Paul O'Flaherty, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Points Exploit May Have Cost Microsoft Over $1 million! …Really?

By Paul O'Flaherty Mar 11, 2011

Update at bottom of the post. Someone figured out how to generate Xbox Live codes that worked, posted instructions to a forum and the resultant deluge of freeloaders has cost Microsoft anywhere between 1…

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Upgrading Through Every Version of Windows

By Paul O'Flaherty Mar 3, 2011

YouTube user TheRasteri takes us through an experiment to see the effects of installing every major upgrade version of windows, in order, on the same machine. The nostalgic trip begins with an installation of…

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Math is hard. I’ll Be a Tech Blogger

By Paul O'Flaherty Jan 6, 2011

Matt Rosoff really should consider a career change. Matt Rosoff doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about, and yesterday’s post “See If You Can Spot The Problem With Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy” proves it…

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Why Does The BBC Hate Microsoft?

By Paul O'Flaherty Dec 30, 2010

Steven has written enough about how easy it is for bloggers and publishers to have a dig at Microsoft whenever they want a few cheap page views but I honestly expected better from such…

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Kinect as a Nintendo controller on the PC

By Paul O'Flaherty Nov 30, 2010

I know Steven has been posting a lot of “Kinect hack” videos but I couldn’t resist posting this one which shows Kinect controlling a Nintendo emulator on the PC. Of course, being a…

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Microsoft Marketing Screws It Up Again: New Phone 7 Promo A Bust

By Paul O'Flaherty Oct 8, 2010

Generally, I love a lot of the products that Microsoft make. But, once their marketing teams get involved, I usually end up running for the hills to prevent myself from strangling each and every…

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Microsofts Arc Touch Mouse: Product Details and Pictures

By Paul O'Flaherty Aug 18, 2010

We’ve speculated about the naming of the “Arc Touch Mouse” on the WinExtra On Windows Podcast, as Microsoft already has a mouse on the market called the “Arc“. Our arguments have been settled however…

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Microsoft Patent Points to Instant On in Windows 8

By Paul O'Flaherty Aug 17, 2010

Judging by a new Microsoft patent uncovered by Manan Kakkar, DCE or “Direct Computing Experience” could be bringing the long awaited “instant on” feature to Windows 8 machines. The patent describes a simple system…

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Prediction: Windows Phone 7 Will Do Better than the Kin

By Paul O'Flaherty Jul 22, 2010

The wires are buzzing. Blogs are hopping and Twitter is tweeting the news that Microsoft will give a free Windows Phone 7 Device to all employees on launch. The news, confirmed by an internal…

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Coming This Year: Windows 7 Slates

By Paul O'Flaherty Jul 12, 2010

Courier may be dead but the according to Steve Balmer the Slates are coming and they are coming this year. At the Worldwide Partner Conference Steve Balmer told Microsoft’s 14,000 partners to expect new…

Paul O'Flaherty

Upgrading Through Every Version of Windows

Math is hard. I’ll Be a Tech Blogger

Why Does The BBC Hate Microsoft?

Kinect as a Nintendo controller on the PC

Microsoft Marketing Screws It Up Again: New Phone 7 Promo A Bust

Microsofts Arc Touch Mouse: Product Details and Pictures

Microsoft Patent Points to Instant On in Windows 8

Prediction: Windows Phone 7 Will Do Better than the Kin

Coming This Year: Windows 7 Slates

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