Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Remember how I was talking about all those teasers about how DVD could add HD back into itself. Well, today, introducing DVD Download DL.
Engadget totally butchered what it was. In fact, they made a blog post which completely didn’t talk about the announcement… just re-hashed the “super upconversion” news which is old.
What is DVD Download DL? [...]

Microsoft has been buying a lot of ad space on PhoneNews.com for Live Search for Mobile. And, I’m more than happy to take their money. But, I do have to ask… why not just roll Live Search into the platform?
It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense why the Live Search application was not integrated [...]

Apologies for the lack of posts, but thinks haven’t stopped in the slightest.
I’ll leave the updates on PhoneNews.com to the blog over there, but safe to say, we’re working really hard on improving a few things. Nothing on the level of Snow Leopard, but there’s clearly some cobwebs that have cropped up over the past [...]

Live Mesh got an update today. While Microsoft hasn’t said it yet, I just put it to the test… and you don’t need User Account Control to use Live Mesh anymore.
Now, here’s the catch… the installer may be out of date. So, you may need to enable UAC in Vista, reboot… then install Live Mesh. [...]

Windows Search (formerly Windows Desktop Search) has now reached version 4.0. Gone are the days of it being in beta status.
I’ve been a tester since day one, and I have to say, it’s one of the few betas I deployed on all of my systems.
Windows Search 4.0 dramatically improves the performance of file and index [...]

Microsoft keeps coming up with creative marketing to sell Windows Vista on customers.
Now, I actually have far fewer complaints than most about Vista. In fact, all my primary PCs run Vista.
But, this marketing line is definintely a new one. In their latest TechNet email, Microsoft decided to use it pitch Vista to IT Professionals. And, [...]

A reader let me know that people already using Live Mesh can quickly invite a few other people to sign on to the program…
First few people that post a comment, will get an invite. Be sure to use your Live ID as your email address when posting the comment.

It’s been awhile since the Xbox team did something stupid. Fortunately, this week they did something stupid… with gusto!
In a nutshell, in case you haven’t heard, Microsoft has announced that they have tenative plans to stop selling certain Xbox Live Arcade games which both have low review scores, and have a low “conversion rate” (users [...]

Perhaps disagree is a bad word. But, there is a clear nonsensical problem between the Remote Desktop licensing in Windows Live Mesh and in Windows Home Server.
With Windows Home Server, you can log into your Home Server URL, and access all the Remote Desktop computers on your home network. Great. Problem is, any XP Home, [...]

Today, an odd update appeared for Windows Media Center owners with CableCARDs. Specifically, the ATI Digital Cable Tuner Update which is now available.
Two odd things with this update. One, it claims to be a new update, yet claims to not contain anything new. After updating, users report still being at firmware 1.17. Two, after running [...]