Winquire News Around the Web for December 24, 2010

It’s been a busy week so far, what with the Christmas coming up and then choosing this week to redo a couple of my computers and Virtual Machines. Anyways, there’s still a little bit of news floating around, given that most people have already settled down for the week. Here’s today’s news and tidbits from … Continue reading Winquire News Around the Web for December 24, 2010 →

Winquire News Around the Web for December 22, 2010

I decided to rename the Daily Tidbits section to simply News Around the Web. I think it’s a better fit. The same business as Daily Tidbits, just a different name. So, without further ado, here’s what’s going on in the interwebs today regarding Microsoft and Friends. Microsoft supposedly sold 1.5 million Windows Phone devices in … Continue reading Winquire News Around the Web for December 22, 2010 →

Windows Phone “Sells” 1.5 Million Devices

Microsoft unexpectedly released sales figures for its Windows Phone devices today. Recently, they had stated they would not release these numbers until CES or even later. However, with the given criticism that Microsoft has received of not discussing sales figures, Microsoft may have been moved to release the numbers earlier than expected. Microsoft announced that … Continue reading Windows Phone “Sells” 1.5 Million Devices →

Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0

Yesterday, Microsoft released the next version of its Microsoft Security Essentials software. It’s been a number of months since Microsoft first unveiled the beta on the Microsoft Connect site, and most recently the revised beta or RC version. However, months of beta testing has led to an even better and more refined product since the … Continue reading Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 →

How To: Disable Windows Live Messenger from Windows Start-Up

One of the annoyances that I’ve found with Windows Live Messenger is the fact it automatically starts up with Windows when you install it and without asking you if it’s okay (frankly, Microsoft isn’t the only company that does this, but I wish more companies would offer the option if users want their products to … Continue reading How To: Disable Windows Live Messenger from Windows Start-Up →

Weekly Wrap-Up for December 6, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these (in fact, the last time I did one was back when I was still updating Tinkering with Windows on a regular basis), but I figured I would kill two birds with one stone and briefly cover the Silverlight Firestarter event earlier this week and throw … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up for December 6, 2010 →

Microsoft Releases Visual Basic WP7 Tools to the Web

Microsoft today yesterday (now that I’ve forgotten to post this) announced the RTW of the Visual Basic WP7 Development Tools. Previously, Microsoft had only allowed development with Windows Phone in Visual C#, with this update/add-on, users will be able to develop for the Windows Phone in two different languages, C# and Basic. Feel free to … Continue reading Microsoft Releases Visual Basic WP7 Tools to the Web →

Update: Stuff I Use (November, 2010)

I updated my recent blog post from last month titled "Stuff I Use" and have converted it to a static page which can be found at the upper right corner next to my About page. Feel free to check it out, I've added a bit of stuff, and as always, I'll continue to update it … Continue reading Update: Stuff I Use (November, 2010) →

Windows 7 Tip: Disable the Highlight New Programs Feature

Ever since the days of Windows XP, Windows users have had to deal with the irritating (in my opinion) feature of having their newly installed programs to become highlighted in the Start Menu. Of course, there are viable and realistic reasons for having this feature, users may have quite a few programs installed on their … Continue reading Windows 7 Tip: Disable the Highlight New Programs Feature →