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Microsoft’s ship is a drift

Posted on November 14, 2014 by admin

You must of noticed for yourself the blunders Microsoft has made with Windows 8 (no start button), now adding one in 8.1.   First there was talk of Windows 9 coming out, now they decided to call it Windows 10. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, Is it self destructing?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin

With Google making inroads into the office suite world with there free Google docs that is in direct competition with Microsoft’s office suite,  and Windows 8 turning out to be a design and marketing nightmare for Microsoft, are they going … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint 14 (Mate Version), Time To Break Free and Join The Open Source Revolution

Posted on January 24, 2013 by admin

Why are people still buying into the commercial operating systems like Windows 8?  Have you read the various reviews on how non-user friendly Windows 8 is?   They designed it to have a tablet look and feel to it.  The button icons … Continue reading →

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Google Better Not Blow In The Cloud Email/Office Suite Wars

Posted on December 9, 2012 by admin

Google is now starting to charge for more and more of their services.  You could see the writing on the wall that they were going to start charging for their business services.    So far they have been smart enough … Continue reading →

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Google Documents (free) vs. Microsoft Office ($$$)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by admin

Microsoft Office now has some fierce competition on there hands.  It’s about time.  Their stranglehold on the office suite of applications is going to be cooked by the likes of Google Documents and LibreOffice (free open source software) http://www.libreoffice.org/ I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Tablet Fad

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

I’ll take a decent laptop computer over any tablet computer any day.  Can you really type that well on a virtual keyboard on a tablet compared to a conventional keyboard on a laptop?  I don’t think so.  Of course the … Continue reading →

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Another Shot At Windows 8 By A Gaming Giant

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin

Valve confirms Steam and Source for Linux, signals low confidence for Windows 8 http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/127475-valve-confirms-steam-and-source-for-linux-signals-low-confidence-for-windows-8 Another sign Linux will be running the most popular video games in the near future.  It’s a matter of time before you get on board and … Continue reading →

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Girls Can!!

Posted on March 31, 2012 by admin

The Mintcast team just did a podcast http://www.mintcast.org/2012/03/episode-108-girls-can/ on a organisation that  promotes girls in schools to start getting involved in building and understanding how computers work.  The average smuck (that includes both sexes) knows how to run programs on a … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint Audio Podcast (MintCast)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin

If you would like to listen to what’s new about Linux Mint and other information regarding open source software, checkout the Linux Mint MintCast at http://www.mintcast.org   Click on an episode and the audio should start playing with an audio player … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Not Impressing Everyone

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

With the upcoming release of Windows 8, not everyone is getting so excited.  If you read through this article http://www.extremetech.com/computing/121015-windows-8-may-drive-me-to-linux Written by Matthew Murray of Extremetech.com , you’ll understand why there is a real consideration for many people to switch over … Continue reading →

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