Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Some days I can't read.



I was reading an article about Microsoft and Barnes and Noble and their partnership, and for some reason, when I read about the "MS-powered tablet," I thought, "Now why are they suddenly talking about Multiple Sclerosis medication?"

And no, I can't find the article I was reading.  I just put a link for one from Fast Company, since I follow them on Pulse and knew right where to find an article about it.

And this, my friends, is why I shouldn't be allowed to stay up late.  Because when I do, I apparently confuse Microsoft with a terrible disease.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Google gets shiny

How did I not know about this? Google Chrome? I just saw it the other night and downloaded it (obviously) and I'm so proud of them. I knew they were going to come out with their own internet type thing any minute now. But I'm just surprised that it was now and I hadn't heard about it.

Actually, I haven't been reading my Google Friends newsletters recently, because I've been busy and lazy (not to mention my general apathy towards technology) so I suppose it makes sense that I missed it. And apparently it's been out since September? Have I been asleep these long months? Long rant short, I was able to download it on Friday, and so now our computer has Google Chrome.

I haven't decided yet how I feel about it. It has a lot of good features (like the homepage having the most frequented sites and all, that's cool) but I don't like their history deleting system (can't selectively delete like in Firefox) and the fact that I had to change my options to have a little home button was a little weird. I use the home button all the time, because my homepage is Google, and, well, I use Google all the time. But in general, I'm proud of Google.

Oh! I seriously love the thing where the web address bar doubles as a Google search bar. I guess that's why I didn't really need my "home" button after all!

Of course, now we have three internet options on our computer, Microsoft, Firefox, and Chrome. So one of these days I foresee somebody in my family getting tired of it all and deleting two of them. So long as Firefox doesn't go. And Chrome. So IE can go.

Sorry, Mr. Gates.