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- Opposition to Google's book deal: Just Microsoft?
- Opposition to Google's book deal: Just Microsoft?Kudos to GoogleBusiness goals aside, Google is providing a great service to mankind, in its attempt to bring all forms of cultural & intellectual knowledge online. Hopefully one day, all music, videos, books, etc. produced anywhere in the world will be available to anyone...
- Tags: Google Inc., Just Microsoft, book deal
- Discussion threads 2009-04-05
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- Why Microsoft pulled the plug on the Win 7/Family Guy promo - Because it was lame
- I can see why Microsoft pulled the plug on the Windows 7/Family Guy promo - because the whole thing was lame. Check it out: Note: If the lameness of these clips causes your PC to commit suicide, I'm not taking the blame ... Â ...
- Tags: Plug, Microsoft Corp., Clip, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-11-30
- Microsoft: To spam or not to spam
- I'm rather suspiciousLook at the date. December 2008?Show me the headersI would never bother reading the body without checking them first.False dichotomyAnd oh, by the way: just because it's genuine doesn't mean it's not spam.TrashntHumm . . .Humm . . . We really need to start adopting digital signatures.It usually...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, header, Microsoft Corp., e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-11-27
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end
- dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end
- Microsoft Chief Financial Officer CFO Chris Liddell is leaving Microsoft after four years to pursue other interests, company officials announced via a November 24 press release issued quietly just before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., CFO, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser
- It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe
- Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...
- Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Windows Mobile is better than you think
- My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Apple to Verizon: 'Can your phone and your network do that?'
- The REAL way the commercials should go...caller: Did you get the email I sent you?iPhone user: Well, it was downloading, then the phone dropped to EDGE speed again and I'm still waiting for it to finish.caller: Well, why don't I ju...iPhone user: Hello? Hello? caller calls back: I guess your...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, network, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Apple iPhone, iPhone User, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Google goes all-in with an open source cloud
- RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Tags: Web browsers, EXPLORER, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Internet Explorer, critical IE 7 zero-day flaw, IE 7 zero-day flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, zero-day bug, exploit
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...
- Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?
- If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...
- Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Chrome OS Video Tour
- Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...
- Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Microsoft and News Corp. search pact? It adds up
- Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...
- Tags: SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, News Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
- MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...
- Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- Ballmer just laughs off the operating system being developed by Google and now the open source community, but you can't deny that Google's lined up to hit a home run. by Garett Rogers
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
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