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HP's End-Run Around the Windows 7 Starter Limitations

As you must know by now, Microsoft has severely limited the ways in which you can customized its lowest-end Windows 7 version, Windows Starter Edition. (See Windows 7 Starter? That's How They Get You for more information.) The worst of these limitations, of course, is that users cannot customize...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-20-2009
Windows Mobile 6.5.1 on the Way?

I guess this is no huge surprise, but Download Squad reports that Microsoft is already working on a minor revision to the recently released Windows Mobile 6.5: When Microsoft launched Windows Mobile 6.5 earlier this month, the latest version of the company's operating system for cell smart phones...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-20-2009
And You Thought Your Notebook Had Good Battery Life

I opened my laptop this morning and saw the following battery life reading and had to laugh out loud. We can only dream of such battery life. But it's nice to dream. :)

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-09-2009
Courier User Interface

Gizmodo continues its exclusive look at what is apparently a new Tablet PC design from Microsoft, the Courier. In this new video, you can actually see how the Courier would work in the real world, with a cool page-flipping experience that emulates a real book. It's got multi-touch and stylus support...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-30-2009
iPhone Apps Store has 2 billionth download

It's hard to overstate how successful the iPhone Apps Store is. Check out the latest figures from Apple: Apple today announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. There are now more than 85,000 apps available...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-28-2009
AT&T enters 21st century, adds MMS to iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Apple : MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is now available to AT&T customers. AT&T MMS requires iPhone OS 3.1 and a carrier settings update. Here's what it looks like (on a Mac) ... Unlike other iPhone updates I've installed via iTunes, this one is actually very quick. Very quick. On...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-26-2009
Microsoft's smart phone strategy: Copy, copy, and then copy again

Sigh. Today, Gizmodo revealed Microsoft's secret new strategy in the smart phone market : Copy what other people are doing. If you've spent any time on my site or listen to Windows Weekly, you know how I feel about this kind of thing. If you can't do something original, why bother? Here's...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-24-2009
Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support

This is big stuff, and if there's anyone actually paying for MobileMe a year from now, well, you already looked like a fool, so what's the difference? The Google Mobile Blog reports today that Google has added push email support to Google Sync, which previously provided that support for Google...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-22-2009
ThinkPads go multi-touch

I've got a Windows 7-based ThinkPad T400s with multi-touch capabilities here for review, and while I will have a lot more to say about this (hint: "awesome"), here's some info about what Lenovo is doing around multi-touch on its ThinkPad X200 Tablet and T400s notebook: Available on...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-15-2009
Use the tools Microsoft didn't use to create Zune HD apps

Yes, you read that right. Microsoft (and its partners) did not use XNA Game Studio to create the free games and other apps that are now available for the Zune HD. (They used proprietary in-house tools instead.) But if you are interested in developing for the Zune HD, Microsoft does have a solution for...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-15-2009

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