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Internet Explorer 10 Won’t Run on Windows Vista

Jeff Baker — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:17:29 +0000

Microsoft is without a doubt one of the biggest software companies in the world with a commanding share over the desktop operating market. Of course, their Windows Phone 7 mobile platform has yet to take a substantial chunk way from behemoths like Android or iOS but with all of the advertising money Microsoft is throwing [...]

X2 relaunching iTablet

Jeff Baker — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:42:06 +0000

If you didn’t know, long before the iPad was ever announced a company called Amtek was hard at work getting their iTablet onto the market. Well, it seems that now hype surrounding the tablet form factor is high, X2 is relaunching the device with a 1.6 GHz Pentium M processor, Windows XP, Vista or 7 [...]

Lenovo puts IdeaCenter Q110 nettop up for sale

Jeff Baker — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:18:39 +0000

Lenovo has today announced that they have put their IdeaCenter Q110, pictured above, up for sale. This nettop is powered by NVIDIA‘s Ion platform and features either Windows 7 (when it comes out)or Vista, 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive for $399. Of course, if you opt for Windows Vista you will be [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer comments on Google’s Chrome OS

Jeff Baker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:52:28 +0000

Steve Ballmer has been known to make some rather colorful comments on everything from the iPhone to the Xbox 360′s Project Natal. This time however, Ballmer has kept his cool giving some comments on Google’s recently announced Chrome OS. When question about the operating system Ballmer was quoted to have said, “I will be respectful, [...]

Windows 7 to launch October 22nd

Jeff Baker — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:05:10 +0000

Back in February, Windows 7 was rumored to be hitting retail sometime in September. Well, Microsoft has just release official word that the OS’ final version will in fact be available to the public on October 22nd. So, come October 22nd, we will finally get the chance to see if Microsoft will be able to [...]

Windows Vista SP2 Coming Soon?

Chris — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:46:22 +0000

What would you choose between Windows 7 or Windows Vista SP2? Do we need that second service pack? Well Microsoft seems to think so as it has sent it to testers. That’s what the rumors say, which means we might get SP2 before Windows 7. The thing is that we might not want that SP2, [...]

Dell’s Inspiron 12 no longer Vista only

Jeff Baker — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:26:55 +0000

Is it a netbook? Is it a laptop? No! It’s Dell’s Inspiron Mini 12. Previously the Inspiron Mini 12 was a Vista only machine but thanks to a recent update from Dell, that is no longer the case. You can now order the Inspiron Mini 12 with either Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP, a sigh [...]

Seinfeld to Sell Windows Vista

Chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:31:39 +0000

Who would have imagined that genius comedian Jerry Seinfeld would be approached by Microsoft and hired for one of the biggest advertising campaigns in Microsoft’s company. But I guess it takes a comedian to sell a product which has been laughed at for such a long time now. Seinfeld will get about $10 million to [...]

Windows 7 to Unveil Features Next Month?

Chris — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:07:06 +0000

Windows 7 is the next challenge for Microsoft and I am really curious to see if they can screw up yet another OS. We’re all so thrilled with Vista that we’d change it with anything else available. Future features of Windows 7 are going to be released to the public sometime next month in an [...]

MSI GX600-Enhanced Gaming Laptop

Sandeep C — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:28:11 +0000

MSI has upgraded its gaming notebook, the MSI GX600, with new 45nm technology and is calling it the GX600-Enhanced. Boasting Intel’s new 45nm processing technology, the notebook features added memory and hard drive for gamers. RAM is now up to 3GB, and the hard drive is 320GB as against the older 250GB drive that came [...]