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- Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?
- Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV?you won't see M$ stores in EUIf M$ opens a store in EU, the commision will force it to display Linux PCs too and that will be the best thing for FOSS.M$ should better save the $$$ for the lawyers.Guru barmary, you forgot to mention...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., BSOD, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cuts
- Don%27t+get+too+excited+about+those+Vista+price+cutsVistardVistard - Dumber Than a Box of Rocks, But Way More Expensive!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price cutsAlready headed for the markdown rack...;-)Buy Microsoft Windows!The new low Vista price cuts into your pocketbook much more efficiently than ever before!RE: Don't get too excited about those Vista price...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Price Cuts, Vista Price
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Man gets record sentence for computer sabotage
- Man gets record sentence for computer sabotagethis, whilewhile war criminals walk free, and hold political office, even.Ain't America great?:o)Incompetent sysadminIf the guy can't even write a script that works, he should have been woried about his job security. Sounds like he has a nice secure position now though.Man gets...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Corp., computer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Why Windows users don't switch to Mac
- Over on Apple Matters I came across an interesting post by Steven Leigh which considers 8 reasons why Windows users don't switch to Mac. Leigh is a recent Mac switcher and he has an interesting insight into the issues surrounding making a switch, but I think that there are...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Truth, User, Ignorance, Leigh, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace
- Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpaceIts not a quicktime bugThis is a vulnerability in the MySpace site and internet explorer. The quicktime file is just the carrier. The file has java script code added to it, which is normally used for scripting mov files. Its IE and MySpace that...
- Tags: Linux, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, MySpace, Apple QuickTime, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- Microsoft's designs on Adobe's turf
- Microsoft's designs on Adobe's turfThe question is, will these tools generate web pages that work with any OS?With the increasing percentage of people using alternative browsers on alternative platforms, almost nobody will use it unless it generates pages that work on FireFox and Safari.Visual Studio dropped Crystal ReportsThat is enough...
- Tags: CSS, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, FALSE ADVERTISING, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Web browser, Adobe Systems Inc., Linux, Crystal Reports, Apple Safari, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- Robert Cringely shows blatant ignorance of networking
- Normally I don't get too worked up when someone makes a complete fool out of themselves on networking issues but when a well known pundit like Robert Cringely of PBS writes an article that's filled with errors from beginning to finish about IPv6, I have to ...
- Tags: Security, Infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, Vista, Desktop, Linux, IPv6
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
- U.N. delegates: English isn't good enough
- U.N. delegates: English isn't good enoughhuh?"Divina Frau-Meigs, who teaches at the University of Paris III (Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle), called for 'setting up a culture whereby you can use your own language, and that will be considered part of your human rights.'""human rights"?I would be nice to have DNS...
- Tags: INTERNET, Linux, Domain names, Web browsers, character set
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- House begins hearings on HP
- House begins hearings on HPThe future looks bleak for Ann Baskins"Earlier on Thursday, HP's general counsel, Ann Baskins, resigned from the company and said she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to answer questions."Seems to me that attorneys are officers of the court, and sworn to uphold the...
- Tags: ethics, Hewlett-Packard Co., Ann Baskins
- Discussion threads 2006-09-28
- Attack code for Windows flaw heightens risk
- Attack code for Windows flaw heightens riskIf someone sneezes, can they affectly take oversomeone's Windows system? It seems almost every flaw can do. There's a flaw in image rendering, there's a flaw in routing, there's a flaw in the browser, and could possibly take over a user's system. ...
- Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- The latest in spring FUD from Wasabi
- The latest in spring FUD from WasabiWasabi: SOX-puppet or M$ tentacle?Am I having deja-vu all over again, or is this a repeat broadcast of another drama? Oh, it was SCO vs IBM! I remember now...Even with that [url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6041947.html]FUD drama still playing out[/url], it seems someone is determined to...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Wasabi, FUD, SCO Group Inc., BSD
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Can you have a GPLv2-only license?
- My very first try at blogging, and I made a blatant mistake. In talking about the Free Software Foundation’s move from Version 2 to Version 3 of the GPL, I pointed out that Section 9 of Version 2 provided for automatic updating of the license. I said “This means that...
- Tags: GPL, Program
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Another theory about Apple/Intel
- Another theory about Apple/IntelA bit misinformedQuote from Cringely,"OS X 10.4 -- Tiger -- is a 64-bit OS, remember, yet Intel's 64-bit chips -- Xeon and Itanium -- are high buck items aimed at servers, not iMacs. So is Intel going to do a cheaper Itanium for Apple or is...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, single core AMD chip, theory, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 64-bit
- Discussion threads 2005-06-10
- Sun launches services to drive Java sales
- Sun launches services to drive Java salesTotal farce here..For one thing, I still cannot believe anyone is deploying Java technology today. It is purely legacy technology. I mean, Microsoft's VM is at version 1.1, just proving MS thought this was worthless technology from the outset. The other issue I have...
- Tags: Programming languages, web-site, J2EE, sales, SOA, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-17
- Group sees Linux users unfazed by SCO suits
- Group sees Linux users unfazed by SCO suitsGPLThat would be my bet to. There is no way a judge is going to belive that SCO, while offering a linux distro themselves, did not know what GPL meant. I mean they didn't just offer a little piece of software but a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Evil, Linux, SCO Group Inc., Unix
- Discussion threads 2004-02-10
- Gap in Windows lets in pop-ups, says FTC
- Gap in Windows lets in pop-ups, says FTCold newsThe popups started appearing months ago and it takes all of 30 seconds to disable.I find it amazing that there are still computer users out there who don't have at *least* a software firewall like zonealarm. it's not like you have...
- Tags: Firewalls, PRODUCTIVITY, Network security, FTC, Messenger Service, Microsoft Windows, firewall, computer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2003-11-06
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