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How should Microsoft fight Vista criticism? "We're sorry" is a good start

On this week’s EIC-squared podcastLarry Dignan asked me what I would do to fix Vista’s tarnished brand if I were in charge of Microsoft’s marketing for a day. OK, I’ll take the job, but on two conditions: First, I want face time with Steve Ballmer and Steven Sinofsky. Second, I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 1, Frank Shaw, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-10

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Microsoft external PR chief to get a blue badge

Microsoft's newest Corporate Vice President, who picks up his blue employee badge at the end of August, will be someone very familiar with the inner workings of the company. Frank Shaw, who currently heads the Microsoft account at PR agency Waggener Edstrom, will become the company's new Corporate Vice President...

Tags: Vice President, Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-28

NOC-NOC, who's there? Or, "I've seen the thumbwheel and the damage done"

NOC= (Blackberry-maker Research In Motion's Network Operations Center in Waterloo, Ont.) As to the latter portion of this post's title, NOT an original. Readers of a certain vintage may recognize that saying as an adaptation from an old Neil Young song entitled "I've...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Outage, Tom, Manufacturing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Farewell to ZDNet (and CNET)

Farewell to ZDNet and CNETThanks for your good work!You've put in some hard time at ZDNet, and I've been reading the blogs for awhile -- it'll be sad to see you go, and I hope someone is out there that can adequately fill your shoes while you move on to...

Tags: Blogging, RSS, Farewell, Best Wishes, blog, CMP

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Apple Patent app describes "force detection" technology for iPhone touchscreens

A newly published Apple Patent application seems to describe how touchscreens in use in iPhones interpret touches from users into commands. The Patent app is entitled, Force and Location Sensitive Display. I have to be frank with you. Those of...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Substrate, Trace, Apple Inc., Patent App, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-11

The 100 Greatest Short Stories 1.0 (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Mobile, Rampart Software Development, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-21

Tagged: Five things about me

Whether you love or hate the "meme," the "Five Things" one is still circulating. And once youve been tagged, it seems rude not to respond. So here goes: Five Things You May Not Know About Me 1. Ive been writing about technology since 1983. My very first...

Tags: Windows XP, Vista, Housekeeping, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-01-02

Ray in Charge

With my family visiting the in-laws in Charleston, I'm alone here with dog, 3 cats, and 3 (I hope that's the right number) fish. On Friday I got up late and went down to Podshow for the Fubar Friday company get-together. Sitting with Adam Curry in his cubicle, he asked...

Tags: Frank

Blog posts 2006-06-18

The Allchin Tax Cut

Mike Arrington missed the Gillmor Gang taping today, even though he changed his travel arrangements to be there. I forgive him, because he's understandably starry-eyed by his lunch with Bill Gates at the Mix06 conference. But I don't forgive Robert Scoble for not inviting me, or Waggener Edstrom either.Let me...

Tags: Robert, Microsoft Office

Blog posts 2006-03-24

100 Greatest Short Stories (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2005-06-23