Do you want to “bang” it? Microsoft’s *almost* naming snafu with Bing
by
Mike
Posted March 29th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Microsoft hasn't always released the coolest, most "hip" consumer oriented products. Nor have they even gotten as far as choosing a clever and catchy name that didn't sound dorky or "pushed too hard". Lucky for us, they did alright with their search engine Bing, for it was almost "Bang". Now being the somewhat mentally unstable person that I am, hearing of a search engine named "Bang" has failure written all over it. Take these few light hearted examples:
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Windows Mobile 7 will better embrace entertainment, web browsing.
by
Mike
Posted December 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
If you could pick one thing that bugs you most about Windows Mobile, what would it be? Would it be the ugly interface, poor touch screen support, sluggish performance even on top of the line hardware, *insert reasoning here*? One thing is for certain, Windows Mobile needs more consumer minded design and implementation. What was once a corporate staple has since fallen to other victors such as RIM and doesn't begin to even hold a candle on the multimedia front when compared to the iPhone. Win...
Microsoft tugs a heart string…Remembers fallen Zune HD team member…
by
Mike
Posted September 25th, 2009 at 6:13 am
Yes I'll admit it. I harp on Microsoft a lot. Though every once in a while they do something worthwhile and sincere that deserves some praise.
After the Zune HD got biopsied by the FCC, many who looked at the pictures questioned the placement of a few words inside the unit which read: "For Our Princess". At the time seemed rather odd and I even saw some blogs speculating that it was a left field attempt to be "cool" and emulate Apple's "Made In California" on their gear or even earlier Z...
Windows 7 pricing officially outted.
by
Mike
Posted June 25th, 2009 at 8:33 am
I'll start by saying that if you were hoping for Microsoft to loosely follow Apple in terms of pricing on OS upgrades on their up and coming OS releases, I'm sorry to say that considering Microsoft's revealed pricing "loosely based" to Apple's would be a stretch to say the least. For XP and Vista users who are upgrading, the pricing is as follows:
Upgrade Pricing:
Windows Home Premium Upgrade: $119
Windows Home Professional Upgrade: $199
Windows Home Ultimate Upgrade: $219.99
So the ...
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