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Mojave Experiment - the geek's blind taste test
29 July 08 01:15 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
I love this experiment by Windows to see what ordinary consumers think of Windows Vista when they actually think it is the next big OS from Microsoft codenamed "Mojave". It is like an old-fashioned Product X v Product Y blind taste test brought up to Read More...
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Microsoft store launches in the UK...
02 June 08 04:39 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
My pal Chris (doesn't blog) has just launched the Microsoft Store . It offers a load of our consumer products and some developer+designer stuff as well. Early days I know but I hope they will be loading this site with loads of MS and partner products Read More...
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Last.fm Comes to Vista Media Centre
25 March 08 10:20 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
I'm a big fan of Last.fm and will be giving this a go on my home machine for listening to music. Last.fm Comes to Vista Media Centre ( Sarah Perez ) Read More...
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Loving Windows Live OneCare
18 March 08 12:29 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
Video: Microsoft Windows Live OneCare I'm only a day late for Paddy's day (disappointing for someone that heralds from Northern Ireland) so thought this was worth posting - http://www.getgreenstaygreen.com/ I've been using OneCare on my home machines Read More...
UltimatePC.com launches
05 March 08 09:40 AM | markjo | 1 Comments   
New site/community launches for Windows Vista Ultimate users to showcase the amazing things that real people do with their Vista PCs. Will also have discounts and offers on software/hardware for Ultimate users. (Lucky I picked up Ultimate for my family Read More...
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Synergy - great for multi-PC setups like mine
06 January 08 08:27 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
I've got a spiffing Dell XPS 420 as my main home machine and I've been spending a lot of time on it working on personal projects and being an ADD-type of person tend to do work stuff at the same time on my Lenovo laptop. I always struggled with having Read More...
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Microsoft UK Student page goes live - built on Silverlight
13 July 07 01:32 PM | markjo | 1 Comments   
I haven't been part of the development but it's good to see this finally go live. We've been hankering for a 1-stop-shop for students wanting to see what Microsoft has to offer for ages and finally have it at: www.microsoft.com/uk/students It highlights: Read More...
Silverlight DreamScene content available
30 April 07 03:03 PM | markjo | 0 Comments   
Barak has the skinny on the recently published DreamScene video background that gives you the uber cool Silverlight branding as moving desktop wallpaper (if you are running Windows Vista Ultimate). Brandon LeBlanc even did a short video to 'wow' us: Video: Read More...
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