Tag Archives: Microsoft

Windows 7: My Question is Why?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Windows 7 is now available.  It’s Microsoft’s newest and greatest operating system that it hopes will correct the wrongs did in Microsoft Vista and hopefully convince businesses that upgrading to Windows 7 is worth it. Microsoft has failed miserably in recent years to coerce users to jump from a very stable platform – its Windows XP operating system – to Vista.  Users complained that Vista … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Google Will Benefit from Microsoft-Yahoo Deal

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

When Microsoft and Yahoo struck a deal that would see Microsoft’s Bing search engine power Yahoo’s search, Google came out as the biggest winner right now.  The partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo is like having the chess club square off in the octagon against the fighters of the UFC.  This will be mildly entertaining but let’s face it – the Microsoft-Yahoo deal isn’t going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Windows XP – Delayed Write Failed

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

It’s getting a bit annoying receiving the message “Delayed Write Failed” when working on my laptop.  The exact message being displayed when I can read the error message is “Delayed Write Failed: The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.“  Unfortunately, the only option available is … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Microsoft BrowseRank vs Google PageRank

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

BrowseRank is a proposed method for determining the importance of a particular webpage.  Proposed by a group of Microsoft researchers, BrowseRank counters traditional methods of determining page importance.  By examining user factors such as the number of visits, time spent on a particular site or page, and interaction with the site, this new method of ranking pages is seen to be more reliable. Barry WheelerBarry … Continue reading →

Posted in SEO / SEM | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments