Tag Archives: microsoft

A Journey Through Stupidity

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Duane Storey

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/This_is_why_the_world_hates_Microsoft’; So tonight (after a bit of wine) I decided to blow my hotmail account away completely and never look back. Unfortunately, as soon as I tried the circus music started playing and the adventure truly began. Step … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Extends 44 Billion Dollar Offer For Yahoo!

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Duane Storey

Wow, what can I say. That is a pretty impressive sum of money. I read this before going to bed last night on Digg, but I thought it was fake. Turns out that Microsoft has just extended a 44 billion … Continue reading →

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Last Vista Bash, Promise

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Duane Storey

I just read this while surfing the internet – that in a comparison of Windows XP SP3 against Vista SP1, XP blew it completely out of the water: Vista’s first service pack, to be released early next year, is intended … Continue reading →

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This Has Got to Hurt

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Duane Storey

I just read an article online that did a comparison between a bunch of different machines running Windows Vista. You know who the winner was? A Macbook Pro. The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year is a Mac. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft to Open Vancouver Research Facility

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Duane Storey

I caught the original news for this in a Skype back channel yesterday, and have had a few people email me links about this since. For those of you who missed it, Microsoft has announced that it will be opening … Continue reading →

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Another Happy Mac Customer

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Duane Storey

One of the last conversations I had at Northern Voice was with Michael Klassen, and it was about how Microsoft had completely forgotten about the end-user. Sure, maybe they spent five years working hard to make a new OS that … Continue reading →

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The Vista that Broke the Camel’s Back

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Duane Storey

Most of you that know me have undoubtedly seem me cursing at my computer furiously this past week or punching my laptop from time to time. The reason for this sudden change in behaviour stems from my recent installation of … Continue reading →

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My First And Last Week With Windows Vista

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Duane Storey

I’m officially going to blog about my frustration with Windows Vista so far. If you were following last week, I decided (stupidly) that I would upgrade my laptop from windows XP to windows Vista. First, the whole upgrade procedure took … Continue reading →

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Installing Vista

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Duane Storey

So, I was multitasking at work today, installing Windows Vista on my laptop, and doing some work on my desktop machine. I thought the upgrade process would be simple, but instead it was a huge headache. First, Windows Vista Installer … Continue reading →

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