...]
UneIT is very proud to announce its being promoted as an Network Partner for WebsiteSpark program of Microsoft.
You guys may wonder what is WebsiteSpark?
WebsiteSpark is designed for independent web developers and web development companies that build web applications and web sites on behalf of others. It enables you to get software, support and business resources [...]
VMware announced VMware Fusion 3 days ago, the first ever virtualization solution that provide aero support from Windows Vista and Windows 7, which will surface on retail market worldwide beginning October 27th.
Besides that, VMware had released the RC of their upcoming VMware Workstation 7 for PC platforms, which is rumored to be released around the [...]
A final step towards Windows 7 general availability is done today when Microsoft released Windows XP Mode to MSDN.
Just last week, Microsoft released their latest attempt on securing the Windows platform, Microsoft Security Essentials, to general public. Today’s release of Windows Virtual PC is viewed as the final mark of the whole development of Windows [...]
Basically, I am for Windows 7, wholeheartedly.
But, there is one feature that should never really got sliced in Windows 7, which is available in Windows Vista.
When moving icons in Windows Vista, you can place it anywhere you like.
There is one straight line indicating the location your moving icon will be placed. Very useful [...]