Category Archives: Vista

The real problem behind Microsoft's layoffs

Posted on January 26, 2009 by rahulgaitonde

Microsoft will lay off 5000 staff over the next 18 months. This is partly due to an 8% decline in client revenue attributed to “continued shift to lower priced netbooks”. Netbook sales have been robust. Buyers prefer Windows XP over … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Speed up XP and Vista, reclaim disk space, tweak performance

Posted on April 25, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

Speed up Windows XP and Windows Vista, tweak performance, free up disk space, and optimize your computer. Everyone complains about how slow their Windows computer or laptop gets. You do too. Here are some simple changes you can make to … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista and the "blogosphere"

Posted on March 2, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

Just finished watching an episode of the GigaOM show with Dan’l Lewin. When OM asked Dan’l why Vista was “everybody’s favorite whipping boy” and “what happened”, Lewin’s reply was that “the blogophere happened”. Which is probably hitting the nail on … Continue reading →

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Does Microsoft need Internet Explorer?

Posted on April 29, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

I was reading a Fortune Magazine article on how Ray Ozzie is the vanguard of Microsoft’s new Internet Services strategy. It struck me that Microsoft realizes that we’re moving away from the desktop to the “webtop” paradigm, where your data … Continue reading →

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