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(Gallery: A visit to Microsoft's first store)

Another copy-and-paste by MSntImage 12Just what is that? Do you sit at the "kit" and play it somehow? Looks cool.RE: (Gallery: A visit to Microsoft's first store)It is an almost exact copy of an Apple store... Take the Apple store and remove the Genius bar, and you get the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., first store, Gallery, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Dell reveals Adamo XPS thin-and-light laptop; 0.39" thick

Adamo XPSWow! Gee! Cor! Mmm!I want, I want, I want.....I may never get around to doing any useful work on one, but of this I am very sure: When I close, and stretch my hand over, my gleaming Adamo XPS, point my Dolce and Gabbana toucan-horned spectacles at the room...

Tags: Notebooks, Adamo XPS, Dell Adamo, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Windows 7 build 7077

Windows 7 build 7077Wake Me When RC1 Is ReleasedHo-hum.Looks like...KDE to me. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery eh.What does the RC smell like?!Does the RC smell like bubble gum and roses or pixie dust and happy thoughts?RE: Windows 7 build 7077AKH,, 1 paragraph and a couple pics is...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Imitation, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Build, Windows 7 build 7077, Microsoft Windows, KDE

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM

Imitation has always been a form of flattery, and that's particularly true for the cybercrime ecosystem. From the lone Chinese cybercriminals releasing DIY tools for generating malware actively exploiting the MS08-067 flaw, followed by the original Conficker worm, Microsoft's MMPC Malware Protection Center is reporting on a currently spreading Conficker...

Tags: IM, Malware, Worm, Imitation, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuit

Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuitPsystar sure is humiliating Jobs!!I bet Jobs is [b]fuming[/b] that Psystar [b]dares[/b] stand up to him! I guess that is why Jobs has unleashed his paid astroturfers in 3... 2... 1...:)Hey, Apple may yet convince Psystar to drop OS X with PWN2OWN result!Newsflash,...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Dell's Adamo: Very fashionable, but will the fashion-impaired base (like me) buy it?

Dell's Adamo: Very fashionable, but will the fashion-impaired base like me buy it?Why? Dell is JunkSo for my $2k I could buy a superior Apple Macbook Pro with a bigger screen, more style, and a better reputation or I could buy a POS Dell that screams me too in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Imitation, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Dell Adamo, fashion-impaired base

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Before Intel's big show, AMD launches an attack

With Intel's annual conference set to start this week, AMD launched a pre-emptive strike in a press conference on Friday. AMD executives said the processor innovations you'll hear about next week are imitations of technology they introduced as much as five years ago, and Intel's Larrabee graphics...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Attack, Imitation, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Sony rips off MacBook design

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Sony may have taken this one a little too far. The consumer electronic giant's latest notebook looks like a blatant ripoff of Apple's wildly popular MacBook. The VAIO N10-Series is for everyone who wants a practical,...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Sony Corp., Apple MacBook

Blog posts 2006-09-21

Microsoft probes Outlook Express patch trouble

Microsoft probes Outlook Express patch troubleMan, the village idiots strike again.Can't get much of anything right!mmm Testing testing..they've heard of it, they still have to work out what it meansMicrosoft probes Outlook Express patch troubleMicrosoft are already working on a patch for this so you Linux fanboys can stop you...

Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Imitation, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-04-20

Imitation is purest flattery as Apple, Microsoft battle

Imitation is purest flattery as Apple, Microsoft battleTabbed views instead of MDIWould also make sense to replace the Multi-Document Interface with tabbed windows (a la Firefox etc.).I know they moved from MDI to one window one document, but that clutters the screen. The choice to open a document either in...

Tags: Construction, Leadership, Desktops, imitation, Imitation, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., window

Discussion threads 2005-04-19

Microsoft Research to open lab in Bangalore

Microsoft Research to open lab in BangaloreOnce Again, Kerpal And His 60 Relatives Thank YouYou kicked my dog!!!If they don't come to the US...... Microsoft hires them where they live.The number of visas granted for high level education has been reduced.I remember Steve Ballmer's promise that high level work would...

Tags: Outsourcing, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., second-rate imitation, Indian Government, imitation, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-12-01

New board members light up Eclipse

New board members light up EclipseJava is a hopeless waste of time and moneyOne thing for certain is that Java is a sloooow terd and is the worst language on earth.Second thing the only reason they are pushing this crap is because of MS.The last thing, Open Source is full...

Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Imitation, Java, Microsoft Corp., Eclipse, board

Discussion threads 2004-03-03

Microsoft unveils new Media Player for the Mac

Microsoft unveils new Media Player for the MacOh no, no ITunes!No Maccy no! No success! All your success belong to us! Billy, oh Uncle babe oh, what should we do? How to kill off the success of a competitor? Will the sorry 'ol embracing and extendin' work forever? Will the...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Desktops, Digital media, Digital music, Web browsers, Imitation, Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Corp., WMP, Apple Macintosh, plug-in, Apple iTunes, software, Microsoft Windows Media Player

Discussion threads 2003-11-07

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Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Swift Twitter client and Contacts List (First Week With DROID)

iDroid?Gee, Looks awfully similar to the iPhone. Nothing all that innovative but looks like Google has managed to do a good job recreating the iPhone experience and if Mototola has managed to build a solid phone then it should do well. Competition is always good and imitation is the sincerest...

Tags: Smart phones, iDont, iPhone Experience, kool-Aid, Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years

In other words...This only confirms what we have been saying for sometime now.Desktop Linux lags behinds Windows And Mac for these facts alone, but the biggest one is mainstream application software compatibility which so far, were you to look at system requirements would only support Windows and Mac... There are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Image gallery 2 (Image Gallery: A walk around the Microsoft Zune HD)

new ZuneI have an 80 GB Zune now and my biggest complaint is that you cannot transfer files back from the Zune to the PC thus the backup ability of the large storage space is lost. When MS starts putting out models that work for their customers instead of...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Image Gallery, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Are Google's 'Caffeine' search results more like Bing's?

no caffeine neededGoggle's search is best.Trying to emulate the inferior results from M$ bang, is not the way to go.Total Disagree...You give Linux a bad name, you really do. Google would not be spending millions of dollars to revamp their search engine if they really thought Bing was a non-issue...

Tags: SEARCH, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., search result, Goggle, Google Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interfaceThey better follow Microsoft.Anyone who remember Jensen Harris' presentation at MIX08 knows that the Ribbon is the best thing to happen in user interface design in a long time. Lots of research went into it.OOo would be best-off using Microsoft's research...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Word processors, Microsoft Office, ribbon, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made 1.0 (Windows)

I offer this book to the reader. I have sought to tell simply and truthfully the story of the trials and triumphs of our selfâ??made men, to show how they overcame where others failed, and to offer the record of their lives as models worthy of the imitation of the...

Tags: Men, Research Signpost, Policies And Procedures, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-01