11 hours ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: For the past 12 years or so, Paris, France, has been the location of a unique phenomenon (unique in Europe, at least): within a radius of 150 meters (about 500 ft), you can find over 60 shops selling computer parts at extremely aggressive prices. They even have a dedicated collective web site where you can [...]. (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: The registry has – in my opinion – always been the Achilles Heel for Windows. When first conceived it was only meant to be used by Windows and other Microsoft specific software. It was never meant to be the gluttonous pig that it has devolved into, but once developers discovered ways to store their [...]. (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: You ever read those EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) that comes with the software we use everyday? Well I would imagine that like most people, myself included, we tend to click the Next button during install once the shakes from seeing all that legalize settles down. While there is some ongoing debate over just how [...]. (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: Here’s a screen that will bring back memories for those of us old enough to remember DOS and VGA monitors. The only problem is that this is a fake online scanner virus warning notice being displayed in a browser window. According to the guys over at Sunbelt Software this is one called BlockScanner and is [...]. (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: You’re quietly working away minding your own business when you start to find that programs are taking a coffee break amount of time to open and everything seems to be taking forever to complete (never mind the it’s Windows what do you expect jokes – heard them all). As the frustration mounts you wonder what [...]. (Read More)

6 days ago

"Tech" via Carlos Lorenzo in Google Reader For the last 6 weeks or so, Windows 7 has been available for the MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and I have played with it since then. Since last week (October 22nd), it has been available on the shelves, but brand computers ordered after (approximately) October 15th have been delivered with Windows 7 pre-installed unless oth (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: I will admit to being a stats junkie when it comes to traffic on both my various blogs as well as our Community Forums here at WinExtra. What I really don’t like is having to use different stats packages from different companies. So not long ago I decided to go back to using the [...]. (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: The other day I wrote and talked about the idea of Microsoft getting into building their retail chain computers. Well today Alex over at the Sunbelt Software blog has a post about how the Microsoft branded PCs at their retail stores are coming with Microsoft Security Essentials pre-loaded.However, for their new PC re-sellin (Read More)

7 days ago

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: There are a lot of people out there who decided to never make the jump from XP to Vista for a myriad of reasons. Instead they decided to stick with a good rock solid version of Windows which is fine except now that Windows 7 has arrived to great reviews some have decided that [...]. (Read More)

Oct 31, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: Earlier today I wrote up a post over at The Inquisitr where I asked this question and provided some reasons as to why this might be something for them to think about. Then this evening on the Cynical Bastards Daily Edition podcast my co-host and myself hashed out the subject a little more. So if you’re [...]. (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: The common consensus seems to be that when it comes to Microsoft’s competition it’s biggest threat isn’t from Apple and Linux but rather from Google. There doesn’t seem to a single front on which you don’t find the two companies going back and forth on; but what if that isn’t the case? Now this is [...]. (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: For much of the past year I have been concentrating on my other blog, Shooting at Bubbles, where I talk about social media and Web 2.0 and as result WinExtra has taken a kind of back seat. Well that will be changing as I have finally gotten to a point with the other blog where [...]. (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: Il s’agit d’un billet temporaire qui n’a pas été supprimé. Supprimez-le manuellement. (72cd0c51-1b2d-4101-8b99-a434e39689cb – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7). (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: This post is courtesy of one of WinExtra Forums longest standing members, and friend, Pierre. When I heard that Microsoft would be opening a Windows Cafe in Paris I jokingly asked Pierre if he could get some pictures of it for us – well he did, and he has our thanks. There’s a Microsoft Café in [...]. (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Steven Hodson from blog: Most folks who are familiar with FeedDemon, an RSS client, will remember when Newsgator originally bought it from its author Nick Bradbury and brought him on board as part of the package to keep working on it. Between then and now we have seen FeedDemon being released as a free program and then during [...]. (Read More)

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