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July 20th, 2008

New Design for Microsoft Download Site

Just trying to update some Windows and Microsoft software and noticed that there’s been a little bit of a design change with the Windows download website.
If you’ve been to the Microsoft website recently then you’ve probably been prompted for the option to download Silverlight to help update and improve the functionality of the website […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

April 7th, 2008

What Happened to Windows XP SP3

What ever happened to Windows XP SP3? I was thinking it was going to be available already. I just did a search for it to see about updating my system and the download link wasn’t available on the Microsoft Download Center page. The only thing that’s available is the overview documents.
Paul Thurrott has given a […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

December 7th, 2006

Adobe Reader Bloat Continues

I don’t want to hear anyone complain about bloated software from Microsoft again until they admit Adobe’s got a problem too. Why in the love of binary code does a simple PDF reader have to be a 20MB+ download!
Update: It took over 20 minutes for the Adobe Reader to install, then they wanted me to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

November 2nd, 2006

Zune Email Newsletter

I signed up for the Zune newsletter quite awhile back when the original website first popped up with the weird guy and the rabbit.
I just received my first e-mail newsletter from that sign-up. Technology and coolness aside, Microsoft could learn something from Apple about how to create a buzz around something that’s not yet available.
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By Jason Bean -- 1 comment