10 Years Of Pain And Suffering

Windows XP turned 10. It is hard to believe that this vehicle of pain and suffering is still the most popular OS in the world. Windows 7 should overtake it any day now. Estimates say that this should happen by the end of the month.

Steve Ballmer Disrespects Android

Steve Ballmer does it again. At the Web 2.0 conference, He said "You don't have to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone, but you do to use an Android phone."

Seriously? Has he ever tried to correct a Windows problem? Android is a very easy to use platform.

Insomuch that no one buys Windows phones, one might say that Mr. Ballmer is jealous. Fair enough. But saying that Android is hard to use goes beyond sanity. Something that Mr. Ballmer tends to do pretty regularly.

US Military Drones Hit By Virus

A computer virus infected the systems that run the Predator Drones.

Not funny but yes, the system was running on the Windows platform. :-)

Turbine Powered Batmobile

This thing is really cool. In addition, it is controlled by an iPad.

If they used a Microsoft based device it would never have started in the first place :-)

Internet Explorer Users Are Stupid!

Like we didn't already know this. Internet Explorer users are rather stupid. A consulting firm named AptiQuant compared the IQ's of IE users to those that use other browsers. No surprise that IE users had lower than average IQ's.

Any browser that dominates computers sold at Wal-Mart speaks for itself. :-)

The Lion Is Out

Apple released OS X 10.7, Lion, yesterday. I would have posted this yesterday but I was busy upgrading all of my machines. It works perfectly.

No one in the Windows world would ever upgrade to a new version of their OS on the first day. That would just be crazy! :-)

Security Firms Mad At Microsoft

Security firms are now mad at Microsoft for distributing Security Essentials for free. Microsoft's software is so poorly designed from a security standpoint that an entire industry grew to take care of this security problems. Rather than building an OS that is secure, Microsoft now offers a security add-on for free. Why this is not part of the standard build makes no sense from a software design standpoint.

That is Microsoft for you!

Microsoft Explosion

When someone tells you that they switched to Mac, the story that ensues generally begins like this one.

Windows News

A day in the life of a Windows user :-)

Ray Ozzie Leaving Microsoft

This is huge news. Ray Ozzie was brought into Microsoft five years ago to replace Bill Gates as the Chief Software Architect. Today he announced his retirement. No word on where Mr. Ozzie will land but any way you slice it, this one it is not good for Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows Phone 7

What if Microsoft released a new cell phone operating system and no one cared :-)

'Here You Have' Virus

The new 'Here You Have' virus was released earlier this week. It is an email that asked you to open a link. As a tell people in my security speeches, never, ever, open a link inside an email! This new virus seems to be coming from a botnet.

This virus is moving so fast that it basically shut down NASA, Comcast and P&G.

I Wish

You have to love Steve Ballmer's humor. When market analysts asked him about his thoughts on the iPad he replied "they've sold certainly more than I'd like them to have sold." He went on to discuss how a new Windows based slate would decimate Apple's iPad market.

Mr. Ballmer is always good for a laugh. :-)

Windows XP Extended Until 2020

What many people do not realize is that 74% of business users still use Windows XP, the nine year old OS. Businesses have no interest in upgrading to Windows 7.

Yesterday Microsoft announced that it would extend licencing of Windows XP until 2020. Unfortunately, this also extends the BSOD surprise for Windows users :-)

No More Windows For Google

Due to security concerns, Google has decided to phase out the use of all Microsoft operating systems. Employees must now decide between Mac OS or an open-source Linux computer.

The Day That The Earth Stood Still

As of today, Apple is the worlds most valuable technology company, not Microsoft. (click on figure to enlarge). Apple's stock is selling for $244.87, giving it a market cap of $223.1 billion. Today, Microsoft's market cap is $217.78 billion.

I think that hell just froze over :-)

28 days

28 days. That is how long it took Apple to sell 1 million iPads. No wonder both Microsoft and HP canceled their plans last week to build tablets.

Windows 7 Feature

Apparently, Windows 7 has a neat new feature. It erases your restore points every time that the computer is rebooted.

Nice job! :-)

10% Of Microsoft Employees Own An iPhone

According to a WSJ article, 10% of Microsoft employees own an iPhone. Apparently, a large percentage of the remainder of Microsoft's employees are not familiar with the truth :-)

Unbelievable!

Honestly, this one is a little hard to believe. Scott Charney, the Microsoft Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, proposed a usage tax on the Internet to fight cyber threats.

So, let me get this right. Rather than build a secure product, Microsoft wants other people to pay for their defective software. Only in Microsoft's world does that make sense!