Tag: IRONY

Good news, IT professionals! Microsoft has launched Thrive - a new website designed to help you navigate the murky waters of economic downturn. Whether you're looking to improve your skills, the Silverlight-driven site offers all kinds of resources to assist you - podcasts, videos, charts and reports, and much more. Thrive offers information on everything from infrastructure cost reduction to ...

Last week Microsoft announced the official hardware requirements for Windows Vista and released an "Upgrade Advisor" tool to tell you how "Vista-ready" your computer is. Ina Fried at the CNet News blog has an interesting anecdote about running the tool on her various machines. The Upgrade Advisor told her that her four-month-old Compaq with 512MB of RAM was not Vista-ready and her laptop would run ...