by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 21, 2009 | Asides
Ina Fried has an interesting interview with Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky up at CNet news. In it Sinofsky offers up what appears to be a new philosophy of development and release, at least as far as OSs go, at Microsoft: “Everybody wants to know what’s...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 23, 2009 | Asides
via Daring Fireball Linked List: Welcome to the Microsoft Store. It’s creepy, as in like stalker-ish creepy, just how blatantly they’ve copied Apple. I’m curious though, is their Genius Bar equivalent a phone bank to India?
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 21, 2009 | Commentary
Microsoft recently sent CultofMac a DMCA Takedown For Linking To Windows 7 Beta in an article about installing the Windows 7 beta on a MacBook. The only possible CultofMac infringement was a link in the article to the Microsoft Windows 7 beta. But what’s really...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 11, 2009 | Asides
Dan Miller’s article is excellent overall, but it’s this quote that cuts right to the heart of the matter. I spend 8+ hours a day dealing with the operating system. OS X is, to me, pretty much the entire reason to use a Mac....
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 31, 2008 | Asides
I think I could make posting this stuff a full time job… Microsoft placing “I’m a PC” recording booths outside Apple stores – Engadget.
