Vista in trouble!

It looks like Vista is not gaining popularity at all!

As I have previously reported, Vista sales are sluggish; but now we also know that they will not be any better in the near future.

In fact Dell has decided to install by default Linux (instead of Windows) on some of its computers and it's now offering (again) Windows XP (instead of Vista) due to consumers specific requests.

Slashdot, too, is confirming that Vista is not doing well.

I think that people are realizing that Vista is nothing special and they'd better stick to XP or switch to a better OS (such as Mac OS X or Linux).

iPod saves life

The iPod hasn't only revolutionized the way people listen to music.
It is now starting to save lives.

Here the complete story (submitted by groggy: thanks!).

Fix buggy TomTom Home!

Ever used TomTom Home to manage your TomTom?

Well I did and it kept on crashing (both the Mac OS X and the Windows versions).
I couldn't backup/restore/update... nothing!

The solution to all this crashes is -simply- to disable the firewall.
Yeah, nothing else! I have just backed up and updated my TomTom and everything works perfectly.



PS: to disable the firewall in Mac OS X just type in Spotlight "Sharing"; then click on the "Sharing preference pane", select the tab "Firewall" and (after typing your password) push "Stop".

Vista sales sluggish

Microsoft has sold, in the first month of sales, more copies of Vista than it did with XP.
But, as ArsTechnica explains, this simply is the result of a huge growth of the computer market.

Windows Vista is not a seller and PC makers are confirming it.

Microsoft even copied the "Wow" ad campaign

While you probably have noticed that a lot of Vista's features have been available in Mac OS X for ages, you may hardly believe that Microsoft has also got inspiration for its Vista's advertisement campaign from... Apple.

Look at these pictures taken at Apple WWDC (August 2006): Bertrand Serlet, Apple's Senior Vice President, explains that not only applications developed by Apple are functional and easy to use but they also provide the "Wow effect".

Dear Microsoft: ... after establishing your Development and Research Department in Cupertino did you move there the Marketing Department?