Technology

Get A Mac Ads: 2006-2009

AdFreak has put together in one easy to access place, all the Get A Mac ads. Thus far there are a total of 66 ads starting from 2006 up until the most recent back in October 2009.

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Christmas 2009

Some picture from Christmas. Click on pictures for larger size. Winter Wonderland. This keeps growing every year, I’ll either find something new at the local thrift stores or given something to add to the display My (early) Christmas Present to myself, an Acer 24″ Widescreen Monitor.

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First Microsoft Store Opens in Scottsdale

Just in time for the release of Windows 7 on Thursday, Microsoft opened their first retail store in Scottsdale in the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall. Microsoft also plans on opening another store soon in Mission Viejo, California next Thursday (October 29th). The store’s design includes four “zones” to show off an array of Microsoft products, including Windows 7 on PCs and laptops, Windows Mobile on smartphones, the Zune HD and the Xbox 360. The walls are lined with widescreen monitors, and an Xbox 360 is hooked up to a 94-inch HDTV in the back of the store, Microsoft said. I…

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Beware of Microsoft: IE8

I noticed I had more than usual one or two updates for Windows Vista today. I always look through the updates before I install in case there is something I don’t want. I was looking at the updates list and saw I had the usual new definitions for Windows Defender, an update for IE7 (not that I really use it) as well as an update for Microsoft .NET Framework (for whatever reason my laser printer insisted .NET Framework was to be installed). Okay so far so good, but wait what the heck is this last one Internet Explorer 8 for…

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