Computer Shopper magazine asked me to produce a special Christmas issue on Windows 7. Which was great, except the time frame was less than four weeks, start to finish. continue
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Computer Shopper Complete Guide to Windows 7
on 18 December 2009
Google Books: be careful what you wish for
on 9 September 2009
Microsoft has weighed in to the Google Books debate, filing a brief in its capacity as a publisher (of books, not software) in the class action suit that seeks to give Google the right to digitise every book in America. It wants the case thrown out, and it’s right. continue
How Apple created the PC
on 31 May 2009
Mac versus PC. Apple versus Microsoft. Mac OS versus Windows. It’s a conflict that’s been raging since personal computing began – sometimes as a heated battle, sometimes as a cold war… In PC Plus issue 283, on sale now.
Windows XP: so good, it’s embarrassing
on 8 April 2009
See if this makes sense to you. On 3 April, Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc (why do US tech execs always sound like porn stars?) boasts that ‘the growth of Windows on netbook PCs over the last year has been phenomenal…’ continue
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An advertising campaign about nothing
on 12 September 2008
The coffee shop, late afternoon. JERRY: It’s Vista, isn’t it? GEORGE: Jerry, how many times? It is not Vista. I would tell you if it was Vista. It is not Vista. KRAMER: Because, Jerry, you don’t wanna take this deal advertising an operating system that’s already been on sale, what, a year and a half, and nobody cares. Brrr. continue
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Liberty slips into a comma
on 15 August 2008
How much should we let computers do, and what should we leave to humans? Microsoft Word’s grammar checker it was that provoked me to wonder thus. continue
Just the usual
on 14 July 2008
Interior, evening. A cosy public house somewhere in the Home Counties. Behind the bar, stage right, is the landlord, BILL, a recent retiree with a pale complexion and a crash helmet haircut. continue
This month we heard how a Microsoft executive went into court to explain why nobody could possibly misunderstand the meaning of a ‘Vista capable’ sticker, only to demonstrate that he himself had misunderstood the meaning of a ‘Vista capable’ sticker. continue
The pen is mightier than the sword, especially when accompanied by the chequebook
on 23 November 2007
Following weeks of speculation, Microsoft has confirmed that it will pay $240 million for this page, representing a 0.08% stake in MacUser. continue
Stand a little less between me and the sun
on 11 May 2007
In April, Microsoft called for an antitrust investigation into Google. I checked my calendar and it was the 16th, not the first. continue
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