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Invitation to beta testing Windows Vista

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

How would you like to be invited into the Windows Vista Beta testing program?
Steve Carbone from Microsoft has the power to invite you. Join the never ending list and leave a comment with your name and email address on his blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/scarbones_blog/archive/2006/03/08/546358.aspx.

Market share for operating systems

Monday, March 20th, 2006

The report below is created by NetReports, and it is showing the operating system market share for February 2006.
Linux has a market share of only 0.31%, and hasn’t seen any increase for a long time. The Mac OS has seen a small increase of around 1% since last year, mostly due to the new release […]

How to set a file without a filename

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

As you probably know, on Windows XP trying to rename a file to nothing, or event to a blank space, is not possible, for obvious reasons. But if for some strange, obscure reason you would like to rename this file to a blank space, do the following:
Right click, select “Rename” as you would normally do, […]

After Vista comes Vienna?

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

I know, Vista isn’t even released yet, but the web is talking about its successor . That’s not crazy, that’s the 21st century.
It seems that Windows Vienna will be the name of the new Windows operating system that comes after Vista. It was originally codenamed Windows Blackcomb. However, Windows Vienna will still probably be […]

Redesigned Windows Vista website

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Microsoft redesigned Windows Vista’s website.
The picture of the man at the top of the mountain was a very good idea.