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NYT article says we should throw away Windows
29 June 08 06:22 PM | Brandon Live!
A couple months ago I posted about an article by some guy at Business Week, that made all sorts of rubbish claims about Windows and OS X. Not to be outdone, Randall Stross at the NY times decided he could use some TechMeme love and wrote basically the...
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Windows Search 4.0 released!
03 June 08 05:16 PM | Brandon Live!
Windows Search 4.0 was released this afternoon.  This release focuses on performance and reliability improvements.  Here are some highlights: Faster queries, often several times faster Faster indexing / reduced resource usage Support for EFS...
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Windows Search Indexer Status Gadget
09 April 08 11:10 PM | Brandon Live!
I’m pleased to announce that the second tool to join the BrandonTools.com collection is now available!  It’s a new Sidebar Gadget for those who want to see what the indexer is up to and to easily control its behavior. Click here for details...
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Joe Wilcox says Vista is failing (again)
01 April 08 02:00 AM | Brandon Live!
In this morning’s article, Windows: A Monopoly Shakes, Joe Wilcox paints a grim picture for Windows. Apparently, about 90% of surveyed enterprises adopted Windows XP in 2007, and about 6.3% adopted Vista, mainly taking away from Windows 2000 adoptions...
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Windows Search 4.0 Preview release
27 March 08 09:21 PM | Brandon Live!
Today we made available the WS 4.0 preview release for Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003/2008. You can read details about WS 4.0 at the following sites: Vista Team Blog - Announcing the Windows Search 4.0 Preview KB Article describing Windows Search...
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IE 8 Beta 1 is released
05 March 08 04:02 PM | Brandon Live!
I’m a huge fan of the great work the IE team is doing for this release. The first beta, targetted mainly at web developers, is now available. In addition to excellent standards support, it includes some cool new user-facing features like “Web...
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A poor SP1 comparison (updated)
19 November 07 02:36 PM | Brandon Live!
As I read up on the latest TechMeme news this morning I saw a headline that didn’t seem quite right, “Vista SP1 a Performance Dud” it said. Intrigued, I clicked on the link and discovered an entire blog devoted to rather poor performance...
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