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Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 20 years for a variety ofpublications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She has kept close tabson Microsoft strategy, products and technologies for the past 10 years. In thelate 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet,and more...- more about Mary Jo Foley »
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- When Microsoft conspiracy theories spin out of control
- Two days ago, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Co-President of Platforms and Services, announced that Microsoft released Windows Vista to manufacturing. In the 48 hours since then, a number of reporters and bloggers have been jumping all over the fact that Allchin admitted during the press conference following the RTM announcement that...
- Tags: Vista, Security, Microsoft Corp., Jim Allchin
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- It's Vista time
- "Its time," blogs Microsoft Windows chief Jim Allchin. Vista is ready to be released to manufacturing RTM.
- Tags: Vista
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Vista RTM marks the end of an era
- The expected announcement on November 8 of the release to manufacturing RTM of Windows Vista is a milestone on many fronts. For one, it’s the end of the Jim Allchin era and the start of the Steven Sinofsky one, in terms of Windows leadership at Microsoft. On October 18,...
- Tags: Vista, Windows Server Longhorn, Windows client, Windows server, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, Windows XP, Windows Mobile
- Blog posts 2006-11-08
- Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
- In Part 2 of “My Dinner with Allchin” (OK, so it was just a cup of tea), Microsoft Platforms and Services Co-president Jim Allchin touched on a few subjects about which he doesn’t often opine. Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and developer...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-10-29
- What did Microsoft learn from Vista?
- After Bill Gates, the man whose name is most closely associated with Windows is Jim Allchin. Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services business, is in his final months at Microsoft. As previously announced, the 16-year Microsoft veteran plans to leave the company in January, following the retail launch...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, dependency, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Is Vista ready? Microsoft testers weigh in
- Microsoft officials obviously believe Windows Vista is ready, given that it is set to release it to manufacturing within weeks, if not days. But what do some of its toughest testers think? With millions kicking Windows Vista’s tires, just about anyone and everyone is a Vista tester these days. But...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-10-23
- Allchin: Vista won't RTM next week
- The Microsoft countdown clock was wrong. (Yeah, maybe it's running Windows Vista and blue screened. Teehee.) Vista is not on track to be released to manufacturing on October 25, according to Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft's platforms and services division. "We won't RTM release to manufacturing in a week," Allchin...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Jim Allchin
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
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- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope
- Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...
- Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab
- You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- 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
- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?
- The day after it launched the first ad in its $300 consumer-focused make-over campaign, Microsoft is going public with some of the other planned Windows-branding fixes it has in the pipeline. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Brand, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Please Speak FreelyAdmittedly, the subject matter was off-topic but adding the occasional non-relevant opinion is a very human thing to do, certainly not to be chastised, regardless of idealogical objection.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gpRE: Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Mitch you have at...
- Tags: Blogging, political posting, blogger, survey
- Discussion threads 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
- First Microsoft make-over ad airs: $300 million well spent?
- During the NFL season opener on September 4, Microsoft aired the first of the ads that it paid agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky $300 million-plus to create to help make over the company's image. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?
- As part of Microsoft's mission to insure that Windows 7 and Windows Live Wave 3 are joined at the hip, Microsoft is exorcising features that used to be part of Windows from the operating system by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The question that won't go away: What comes after Yahoo?
- During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he's been answering for months: What is Microsoft's online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling out
- First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling outYes, they mustIf they want all of their products to be able to interoperate in a way that makes the end user happy, they have to create a way such that media can be transferred between zune, xbox, and media center. Why zune...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Media Center PC, Fiji
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Office 2.0 Conference day one
- David Allen discussed his 'getting things done' methodology with conference creator Ismael Ghalimi during the opening keynote session at the Office 2.0 conference at the St Regis Hotel, San Francisco. The core of the methodology is to free up the sophisticated processing unit that is your brain...
- Tags: Google Inc., General Electric Co., Conference, Office 2.0, Matthew, Cloud Computing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling out
- As Microsoft watchers may recall, Microsoft's gag order on "Fiji" Windows Media Center TV Pack was slated to officially end this week, concurrent with the CEDIA Expo show. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Media Center PC, Media, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Fiji, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 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
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