‘You appear to have just run with scissors, want to try that again?’
Build 2014 Microsoft has added a rollback feature to its cloud-based SQL Database to protect developers from themselves.…
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Microsoft in OPEN-SOURCE .Net love-in with new foundation
Compilers, libraries, and tools released with full source code
Build 2014 Microsoft has opened its .Net programming framework to the developer community by releasing the code for a broad range of .Net-related software as open-source projects under the stewardship of a new, dedicated foundation.…
Microsoft: Hey, small biz devs – Windows Store apps are for you, too
Updates make it easier to sideload, cram legacy code into touchy-feely apps
Build 2014 We reckon there haven’t been many line-of-business apps built for Windows 8’s Modern UI so far, but Microsoft has now made it easier for companies that want to do so.…
Tamil Nadu’s XP migration plan: Go Linux like a BOSS
Indian state dumps Microsoft for Bharat Operating System Solutions Linux
The Indian State of Tamil Nadu will solve its Windows XP problem by adopting Linux.…
Win XP usage down but not out as support cutoff deadline looms
Flee! Flee from XP, or from WAN sectors at least! – so say industry advisors
Windows XP usage on the web is decreasing as the venerable operating system edges ever closer towards its “end of life” from Microsoft support next week.…
‘We’re not SNEAKY, we’re DADS from the MIDWEST’
Plus: ‘DMCA takedown in personal folders?’
Quotw This was the week when the backlash over Mozilla’s appointment of Prop 8-supporting Brendan Eich to the chief’s chair continued, with OkCupid asking users to boycott the firm’s popular Firefox browser.…
Right, Turkey – elections are over. You can use Twitter again
A little censorship goes a long way… for Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan
The Turkish government has finally lifted its ban on Twitter after a largely unsuccessful attempt at state-sponsored censorship in the run-up to key local elections held last Sunday.…
Final Windows XP Patch Tuesday will plug Word RTF vuln
You know, the one that insta-pwns your PC when you open the file
The final Patch Tuesday for Windows XP will bring four bulletins, including a critical fix for a zero-day Word vulnerability uncovered last week.…
Nothing’s as SCARY as an overly aggressive SOFTWARE PIMP
Ha ha… you’ve been UPGRAYEDDED!
Something for the Weekend, Sir? “Fans, players and parents unite against England’s ‘rip-off’ £90 World Cup kit” screamed the Mirror this week. “They think it’s all over… priced.”…
Windows Phone 8.1: Like WinPho 8, but BETTER
Blog blag bug… You said WHAT would be in the OS?
Hands on The biggest Windows Phone news this week was that it’s now royalty free. This means it will cost manufacturers less to make a Windows Phone than an Android phone, all other things being equal. And, of course, it also received the much-anticipated update.…