Paul O'Flaherty

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Points Exploit May Have Cost Microsoft Over $1 million! …Really?

Update at bottom of the post. Someone figured out how to generate Xbox Live codes that worked, posted instructions to a forum and the resultant deluge of freeloaders has cost Microsoft anywhere between 1 million and 3.5 million dollars! $1 million dollars? Really? While …

Upgrading Through Every Version of Windows

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

YouTube user TheRasteri takes us through an experiment to see the effects of installing every major upgrade version of windows, in order, on the same machine. The nostalgic trip begins with an installation of MS DOS 5.0 in VMware and moves draws …

Math is hard. I’ll Be a Tech Blogger

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

Matt Rosoff really should consider a career change. Matt Rosoff doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about, and yesterday’s post “See If You Can Spot The Problem With Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy” proves it in fine style. After reading the post all …

Why Does The BBC Hate Microsoft?

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

Steven has written enough about how easy it is for bloggers and publishers to have a dig at Microsoft whenever they want a few cheap page views but I honestly expected better from such a respected news outlet as the BBC. My …

Kinect as a Nintendo controller on the PC

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

I know Steven has been posting a lot of “Kinect hack” videos but I couldn’t resist posting this one which shows Kinect controlling a Nintendo emulator on the PC. Of course, being a Nintendo emulator it’s running Super Mario. I programmed …

Microsoft Marketing Screws It Up Again: New Phone 7 Promo A Bust

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

Generally, I love a lot of the products that Microsoft make. But, once their marketing teams get involved, I usually end up running for the hills to prevent myself from strangling each and every one of them with their own entrails. Take …

Microsofts Arc Touch Mouse: Product Details and Pictures

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

We’ve speculated about the naming of the “Arc Touch Mouse” on the WinExtra On Windows Podcast, as Microsoft already has a mouse on the market called the “Arc“. Our arguments have been settled however because thanks to German tech blog, WinFuture, we …

Microsoft Patent Points to Instant On in Windows 8

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

Judging by a new Microsoft patent uncovered by Manan Kakkar, DCE or “Direct Computing Experience” could be bringing the long awaited “instant on” feature to Windows 8 machines. The patent describes a simple system of press a button, see a splash screen …

Prediction: Windows Phone 7 Will Do Better than the Kin

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

The wires are buzzing. Blogs are hopping and Twitter is tweeting the news that Microsoft will give a free Windows Phone 7 Device to all employees on launch. The news, confirmed by an internal email from Andy Lees, Senior VP of Mobile, …

Coming This Year: Windows 7 Slates

NEWS By PAUL O'FLAHERTY16 YEARS AGO

Courier may be dead but the according to Steve Balmer the Slates are coming and they are coming this year. At the Worldwide Partner Conference Steve Balmer told Microsoft’s 14,000 partners to expect new Windows 7 slates before the end of this …

Paul O'Flaherty

Latest from Paul O'Flaherty

Upgrading Through Every Version of Windows

Math is hard. I’ll Be a Tech Blogger

Why Does The BBC Hate Microsoft?

Kinect as a Nintendo controller on the PC

Microsoft Marketing Screws It Up Again: New Phone 7 Promo A Bust

Microsofts Arc Touch Mouse: Product Details and Pictures

Microsoft Patent Points to Instant On in Windows 8

Prediction: Windows Phone 7 Will Do Better than the Kin

Coming This Year: Windows 7 Slates

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