It is true that there are a few web publishers that have the ability to put Microsoft’s PubCenter ads on their websites. We have seen the interface ourselves, and have come to learn a bit about it. For the last few years Microsoft has not allowed new users to access this function and rumor has […]
iSad? The passing of Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs passed away this week. It was surprisingly difficult to come to grips with our feelings on this matter. We do not hide the fact that we are not Apple fans, however there were admirable qualities to Steve Jobs that we cannot deny. We broke our thoughts down to a few main characteristics of […]
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
This took nearly 2 years longer than we expected, however Steve Jobs has finally just resigned. Preliminary reports from back in January made it clear that his health problems were not a thing of the past, however the big test has arrived. Is Apple a cult of personality, and does the share lock down from […]
HP, DELL, Microsoft
Some major changes this week on the PC front. While DELL announced a more conservative income outlook HP has announced that they will sell their PC unit altogether. While the market has weighed in with its opinion already, it is possible that they are wrong. Specifically about Microsoft & Dell. If HP feels that they […]
Windows 8 Impressions
I began this article with plans to have at Microsoft for the same reasons I had at Apple on OSX Lion. Dragging desktop interfaces down to the level of mobile devices is an absurd strategy. However, Microsoft has been accused for years of lacking ingenuity. However upon reviewing the tidbits available on Windows 8 I’m […]
OSX Lion Preview Review
Here’s a quick summary of about 30 minutes with OSX Lion (© Apple): 1. Little “lights” under icons in dock were by default turned off in Lion (© Apple). 2. Smaller control buttons on the windows. 3. There is a new link in the dock called “launchpad” that makes your desktop look just like an iPhone/iPad […]
Firefox 4 vs. Internet Explorer 9 vs. Ch...
I hope you will welcome my contributions to the V-Tek blog, this is my first post. As a project manager here at VeraciTek I am always trying to polish my fluency with the latest technologies. The browser war being one of the most relevant to my job. Microsoft recognized very early that building the browser […]
More FUD from internet “reporters”.
Example #1: Is Honeycomb Android’s Vista? Wow, ZDnet, how much did you get paid to run that article? Especially since the supported devices can be counted on 1 hand and the major player is the Xoom that really has had it’s own problems taking on the iPad. Any commentary on the matter is premature at best, […]
PLI the interface of Web 3.0.
While it may be tempting to clam that Toys “R” Us is precisely where iPads belong, here we will beg to differ. While these machines are certainly capable of being entertainment items the world still has yet to fully realize what Bill Gates’ form factor idea will finally contribute to the work place. Bill Gates […]
Microsoft’s Azure
PaaS (Platform as a Service). That’s the niche that Microsoft is targeting. Developers, popular languages, especially one of our old favorites here, the ultra-powerful PHP. Last year we got the opportunity to work with a Microsoft team on their PHP/IIS optimization engine. Unfortunately, we were much too busy and it was much too buggy. For […]