Archive for December, 2006

Peter Gutmann has written up a paper analyzing the costs that are being introduced with the content protection mechanisms in Windows Vista. You can read the paper on his website here. Most of what’s in his paper is not new information to those of us following the development of Windows Vista, but he does a good job of summarizing a … Continue reading

Things haven’t been going well with the USA for a long while now, and recently it has only become more clear. If people were doubting certain developments before, they are going to find it increasingly more difficult to ignore what’s going on these days in not only the USA, but around the world. Most people don’t realize what’s going on … Continue reading

IDC have released their top 10 predictions for “Worldwide System Infrastructure Software” in 2007 yesterday, and it doesn’t look good for Microsoft Windows. The following two predictions are of interest here: 9. Microsoft’s client operating system anti-piracy efforts will backfire. Microsoft’s anti-piracy campaign will drive customers toward Linux. 10. Our expectations remain consistent that Windows Vista in 2007 will not … Continue reading

On the picture above you can see our beloved Steve-O during the launch of Windows Vista with next to him Lenovo’s CEO William Amelio. Steve-O understandably looked very happy that day, no doubt glad the long development cycle of Windows Vista finally came to an end. However, things have since changed, and I wouldn’t want to be in Steve-O’s office … Continue reading

Ex CIA agent Robert Steele recently spoke about the relationship between the CIA and Google again, and mentioned how CIA seed money helped to finance Google’s launch. He did this on the Alex Jones show, where he not too long ago had already mentioned how Google was providing assistence to the CIA. From this article: An ex-CIA agent has gone … Continue reading

I mentioned before in a previous post that in my opinion the prices for Microsoft’s latest version of Windows, called Windows Vista, are way too high. The Business version costs about $300 while the Ultimate version costs an incredible $400. If you thought those prices were high, you’re not going to believe the following. The prices in Europe have recently … Continue reading