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In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability

In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, astroturfing, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO

Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCOMisplaced sympathySeveral years ago, someone where I was working a Unix house was lemanting about how Microsoft had treated poor IBM. At the time IBM's profit was bigger than MSs turnover. As if IBM could not look after itself after 90 years!Many have willingly taken adopted Google...

Tags: Sort-of, Sarah Palin, Astroturfing, SCO Group Inc., Internet

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

New Netscape.com focuses on news

New Netscape.com focuses on newswhere is digg.com mentioned?did yalll didn't do your homework right .. no mention of Digg.com or Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com and Diggnation podcast and SYSMRead Page 1Try the first, fourth, and fifth paragraphs of the article on page 1.Showcase for Novell Directory ServicesPay for content...

Tags: Directory services, Web browsers, Astroturfing, Netscape Communications Corp., criminal person

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

Yahoo launches customized IE 7 beta

Yahoo launches customized IE 7 betaAnd Google gets slapped down.So much for their anti-trust whining.How are these distributed?Is this by download only? Is it only for the XP version? Will it come pre-installed on Vista? With Microsoft moving in to compete on the "Search" front, how likely is that these...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Management, Astroturfing, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo Launch

Discussion threads 2006-06-12

Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major roll

Out of '05 and into '06, Eclipse is on a major rollDeveloper Experience Trumps Corporate MembershipsUnfortunately, collecting a membership list with conflicting interests doesn't make it easy to build a great developer experience into Eclipse.At least three major Eclipse projects are way behind their competitors - the Web Tools Project...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Astroturfing, Sun NetBeans, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2006-01-04

Why companies monitor blogs

Why companies monitor blogsAstroTurfing. Yahoo - stop handing out email addressesThe use of blogs as a replacement for surveys has to be tempered with the notion of AstroTurfing. AstroTurfing is wrong doing in the form of public relations. It is the attempt to fool the analysts into believing that there...

Tags: Public relations, Blogging, Astroturfing, e-mail address, blog, e-mail, technique

Discussion threads 2006-01-03

Additional Resources

Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too

Price floors don't help anyoneFirst, setting a minimum price is a price floor. Basic microeconomics teaches that this lowers demand and raises supply, generating an inefficient surplus. I don't see how that's good.Second, you seem to imply in this article that $0.99 apps are Apple's fault. They...

Tags: Action Games, developer, cent smartphone app

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached

4.7 Million? Million with an "m"?Seems to me, that wouldn't be enough money to get Verizon's trucks out of the parking lot. Are you sure it's not 4.7 BILLION?Right...Bill Cosby, your a very funny guy!It?s time for telecoms to accept net neutrality, and it?s time for the FCC...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical industries, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications, broadband, government

Discussion threads 2009-08-15

Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveaway

Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayRE: Microsoft tries to lure more searchers with another giveawayOdd way to grow share by limiting the number of people who can join. You're assuming that you need to pay them to search with you a dangerous precedent and by limiting...

Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, search engine, Microsoft Tries, giveaway, searcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Nintendo and the Windows Mindset

Nintendo and the Windows MindsetWhat does it have to do with Windows, retard?It amazes me how you managed to get a blog at ZD with constant load of garbage posts like this.RE: Nintendo and the Windows MindsetSeems as if the only type of article you can write is one in...

Tags: Games, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, game, mindset, Windows Mindset, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Astroturfing, sockpuppets, and SCO

When politically motivated conservative bloggers back tracked some Palin smear videos circulating via internet sites like youtube, they found key executives at a major international public relations business with their hands deep in the cookie jar - and I couldn't help but see what they had done as a logical...

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Linux, Open Source, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-09-25

PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR

PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PRMaybe I'm misunderstanding.......but I don't think that "pitches" are what journalists and bloggers are looking for. Informed commentary yes; reliable information on the company's plans and policies, yes; official positions on news items involving the company, yes; pitches, no (that's...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, PR Practitioners, PitchEngine, public relations, bad apple, public beta

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip

Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skipYes and NoYou make a great point based on your confirmations. Though I think what makes more sense, and dollars, isn't just information. Mediabrokerr seems more fitting to play each side, as actions speak more loudly than just words...

Tags: public relations

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Bill Gates bids farewell

Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

MOLI: Yet another social networking service

MOLI: Yet another social networking serviceAWESOME B2B TOOL!MOLI is what I've been looking for to promote myself, my business and networking muscle. I see great things coming from this concept and website and know this will be a great success.RE: MOLI: Yet another social networking service"MOLI is targeting individuals, groups...

Tags: MOLI, Moli, social networking

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Save Internet freedom--from regulation

Save Internet freedom--from regulationIf only.....it were that simple.What the writer fails to acknowledge is the fact that ethics subverted by greed within some companies have done harm to people for the sake of expanding profit thereby inviting regulation on themselves by the representatives of the people whom they were abusing.Given...

Tags: Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Rogers Cable, regulation, Save Internet freedom, telecommunications, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

Scoble's Apple rant

I stopped reading Robert Scoble's blog a long time ago but I couldn't help but notice that he caused a bit of a stir over the past few days by posting a couple of Apple-related rants. The first post, published sometime Friday, details some issues he's been...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Truth, Technology, Scoble, Desktops, Public Relations, Hardware, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-18

Brand jealousy, Scoble has it bad

The Scobleizer vents his frustration with the Apple Brand Juggernaut in his post today. He seems upset that Mac users are so vehement in defense of Apple products. Well, after years of seeing the Wintel duopoly dominate PC development it's about time a contender is creeping up on it...

Tags: Brand, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Scoble, Branding, Marketing, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-11-17

iPhone's untapped potential

iPhone's untapped potentialWell I can see why not iSync using WiFi....It would require a service running that has a TCP port open for listening on, this creates a security hole, where as bluetooth does not present that big of a security hole. I used to Sync my T610 and also...

Tags: Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Syncing Calendar, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?

Hey, Chris...Where can I get a copy of Office?Ah, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS OffAh, but that's why Microsoft turns a blind eye to people downloading MS Office in Asia. They know people would rather use MS Office and better have them...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, blind eye, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2007-10-17