Being a huge Xbox fan (oflahertypaul if you’re interested) and mega Google nerd, I have to admit that I was a little late to the game in learning that SmartGlass is available for Android. It was awesome sitting on the couch the other night messing with my Xbox (1 of 2) and controlling it from [...]
About Microsoft’s Surface Tablet And The Apple Fanboys
June 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
The amount of this crap I’ve been seeing in the comments sections of posts about Microsoft’s Surface tablet is ridiculous. Regardless of your opinion about the product, folks need to pay attention to their computer history before opening their traps. Yes, I know Bill Gates actually showed off the first tablet at Comdex in 2000 (and of course there was “Windows [...]
Revisiting Internet Explorer 9 And A More Beautiful Web
March 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
Disclosure – Sponsored Post The first time I wrote about Internet Explorer on this particular blog was back in 2004. In a post titled “IE gets Fired”, I slammed IE for it’s failings when compared to Firebird 0.8 beta (Firebird for those who aren’t old enough to remember was an earlier name for what we [...]
Podcast: WinExtra on Windows – Where We Talk Windows 8
September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I got the chance today to hang out on Skype with Steven Hodson of WinExtra and Holden Page, and talk a bit about Microsoft’s Windows 8 developer preview. This show is just our initial thoughts and opinions. We’ll be revisiting the topic in 2 weeks time once we’ve all had an opportunity to get it [...]
WinExtra’s Daily Brief – Empty Shelves, Microsoft to blame?
November 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE9elRIUqFI Steven is pissed at me because I was up all night playing Call Of Duty: Black Ops and am actually excited about a game release for XBox 360. He’s also pissed at the fact that he can’t yet get a Windows Phone 7. He’s pissed off a lot isn’t here. In the meantime Microsoft re-brands it’s [...]
WinExtra on Windows #20 Almost Legal In Some States
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Steven Hodson and myself are back to bring you yet another weekend episode of WinExtra on Windows, where we round up the weeks Microsoft related news and delve deeper into the big stories than we can on WinExtra’s Daily Brief. Even though Windows Phone 7 is still the major news point when it comes to [...]
WinExtra’s Daily Brief #17 Make Up Your Minds Will Ya
September 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb_oWBcRjCo As we wrap up a week of rumors and retractions Steven Hodson and I go over the major Microsoft headlines of the day. Tethering, no tethering, Nokia’s Windows Phone 7, and no Windows 7 SP1 needed for IE9 deployment. No-one seems to be able to make up their minds. However this is the tech [...]
Podcast: WinExtra On Windows #13 The Crap Load Episode
August 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
While recording last weeks episode of the WinExtra On Windows Podcast, Steven and I were complaining that there wasn’t enough news to cover for the show yet still managed to run over time. This week, there was more news than we could cover in the allotted time and, as usual, we still managed to run [...]
Podcast: WinExtra on Windows #11: From Earnings To Licenses Microsoft Has An Interesting Week
July 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
This week their was so much to cover and so little time to do it in. We shotgun through a large number of minor stories so that we can spend give the announcement of Microsoft becoming and ARM licensee and some Windows Phone 7 news the coverage it deserves. Also, this weekend we introduced a [...]
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