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Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion: Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesnt mean senior management isnt already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next Windows client release (the one I believe is -- or at least was -- code-named "Fiji"). Microsoft has not yet built or tested even a...; Tags: COSD Jon DeVaan; Blog posts 2006-10-12

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If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?Different goals, maybe. Similar imperatives, yes.While the open source community is driven by solving mutual problems and then making the solutions available to everyone, if open source communities hope to make inroads into large organizations,...; Tags: Desktops, Xen, VMware Inc., open-source community, open source, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?: AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?AOL's glory days are far behind.Yes AOL had it's day, but poor service and restrictive behavior relegated it to the dust-bin of history. No-one I know has been on that service for well over a decade, perhaps even longer. Yes...; Tags: America Online Inc., potential sale; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?: Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?Good Lord!Whatever does happen, this has been fun to read about.in summaryHalvar's approach is to play a game in which you win with a low probability. If you are able to win the race with the authoritative server and guess one TXID, you...; Tags: Games, Domain names, Halvar, TXID, game, DNS; Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Icahn says he can't: Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can't. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board: Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...; Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Why does open source need a villain?: Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...; Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
What happens when you patch the Internet?: What happens when you patch the Internet?Most home users do *not* have a router...and they are the largest number of systems exposed to the network. Corporate systems are already protected, and are likely not running Zone Alarm anyway.For the home user Windows XP's firewall is less than secure --...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Patches, Domain names, ZoneAlarm, Internet, patch, server, DNS server, security; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Sync files between computers over the Web, free: Freeware application and Web service Dropbox instantly backs up and syncs your files over the Internet and to any Windows or Mac computer. Once you install the application, it will create a Dropbox folder on your hard drive. Any file you put inside that folder will sync...; Tags: Web, File, Computer, Dropbox Web Interface, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-03
McCain's campaign team has no Facebook chops: You have to admire the chutzpah of the idea of convincing voters that they should vote for a candidate through an arcade game rip-off of Space Invaders, because it's simply ludicrous coming from a candidate who has declared he doesn't even know how to "use a computer." Aaron Jacobs-Smith of...; Tags: Facebook, Team, John McCain, McCain, Jacobs-Smith, Games, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Software we'll never see in the App Store: I recently published lists of my most anticipated iPhone applications and my App Store wishlist. But what about applications that we'll never see in the App Store? There are certain kinds of applications that Apple will most likely never offer in the App Store because they conflict...; Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Application, GPS, Telephony, Scripting Languages, E-mail, Corporate Law, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Online Communications, Business Operations, Cellular Phones, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-06-19
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Workflow Services in .NET 3.5 With Jon Flanders (Level 200): Windows Communication Foundation WCF and Windows Workflow Foundation WF are powerful technologies that were first introduced in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. In release 3.5 of the .NET Framework, these two technologies work even better together. This webcast introduces to workflow services, and describes how workflow services unites WCF and...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Workflow Service, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-06-18
XP era ends: Will Vista step up?: XP era ends: Will Vista step up?All software eventually expires and is upgraded.The operating system is no different.Personally, I think that this entire conversation has been missing the point.Most people, by which I mean consumers not IT staff, don't care what operating system is on their computer. They will use...; Tags: Service Pack 1, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Viet-era vets support Iraq war PTSD claims: After the Vietnam War it took some veterans decades to get their PTSD acknowledged and treated. (Art by Shaun Mullen of Kikoshouse.) Medication, therapy and even religion can all help, but it's a lifetime condition. The memories last a lifetime. Many Vietnam-era veterans are...; Tags: Veteran, PTSD, VA, Government, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-06
Open source migration must be evolutionary: The failure of Vienna, Austria's open source migration program teaches a powerful lesson to enterprises of all sorts. (Jon Voight played Milo Minderbinder in the film version of Catch-22.) Open source migration should not be a religion. It needs to be a practical step, actually a series...; Tags: Migration, Open Source Migration, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-06
Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML: This really can't come as much of a surprise, but the list of countries protesting the ISO approval of OOXML is getting longer. Venezuela's appeal has been accepted by the IEC International Electrotechnical Commission but the jury is still out on Denmark. Friday, the IEC said that...; Tags: Venezuela, Appeal, Office Open XML, Denmark, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-02
Another reason to ban cell phones in school?: Several media outlets featured a story Wednesday on nude photos of junior high school girls being circulated via cell phone in a Texas school. Fox News reported that "Those students forwarded the images and the circle opened up and got wider and wider," Superintendent Jon Whittemore...; Tags: Phone, Student, Cell Phone, Photograph, Boyfriend, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-21
Novell to Sun: Here's an offer you can't refuse: Last week, I blogged about the possible future of a unified UNIX GPLv3 operating system "mother distro" comprising the merged source code of the Solaris and Linux kernels (and presumably, the source code of other vendors as well) and related GNU stack with associated tools and applications. ...; Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., GPLv3, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-12
They died for Reddi-Wip?: Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia...; Tags: Disk, Disk Drive, Foam, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-11