Apr 20, 2017 | Apple, augmented reality, computers, Facebook, Google, hardware, HoloLens, Internet, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, news, phone, photos, tablet, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Technology in 2017 is just a bit . . . dull. There’s not much going on. You hadn’t really thought about it but now that I mention it, you know it’s true, right? Choose your metaphor. It’s a plateau. It’s the calm before the storm. We’re in a holding pattern. We’re...
Apr 13, 2017 | Microsoft, Server 2012, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft can’t tell time. On April 3, an odd glitch caused computers all over the world to show the wrong time. Three of my clients called me because all the computers in their offices were six minutes off. I researched it and fixed it and moved on. It was another...
Apr 9, 2017 | bruceb, computers, Microsoft
Windows 3.1 was released on April 6, 1992. Happy 25th birthday! Computers ran MS-DOS 5.0 in 1992. Windows 3.1 was a separate program that ran on MS-DOS by typing WIN at a command line. There was no taskbar or Start button. Real work was still done in DOS based...
Mar 29, 2017 | Microsoft, updates, Windows10
Microsoft will release the next major update for Windows 10 – version 1703, nicknamed “Creators Update” – starting April 11. There’s something important that I want you to watch. It’s not anything new in Windows 10. Nothing important is updated or changed...
Mar 19, 2017 | Chrome, Microsoft, OneDrive, Windows10
Desperation is not pretty. Microsoft has successful cloud and enterprise divisions, but it is obviously true that some divisions of Microsoft are in a long-term decline. • Windows is still the dominant computer operating system, but desktop PC sales are...
Mar 16, 2017 | Box, Dropbox, file_sharing, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, OneDrive, web_services
Microsoft is losing another race. This one should have been Microsoft’s race to win but it is falling behind for familiar reasons: an inability to keep up with the competition, and its self-inflicted injuries from making overly complex, confusing services with poorly...
