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Archive for March 9th, 2008

Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine (John Markoff/New York Times)

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

John Markoff / New York Times:
Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine  —  IT has been more than two decades since Scotty tried to use a computer mouse as a microphone to control a Macintosh in “Star Trek IV.”  —  Since then, personal computer users have continued to live under the tyranny of […]

They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know. (Randall Stross/New York Times)

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Randall Stross / New York Times:
They Criticized Vista.  And They Should Know.  —  ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”?  —  Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent.  Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to […]