PC Magazine January 2009
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PC Magazine January 2009
PDF | English | 100 pages | 17 MB
PC Magazine (sometimes referred to as PC Mag) is a computer magazine that was published monthly in the United States both in print and online until January 2009. (1)In November 2008 is was announced that the print edition of the magazine would be discontinued, however the online version would live on. The magazine is published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Holdings Inc.
The first edition was released in January 1982 as a monthly called PC (the "Magazine" was not added to the logo until the first major redesign in January 1986). PC Magazine was created by David Bunnell and financed by Tony Gold, former owner of Lifeboat Associates. The magazine grew beyond the capital required to publish it, to solve this problem Tony Gold sold the magazine to Ziff Davis and moved it to New York. David Bunnell and his staff left to form PC World magazine. PC Magazine moved to biweekly publication in 1983 after a single monthly issue swelled to more than 800 pages. As of early 2009, the magazine will exist only as an online publication.
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Microsoft Windows to run on the iPhone
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 3:43 AM 0 commentsWouldn’t it be cool to run the most popular and widely used operating system on your beloved iPhone? According to this blog post on the Citrix Community Blogs, Citrix Receiver will soon enable iPhone owners to run millions of Windows applications on their iPhone’s (not natively though).
As we have announced here on the Citrix Blog ( still no Press Release though … ) we are actively developing a Citrix Receiver for the iPhone that will bring the world of millions of Windows apps and developers to the iPhone. As part of our testing and demonstrations we are looking for examples of compelling applications that will not run natively on the iPhone, however if the app was hosted on XenApp and delivered to the iPhone it would provide a great visual example of the power of Citrix and the iPhone.
This remote screen application for the iPhone will give users the ability to run full Windows applications including full Windows functionality right on the iPhone.
Citrix Receiver for the iPhone is expected to ship in the first half of 2009.
Stay tuned, the magic on the iPhone is coming soon.
Microsoft sends cake to Firefox team
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 3:31 AM 0 commentsThe IE team at Redmond HQ of Microsoft has send a fancy little cake to Mozilla’s Montain View HQ as a good gesture to join in the celebration of the release of Firefox 3.
Well what can I say about this? Didnt expect this coming from Microsoft. I was very surprised when I got to know that IE team also sent in a cake when Firefox 2.0 was launched.
If this wasnt enough, Mozilla revealed today that the Firefox team kept the IE logo piece frozen since then!
Kudos to Microsoft & IE team for showing such a good gesture!
Image Credit: Mozilla Links
Remembering Bill’s Legacy
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 3:23 AM 0 commentsBill Gates has finally retired from Microsoft, the software maker that ignited and remained a torch bearer of the PC era and a wealth machine like nothing else in its time. Bill had already left the executive position at Microsoft immediately after the anti-trust lawsuit and handed over the reigns of the software maker to his long time friend and Harvard fellow Steve Ballmer. But now he is officially retiring from day to day work life at Microsoft, where he currently served as the Chairman of the Board. On this occasion we would try to remember the legacy of this man by taking a look at some of the great products that Microsoft build during his time at the company.
Windows
Windows Operating System, is truly a flagship product of Microsoft. The OS has remained the primary cash cow of the company for decades and helped Microsoft get a strangle hold of the technology world by virtue of its dominance of the desktop. Truth be told, Microsoft was made rich and wealthy and key OS maker by IBM who decided to have MS OS in their PCs. IBM did not just helped establish Microsoft as the software leader by making this PC, but also made Intel the leading chip maker by putting in their silicon in its PCs.
Having achieved an unfair advantage over competitors, Microsoft continued to build on its Operating System, making it more complex and sophisticated and “User Friendly” over time. Gates employed the network affect, whereby the value of a node increases with the corresponding node connected to it, and grew Windows by opening it up to developers around the world who continued to churn out new and exciting desktop applications. Each application that was developed for Windows, continued to increase the value of the operating system, as in order to access and use that specific application one needed to have windows. This was something where Bill Gates contrasted with Steve Jobs, whose strategy was close ended i.e. he never opened up Apple’s platform for outside developers the way Microsoft did. As a result no one was allowed to add value to Apple’s OS. Time has proved Bill Gates to be more business savvy, or at least when it comes to this decision.
After a while IBM finally realized that the real money was not in hardware but in software, so they decided to come up with their own Operating System. But it was too late by than, Microsoft was given enough time to refine and polish Windows and had by than build enough of a desktop network to safely withstand IBM’s assault. IBM lost its technology leadership position to Microsoft, and with it ended an era of Hardware (the one in which we saw the Mainframes and Mini’s). Microsoft continued to rule the PC era for more than two decades and to this date the Windows operating system sits on more than a billion PCs.
MS Office
After winning the OS battle Microsoft started building products, that people who use PCs might need. Word processing, Spreadsheets and the ability to create presentations was something that every household and office needed. Microsoft catered to that and delivered MS Office and office productivity suite that soon became a monopoly (if only virtual) along with Windows. MS Office is currently used by more than 550 million users around the world and is the main cash cow of Microsoft along with Windows, raking in two-third of entire Microsoft revenues.
