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HTML 5 drops open-source video codec

HTML 5 drops open-source video codec Codec sillinessHas anybody even considered On2's VP6 codec? It practically "runs the web" as far as progressive video playback is concerned. VP6 is, if you don't know already, the primary codec that Flash uses.Video for EverybodyHere is a link to a good...

Tags: Web browsers, VP6, Theora, Bink, codec, Apple Inc., H.264, open-source video codec, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

More Microsoft predictions from around the Web

More Microsoft predictions from around the WebAnother crystal: Win7 will appear in 2008. Bink is agreeAnother prediction from Bink.nu:Windows 7 Beta Codename ViennaMary, please, you said: no Win7 in 2008. Let me ask one question. WHAT will Microsoft demonstrate during PDC 2008? If no Windows 7 - so what? Your...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Bink, Web, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT, PDC, Jeremy W

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

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Bink.nu (Internet Explorer 8: incompatibility mode)

Bink.nu (Internet Explorer 8: incompatibility mode)Compatibility mode for spelling?This certainly does not BODE well at all. Does no-one proofread any more? There are even on-line spell-checkers for goodness sake.RE: Bink.nu (Internet Explorer 8: incompatibility mode)I have no interest in it at all. I don't intend to try it. Firefox is...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, incompatibility mode, Bink.nu, Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox, IE 8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Wowwee's Top 10 Love-Starved Androids (and yeah, the toys are on sale)

I get a lot of stupid pitches from PR folks for Tech Broiler. Most of them I ignore and go directly into the bit bucket. But as tomorrow is Valentine's day, this one particular amusing distraction from the guys over at Wowwee, makers...

Tags: British SF, Marvin, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Open letter failed; Microsoft screws over students again

I can't say I'm not surprise; Microsoft has a habit of annoying me and screwing over students. We may as well have a quick look as to what is in the "student" edition of Windows 7 - which you'll see isn't as easy as you might think. On campus...

Tags: Student, Microsoft Corp., BitLocker, Edition, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-05

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Web archiving enterprises: keep trying

Through my keen observations, deep procrastination and occasional drunken ramblings, there are three things which annoy me about a service or product before I even use them. These three things, from a consumer's point of view, are the following: having a product with a...

Tags: Web, Page, Archiving, CSS, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Productivity, Business Intelligence, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Silverlight e-learning videos worth watching

I thought I'd write some more "senseless low-quality crap that regularly fills ZDNet and that's only designed to draw readers in". I thank "kouzen" for his insight, but you Sir, are an idiot. Moving along... Technology-oriented students have long used the power of the Internet to make...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, E-learning, Video, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Internet, Web Technology, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-09

The 31 Days of the Dragon contest starts today, win an HP laptop valued at over $5,000

While the giveaway I am going to talk about doesn't relate to a mobile device, my fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts are a part of the contest and I think it is such a MAJOR contest that my readers here would enjoy entering for a chance to win. Today is the...

Tags: Contest, Hewlett-Packard Co., Corel Corp., Laptop Computer, RSS, Serial ATA, Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Management, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-02

XP SP3's due date is now anyone's guess

Last week, I posted that I was hearing the final release of Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 was due imminently. This week's update: I have no idea when XP SP3 is coming. Microsoft has maintained for the past few months that it would release XP SP3...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Vista Ultimate team releases new discounts, but no new freebies (yet)

After a week on the road, I'm catching up on a few interesting news items I missed this past week. One of them involves Microsoft's Vista Ultimate. Microsoft has caught hell -- as it deserved to -- for failing to deliver in a timely manner the Ultimate...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-09

Microsoft adds new features to its Popfly mash-up tool

Microsoft has done a refresh of the beta of its Popfly mash-up tool. On February 14, the company rolled out a refreshed version of Popfly which added a new data-source editor, allowing users to add their own data to mash-upsl; as well as a new search interface....

Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Ruby, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Mashup, Rails, Scripting Languages, .Net, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-18

More Microsoft predictions from around the Web

Earlier this week, I weighed in with my 10 Microsoft predictions for 2008. A few other Microsoft watchers have done the same. Among some of the other interesting prognostications out there: Steven Bink: Don't forget about the Windows Server 2008-based bundles that are coming in the new...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Microsoft releases CRM 4.0 to manufacturing just under the wire

Microsoft officials have been saying for a few months that the company would release to manufacturing its "Titan" Dynamics CRM 4.0 product before the end of calendar 2007. On December 14, Microsoft made good on the promise. According to the Microsoft East Region CRM blog, it will...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-16

On to Windows 7 Server and other new Microsoft server releases in the pipeline

Windows Server 2008 has yet to be released to manufacturing. But that's not stopping Microsoft execs from starting to reveal glimpses of what's in some the future server releases due out in the next year-plus. First: We now know the codename for the next version of Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-07

Microsoft releases beta of XP SP3 to Vista, Windows Server testers

Microsoft officials said at the end of August that they planned to release Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 to Microsoft Developer Network MSDN and TechNet testers within a couple weeks. It is now more than a month later. And it doesn't seem Microsoft has made good...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Tester, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-10-04

Microsoft Stealth Update and Windows XP repair don't mix

Microsoft Stealth Update and Windows XP repair don't mixAs one f the "Microsoft Apologists" you ...... speak of I must admit I was wrong. I agree that publishing the undocumented patch did cause harm and therefor was a bad move on Microsoft's part. I stand corrected.RE: Microsoft Stealth...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Stealth Update, EULA, Windows XP Repair, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' hands

The Windows client team -- with a little help from its beta testing friends -- is opening the door a bit on what's going on with Windows XP Service Pack SP 3.Earlier this week, AeroXP reported they had gotten their hands on a test build of the forthcoming service pack...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-08-08

Bink.nu RSS Feed 1 (Windows)

Bink.nu, with their slogan watchingmicrosoftlikeahawk, always gives us the latest news on Microsoft. For those people who always wanted to get the latest news on Microsoft, this is the right widget. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: RSS Feed, Microsoft Corp., Muhammad Nur Hanief, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-27

It is time to stop the spread of Vista SP1 misinformation!

Microsoft wants you to be informed about the current state of the Windows Vista SP1 beta.(Not really, but they are pretending they do....)Here is the latest official missive on Vista SP1 from Microsoft headquarters:"There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will...

Tags: Windows client, Windows 7, Vista, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-19