Archive for category: Microsoft

Interview with Brian Swan from Microsoft1
/ January 9, 2012 09:27

Interview with Brian Swan from Microsoft

Did you know that Microsoft has offered large portion of code to the linux kernel, and that the company maintains open source departments to the benefit of their customers and the FOSS world in general? It may sound strange at first and that is why we did an interview with Brian Swan who explained the reasons and objectives behind Microsoft’s

Windows 8: Refresh and Reset your PC13
/ January 7, 2012 12:25

Windows 8: Refresh and Reset your PC

As we getting closer to Windows 8 release, more and more tips and tricks are coming into play. This time, we are happy to introduce you to a new Windows feature called Refresh.  Instead of formating your PC and installing a new Windows installation afresh, now you can simply refresh the operating system. To put it in simple words, by

Promote the failure: Microsoft IE6 drops under 1% usage in USA0
/ January 4, 2012 07:10

Promote the failure: Microsoft IE6 drops under 1% usage in USA

Promote the failure! This is a quite interesting marketing plan by Microsoft nowadays, yet it’s sad but true. Its name was Internet Explorer 6 and has extremely high-risk vulnerabilities in security. Internet playground for exploits maybe rather than a browser nowadays; although Microsoft celebrates that. In fact, we’re in 2012, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye

Microsoft Windows reveals stupidity0
/ April 10, 2010 16:06

Microsoft Windows reveals stupidity

Part of the source code to Windows 2000 had been leaked onto the Internet before, and pretty it was not. Microsoft’s flagship product turned out to be a vast sprawl of spaghetti in Assembly, C and C++, all held together with sticky tape and paper clips. The source code files contained many now-infamous comments including “We are morons” and “If