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Why is Microsoft afraid to use the 'L' word?

Why is Microsoft afraid to use the 'L' word?Go ahead DonnieBoyLet us all know what "Microsoft [i]really[/i] is thinking and saying.And please, use your contacts "on the street" if you wish.Time to sit back, this should be quite humorous...Windows Server 2008 Foudation With Ubuntu ServerI could have Windows Server 2008...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Donnieboy, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Google's iPhone app is really good

Google's iPhone app is really goodOMG! How many iPhone stories can ZDNet pump out in 36 hours???C'mon ZDNet this is ridiculous...how many more iPhone / Apple stories are you going to bombard us with??????Then stop reading them!What's so difficult about that concept? There seem to be a lot of things...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft strategy, Apple iPhone, Donnieboy, Google iPhone app, people like, Google iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-07-12

Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw

Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flawJust remember, YOU, as a valued Microsoft customer are responsible for ALLdamages due to the carelessness and inattentiveness of Microsoft. They were too busy figuring out how to lock you in to next generation platforms to worry about all the problem you might have with the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Social Security, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Donnie, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Donnieboy, Linux, computer

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

Microsoft's Visual Studio courts database pros

Microsoft's Visual Studio courts database prosTypically just people without arguments, you insult when you don't have anargument. And, back on topic, Windows servers are bug ridden an un-secure. Way to many lines of code. Nobody in their right mind would run a database on a Windows server.BuwahahahahaDonnieBoy, the thing I...

Tags: Databases, Storage, OPEN SOURCE, Wizard, Microsoft .NET, Unit Testing, database, MySQL, Donnieboy, DB Unit Testing, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-31

Windows Live Search review

Windows Live Search reviewI agree, a pure pleasure to use. nt.Neat Idea but....While the one page search results is a neat idea I found myself personally bobbing and weaving between what my mouse scroll wheel wanted to do with the main web page itself versus what could or couldn't...

Tags: Web browsers, Mice, Donnieboy, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live Search Review, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live Search, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc., Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Additional Resources

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?

Project name changedIt's Microsoft Live Mess now under Ballmer's leadership.RE: So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?i hope they don't get rid of or just leave it alone because i really like it. Actually, it works very well.It might be stuck in some pre-release limbo but whats already available to use does...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google-Microsoft rivalry on with ChromeOS launch

This will usher in an era of intense competition and innovation, as well aslower prices.This will be good for all concerned. Windows users will get lower prices and faster innovation. The Windows users should be Google's biggest fans here.Chorme OS could get 10% or more of the netbook market. That...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Why Google released Closure Tools

another nail in M$ coffinIt seems Google is second to FSF to send M$ to its grave.You are an idiot....First of all did you even read the article...Not only the article makes no senselike your idiotic rant aggainst MS but it contains several errors.AJAX is javascript and is not unique...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, tool, Rhino, JavaScript, Java, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Calling all innovators: Google hangs "Help Wanted" sign

Google hangs help Google provides no conduit for unsolicited ideas. It is arrogance - that one can get away with whilst the web is young. ZDNet should try asking why, rathering than pandering...Perhaps if their staff were given 15 minutes a week of free time to ponder on what is...

Tags: Benefits, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.

Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...

Tags: launch-pad, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'

Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...

Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?

You're in the introduction. :)As I said, I'm not including techies and IT people in these groups, because they are probably already using a combination of both Windows and Linux/Unix.I'm Upper-Mid-Range..."They want things to be easy, and yet always work."Yup, that's me. Linux would probably drive me crazy. grinBTW, yes,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Power-User, Microsoft Windows Vista, computer, Linux, desktop Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Windows 7 in action: do more with the taskbar and Jump Lists

Have you tried pinning a recycle bin to the taskbar?In Vista and XP I wound up using a convoluted method of creating a special toolbar just for the recycle bin. But you can only do functions like emptying the bin by right clicking, and you have to take care to...

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., taskbar, dock, Xerox Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Macs and PCs found shacking up

A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Hotmail hacked: Thousands of account details published online

Facts...have never stopped Zack from sensationalizing a story into an anti-Microsoft rant before....wrong headlinewhile I punch M$ every time it deserves it, phising points to user stupidity not to some sort of hacking or intrusion.That could potentially happen to ANY online email provider...just replace the phising screen.Hacked?If people gave up...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail providers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phishing, MSN Hotmail, login screen, THOUSANDS

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

The month ahead: Can Windows 7 close the Vista flop chapter?

Win7 cannot completely close the Vista flop chapter. Win7 is still WAY too bloated and inflexible, a take it all or leave it approach. Compare that with Linux where you can use it from a tiny embedded system all the way up to a large server with multiple cores and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Can Linux beat the bloat

I think the whole "bloated" thing is hogwash.There's no such thing.Neither Windows nor Linux are "bloated". Nor is OS/X. You want functionality you have to pay for it. One man's lean and mean is another man's anemic.Functionality simply isn't free.How many lines of code did USB take? How about multi-threading?...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.04, Linux, Ubuntu, OS/X, Linus, bloat, kernel, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?

Lets's see, what's the most appealing......the cloud solution that has a fully integrated desktop suite that matches it or the one that doesn't?In other words your headline is the wrong way round.RE: Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?Nice job with the headline that get's...

Tags: cloud computing, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Office, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-09-22