Some Excellent Reviews of the Windows Phone Technical Preview

As I didn’t actually get a device yet, I can’t provide an actual review on Windows Phone 7. However, writers all over the web have written their reviews (most posted at 12:00AM EST). The majority of them have praised Windows Phone 7, and rightly so.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta Screenshots

Over the past week I’ve been installing the Windows 7 SP1 Beta on several of my PCs. I finally was able to grab some screenshots a couple days ago and thought I would share them. So far, my testing has included several different Windows 7 PCs, with one Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.

Weekly Wrap-Up: July 11-17, 2010

Windows XP Until 2020, Really? I Don’t Think So

Last week ushered in a plethora of articles about Windows XP elongated end of service date. I also wrote an article about this, if you want to read more about it.

Apple “Apologizes” for Antenna Issues, Customers Get Free Cases Until September 30

Today, Apple held their anticipated press conference at 1:00 PST. The conference was held to discuss recent events with the iPhone 4, specifically, the antenna issues that customers were reportedly having.

Activating Windows 7 If You Didn’t Provide a Product Key During Install

Windows 7 gives users the option of not providing a product key during the installation (similar to Windows Vista). They can easily skip the screen that asks for the product key and continue.

Adios Windows 2000 and XP (SP2), It Was Fun While It Lasted

Today marks the end of support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows 2000 (all versions), which means if you’re running one of these editions of Windows, be sure to update to a later version.

Weekly Wrap-Up #5 (July 4-10, 2010)

I was away this week so I wasn’t able to update the blog over the past week. As I’m now back to my normal schedule, I should be updating it more regularly. In any event, enjoy this weeks Weekly Wrap-Up. (P.S. Devs may be getting WP7 devices next week!)

How to Change the Default Startup Location for Windows Explorer in Windows 7

One of the new changes to Windows 7 was the addition of Libraries. As such, Microsoft has hopes that users will start to use these more and more often to “link” common files and folders from several locations on their current hard drive and on external/network drives.

Microsoft Kills KIN? My take on Microsoft’s new strategy

Yesterday, a number of people found out that Microsoft was essentially “killing” the KIN in favor of moving the team to the Windows Phone development team. Here’s the official statement:

How to get around Live Sync’s 2GB limit

One of the cool features of the new Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta is the newly improved Windows Live Sync. It allows users to sync files/folders and certain Windows settings to the cloud and to other computers.