No, Windows won’t ever compete with Linux on price. However, even though Microsoft isn’t giving away their RTM operating systems for free, they do offer a lot of great software and services at no charge. Here are my six favorites — feel free to share yours with us in the comments!
1. Windows Live Writer - [...]
Our readers are a pretty savvy bunch. You’re up to speed on what software is and isn’t worth downloading, and you’re likely the “friend that knows about computers” to a lot of people. Wouldn’t it be nice if some of those people started paying attention to our advice - and quit downloading things like…1. A [...]
Google’s blogging service, Blogger is turning 10 in August. Google published a list of fun facts about Blogger today, including the fact that 2/3rds of Blogger’s traffic comes from outside North America, the most popular sport for bloggers using the service is soccer, and at any given minute, 270,000 words are written on Blogger.
But while [...]
As expected, the folks at Automattic unleashed Wordpress 2.8 on the public this week. If your blog his hosted on Wordpress.com, it should automatically be upgraded. If you have a self-hosted blog running Wordpress 2.7 or a more recent build, you should be able to upgrade from your blog administration pages. Or you can download [...]
Popular blogging platform WordPress will get a minor update next week with the launch of version 2.8. The new version should be available to the public starting June 10th.
WordPress 2.8 will have an updated theme browser which makes it just as easy to install and update WordPress themes as it is to find and [...]
Remember how I drew the similarity between Jack Napier dumping cash on the unsuspecting rubes of Gotham and Microsoft opening Technet to anyone who filled out a form?
Well, the poisonous gas has been released.
According to a lengthy phone call between blogger Kristan Kenney and a Technet support rep, you weren’t supposed to have [...]
Without giving it a little thought, I don’t recall when I got my first Athlon 64 mainboard and CPU. It’s been a long time. AMD first released the chips in September, 2003. Here we are six years later, and we still haven’t really begun to make use of the added processing power.
Six years is a [...]
The latest version of Amazon’s ebook reader, the Kindle 2, has been attracting plenty of positive attention for its slimline form, style and functionality but has also drawn criticism from an unexpected quarter - from Authors Guild President and humorist, Roy Blount Jr, who isn’t amused about the Kindle’s new text to speech functionality.
The [...]
Don’t worry, we’re not going all Valleywag on our loyal readers, but with a bucket-load of photos from the Crunchies (and ensuing party) we thought it wise to separate the sober from the (Myspace-sponsored) party photos from San Francisco’s City Hall. Thanks to all at TechCrunch for welcoming us Download Squad-ers to the event!
Gallery: Download [...]
2008 has come and gone, and it’s been a great year at Download Squad. Our site got a long-awaited facelift and some new faces (including me) joined the ranks. Thanks to all our visitors for all the great tips and comments, and keep them coming!
Before we usher in 2009, let’s take a quick look back [...]
