Microsoft Answers launched in Beta
Microsoft Answers beta website launched Microsoft has launched a new web site just for Windows Vista users: answers.microsoft.com. Microsoft Answers, currently in beta (the site is often down and under maintenance), is a support forum in the Q&A format. There [...]
Windows 7: The Linux killer
Preston Gralla of Computerworld has a good analysis on Windows 7 vis a vis Linux: Microsoft has long been worried about Linux competition in the server market. When it came to ordinary PCs and laptops, however, it knew it had [...]
Windows on a Mac Why Not?
A technology with the user-unfriendly name of virtualization provides a much better answer. New versions of two very good products, Parallels Desktop for Macintosh 4.0 and VMware Fusion 2.0 (both $80), let you run Windows programs on a Mac so [...]
Google Gmail Desktop
Nice gadget if you use Gmail extensively. Unfortunately, “The Gmail gadget currently works with the latest release of Google Desktop for Windows.” Not yet for Mac.