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Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?

My post a week ago about Microsoft's post-Windows operating system, code-named "Midori," elicited some interesting responses -- and a few potential new clues. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Operating System, Cairo, Microsoft Corp., Midori, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-07

A New Direction: Service Delivery To Your Desktop

The American University in Cairo AUC in Egypt is one of the largest and oldest educational institutions in the Middle East, with five campuses distributed throughout Cairo. A technology platform had been built over a number of years to accommodate a surge in demand for computing facilities, with rapid expansion...

Tags: Desktop, Cairo, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Management

Case studies 2007-03-01

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Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more features

Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more featuresrace to death in sep!!Okey, i am care for this many months,but when i try to use firefox 3.1, i am just found it out of my mind,which to hard to say it works good:)i can't open web flash video,movies:!!con't...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.1, Firefox 3.1 beta, beta

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Linux laptop, make or buy?

Linux laptop, make or buy?The answer may simply be[i]I sort of expected a vendor representative to write and offer a unit, but that did not happen. This may tell more about the state of this market than anything else[/i].Maybe they simply had not read your blog? :)RE: Linux laptop, make...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux laptop, Linux, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

News to know: Linux; iPhone; Gmail; Insecure antivirus software; SAP

Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: SaaS star leaves SAP for Salesforce.com Dennis Howlett: Ticking bombs in enterprise land Garett Rogers: Your Gmail is now a lot more secure Dancho Danchev: Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Linux, Google Gmail, SAP AG, Antivirus Software, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?

Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for sale

Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for saleUmm... so, it was wrong to use Chicago, Cairo...and also, Intel should not use rivers in Oregon; and maybe Apple should not use MacIntosh a type of Apple...RE: Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for saleFiji government is a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Fiji

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Mozilla: Firefox 3 is not buggy but RC2 may be necessary

Mozilla: Firefox 3 is not buggy but RC2 may be necessaryFirefox 3 very stableFirefox 3 is extremely stable. The only problem I have had is viewing Yahoo mail. For some strange reason Yahoo mail likes to resiize to a smaller font and window size. I am constantly having...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., database, RC2

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

On being detained in Cairo

I've brought up Twitter before. Twitter is a micro-blogging service. You use it to "tweet" messages of no more than 140 characters. Your friends, colleagues and the general public can follow your Twitter stream and keep up with such urgent intelligence as, "Feeling bored," or "Currently surrounded by idiots." Or,...

Tags: Twitter, James Karl Buck, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Gottsman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Modeling urban road networks

According to New Scientist, two physicists from France and the U.S. have developed a simple mathematical model which shows how urban road networks evolve. Their model shows that urban street patterns and leaf pattern formation follow similar rules. The researchers validated their theoretical model by analyzing real road networks in...

Tags: Network, Modeling, Road Network, Transportation, Research & Development, Networking, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-26

Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?

News of Singularity, a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft, sparked my interest in OSes past and present. It got me thumbing though the back issues of MacWEEK for memories of OSes that were built from scratch and now forgotten. But in the research, I found some ironic gold regarding NeXTstep,...

Tags: Strategy, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, MacWeek, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTstep, Singularity OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18

Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18Damn Right Another Beta is Needed!I have crashes all the time. Several times they've gotten so frequest I've had to go to FF2 or IE to get work done.The current code is not anywhere close to being ready for prime...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 5, Firefox 3

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour (dmg)

Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces, Generals, its time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy. The Zero Hour expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer Generals challenges players to square off against the worlds...

Tags: Arsenal, Aspyr Media Inc., Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour Feature, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2007-11-19

Microsoft and Open Source: Kissing cousins

In early 1994, the World Wide Web opened the gates of Internet travel for the average person -- the same year that the Netscape Navigator browser was released. By mid-1994, millions of PC users were riding the "information highway."On December 7, 1995, Microsoft announced its plans for the quantum leap to Internet time."The...

Tags: Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Xandros, Maurene Caplan Grey

Blog posts 2007-08-20

Microsoft: We have the searchers; now we need the searches

Microsoft: We have the searchers; now we need the searchesMicrosoft operates under the"There's a sucker born every minute" principle.Although users are becoming educated to Microsoft's malfeasance at an alarming rate for Microsoft, the rate of sucker births are equal to or greater than ones being educated.http://malfy.org/Corporate Malfeasance Information Repository :...

Tags: SEARCH, Peer to peer (P2P), Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Sun CTO promises Flash-like experience from JavaFX and new runtime

On Tuesday Sun Microsystems unveiled a new consumer-oriented product line called JavaFX, which among other things has a new language for interactive user interfaces JavaFX Script. Sound a little like Flash? Thats the idea, says Sun CTO of Software Bob Brewin, and a new streamlined runtime system will help make...

Tags: Sun, Scripting, Programming, Java, General

Blog posts 2007-05-09

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) is out!

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn is out!MirrorsNeed more mirrors in seattle areas:) It's a joke guys. .RelaxUpgrading from 6.10 - very exciting :-)Upgrades are a bit slow, but to be expected considering Ubuntu's popularity.If you are upgrading from 6.10 edgy it could not be easier. The steps seem to be:...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Feisty Fawn, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.04, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-04-19

Microsoft naysayer bandwagon gets crowded

Microsoft naysayer bandwagon gets crowdedI agreeSaying "Microsoft is dead" is like saying "the Earth is square".Chanting that all day doesn't make it so.Microsoft may not currently have the momentum and power that they once enjoyed. That doesn't mean they are down for the count.The MS challengeappears to be where...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Narratives, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

Minutes To Midnight Countdown (widget)

A counter that counts down to the release of Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight album, which will be released on May 14, 2007. The count down is accurate for Cairo local time (GMT+2).

Tags: Counter, Album

Software downloads 2007-03-30

Goodbye, 'Vienna.' Hello 'Windows 7'

Its February 1: The first "official" day of the Steven Sinofsky Windows era. Yes, I know Senior Vice President of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Sinofsky has been working on Windows Vista and Windows Live for the past several months. His re-org stamp is already visible on a...

Tags: Vista, Windows client, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, Code names, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2007-02-01