Tag Archives: Microsoft

Xbox 360 Digital Game Distribution & a couple of thoughts about E3

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Josh Anderson

This was far from a big thing at today’s Microsoft E3 event, but it’s certainly a good thing to have. I foresee a future where there won’t be any optical media needed to watch movies, listen to music and play … Continue reading →

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My (early) thoughts on Windows 7

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Josh Anderson

I’ve been trying out Windows 7 (build 6801) for a little while now, and I figured I would share some thoughts I’ve had: Holy shit! I could possibly live with UAC in Windows 7! [*see rant on UAC at the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft / Xbox Keynote at Tokyo Games show tomorrow – Something Halo this way comes?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Microsoft for the first time is keynoting at the Tokyo Games show which kicks off this Thursday and finishes on Sunday…. Will we be graced by the reveal of what ‘Halo 3 Prepare To Drop’ is? Click here to see what … Continue reading →

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Message from the Bungie President re: Countdown / E3….

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Josh Anderson

With 12 hours left on the countdown, a message was posted [supposedly?] by Harold Ryan, the President of Bungie Studios on the superintendent-Bungie-homepage. It can be seen in the picture below or by going to Bungie.net at this very moment; don’t … Continue reading →

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MSN on Mac is annoying

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Both Microsoft “Messenger for Mac” and Adium offer far fewer features than the Windows MSN client – Windows Live Messenger — Why is that!? For instance, just now I was signed into MSN in Adium and I wanted to send … Continue reading →

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The world is a slightly different place after today

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Josh Anderson

….Because Bill Gates is no longer in charge of Microsoft He is Microsoft! Will there be any noticable differences? Probably not; perhaps just a little more of Ballmer everywhere *sigh* So, will Windows 7 be delivered on schedule in around … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Silverlight

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Someone explain its purpose to me, please. As far as I can see it’s just Microsoft’s version of flash that isn’t better in any clear way. It doesn’t work with Opera properly at the moment; I guess that’s my main … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Windows Complete PC backup, thank you

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Josh Anderson

Having the whole of my computer backed up in this way just saved me so much time; I just put the Windows DVD in the drive and in about an hour, my PC was back to fully working (after I … Continue reading →

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