Category Archives: Opinion

BestBuy’s Shameful Sales Pressure on Seniors

Posted on January 18, 2012 by blakehandler

While I wish my 80 year old Father-in-Law would ask me for technical assistance, he’s proudly independent and still prefers doing things himself. He was tired of his old (analog) TV, and wanted to purchase a 40″ HDTV – should … Continue reading →

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Seven Days in Utopia: Movie’s Ending Only on the Internet

Posted on September 4, 2011 by blakehandler

Not sure if I’d be pleased to watch an entire movie and NOT see the ending — only to be told to check the Internet to “see what happens”. Movie Pooper: Seven Days in Utopia (2011) Seven Days in Utopia: … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Research Labs Removes Touch Mouse Sensor API :-(

Posted on August 21, 2011 by blakehandler

It was only last month that other bloggers and I wrote about Microsoft’s Research Labs release of the Touch Mouse Sensor API. Microsoft then released an updated IntelliPoint 8.2 mouse driver to support their new Touch Mouse. Now, it appears … Continue reading →

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Lady Gaga Stops By …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by blakehandler

Just another day at the office … Lady Gaga stopped by to perform her new song “You And I” – she sure sounded great for 8am (^_^) Watch Here –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pG-tJGlfHF0

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Mac vs. Windows: Walter Mossberg is Wrong

Posted on May 19, 2011 by blakehandler

Walter Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal recently replied to a question: “I have a small but fast-growing business and am strongly considering going with Macs, but I’m not sure if it’s the cost-effective way to go. What are the … Continue reading →

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“The End of Blogging?”

Posted on July 25, 2010 by blakehandler

  Microsoft MSDN Blogger, John Daskalakis, had been writting about "Action plans and problem solving" — for the last few years, John gathered his "troubleshooting steps used in his daily work. Plus the occasional errors encountered and how to deal … Continue reading →

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MSDN OPINION: How Microsoft Loses the Mobile War

Posted on May 5, 2010 by blakehandler

I’m not sure how long MSDN Blogger "Professional Pessimist" (zhengziying) will be allowed to keep this post "up" — so I’m providing it here for comments: Published 05 May 10 01:17 PM | zhengziying  There are two ends of an … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs Admits iTunes for Windows is a Sub-Standard App

Posted on April 11, 2010 by blakehandler

  In defending recent changes to the iPhone SDK agreement, Steve Jobs made a general argument about platforms: STEVE JOBS: We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders the progress … Continue reading →

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Opinion & Review: Apple’s iPad

Posted on January 28, 2010 by blakehandler

  I’ve been asked a zillion times today to comment on Apple’s new iPad — so it appears I must: As a Microsoft MVP I have an obvious bias — Apple does not work with outside vendors, they don’t have … Continue reading →

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CodePlex Releases Third Bing Desktop Wallpaper Changer – Can We Please Stop?

Posted on November 15, 2009 by blakehandler

  CodePlex first released the Bing Wallpaper Downloader, this was quickly followed-up by BingPaper (both programs easily download daily wallpapers images directly from Bing.com).   And now CodePlex has a third program: Bing on Desktop Changer that downloads Bing images and sets them … Continue reading →

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