Windows 98 Hole Will Kill Us All
Not huge news, but if you’re anything like me, you’re probably still triple-booting Windows 98, 98 SE, and ME just for the old-timey masochistic thrill of it all. Well, it appears that Microsoft will officially stop supporting these operating systems on July 11 and they all contain a security hole so big that it will…
UMPCs Suck Hard
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the UMPC is just a baby tablet and, like the tablet, will soon end up smeared in blood in an ER rather than smeared with peanut butter on your coffee table. The folks at the Inquirer headed out to Computex and tried out a few UMPCs and found that…
Microsoft Launches Wireless Keyboard and Mouse for Macs
Not much information on this yet, but we can’t imagine this keyboard and mouse set is much different from the stuff they’re already selling. The Wireless Laser Desktops consists of a Comfort Curve keyboard—for the carpal tunnel—and a blob mouse—also for the carpal tunnel, but maybe also for the warts—and is compatible with Intel- and…
Vista-Bashing: Good for Linux?
While the the argument posited by this piece is pretty flimsy, it’s important to realize that the blogosphere is pretty much down on Vista. Essentially, this piece says that Vista’s apparent failures will send folks flocking to Linux and that folks with low-end machines who can’t make Vista purdy will also be willing to contend…