tech critique

Windows 11 ushers in an era where the user experience is increasingly shaped not by unobtrusive empowerment but by what can only be described as an unrelenting barrage of distractions, advertisements, and unsolicited interventions. For many who migrated eagerly—or were coerced—into upgrading...

In a moment both absurd and strikingly revealing, two state-of-the-art AI chatbots—Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT—found themselves unable to best a 46-year-old, 4 KB chess program running on the Atari 2600. This unlikely contest, orchestrated by Citrix engineer Robert Caruso and chronicled across...

Imagine a ubiquitous AI assistant that shoulders the metaphorical burden of productivity. For many, this might bring an air of 21st-century efficiency to their work. For others, it evokes the cringe-inducing specter of Clippy, Microsoft’s much-memed assistant from the late ’90s—revived in spirit...

Introduction According to an article published by XDA Developers titled "10 of the Most Useless Features Added to Windows," Microsoft has sprinkled a variety of features throughout its Windows operating system over the years, some of which have not just fallen short of expectations but have been...

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I find it an extreme annoyance. I would like to find a file manager that "virtually" strips out the entire roster of about 30+ redundant and unnecessary folders, and simply leaves a minimalist file tree. I can create three or four sub-directories for my particular tasks without the insane...

I keep reading things like this all the time. But, one thing that keeps popping up every time; is Windows 8 lack of a start button (really) as there are plenty of choices, and the use of the so called two os's in one. You can use one or the other you know. So, what's the big deal? In none of...

I first found out at the beginning of last year that there was going to be a Windows 8,and that Microsoft had finished making Windows 8.And I read about and saw a preview of what Windows 8 was going to be like,and I knew right away that I did not like it. To tell you the truth, when I first saw...

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 Review "Don't wait for your hard drive to crash. The disaster already happened." What starts out as a demonstration and review turns into a massive waste of time and disaster when it comes to the Acronis line of products. Avoid disaster altogether and skip the...

I keep hearing about Windows tablets. Steve Ballmer got up on stage with an HP slate at last year's CES, and nobody was particularly impressed. Now we're hearing rumors that he'll give it another shot this year, perhaps even revealing a bit about Windows 8 (I don't think that's likely, given...

Lets face it windows 7 really wont be released until 2013 or so. Windows 7 beta 1 is just windows vista second edition. Lets get ms to rename as such.