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For the past few weeks, I’ve been playing around with Windows Vista. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, but after a while of working with Vista, I have been quite impressed. One area I like is the virtualization of several sections of the OS and of key files.
When […]

For a few weeks now, I have been playing around with Office 2007 Beta.  I have to say, the new design is starting to grow on me.  I am sure it will be difficult for a while for people to navigate the new interface, but I don’t think it will take all that long for […]

On July 11th, Microsoft said a long awaited goodbye to Windows 98 and Windows ME. Next on the Microsoft chopping block is Windows XP SP1, which is due to end on October 10, 2006. Why is Microsoft dropping support of these fine, cough, products?
Windows 98 was released in 1998 making the Operating System […]