A Fully Working Windows 3.1 Emulator In Your Browser

A lot of our readers did not have the chance  to try out Windows 3.1. Yours truly was only three when it was first released. For all of those out there who have been yearning for the 16 bit goodness that is 3.1, good news: Site designer/web programmer Michael Vincent has a released an online Windows 3.1 simulator. Minesweeper, non-cascading windows–it’s all there, right in your browser.

Perhaps the coolest part of the site is the fact that an OS released less than twenty years ago can now be run in a web browser. I personally cannot wait to run 64 bit Windows 7 on my Firefox 10.0 in 2015.

Try out the emulator @ michaelv.org

Microsoft Adds “Mac Vs. PC” Page On Windows 7 Site

Apparently, Microsoft isn’t ready to let the Mac/PC war die down. They’ve recently added a PC versus Mac page on the Windows 7 site.

Me And My Not So Smartphone

Last week Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled the Blackberry Torch, the newest in its lines of popular smartphones. Blackberry, long the king of smartphones in the US, has begun to show chinks in its armor: 2010 marked the first time since 2007 that the Blackberry OS is not the top selling mobile platform in the US, having been surpassed by phones running the Google designed Chrome OS. Coupled with competition from Apple’s omnipresent iPhone line, Blackberry’s reign seems in serious jeopardy.

Windows 7 Now More Popular Than Vista

Reaching a milestone we all were expecting (though maybe not so soon), Windows 7 has overtaken its predecessor Vista in Market share, a mere nine months after its release.