Internet Explorer
In the late nineties Microsoft realized that Internet is the next big thing in Technology. So they decided to dominate the browser market as well. Microsoft acquired Mosaic browser technology from Spy Glass, packaged it as IE and bundled it with Windows. This default bundling of IE with Windows ensured that the browser found its way onto every desktop where Windows had inroads. The move instantly made IE the most used web browser and Netscape, which was once a technology power house, was transformed into a historical reference. The default bundling of IE with Windows also led to an anti-trust lawsuit that ultimately forced Bill Gates to abandon the top executive position at Microsoft. Netscape got sold out to AOL, who finally decided to spin it off as an open source product. This decision led to the foundation of Mozilla foundation and what died as Netscape got re-incarnated in the form of Firefox. However, IE still commands the lion share of the browser market with 87% Internet users using it to surf the web.
Search and Advertisement
It is still unclear whether Bill Gates didn’t saw the coming age of Internet or if he tried to downplay it, just because Microsoft was a desktop power house and the rise of Internet would have meant the demise of Desktop and the ultimate demise of Microsoft. Whatever may have been the reason, Microsoft made a big strategic mistake of ignoring the web for as long as they could. This has been a mistake that Bill himself has acknowledged several times. Microsoft initially thought that the browser is the gateway of the web and who so ever guards this controls the web. This is why they pursued the browser battle with such vigor and aggression. Although there thinking to control the web was fine, there analysis was off. It wasn’t the web browser from where a user started his web journey but rather a Search Engine. Microsoft ignored Search and allowed Google to refine and polish its Search Engine just the way IBM ignored the software that would sit in its PCs allowing Microsoft to refine and polish Windows. When IBM finally came up with their operating system, it was too late and ultimately got crushed by Microsoft. Similarly when Microsoft finally decided to take Search seriously, it was already too late and their search share is being eaten up by Google one piece at a time. IBM’s strategic mistake of ignoring the next big thing threw them into oblivion, will it be any different for Microsoft ? or is it just a matter of time ? Bill Gates departure marks an end of the PC era, an era that was dominated by Microsoft and also ushers a new digital age. All good things finally come to an end and that’s that the end of it.
Add “Move to” or “Copy to” to Windows Vista context menu
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 2:53 AM 0 commentsSometimes, while working in Windows Vista, you may wish to move or copy one of your files to another folder of your choice. Let’s learn how to do it, without needing to open another Windows Explorer or leave the current directory. Here is the simple hack to apply.
- Click Start.
- In the Search bar type regedit and hit Enter.
- Locate the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\ shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
- Right click on the right pane and create a new D-Key. Name the key: Move to and give it the following value: {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- This will simple add a Move to Folder… option to your Context Menu.
- Right click on the right pane and create a new D-Key. Name the key: Copy to and give it the following value: {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
- This will simply add a Copy to Folder… option to your Context Menu.
If instead you want to add such features to you computer’s drives, here is the other hack:
Add Move to Folder… to all Drives
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]
@=”{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}”
Add Copy to Folder… to all Drives.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]
@=”{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}“
How to stop and restart Windows Explorer.exe without rebooting in Windows Vista and XP
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 2:24 AM 0 commentsRestart Windows Explorer.exe in Windows Vista and XP with Classic Menu
- Click Start.
- Click Shutdown.
- Quickly press Ctrl + Alt + Shift and then press Cancel in the dialog box.
- Now, if you want to start Explorer.exe again, press Ctrl + SHIFT + ESC to open the Start Manager window.
- Click File.
- Click New Task (Run…), type explorer.exe and hit Enter.
- Done!
Restart Windows Explorer.exe in Windows Vista with Standard or Aero theme
- Click Start.
- Press CTRL+ SHIFT then right-click on any empty space in the Start menu.
- Click Exit Explorer.
- Now, if you want to start Explorer.exe again, press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and open the Task Manager.
- Click File.
- Click New Task (Run…), type explorer.exe and hit Enter.
- Done!
Pingbox Update
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 1:40 AM 0 commentsNew themes
We’ve added 24 new background themes including some professional and seasonal ones that you can use to style your Pingbox.
Required nickname
for visitors
As a Pingbox owner, you now have the option to require your visitors to enter a nickname before they can begin chatting with you.
If you already have a Pingbox in use but want to update it to take advantage of the new nickname feature or themes, just return to the Pingbox studio to edit your Pingbox. You can also turn off or delete Pingboxes that you’ve created in the studio.
To create a new Pingbox for your social network page, blog or website, head over to the Yahoo! Messenger website. After creating your Pingbox, you’ll get the code you need to drop into your page.
How to uninstall programs from DOS
Posted by Crazy_Diamond at 1:21 AM 0 commentsWindows(Only): Having to do with a lot of programs can be fun and distressing at the same time. As a matter of fact, once you don’t need of a certain application anymore, you have to uninstall it to free up some space in your hard disk. The easy solution to do that is to use those features located under “Programs and Features” which let you uninstall, change or repair your software. These features are part of the so called GUI (graphic user interface) whose task is to let you perform, thanks to icons and a “guided mode”, certain operations with ease. Anyway, uninstalling programs in this way is not the fastest method available. Let’s see how we can remove software with a couple of simple commands from DOS. (these commands are also useful when you can’t uninstall a program by using the regular way).
- Click Start.
- Click All Porgrams.
- Click Accessories and select Command Prompt.
- Once the black Windows is open, type WMIC and press Enter.
- Now type this command: product get name .This command will create a list of installed applications on your PC. This list, apart from being useful to know what you have got on your PC, lets you also see the complete name of an application.
- Now type: product where name=”" call uninstall Note: Inside name”" you have to write the name of software you wish to uninstall i.e. Microsoft Silverlight
- Here is a complete example of the above command: product where name=”Microsoft Silverlight” call uninstall
- When prompted just press Y to uninstall the application.