MS Dumping WinFS
Oh, WinFS, we hardly knew ye! Sure, I was always a FAT32 guy, but WinFS promised to be… umm… a filesystem for Windows Vista. It was supposed to be great because like each file would be an object and that would make things so cool like allowing you to use inheritance and like meta-data and……
The Poor Man’s Windows Vista: No Upgrading Necessary
Windows Vista’s not due for a few more months—the BETA notwithstanding— but that doesn’t mean that you can’t add all those spiffy, new age visual effects to your current Windows XP system. With a combination of several software tools, some elbow grease and a little bit of luck, your XP box can look just like…
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…