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- Gates & Co.
- Refers to "Bill Gates & Microsoft." Since Gates was the major force behind Microsoft and the most prominent entrepreneur in history, his name is synonymous with the company. ...
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- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- I'm just having a little fun.... I don't get the Seinfeld commercial. They are selling Bill, not Windows. What's with that? Bill retired in July. This just in from Adweek's commercials critic, Barbara Lippert: The Future. Delicious" is the sign-off, but I am...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Ass, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Branding, Web Browsers, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!
- What can I say about Microsoft's new Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial that hasn't already been said. Well, the ad does have one thing going for it ... it's highly riffable! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Advertisement, Bill Gates, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Seinfeld
- SeinfeldHow did this make it past focus groups?My theory is that they told the focus group subjects it was for a different company, and the subjects responded favorably. Therefore, we're all wrong and Microsoft is right.Wow, that's just brilliant!Windows' image is no longer tarnished. They are now being associated with...
- Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., Seinfeld, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Seinfeld & Gates: Was this ad supposed to be funny?
- The long-awaited $300 million ad campaign that Microsoft launched to counter Apple's successful "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" campaign aired during the Thursday night kickoff to the NFL season. Did you see it? I missed it on TV but caught it on YouTube. I don't get...
- Tags: Advertisement, Mall, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jerry Seinfeld, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?Hmmm ....Could be worse ....Homer: [narrating a TV commercial] Are you tired of having your hands cut off by snowblowers? And the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow?Maybe......they should hire the company that does the Mac commercials....
- Tags: humour, advertisement, Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., ad air
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid
- Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidGo on Google, kill them off once and for alllet's rid the world of these sloppy fat liars and have technology once again !!!!RE: Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoidThe browser came about because IE 8 really scared the...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome and why Gates was right to be paranoid
- Google's entrance into the browser wars is more of a reflection of the importance of the browser environment as we undergo a shift to the next generation of Internet application development frameworks. Rich Internet Applications are the future, and Google wants to stake a claim to it. by John...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Java, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Canvas, Web Browsers, Internet, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverables
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverablesMicrosoft should not emulate appleIn my mind, Microsoft's way of having software that works on phones of different manufacturers, and being able to buy applications from different companies is the right way to do business. Apple achieves a lot trough hype and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, application store, Microsoft Corp., WinMobile team, deliverable, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
- News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover
- Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeoverStandardsWhat I want to know, does the "standards" mode remove previous IE hacks? For example, using the underscore in CSS statements would be ignored by every browser except IE. If IE8 now supports standards but STILL reads the underscore hack, this could be a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Adrian
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- A way to assign copyright globally
- A way to assign copyright globallySo would you sign an FLA?Not yet. I don't know what the safe guards are. Sometimes the change from that which is free to that which is out of freedom's reach is one of small unnoticed steps. The Open Source code base...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, developer, Fla
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush
- Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George BushAre You Ready????To have your privacy taken away? For some joker to place more power with the RIAA and MPAA than your own persons.Anyone to push corporate initiatives to be funded by the tax payers should not be in office. ...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, George W. Bush, Dems, digital-rights management, Joe Biden, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?
- Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?CheapHow is cloud computing cheaper for huge corporations?No enterprises are using...the cloud for things like this. Only individuals and small companies that don't want to pay for there own internal IT.In fact, bloggers are the only people...
- Tags: cloud computing, Financial Planning, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Technologists, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Seinfeld target is not open source
- Seinfeld target is not open sourceIrrelavant comicIs that site supposed to be relavant or something?Seinfeld's from Massapequa?I grew up the other side of Boundry Ave. in F'dale.:)Well, the ads may not target Apple or open source, but, they sure are aresponse to Apples successful ads and increasing market share, and...
- Tags: Apple Ads, Seinfeld, advertisement, Apple Inc., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Seinfeld target is not open source
- My guess is the ads will feature Microsoft innovations like its Surface interface, aiming to turn Redmond back into a home of wizards, transforming Gates from Voldemort back into Harry Potter. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Advertisement, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Jerry Seinfeld, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- News to know: Google; Typosquatting; Apple; IDF
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? Christopher Dawson: Can Dell compete on cost anymore? Dancho Danchev: Typosquatting the U.S presidential...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Open Source, Security, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Building Windows, not walls
- Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista’s image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures. This ad...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, wall, Building Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
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