September 12, 2008
Microsoft’s latest ads are hilarious! I admit they are a bit strange and really don’t have much of a story or message. It could remind you about a certain sitcom featuring a certain actor with a certain last name. The $300 millon ad campaign features Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld as opposite to “Hi I’m [...]
April 16, 2007
It goes without saying that Google Search is an amazing product, but you really begin to appreciate how good a product it is when in many cases it is a better way to search within a given site than with the site’s own internal search engines. For instance for the post I just made about [...]
April 16, 2007
According to Engadget a Russian cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station claims that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is planning on spending a few million to be the next Billionaire to take a trip up into Space. If Bill does splash out the £25m for the trip he will be joining fellow Microsoft Billionaire Charles Simonyi, [...]
December 7, 2006
I think the reason the amount of spam getting through my blog filters has increased, is because spammers have stepped up their efforts over the last couple of days. I deliberately don’t clean out my Google Mail spam folder so that I can see a rolling number for the number of spam messages I received [...]
November 18, 2006
Believe it or not Windows is 21 years old on Monday. When it was launched in 1985 the PC market was barely out of it’s infancy, and whatever you may think of Microsoft it is amazing what they Bill Gates & Co have built in such a relatively short time. Windows has been through many [...]
November 8, 2006
After being sceptical in the past of social networking sites, I’m actually starting to find LinkedIn useful. It’s helped me reconnect with old friends who I’d lost touch with, and it’s even lined up a few good job opportunities for me as a result of my profile being available. In fact, I have a job [...]