Category: microsoft

Windows 8 WOWs!

Pure, Clean, and Functional. Three word I never would have thought of using when describing Windows before today. When I first used Metro Consumer Preview I was shocked. After some initial trouble with low screen resolution which I solved by switching to an external monitor, it has worked beautifully. Some of the apps in the Metro interface I already plan to include in my everyday...

Microsoft Releases Consumer Preview for Windows 8

Yesterday Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for the public. A smaller, developer preview was previously available to all to try, and could be set up easily using a free VMware like Virtualbox. From my previous experience using the DP I think the metro interface will be fantastic for tablets. It will be like windows phone OS except that it will feature more...

Inside Apple: See The Thought Processes And More

How does Apple do it? How can they produce hit, after hit, after hit? There’s plenty of written material on this, but no real resource for videos made by Apple on the subject. In this post I have compiled videos for you of Apple events, interviews, and leaked videos! Check it out and enjoy. Hope you enjoyed those videos. More coming very, very, very...

An Unbreakable PC?

Microsoft posted the video below in August. Surprisingly it only has 26,000 hits. This is really cool. A decent waterproof operating system and machine that also acts as a shovel, basketball, Tennis Racket, and Kitchen Knife. That’s pretty cool. Unfortunately this opens them up to major liabilty if a customer does this and breaks their device. There is no warning in this video. If...

This Hour Was For Technology Catchup

There have been a few trends that I have missed lately such as Windows 8, so one hour today was spent catching up Geek Style. I was simultaniously downloading Windows 8 onto a Netbook, reading the February issue of Mac|Life, writing a Blog Post, and listening to/Watching TLDR (The Lockergnome Daily Report). And now… I enjoy my well deserved nerd sleep. Posts provided by...