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- Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?
- Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Does Microsoft really need to diversify into consumer products?Yes. Diversity is the key for making revenue. If one product or service doesn't generate the whole company isn't at a loss. Only one division is.Microsoft's strengthwas Bill Gates' ability to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Games, Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Does Microsoft, consumer product
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Top 10 search providers for March 2008 in US
- Top 10 search providers for March 2008 in USDoes Microsoft really need Yahoo?1. Google Search: 4,791,057 ~ 58.7% 2. Yahoo! Search: 1,480,690 ~ 18.1% 3. MSN Search: 979,761 ~ 12.0% Does not look as though Microsoft is the "distant third" to Yahoo. Granted, picking up Yahoo would give them 30%...
- Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Top 10 Search Providers, March 2008, Does Microsoft, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?
- Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?That's what a Board of Directors is forLet them do their job. If they don't think the purchase is worth it, it will be shot down.RE: Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?No.Microsoft needs Gates to return ntntGo big or go home!Initiating...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, SEARCH, lobotomy, Initiating Change, Steve Ballmer, Does Microsoft, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Does Microsoft's new WGA disclosure fall short?
- Does Microsoft's new WGA disclosure fall short?WGAIt would seem to me anyone that uses any MS products are guinea pigs, and always have been.If you can list one MS app or OS that has come out finsihed on its first release that never needed a security patch or an update...
- Tags: Patches, Does Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Genuine Notification, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- How Vista's User Access Protection (UAP) works/looks
- How Vista's User Access Protection UAP works/lookswell that stopsthe drive-by install, since the user will have to do *something* before it installs. Of course it does nothing against all the maleware that is disguised as plugins or such since the user will just say yes (or in this case...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Authenticode, Does Microsoft, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-19
- Flaw finders go their own way
- Flaw finders go their own wayIMHO...You report it to the developer. Then you wait for a reasonable amount of time. If it appears the developer is unwilling to respond, THEN you report it publicly to force their hand.If exploits break out while it is being evaluated by the...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Does Microsoft, flaw finder, flaw, hacker, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-26
- Microsoft indemnifies. But does it really matter to you?
- Microsoft indemnifies. But does it really matter to you?The devils in the small print - LOOPHOLESEven Microsoft's 2004 May 27th changes which apply only to customers under enterprise licensing contracts, which Microsoft claims grants greater immunity, contains many loop holes which greatly negate Microsoft's liability.The section 6 clause contain...
- Tags: Databases, Even Microsoft, Does Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., service deliverable, Timeline Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-11-10
- Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive?
- Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive?IP Offensive?MS obviously is worried about IP issues. They settled with Novell because of Novell's threat to use their own IP in the defense of Linux, etc. Lest people forget, most MS software still uses Novell's NCP. You just can...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, MS obviously, Does Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., IP, software, Novell Inc., software patent, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-11-09
Additional Resources
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- The same day that Forrester Research is touting yet another of a growing number of studies claiming Vista is failing to gain traction in the enterprise, Microsoft is claiming just the opposite. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Apple must be feeling pretty flattered now that both Canonical the company behind Ubuntu and Microsoft have expressed a desire to be more like Apple. Start your photocopiers! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Ubuntu, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photocopier, Apple Mac OS, Copiers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year
- Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer IE 8 to the Web "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to show off spherical Surface next week
- During Microsoft's annual Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, the company will finally show off semi-publicly the spherical Surface computer that has been rumored for the past few months. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Multi-touch, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer played online-services pitch man duirng his opening keynote at Microsoft's annual Financial Analyst Meeting FAM, explaining why Micorsoft believes it must continue to invest heavily in search and advertising to remain competitive in the coming years. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Advertisement, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kevin Johnson, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Google + Digg = ?
- There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...
- Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer. by...
- Tags: Phone, PC, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...
- Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360
- At the E3 game conference Microsoft unveiled a new look for it's Xbox 360 interface to make features easier to use and buy, and improve the social experience. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andy Smith, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox
- Image galleries 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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