J.D. Lewin

Paul Thurrott is probably best-known for his SuperSite for Windows. When he's not keeping such a complete collection of news and information about Windows he can also be found on This Week in Tech: Windows Weekly.Paul sat down and chatted with James Woodcock at length about every aspect of…

The racing simulator is the epitome of testosterone gaming for many people. Burning fuel and tires around the world's great race tracks is one of the most profound forms of digital entertainment, and for the livingroom petrolhead, Forza Motorsport 2 has been the unreachable pinnacle. Today…

Around the world tonight, Windows Vista and Office 2007 go on sale. Here in the States Microsoft is throwing parties in just about every city with a pro football team, and everyone's invited. The Vista Team Blog posted a VIP invitation for all comers. Print out your own golden ticket and go out…

We're here in Cafe 34 on the main Redmond campus to welcome Vista and Office to the world. The room is filled with microsofties, lunches and laptops, and hundreds of balloons netted suspiciously to the ceiling. In a few minutes Windows godfather Jim Allchin will grace the stage as master of…

One of the more anticipated games for the Xbox 360 is the sequel to Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. The blend of action and extremely detailed controls creates a great crossover from Tom Clancy's novels to the gaming world. The team at Xboxyde published the first devdiary for GRAW2 last night. The…

One of the most entertaining parts of setting up your new Vista install is walking through the new desktop backgrounds that are included. The Microsoft Design team has done something truly excellent, by including photographs from Microsoft employees and Flickr users such as Hamad Darwish. Read more…

This is the sort of story that doesn't get heard very often. Joe Hutsko's A Mac user switches to Vista is a tale of moving a writer's life out of OS X and into Windows. Joe's story speaks deeply to the process, the hurdles, and the benefits found in moving to the latest version of Windows. For…

Most of you are probably enjoying the game about now, and the halftime entertainment could prove to be the 2nd most entertaining part of the day (behind either the TV ads or the game, depending on how your team's doing). Prince will rock Miami harder than ever before, thanks in part to the new Gen3…

At the Mix n' Mash event in Redmond last year, Bill Gates acknowledged the problems with the DRM employed with digital music, and that there is no easy solution. Now in a rare release that has been described by our trusted tipster as the, "best blog platform ever..." Steve Jobs has…

Starting 12 February, Old Spice and Xbox Live are kicking off the Old Spice Experience Challenge. The purveyors of your grandfather's fragrance are challenging gamers to increase their Gamerscore by a few thousand points. The minimum increase is 1,500, which will earn you an exclusive gamer picture…