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Farewell Windows Mobile, hello Android

July 31st, 2009

My two-year contract expired in May, which means I’m looking for a new phone. I’ve decided on a Google Android-based phone from my current Motorola Q with Windows Mobile. I wasn’t thrilled about Android’s version one release and now version two is coming out which is a lot better software-wise, I’m just not sure about [...]

Why Windows 7 should be a free upgrade to Vista users

November 11th, 2008

Details have been coming out about the next version of Windows, to be called Windows 7. Vista hasn’t gotten very good praise since it came out. Even though I’m a Vista user and do like it overall, it seems like Windows 7 is basically designed to make critics of Vista happy. And to make it [...]

Mix 06 Unmixed

June 11th, 2006

Even though it’s been almost three months since Microsoft’s Mix 06 conference, I finally had the time recently to go through the show’s sessions archive. Here are some things I found particularly interesting about what Microsoft is doing.
Channel 9 and Mix
The theme of the show was ‘a 72 hour discussion’ and was not only for [...]