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At last, Microsoft may have copied Apple properly by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:52 AM on June 22, 2012 Okay, I apologize for the shameful, troll-bait headline. I realize it's easy to misinterpret, so let me qualify with a statement: Microsoft didn't get where it... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Windows	107
Windows 8 frightens me, and here's why by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:43 PM on May 17, 2012 Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	266
Windows 8 and the marginalization of geeks by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:23 AM on September 16, 2011 On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return.... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	108
Breaking the broken by Jason Fox — 12:41 PM on February 16, 2011 Last week, Apple updated its iBooks app for all iOS devices. The world, even the book nerd world, did not break out into flash mobs... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech Copyright	32
The pool wants you! by Mike Uchima — 9:52 AM on November 25, 2009 As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking	39
Trying out Windows 7's XP Mode by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:04 PM on May 11, 2009 Late last month, Microsoft revealed plans to offer a free Windows XP virtualization solution to users of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. In a... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	90
Ignorance, legislative stupidity, and the French three-strikes piracy bill by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:00 AM on April 3, 2009 Yesterday, French MPs approved a portion of a new copyright bill that would... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Copyright	98
Thoughts on the Windows 7 beta by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:44 PM on January 13, 2009 I've already written at length about my (generally positive) appraisal of Windows Vista, yet I'm still eagerly looking forward to Windows 7. While I find... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	111
Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? by Matt Butrovich — 8:25 PM on October 30, 2008 As an early adopter, I'm a bit used to being burned by my purchases. Formats die, product availability and support are usually low, and the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	214
Where are we going from here? by wirelesh — 7:40 PM on May 11, 2008 How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	31
Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! by Scott Wasson — 12:21 PM on April 29, 2008 After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking	26
Vista SP1 nuked my network file copies by Scott Wasson — 8:55 PM on April 3, 2008 Recently, I built a storage server for my LAN and migrated all of my important documents over to it. Even more recently, I built myself... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	45
Retest day by wirelesh — 9:15 AM on January 29, 2008 January 17, 2008 We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Linux-Unix Networking	4
Test day by wirelesh — 12:38 PM on January 14, 2008 December 6, 2007 Because of the problem with node 10 from the day before, I removed the node 10 antenna and remounted it on the other... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	5
How Intel ruined my Christmas vacation by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:00 PM on January 11, 2008 Okay, Intel didn't actually spoil my entire vacation, but it came awfully close. To understand why, you need to go back a couple of months:... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Multimedia Windows	19
Final test day preparations by wirelesh — 2:57 PM on January 4, 2008 December 5, 2007 Click on diagram for a larger version The diagram above... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	6
Setting up long distance routers by wirelesh — 7:53 PM on December 13, 2007 November 24, 2007 I had originally planned on using inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL devices for the long distance link. This has been done successfully in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	9
A few long distance links by wirelesh — 12:08 AM on December 8, 2007 November 8, 2007 I realize I'm not going for any world records with a 100 km WiFi link. Many have gone before me; here is... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	3

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