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- My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time
- I've been using Windows for nearly two decades, and during that time I've tried hundreds of programs. Most come and go, but a handful have stood the test of time for me by solving a particular problem particularly well. In this article and accompanying gallery, I list...
- Tags: Program, Folder, Password, Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Search Technology, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, RoboForm, FeedDemon, FinePrint Software, Process Explorer, Clipboard, Updates, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Microsoft antitrust oversight and a changed market
- Judge Kollar-Kotelly announced yesterday that she would extend to November, 2009 the non-documentation related sanctions imposed on Microsoft in its 2002 consent decree, matching the extension of the documentation provisions she had made earlier in the month. The extension isn't of the duration for which the State Attorneys-General had hoped - they...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Antitrust, Protocol, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, Internet, Web Browsers, Corporate Law, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe
- It's the brower war v. 2.0. No doubt, Opera's antitrust complaint filed against Microsoft today to the European Commission is causing huge headaches in Redmond. The Norwegian company, whose pioneering open source browser rose to prominence on mobile devices, claims that...
- Tags: Web, Opera Software, European Commission, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Standards, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Poll: Is Microsoft still dangerous?
- Poll: Is Microsoft still dangerous?Love those pollsOne result gets 100%, another gets 50%The question is......if MS were to triple the OEM price of Windows to vendors who sold systems preloaded with rival systems or who merely promoted or contributed to such systems, would any of them tell MS where to...
- Tags: Government, Microsoft Windows, Vertical industries, Mainframes, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Microsoft formally withdraws remaining EU appeals
- Microsoft formally withdraws remaining EU appealsMicrosoft won, so why appeal?Microsoft got everything they wanted... an expensive and encumbered information release that open source developers can't use in good faith, rather than publishing their essential protocols openly as the court originally required. They won, why would they endanger that by continuing...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- States ask court to extend oversight of Microsoft
- States ask court to extend oversight of MicrosoftThe questions are...1. Have the illegal anticompetitive practices stopped? I think the ones mentioned in the findings of fact probably have, but MS is actively looking for replacements.2. Would they resume if oversight were to end? I think yes,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- States ask court to extend oversight of Microsoft
- Parts of a consent agreement by which a federal court provided oversight of Microsoft's market behavior are due to expire Nov. 12. And although federal regulators and attorneys general from several states now say the judgment should be allowed to expire, six states and D.C. are asking the court to...
- Tags: Redmond, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- U.S. defends Microsoft remedy at international meet
- U.S. defends Microsoft remedy at international meetMicrosoft is a beacon to the world...The rest of the free world should look to Microsoft as a beacon of hope and a bastion of innovation. Why is it then that Europe continues to throw mud in the face of this benevolent and most...
- Tags: Corporate law, NETWORKING, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Barnett
- Discussion threads 2007-09-29
- And on the Microsoft legal circuit...
- And on the Microsoft legal circuit...Tick, tick, tick[i]California and a handful of other states told the judge overseeing Microsoft’s compliance with the terms of its antitrust settlement with the U.S. government that the Consent Decree has done little to curb Microsoft’s anticompetitive behavior.[/i]And this matters any more -- how?Come November,...
- Tags: Linux, Corporate law, Processors, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- And on the Microsoft legal circuit...
- For those who like their long weekends peppered with a little legal sauce, here are a couple of links: Eolas and Microsoft settle patent case; Terms not yet disclosed The abridged history: Eolas claimed Microsoft's Internet Explorer violated its patent for accessing interactive content...
- Tags: Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- The realities of municipal Wi-Fi
- While, in principle, I agree with my colleague, Chris Dawson (Why municipal Wi-Fi is an educational expense), the problems with this approach are huge -- and have nothing whatsoever to do with education. In the 1930's the rationale for providing ubiquitous radio, electrical, telephone, and water resources to everyone was motivated by the...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Google petitions again to weigh in on Microsoft-DOJ case
- If at first you don't succeed, complain, complain again.Google has filed a second request to be considered a friend of the court in the Microsoft-Department of Justice antitrust case.As noted by Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop, Google filed its latest five-page request on July 2, a week after Judge Collen...
- Tags: Google, Legal, Search, Vista, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-07-03
- Microsoft to Google: Take an antitrust lesson from us
- Microsoft to Google: Take an antitrust lesson from usGood pointIf MS had taken a softer line with the DOJ and the states in the late 1990s, they would almost certainly not now be under a consent decree.Computerworld's Frank Hayes did suggest a voluntary breakup. He may well have been...
- Tags: Corporate law, Computerworld, Anti-trust law, Anti-trust, U.S. Department of Justice, antitrust, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Google Desktop goes Linux
- Google Desktop goes LinuxDoes it run on Ubuntu 7.04?? Dell customers would like that.Well, me too.Google does cares about the end users[i]Google Desktop for Linux is proprietary[/i]It is good that google stands behind free and open software. Well, good if [b]someone else[/b] is giving away the free and open software.Well,...
- Tags: Desktops, Google Inc., desktop, Linux, Google Desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-06-27
- DOJ backs off of Microsoft as former counsel dismisses Google's antitrust claim
- The Bush administration seems to be softening its stance on Microsoft and the company's anticompetitive conduct, reports the New York TimesThis change in attitude mirrors the market shift from desktop software to Internet search and web-based software, which circumvents Microsoft. The recent rejection of an antitrust complaint filed by Google...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Courts
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief
- Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chiefYes, controversialThe idea of interoperability will indeed be verrry controversial, and downright blasphemous. How dare Microsoft recognize that they have to live with the existence of Linux in this world and thus make an effort to interoperate.Loverock, who seems to be absent these days, would...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- PC buyers aim to cut the 'crapware'
- PC buyers aim to cut the 'crapware'And if they donn't?PC companies are in business and are focused on selling products to consumers, commercial and home accounts alike. If there is a problem, they are most likely to find and fix it since it affects their revenues. If they...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Dell Computer Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Why Microsoft is under attack from all sides
- Why Microsoft is under attack from all sidesM$ IP should be confiscated!Since M$ 'IP' is the fruit of the illegal behaviour, it should be confiscated the same way dirty monies are!Why Microsoft is under attack from all sidesMicrosoft is constantly under attack for being successful. Many years ago Bill...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Lars, IP, attack
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Scoble vs. the as-of-yet secret sauceless Ballmer
- Scoble vs. the as-of-yet secret sauceless BallmerSecret SauceDavid, Microsoft's secret sauce is straight from the can: the Consent Decree expires this year.After that, the gloves come off.PS: Kudos to the webmaster. I wouldn't have believed that the comment form could get worse, but I was wrong.Ballmer isn't blowing smokeI...
- Tags: Channel management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-03-20
- Vista at the tipping point
- Vista at the tipping pointVista at the tipping pointFUD! Comlpete and utter FUD. Jeremy are you hurting that much for attention? I thought your whining and crying from leaving Novell would have been enough attention that you brought on to yourself. Guess it wasn't enough. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Jeremy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, eWeek, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
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