Microsoft – The Zedman

Microsoft will now pay you to use Bing over Google

June 1, 2017June 10, 2017 James Robinson

Microsoft Rewards launches in the UK today, allowing you to earn points for making purchases online and by simply just searching the web. The catch? You have to use Microsoft’s Bing search engine. This isn’t new, as the loyalty program has been available in the US for a while, but now Microsoft is rolling it out to Britain in an... Read More

Microsoft teases new keyboard covers ahead of Surface Pro launch

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 James Robinson

Microsoft has pretty much confirmed that it’s about to launch a new Surface Pro device complete with fresh keyboard covers at a press event in Shanghai today, courtesy of a tweet from the executive in charge of Surface hardware. Yesterday, Panos Panay, Corporate VP of Devices at Microsoft, tweeted: “Working session. 30 hours to go. #MicrosoftEvent #Surface #Shanghai.” The message... Read More

Home Entertainment On A Budget

February 16, 2013May 20, 2017 James Robinson

In my last post I described how the media center PC, running Microsoft Windows 7 Media Centre, was damaged during a lightning storm. This is much sadness for our household as all our entertainment is based around the media center – photos, videos, TV, music, and streamed media. Without the media center we are forced to suffer the poor quality... Read More

That damn dragon

February 10, 2013May 20, 2017 James Robinson

So last night the Year of the Dragon wanted its last laugh at us. It wasn’t happy with trashing the engine in my car last week. Nor did it think smashing our internet connection at home over the past 3 weeks was enough fun – 16Mb down to 1Mb and dropouts every minute (damn annoying trying the play MOHW multiplayer).... Read More

Windows Phone 7 – Jump Lists

July 26, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

There is now a very easy way to navigate around your Windows Phone 7. This is by using a small feature that usually goes unnoticed – the Jump List. The Jump List is the letter indexing found on the Windows Phone 7, and is now active in the apps, People (contacts), and Music+Videos lists – and I find it incredibly... Read More

Mozart gets to Tango

July 24, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

I was surprised to get an update alert on my Mozart WP7 yesterday – and then eager to get home to find out what was in store for me. Once plugged in to Zune I discovered I had two updates waiting for me: · 7.10.8112 Windows Phone 7.5 Consumer Refresh 2 · 7.10.8773 Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh – codename “Tango”... Read More

Groundswell is building for cloud services

July 20, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

The groundswell is building for cloud services like Microsoft’s Office 365. Even more so with the upcoming release of Office 2013 (now in customer preview as of 2 days ago) and how it completely interfaces into the all new Office 365 experience (that is fully cloud delivered), and into Windows 8 (due October 26 to a store near you). A... Read More