DNS Changer Malware Implications
For those not “in the know,” the DNSChanger virus has compromised thousands of computers over the years, and changed their DNS settings to point to rogue DNS servers – the addresses of which the FBI acquired and pointed to non-rogue “correction servers” – until now. It’s time to pull the plug on the servers, causing [...]
Dave Cutler and the Xbox 720′s Cloud Integration
The Xbox 720 is nearing, along with the coincidental(?) release dates of Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface. With all three exhibiting the Metro interface and integrating cloud computing within their operation, it’s no surprise that Dave Cutler (of DEC VMS and Windows Azure fame) has joined the Xbox team to work on the 720 – [...]
Do You Know What “Microsoft Windows Turds” Are?
This is not a childish slam against Windows – this is a reference to a “Microspeak” (Microsoft internal slang) term for something we all have seen, in an acknowledgement of Microsoft Windows sucking by the same team who designs it. Chances are, you’ve seen what they’re referring to by turds (source below) – but is [...]
.NET Could Be Key for Windows on ARM
A lot of talk in the tech world lately is focused on Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS being released for ARM platforms (with some restrictions). This, combined with the HTML5 Metro interface people either love or hate, are among the largest changes to Microsoft’s Windows line of operating systems in history, and with it comes an [...]