Why did you make the choice to switch to Windows 7? Did you look at other options? Was it more of a reaction due to the few other easy options? Did you go with what you saw others were doing or the only option your computer provider gave you? Did your experiences of Microsoft’s previous operating systems gave you a perception that the new one would be just as great! Read the rest of this entry »
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Security Compliance Toolkit
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Microsoft released new Security Compliance Toolkits today to help Microsoft customers: plan, deploy, and monitor the security baselines of computers running Windows 7 and BitLocker Drive Encryption, plus many other products. You are given a choice of preconfigured security baselines depending on if your within an enterprise or at home, once selected you apply the settings to your operating system and Microsoft applications. I hope Windows 8 will included this by default!
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Live from The Professional Developers Conference 2009 Day 2
Here we are Live at PDC 2009 again this morning for keynote day 2! After talking to some great people yesterday at the conference and going out for drinks afterward, I just may still be a little drunk still! I do have some bad news, we may be at the wrong place too! Wrong Place?
Google just announced this morning that a special Chrome OS event will be held at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA tomorrow morning! Considering Chrome OS has Microsoft freaking out lately, there will most likely be some shocking news released! Will this keynote day 2 bring up any surprise Windows 8 News? I wish! I also wish I could make it to the Google release, but if you are interested in the Google OS news check Windows 8 Forums for updates on the Google chrome OS tomorrow! So.. PDC 2009!
What does the PDC keynote have planned for us today? Scheduled to speak: Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie, and Kurt Delbene! Steven Sinofsky is the man responsible for Windows 7 and the future and reason this site exists with Windows 8! Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft Stock (MSFT)
Microsoft Stock (MSFT) has been one of the best known ‘get rich’ stocks of the 80’s and 90’s. Is it time for another run up? I think so, here is why: in the past six months it has been getting ready to go to $40/share. Sure, it had its low points back in March, the whole market brought down the stocks including Microsoft’s stock to $15-$16 levels. Ouch! Institutional investors piling back into the market at records rates, especially all those hot tech stocks! Read the rest of this entry »