Recently in Windows Category

Maybe some of you had or still have the same problem as I had - until yesterday. In our offices we use a Canon iR 1023 iF Multifunctional Device (Print, Copy, Fax and Scan) and since recently, we use also Windows 7 64-Bit.


I needed several tries to figure out how this might work and finally got a solution yesterday. Now I can use the device's full functionality again.

Well this is rare: As Golem.de has reported today in this post, Microsoft offers the book Visual Basic 2008 - Das Entwicklerbuch written by Klaus Löffelmann published under Microsoft Press free for download.

In the spirit of Christmas, as it seems, have they decided to give you, for a registration, the bonus and additional material, which includes the source code examples, for free.
The book itself (unfortunately for all English speaking readers in German) is available for free and without registration.

The fact, that Google is pushing its new Chrome OS into the market respectively it is only beginning to push it, is reason enough to think about the current and future situation of "traditional" operating systems.

TechCrunch has just published a comment from MG Siedler where he is talking about the squeezing of Microsoft

Basically this supports my thesis put in the earlier post about Windows 7

So we'll be excited about what the future (or Google) will bring us.

Now it is done: Windows 7 has released officially on 22nd Octobre 2009 worldwide. I had the chance to work in advance with the new operating system and this is a good opportunity to draw a first conclusion. I have to remark, that I need to switch back (from OS X Snow Leopard) at work to Windows, since I need to provide my colleagues with some 1st level support. So here are my first impressions: