Click the following link for an excellent 10 minute brief on Windows 7 changes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/dd758778.aspx?ITPID=tnflash Also, MS has produced a small (and very incomplete) set of pages explaining some of the enhancements in 7. What’s New in AppLocker What’s New in Biometrics What’s New in Certificates What’s New in Deployment Read more
http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/0df87502c0a8000601144f665dfd90a3/pg1.htm … The Speed-Test Results By and large, we found that Internet Explorer 8 performed well, and beat out Firefox 3.0.7 in the majority of our time trials.However, IE 8’s performance advantage is relatively negligible. In most of our testing, IE 8’s advantage was half a second or less. One Read more
WINDOWS 7 KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2009/04/07/windows-7-shortcut-keys.aspx Win+UP Arrow Maximize the current window Win+Down Arrow If the current window is maximized, restore it; if the current window is restored, minimize it Win+Up Maximize Window Win+Down Minimize Window Win+Left Snap Window to left Win+Right Snap Window to right Win+Shift+Left Jump to left Read more
Microsoft just announced that Release Candidate 1 of Windows 7 will be available on May 5th 2009 and recently they released the version information. Below is a summary. They renamed Business back to Professional… what is the point! These meaninless changes do nothing but confuse consumers (corporate included). Also, trying Read more
More than a few sites and blogs have posted whiney comments about how difficult the pre-release Windows 7 upgrade process is. Two comments: nonsense; for anyone with any technical skill, the process is simple Microsoft should do what they are doing… spending time getting “real world” upgrade processes in place Read more
http://gm-volt.com/2009/04/05/chevy-volt-will-be-launched-in-canada-in-july-2011/ It has been long known that the Volt would begin its North American launch in November 2010. GM continues to report confidence in being able to achieve that deadline. Previous interviews have suggested the Volt would be rolled out throughout North America more or less at the same time. Read more
If you watched the news on Sunday (60 Minutes, CBC National, CTV National, Calgary Harold…) you saw scary stories relating to the CONFIKER virus. This virus is set to “talk” to its owner on Wednesday and while no one knows if its owner is still around or if anything will Read more
This is a great response to GM’s Prez from a gutsy supplier that obviously put principle before money and politics. Well worth the read. Better yet, Snopes says this letter is not a hoax. Dear Employees & Suppliers, Congress and the current Administration will soon determine whether to provide immediate Read more
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?id=24319&catid=3 Microsoft announced on its Engineering Windows 7 blog today that the next version of Windows 7 would not be a beta, but a near-final version of the OS, a release candidate (RC). In the blog post Microsoft points out that it considers the rolling out of new operating systems Read more
This is an edited CAR BUSINESS TV episode which details the 2010 GM Chevrolet Volt as it stood at the 2008 LA Car show. It discusses everything from what will happen to the batteries after they are “expired” to how the power grid will adapt.
In case you are unaware of the news, below is a brief, followed by my FAQ’s http://www.betanews.com/article/Seagate_confronts_an_overflow_of_bricked_hard_drives/1232564973 The scope of the problem is so massive, with so many users complaining in so many places online and attributing any drive failure to this problem, that it’s difficult to determine what exactly Read more
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
There are two EXCELLENT articles from Microsoft’s December 2008 Technet Magazine on how to manage Macs. These articles are excellent because they are relatively brief, include useful screen shots and seem to encaptulate about 80% of what has taken me 3 years to learn! Managing Macs in Your Windows Environment Read more
I grew up in Ontario just a short distance from GM, Ford and Chrysler factories so I have an irrational love of the auto industry. I drive a Pontiac and am just dieing to by a Chevy Volt. Suffice it to say, I am NOT an anti-domestic car guy. However, Read more
Click the link for a nice, brief explaination of some of the visually apparent changes to Windows. http://itworldcanada.com/articles/windows7/index.htm
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=25127 Checkout the serial #: DUBYUA4U HALIFAX COUNTY: North Carolina cops are searching for a guy who successfully passed a $200 bill bearing George W. Bush’s portrait and a drawing of the White House complete with lawn signs reading “We like ice cream” and “USA deserves a tax cut.” The Read more