Dell knew about computer failures, hid info from customers

A lawsuit from 2007, has finally proven that Dell made efforts to conceal known issues in it’s desktop machines… For example, the Times says that Dell conducted a study in 2004 and concluded that a minimum of 12 percent of its SX270 Optiplex machines would have problems over three years (the same study also included […]

Office 2011: Outlook FAQ

Macworld’s faq on Office 2011’s Outlook…. The quick summary is: Better PC <-> Macintosh cross platform support (eg. PST file support) MobileMe support only includes Contacts support, no calendar, tasks.  This includes no support for iCal. No Gmail Calendar support (but includes Gmail Accounts & contacts) There’s more, but overall there are features incomplete & […]

Windows Phone Permanently Modifies MicroSD Cards, Warns Samsung

Don’t put your MicroSD cards into Windows Phones. According to Samsung, doing so is a ‘permanent modification’ to the card, and it can no longer be used in other devices. And Microsoft backs this up.  They state here [microsoft.com], that is happening more clearly. When the operating system integrates the SD card with your phone: It […]

Google sues feds over Microsoft-centric bidding requirement

So the government, is asking for bids, from multiple vendors for a product that can only be created by one vendor.  So if anyone else wants to win the bid, they have to purchase services / product from Microsoft.  Yes indeed.  This is your money at work, within the government.  Especially since there are tons […]

Prediction Time, Missing Sync for Windows System 7 Phone?

Microsoft has been making alot of noise lately about how they will be supplying software to allow Windows System 7 System Phones will support Macintosh Syncing.  Well, I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but Microsoft has promised quite a bit in the past, and rarely delivers everything they promise. Microsoft […]