31
Jul

Microsoft’s Midori — a future without Windows

According to a report, Microsoft isn’t just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori.
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14
Jul

MIT researchers turn everyday windows into solar panels

Researchers at MIT have created a new way to harness the sun’s energy — by turning windows of bigA solar cell, made from a monocrystalline  sil... buildings into solar panels.

The new technology, dubbed “solar concentrators,” harvests light over a wide area such as a window pane and then concentrates or gathers it at the window’s edges, said Marc Baldo, a professor at MIT and head of the effort. He talked about the project in a video available from MIT.
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12
Jul

Microsoft ahead of Apple, Ubuntu in OS update reliability

Canonical’s update service for the Ubuntu operating system had more downtime than Apple’s or Microsoft’s services.

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09
Jul

A Standard Time With Windows

microsoft strives at being moron friendly

“you have chose to delete this file(s). Are you sure”
*clicks yes*
“you have agreed to delete this file(s). did you mean to do that”
*thinks to self “no of course not, thats why i clicked it” and clicks yes*
“If you delete this file it will be permanently lost. Do you still wish to continue?”
*clicks yes again*
“the file has been deleted. if you deleted the file in error you can retrieve it from the recycle bin”
*clicks ok and thinks to self “omg im glad that’s over” and goes to IE*
*types in digg.com*
“this page is not encrypted, if you visit it you could be intercepted by a 3rd party”
*thinks to self “ok ms, then make your browser more secure so i dont have to worry” and clicks ok*
“internet explorer has encountered an error and needs to close”
*clicks send error report*
*a blank window pops up*
*waits a few seconds*
*another window pops up and says “windows encountered an error displaying the previous error. would you like to repair windows?”
*clicks yes*
*5 minutes later*
“windows has been repaired successfully but needs to restart for the changes to take effect.”
*clicks restart*
*at the boot screen chooses ubuntu*

and people ask me why  I don’t use windows.

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18
Jun

HP Launches Touch-Screen PC

HP launched a new generation of PC’s that respond to users tapping or stroking the screenHP Touch Smart, potentially bringing user-friendly computing to the masses. Read more

17
Jun

IE 8 Beta in Windows Vista

Windows Internet Explorer 8

This is just a Warning for those of you doing testing using IE8 Beta 1 in WIndows Vista. Read more

17
Jun

Use Microsoft Visual Studio to build your own Applications

The Microsoft Visual Studio .NET logo.

Microsoft Visual Studio is a Graphical User Interface(GUI) that allows you to create your own applications easily. There are many different branches of Visual Studio Like Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual Web Developer, and many add-ons to these.

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17
Jun

Ever wanted to build your own Robot?

Have you ever wanted to build a robot that could do your homework? Or clean your house? Or even mow your lawns!

A Robot built using Microsoft Robotics Studio
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