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- Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your
- Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your Microsoft vs. AppleMicrosoft would be nuts to try that again. The DOJ would be all over them if they did.Just because you discover a killer instinct or re-discover one does not mean the other side will loose their killer instinct. Pagan jimConvoluted, upside...
- Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Digital music, Office 2008, Mac BU, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac
- According to CNet Microsoft is selling copies of Office 2008 for Mac at a clip three times higher than the former 2004 version. "The company wouldn't disclose sales numbers, but said the sales are the highest in the 19-year history of the unit. That continues a trend that has been...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Visual Basic, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Sales, Microsoft VBA, Hardware, Mac BU, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Mac BU releases Messenger for Mac 7
- Mac BU releases Messenger for Mac 7The PollI use multiple chat clients: Jabber, Google Talk, and AIM. I'm looking into Skype. It would have been nice if the poll would have allowed multiple answers.
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Mac 7, Mac BU, Messenger
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Microsoft's Mac Business Unit: Love the sinner, hate the sin
- Unlike many in the Mac community, I don't hate Microsoft with a passion. Okay, maybe just a bit. As I mentioned in a post a while ago, when the giant visage of Bill Gates talked about deals over Steve Jobs' shoulder at the Macworld Expo keynote in 1997, I wasn't...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., Magazine, Mac BU, MacTech, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-09-16
- Roz Ho is out as head of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit
- Roz Ho, who has headed up Microsoft's Mac Business Unit BU for the past seven years, is moving to the company's Entertainment and Devices unit, Macworld is reporting.The new Mac BU head is Craig Eisler, who rejoined Microsoft in February 2007 from AOL Wireless. Previously, he was the development manager...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
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- Amazon's Kindle: With a $489 price tag, iPod Touch may be the better buy
- Amazon's Kindle: With a $489 price tag, iPod Touch may be the better buyIt's the eInk stupidWhy can't ZDNet bloggers grasp the concept of a glare free screen? An e-reader without eInk is not something you want to spend time reading for hours on end, especially for those with...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, E-books, iPhone-App, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, IPOD IS, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- PowerSaveUPS 1.535 (Mac)
- PowerSaveUPS is Macintosh only scriptable software for controlling UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply systems with USB such as APC Two shutdown thresholds are specified - Soft Graceful shutdown, and Hard Ungraceful shutdown which is instigated as a last resort. At Soft shutdown time, any scripts in the 'PowerSaveUPS Scripts' folder are...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Script, Digital Doctor, PowerSaveUPS, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management
- Software downloads 2009-04-27
- PowerSaveUPS 1.501 (Mac)
- PowerSaveUPS is Macintosh only scriptable software for controlling UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply systems with USB such as APC Two shutdown thresholds are specified - Soft Graceful shutdown, and Hard Ungraceful shutdown which is instigated as a last resort. At Soft shutdown time, any scripts in the 'PowerSaveUPS Scripts' folder are...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Script, Digital Doctor, PowerSaveUPS, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-03-26
- Why Microsoft
- Why MicrosoftIt was just an analogyI had a good idea how it worked, it was just a a simplistic example.But at the same time, I am sure that Apple would not sign a contract with Microsoft that would allow for them to walk away, leaving Apple without one of the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-01
- Cloud Computing: Apple vs. Microsoft
- Both Apple and Microsoft rolled out the beginnings of a cloud computing strategy on Tuesday. Apple introduced a beta of its iWork.com document sharing service and Microsoft's Mac Business Unit unveiled Document Collaboration Companion for Mac Beta. At the Macworld Expo keynote, Phil...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Apple Macintosh, Cloud Computing, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Document Collaboration Companion, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- OS X versus Vista, RAM division
- OS X versus Vista, RAM divisionWhy must we try to compare apples to oranges?Two different OSes. Two different ways of managing memory.Period.b .bu..but, everybody knows Vista is sluggishThe Apple ads say so, the army of valley tech bloggers keep repeating it, so it must be true - just like the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Operating systems, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Vista RAM, Vista RAM division, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!
- Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial ... vague, baffling and unfunny, but highly riffable!It was OKThe ID made me laugh. Not being a Seinfeld fan, I'll assume there were other jokes that I just didn't get.The Apple ads tell you as much about OSX as this did about Windows, but this ad...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Seinfeld-Gates TV commercial, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET critic
- Countering an Apple-favoring .NET criticFantastic post JohnI'd give you two thumbs up if I could. :)[i]This is what one might consider a thesis statement, to be followed by details as to why .NET is "bad" and / or "simplistic and inflexible." At least, that is what one would expect if...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., environment
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues
- Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Microsoft delivers Office for Mac SP1; Will bring back VBA
- Microsoft on Tuesday said that it is releasing Service Pack 1 for Office for Mac and outlined a future roadmap that brings back Visual Basic for Applications VBA. The software giant outlined the changes in a statement touting that Office 2008 for Mac is "selling faster than...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- News to know: Microhoo; Taming Vista UAC; iPhone; Google; CIO Sessions
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC. Images: Taming Vista's User Account Control right Larry Dignan: Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy Mary Jo Foley: XP SP3 delayed by glitch New test releases...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vista UAC, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Mac BU releases Messenger for Mac 7
- Today the Mac BU of Microsoft released Messenger for Mac 7. The new version was announced back in November 2007 and adds audio/video support for corporate users only. According to Microsoft, it continues to work with the Windows Live team to bring full A/V functionality to all users. ...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machine
- More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machineOr should we blame MicrosoftFor their inability to push DEP sooner and get more of a response out developers sooner and breaking applications that have been coded wrongly for years.That would be the ABMer's excuse anyway.NBMer would say that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Pwn2Own Flash, Pwn2Own Flash flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, data execution prevention, Vista Machine, Java, flaw, Nate, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- More on the Microsoft Office 2008 12.0.1 update
- My co-hort David mentioned yesterday Microsoft's Mac BU just released the Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update which contains suite-wide stability, security and performance improvements. I've been having some weird issues with Office 2008 for Mac since it came out. Including: Certain documents crash...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Issue, Update, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Desktops, Microsoft Excel, Word Processors, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Office Suites, Operating Systems, Reliability, Software, Stability
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
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