Tag Archives: Microsoft

Faruk Ateş: The Conquest That Wasn’t. How Microsoft dominated the PC world without conquering it. I think Faruk utterly nails this.

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Save changes?

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Is it any wonder I sometimes miss saving?

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I need to start using Windows more

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Steven Fisher

The reason? Simple. I’m using other operating systems so little that I’m only able to complain about Mac OS X. I’m starting to look like a Mac hater. But lest anyone be confused, I’ll be specific: Mac OS X is … Continue reading →

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Microsoft doesn’t get it

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Steven Fisher

The new Microsoft commercial starts with a John Hodgman dressalike (You can’t really call him a lookalike, but at the distance the camera is at it doesn’t matter) saying “I’m a PC and I’ve been stereotyped.” It then goes to … Continue reading →

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The sad case of Palm

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Steven Fisher

I first started developing an application for Palm in 2000 with the Palm IIIc. I was amazed at how well-thought out the API was. A few things were missing, such as POSIX-compatible routines. ((Expecting full POSIX support on a Palm … Continue reading →

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You say you want a revolution?

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Steven Fisher

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know, I’d rather have a browser that worked. “Revolutionary” is not how I’d describe this. I’ve seen installers crash before. No doubt I will see it again.

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Search should be fast

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Via The Macalope, Microsoft’s leaked reaction to Mac OS X’s new search capabilities: Lenn Pryor: You will have to take Vic’s disk…I am not giving mine up. Tonight I got on corpnet, hooked up Mail.app to my Exchange server and … Continue reading →

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Could the MSN Music shut down have been calculated?

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Macworld | A year after iTunes Plus, Apple faces stepped-up competition – Page 2 Music services shutting down may let DRM finally shows its teeth. [...] Microsoft is one company that’s recently had to deal with just this sort of … Continue reading →

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Why Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sales milestone isn’t so impressive …So while Microsoft’s claim that being first will help them win may sound good to corporate ears, the truth is that the Wii is on track to outsell the Xbox 360 … Continue reading →

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

I’ve read articles on remapping keys on Windows, but here’s a handy command line utility that makes the registry changes for you: Windows Scan code remapper. No idea if this works on Vista, but I’d imagine so. Especially useful for … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off