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Microsoft Surface: The lamentations of an iPad devotee.

June 19, 2012September 26, 2012 Danny X Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Windows, Windows, Windows 81 Comment

Yesterday, Microsoft showed how grown up it’s become over the past 5 years by proving it still remembers what it’s like to be a kid. The venerable software giant held a special event at Los Angeles, but unlike any other Microsoft event, keynote, or trade show presentation that I can remember, this one was…well…cool. Like REALLY cool.

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SkyDrive updates for PC and Mac / Google Drive launches

April 24, 2012September 26, 2012 Doug Groves cloud storage, google, Google Drive, Mac, Microsoft, OS X, OS X Lion, PC, SkyDrive, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 84 Comments

Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage has been around for a number of years now, providing users with up to 25 GB of free storage, with their Live ID login. Yesterday, they updated the service by releasing an updated Skydrive application for both Windows (Vista, 7 and 8 ) and Mac OS X (Lion). Once installed and you provide the proper login, the SkyDrive folder simply appears as another folder in Windows Explorer and the Mac Finder, much like other cloud solutions such as DropBox. The maximum filesize has also recently climbed…

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Windows 8 first look

June 2, 2011June 3, 2011 Doug Groves Metro UI, Microsoft, video, Windows, Windows 83 Comments

Microsoft officially gave the first preview of their next operating system, codenamed “Windows 8”, at D9 yesterday. While still capable of running existing Windows applications, they’ve added a new touch friendly interface that follows the same Metro UI design found in Windows Phones, and users will be able to switch between the two modes seamlessly, depending on the task at hand.