Archive for the 'microsoft' Category

Close encounter of the “L” kind

September 23, 2006 in General, Linux, Ubuntu, Windows XP, drivers, installation, microsoft, windows

No …. No .. don’t misread the title, this is a family-oriented blog [I hope so].
Since past few days I’ve been fighting [really] my a$$ out to install Ubuntu Linux [Drapper Drake 6.06 LTS]. And boy-o-boy am I glad Microsoft created Windows XP ! There is always one thing or another that just refuse to [...]

Quick Update

June 8, 2006 in Browsers, Firefox, Flock, Vista, Windows Vista, google, microsoft

I’m been unable to post anything on my blog off-late, partially due to lazyness and partially due to the time my other blog is taking. So here are a few quickies for this week:
» Windows Vista Beta 2 release to the public today. Go and download your copy. You’ll also need a key for using [...]

Internet Explorer 7: The Good, The Bad, and The Future

May 27, 2006 in Browsers, Firefox, IE, microsoft

Going through the article on ZDNet Web 2.0 Explorer , I really found some interesting tid-bits.
“On behalf of Microsoft and the IE team, we messed up - and we’re sorry”. [ Tony Chor, Group Program Manager of Microsoft's Internet Explorer team]
First thing they wanted to do with IE7 was “make everyday browsing easier […] make [...]