Windows XP

It’s here – Windows XP SP3 - and it brings with it several networking and security improvements as well as a small number of new updates. So what’s new in SP3? Here are some of the things I think are interesting, but this is by no means the full list, you’ll need to go here to see that: Microsoft…

Shuttle, makers of small form factor computers and accessories, have just introduced the latest addition to their product line, the Shuttle X50, a new all-in-one PC. The X50 integrates touch into its design, letting you interact with it via either a finger or the included stylus. It also has a…

Over at IStartedSomething.com, Long has a very cool post about a company called Better Place. In addition to a nice TED presentation, Better Place as a better face for the average car GPS as part of their electric car system mentioned at TED. This GPS uses a Windows XP install to provide the WPF,…

One of the things I really like about Windows 7 is the inclusion of a virtualized Windows XP. I use this at home quite a bit for playing very old games and as a quarantine sandbox for suspect files. Well if you ever wanted to know much more about Windows XP Mode, Ars Technica has a great in-depth…

A usable laptop for US$300? 512Mb of RAM, 4Gb of storage, wireless and ethernet networking. Able to run my Windows applications. No, never. Not in my lifetime. Oh my how technology changes. With flash-memory falling in price by 50% every year, flash engineered to survive more reads and writes,…

Did you know that Windows Embedded operating system runs many of the world's cash registers? Well, Mike Hall takes his camcorder over to meet Craig Jensen, a developer on the Embedded for Point of Sale team.The team, this week, released Windows Embedded for Point of Service 1.1 and Mike…

Otto Berkes is the architect (now general manager) behind the Ultra-Mobile PC team, code-named Origami. We have a conversation about Origami and the vision behind it. More on what was announced today is found here on Microsoft's Presspass site.

Note: To see all three videos, click on the headline. Does your code go 218 m.p.h.? The code on this project goes that fast and faster. In October we traveled to meet the Target Indy Race Team (Chip Ganassi Racing) to find out how the Target team uses the technology. OK, OK, a Microsoft…

Roger Grimes is a security expert and author (he wrote a free ebook: Keeping Your Business Safe From Attack: Passwords and Permissions and more than 100 magazine articles on security). Anyway, he was visiting Microsoft's campus and sat down with IIS evangelist Brent Hill to talk about IIS 7…

Phil Lieberman from Lieberman Software talked with us at PDC 2009 about their business, being a Microsoft partner and also the benefits of getting your product certified. Be sure to watch to the end to hear the great comment Phil makes about Windows XP and Windows 7.Enjoy the show!John…