Microsoft

Convert your Microsoft Word, Openoffice, and other documents into other formats.

We all know Microsoft sucks when it comes to making things difficult, but I found a site that helps ease that suck.  If you don’t know already, you can’t open a 2007 word document with an older version of word.  Well here is a site that allows you to take any version of a word […]

Is Windows 2008 Server the savior for the Windows faithful?

Ever since the release of Windows 2008 Server I have been hearing the buzz about it being a better Windows XP replacement then Windows Vista. During the first month after its release I attributed this buzz to the normal hype surrounding every release of a new version of Windows and, as is my habit, I ignored it but, the buzz continued.

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Microsoft gives Yahoo a deadline… Yahoo gives Microsoft the finger

If you haven’t heard, Microsoft has been trying to acquire Yahoo for a while now and recently they gave Yahoo a 3 week deadline to come up with its decision. In response by a letter signed by Jerry Yang (CEO) and Roy Bostock (chairman) they state
“we will not allow you or anyone else to […]

Don’t fear, Microsoft Vista SP1 is here. Epic fail?

I hope not, but reports are coming in that it fixes a lot of things behind the scenes. Well who the hell cares about that? If I have to click ok one more time because Vista wants to make tripily sure that I want to run a program that I have run 50 […]

IE8 takes the short bus while all other browsers make fun.

(At least Microsoft is in school right?) Microshaft is currently working on IE8 and has done something they rarely do. They are using there collective brains and have come up with IE8 standards which will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. (pretty intelligent right? […]

Beat The Red Ring Of Death at Home

Do you own an Xbox 360? Have you ever seen the RED RING OF DEATH? (My brother has). Team Xecuter supposedly has a do it yourself kit to fix the red ring of death. I couldn’t find any details on how the kit actually works but they are boasting that the kit worked […]

Microsoft buys Sidekick producer Danger. OHHH GOD

Lets start this post out with a big SIGH. OK, now that’s out of the way, Microsoft has now bought Danger Inc. who manufactures the wildly popular Sidekick mobile phone sold by T-mobile. I have to say that a few years ago I bought a sidekick and thought it was a really cool […]

Vista SP 1 and I don’t care

and if you think this will solve your problems with Vista, then I have some land on the moon I want to sell you. Ok so it might make it work a little better so instead of being on the PC for an hour to figure out how to get your sound card working, […]

Yahoo + Microsoft = Yacrosoft? Microhoo?

Here’s the beginning of a joke for ya… What do you get when one overgrown giant devours a small planet? My punchline is… probably a lot of gas!! It seems that Micro (cough) soft wants to buy yahoo for 44.6 billion or 31$ a share. For those of you that are […]

Self Sabatoge

When there is a plethora of sites teaching you how to get around Vista… maybe its time to say Linux or even dare I say… Apple (I think I threw up a little)

Give it up Microsuck