windows in comment and analysis
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Late last month Gates left Microsoft to spend his retirement doing good works for mankind with the accumulated wealth of the Windows revolution. Sorry Bill, I've had it with Windows and I'm now saving up for a Mac. [17 Jul 2008]
My 15 minutes with Bill Gates
Comment Windows hadn't even made it to its 3.0 version. In the early days of PC computing Joshua Greenbaum crossed swords with Bill Gates. Greenbaum thought he had the best of the encounter. Nothing could have been further from the truth. [11 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: silicon.com - what a difference a decade makes
Comment Some mention old technology favourites: "Vendors stay faithful to Windows 95" and "User forum warns users to prepare for NT 5". silicon.com is 10 years old this week, which prompted me to take a look through the archives and find out what was big a... [11 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Time finally runs out for Windows XP, place Also getting readers reaching for their keyboards this week, the OFT and Kangaroo and phones on planes - love them or loathe them? Teacher shortage IT teacher applications continue to decline [03 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Slightly better news for Windows fans, the BBC has taken the wraps off the new version of the splendid iPlayer. Wave goodbye to Windows XP and say hello to Vista. Bill Gates is many things to many people. [27 Jun 2008]
Bill Gates on the future, the past and the brilliance of fertilizer…
Comment Like the Windows group had a meeting, and the Surface group had a meeting, but this is more just sitting down with the top executives, so Stephen Elop, Craig Mundie, Kevin Turner. Because, you know, all the big successes, whether it's Office... [26 Jun 2008]
How many people will it take to fill Gates' shoes?
Comment A few have been more outspoken than others, including Windows guru Mark Russinovich and the father of C#, Anders Hejlsberg. Dave Cutler The guy who is considered the father of VMS, Windows NT and 64-bit operating systems at Microsoft. [24 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment First thing on readers' hit-lists this month was the government plan for prisoners to gain IT skills.then readers found a moment to engage in some iPhone debate before turning their attentions to the much talked about Windows XP/Vista debacle… [19 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gets down to business, caught on camera, ID cards…
Comment Windows Vista's on the agenda again and this time silicon.com readers are debating whether the latest OS is really business-friendly. Readers were also busy commenting on the "ring of steel" automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera rollout... [12 Jun 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment Windows Mobile 6 is now a stable operating system and Windows smartphones have joined BlackBerrys as the leading business handsets. Yet just how far has the trusty combination of laptop and smart phone really come, asks Anthony Plewes. [04 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment The Met spends around £300m per year on IT - most of it outsourced through a seven-year deal with Capgemini - and the force's technology supports just over 50,000 Met employees and includes just under 30,000 desktops, which are in the process of... [02 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.08
Round-Up Chairman Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer this week showed off new Windows features based on software it calls "multi-touch". For the next upgrade, in addition to updating your PC to a newer model you'll also have to reach deep into your pockets to buy... [30 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up So spare a thought for owners of some AMD-based computers who are finding the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle. While the root cause of this issue is complex, it results from OEMs improperly... [16 May 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment I thought of this phrase recently when my Windows XP machine died. Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. But does it justify inflicting misery on legitimate software buyers, asks Martin Brampton. [07 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up Faced with a 30 June deadline to stop shipping computers with Windows XP, the world's PC makers are getting creative. The way it works is thus: by taking advantage of the "downgrade rights" offered as part of the Windows Vista licence agreement, PC... [02 May 2008]
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