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Microsoft's leaner approach to Vista security

Microsoft's leaner approach to Vista securitystats.update.microsoft.com packets captureYou guys should really check what MS is gathering from your computer through svchost.exe when you run updates.No matter how secure your computer is, it's meaningless when MS is broadcasting your private info on port 80 in plain text.*NIX doesn't need a chipAnd...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Vista security, leaner approach, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, security

Discussion threads 2005-08-29

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Is Snow Leopard worth it in Ed?

#FAILApple is very Fail in last 2 Year, bye bye OSX now i get a Windows 7RE: Is Snow Leopard worth it in Ed?Perhaps a more relevant poll would be "when will your school upgrade to Snow Leopard?" I know that changes in schools after school has started is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Linux, Desktops, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

ACN vs. ORCL - Who's spending on advertising?

The cost of selling services and software BtoB magazine recently posted their Top 100 business-to-business advertiser list. On this list were a couple of firms with distinctly different approaches to advertising. Oracle Corporation came in at #95 on the list, down from #74...

Tags: ORCL, Advertisement, Accenture Ltd., Firm, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-12-18

Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"

Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"This is not the right time at all for MS to push the issue. With the globaleconomic crisis especially, MS will not be able to get blood out of a turnip. This will just cause negative nation-wide publicity in China, and you...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., piracy, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?

What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?The biggest thing in IE8 for the enterprise: continued compatibilityproblems and continued foot dragging on the standards front. Also very slow JavaScript. Much slower than the already released version of FireFox, Opera, and Safari. Pretty sad . . . .RE: What's in IE 8...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, enterprise user, standards, Mozilla Firefox, IE8, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Steve Ballmer's defining hour

Steve Ballmer's defining hourHalf hearted approach to world dominationOne real world picture of Bill writing an OS.and you forgot the enterprise CIOthe cash cow that MS has long milked is not happy about product quality, pricing compared to consumer markets, bunch of other areas. And sees little payback from the...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggerated

Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggeratedImportant distinctionsLet us please distinguish between the end of Microsoft's market presence and the end of Microsoft's ability to dictate to the market.The lifecycle of empires is well-established, and the collapse of Imperial power never follows the collapse of Imperial presence; it is, always,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

IBM remains way out in front on information access despite Microsoft's Fast bid

Ever notice that Microsoft -- with cash to burn apparently -- waits for the obvious to become inevitable and then ends up paying huge premiums for companies in order to catch up to reality? We saw it with aQuantive, Softricity and Groove Networks. It's happened again with...

Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Optaros opens OS projects catalog, JBoss Rules 4.0 debuts

With more than 140,000 open-source projects floating around, finding the right one for your company is a daunting task. For IT managers, who usually don't have the vantage point that developers enjoy, the search can also be fraught with danger. Choosing or backing the wrong project can have far-reaching operational,...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, search, Open Source, JBoss, Java, Intellectual Property, Enterprise Java, Developer Tools

Blog posts 2007-07-21

Is DTrace Sun's killer application?

Wednesday evening Im at Le Colonial in San Franciscos Tenderloin District having a spirited discussion with one of Suns young Turks, a bright software engineer called Bryan Cantrill. Were talking about a technology he and his team have developed called DTrace. Quite simply it is a way to spot performance...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., DTrace, DTrace Sun, Enterprise IT, Sun

Blog posts 2006-12-07

My first passage to India - boom times trigger memories of dotbombs

[This is an account of my first trip to India,  traveling as a guest of Tibco Software, an SVW sponsor. Vivek Ranadive, the CEO of Tibco is launching his business IT strategy book "The Power to Predict" in India, and he invited me to come along as he meets with politicians...

Tags: Check-in, TIBCO Software Inc., IT company, American Airlines, information technology

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Colleges struggle to support web accessibility

Money and lack of initiative are two of the that prevent many colleges from making their websites accessible to people with disabilities, reports Hannon Hill, a maker of web content-management solutions. The study found that only 17 of the 124 American universities are in compliance with the World Wide...

Tags: accessibility, Hannon Hill, W3C

Blog posts 2006-10-06

Packing and moving

Packing and movingXcuse me Murphy, but..."Specifically, the publisher I'm talking to is talking to Sun about co-sponsorship and I'd like them to get the message that this thing could sell at least a couple of hundred million copies. "It smells in here Murphy... Do you need a larger pair of...

Tags: Thin clients, Insurance, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., thin client

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

Leaner virtualization coming to Windows, Linux

Leaner virtualization coming to Windows, LinuxI see some very small benefitsThe fine-tuning of what runs in what container seems like micromanagement. This looks a lot like "full OS' threads - thread the entire OS instance and then run apps on each one.This seems to me to be similar to Raid...

Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Java, IBM OS/2, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC, virtualization, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-04-13

The battle for virtualization is heating up

These are some exciting times for the world of virtualization and there has been plenty of virtualization news today with LinuxWorld in full swing. Microsoft is now officially supporting Linux running inside of Microsoft Virtual Server. VMware has recently made their virtual machine player and basic server product...

Tags: virtualization, XenSource Inc., VMware Inc.

Blog posts 2006-04-03

Big-ticket software gets a haircut

Big-ticket software gets a haircutThis is what I've been saying all along the benefits ofgood old fashioned COMPETITION!!Look I want both Apple nand Linux to gain Market Share in the range of perhaps 10% each would be VERY nice. Why? Cause it will mean that MS and the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Middleware, Servers, Gartner Inc., software, Correia, open source

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

Bank of Thailand to Use the 2007 Microsoft Office System to Streamline Corporate Meetings and Encourage Greater Collaboration

As part of a three-year strategic plan, Bank of Thailand BOT is working to make itself a leaner, more productive and more cost-efficient organization. One area of the business that BOT is targeting for improvement is its corporate meeting process. BOT had no standard process or tools in place for...

Tags: Bank, Collaboration, Microsoft Office, Streamline, Microsoft Corp., Financial Services

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