Microsoft

Recent news reports have stated that a catastrophy is inevitable. The Redmond giant is about to devour a not-so-small fish named Yahoo. Despite a couple of initial rejections from Jerry Yang, Microsoft seems to be determined. Now, let us pause for a second to ask this question: Why should you care?

Personally, I don't use any Yahoo products, save an occasinal visit to Flickr, which, in turn, was devoured by Yahoo. I do use Windows XP and MS Office, but that is irrelevant.

So, breaking down into different market segments, what are the pros from the merger: read more »

 As it has been reported , Microsoft is releasing a new multi-touch display. The technology beyond is really exciting, but let me point out a few implementation related concerns: 1) Why do they need the cameras? If you want to copy pictures to your wireless digicam, just place it on the table and as it connects, simply display a camera-like icon on the screen.  read more »

 It really is just a very expensive face lift for XP. For the average user the noticeable pros are: a better looking (but not the best) graphical interface. Here are some cons: - Uses much more system resources, all for the better looks (more RAM, CPU and graphical card cycles). These resources could be instead used to run your Office or web-browser faster - Very expensive - Conflicts with much of the existing hardware. Requires you to buy a new system.  read more »

 Really, just kill it! I gave up on using it and so should you: rename feacp.dll and to hell with it! Your days are counted on this planet, don't waste your time on this memory eating time-wasting monster. Try using Visual Assist (or something similar).   Then, of course, you get problems with Windows Forms designer and such... life is never easy. read more »

This should have stayed in the Beta! So slow!!!! It used to take under a minute to build my project on .NET 2003, but on 2005 it takes around 2 to 3 minutes!