The Technopath

Kylie is back again with more Happy [Windows 7 Commercials]

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 27, 2009.

Microsoft is really pushing hard to market Windows 7 in every way possible. And the latest batch of ads from Redmond seem to show they are doing a good job. While they’re not as witty as the stuff you’d see on Get a Mac, they’re certainly more colorful and diverse which makes them appealing to a broad range of au...

Microsoft patent a futuristic virtual multitouch keyboard

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 27, 2009.

Microsoft have most certainly have started to show that they can also deliver innovative and useful products, plus they’re not afraid to think out of the box. Things like Project Natal, Windows 7, Bing, and a lot more have started pouring out of Microsoft’s campuses. Which happens to be a good thing for th...

An Open Letter Song for Lilly Allen addressing Piracy

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 26, 2009.

Okay most of you would be wondering why I write about piracy so much? Well the answer is really complicated and I’d address the issue at some later time. But for now, lets just enjoy this song by Dan Bull – a UK based musician, file sharer and fan of Lilly Allen....

Norton reacts to Microsoft Security Essentials’ success

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 24, 2009.

What do you too when your competitor offers better products at cheaper (FREE) rates? You turn Apple and throw dirt over them. That’s at least what Symantec tried to do with a recent video claiming Free isn’t Free – which is aiming at the recently popular Beta antivirus by Microsoft. Yes that’...

Microsoft announces the first batch of Publishers for Natal

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 24, 2009.

Tokyo Games Show 09 is under way on the east side, and you can bet that we would get some new announcements for this years holiday season. So far the only big news had been Nintendo Wii’s price cut to $200 putting it in direct competition to the Xbox 360 Arcade....

Enable Push Gmail on your iPhone and Windows Mobile Phone

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 22, 2009.

Google has finally added support for Email in their Exchange Sync platform for mobiles – though it only works for the iPhone OS and Windows Mobile devices with ActiveSync. Nokia Series60 users shouldn’t be concerned because they already had support for Push Email via Nokia Messaging application, which is faster th...

Microsoft Security Essentials Final Build Coming

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 21, 2009.

Remember the free antivirus Microsoft unveiled a few months back as a limited beta? Yeah I’m talking about Security Essentials, the ultra-light, fast, and simple antivirus application which has been making waves around the internet. Its compact, resource friendly, provides rock solid security and best of all, its tot...

Office 2010 Feature: Publish Outlook Calendars to Office.com

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 7, 2009.

I’ve been playing around with the recent build of Microsoft Office 2010 (4417) looking for significant changes from the previous Technical Preview build. While some features were quite obvious from the screenshots, there was one new Online Experience feature which I couldn’t figure out what it does. While the insta...

How to block photo comment SPAM on Facebook

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 6, 2009.

Taggable photos have taken Facebook by storm. More often than not, you’d find your name on the face of Master Yoda or Mr. Burns or even on Playboy models (has happened, believe me). And you know what happens next – You start getting lots of comment notification emails from Random people you don’t even know, you e...

Firefox will warn users about outdated plugins

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 5, 2009.

Firefox is getting a brand new feature with its next service update – Firefox 3.5.3 (No they won’t call it Firefox 4.0 just because of one new feature). It will warn users about outdated plugins, starting with the insanely popular Adobe Flash Player in the upcoming update....