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Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out

Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's outMaybe Microsoft should emulate Apple again...and concentrate on publicizing products, not org charts.But then, when you look at their products.......Not much importantThis is further indication of how a once might tree has fallen and is rotting further.All of the Ballmerian box shuffling cannot hide this...

Tags: Channel management, Micorosoft, YAHMic, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers

Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developersYes, I will test it.Will I adopt it? That depends on the test results.A question...Will it allow the ISV to place the reg keys in Vista's "Digital Locker"?Heaven help us...NTNow even a small developer..Now even a small developer can provide...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Micorosoft, Microsoft Corp., software, small developer, developer

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

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Microsoft 'Pink' phones, Turtle and Pure, leaked in pictures

Can you comment on this?http://www.wmexperts.com/omg-pink-phones-exist-kindahttp://bit.ly/10A2pV

Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, Telecom & Utilities, phone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, App Store, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"

Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"Not that big an issue....Not that big an issue since the defalt in Windows 7 RC is to allways notify... so as long as you don't tamper with the default you should be ok. And hopefully 90% of users will leave it...

Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Adrian, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Basic Inventory Control 5.0 rev 126 (Windows)

Basic Inventory Control BIC tracks the orders, receipts, shrinkage, allocation, and shipment of products. BIC displays physical units in stock, allocated units, available units in stock, and units on order. It produces reports such as current inventory, out of stock products, and inventory transactions for the criteria you specify. The...

Tags: Stock, Inventory Control, Microsoft Windows, Microguru, Basic Inventory Control, Inventory Database, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2008-12-18

Anatomy of an attack: <EM>The New York Times</EM> on Solaris

Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solarishmm>> Sun’s Boyle acknowledges that Sun employees participate in OpenSolaris development, but says they do so along with individual and corporate contributors such as Intel. Community registrations in the OpenSolaris community exceed 160,000, far in excess of Sun’s total employee account...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Murphy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, Sun Solaris, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows NT, Sun Products

Discussion threads 2008-10-11

Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?

Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?Nokia is preparing for phone software becoming a commodity. Nokia willexecute better than anybody else on manufacturing and integrating open source software components. The hand writing is on the wall.By the way, this is very significant in that they are not supporting bothcamps. The...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Mobile Linux, Nokia Corp., Trolltech, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Can small business count on VoIP?

Can small business count on VoIP?it's like the freewayThe phrase - "it's like the freeway" - says it all. When the nation was new there were many private road companies who attempted to charge for road use. All went bankrupt in part because those using the toll roads could bypass...

Tags: Telephony, Benefits, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Clearwire Corp., freeway, common man, VoIP, small business

Discussion threads 2007-08-23

Microsoft Pika: Media center remoting comes to devices

During Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC keynote last week, there was a demo of Media Center content being streamed to a TV. Gates referred to the technology behind that demo as "Pika," but didn't offer up much else in the way of explaining what WinHEC attendees...

Tags: WinHEC, Windows client, System builders, OEMs, Fiji, Corporate strategy, Code names, Channel

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Microsoft and patent claims: 'Business as usual'?

Microsoft and patent claims: 'Business as usual'?"transparency"The motivation for releasing the "patent numbers" had nothing whatsoever to do with "more transparency".It was all about expanding the extortion game.Make no mistake, this may be all about using FUD to levy an illegitimate MS tax on FOSS for the moment but MS...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-05-20

Who speaks for Microsoft on open source?

Who speaks for Microsoft on open source?can't find the needle in the haystack."Microsoft is re-using the IBM playbook of *over* 20 years ago. Almost play-by-play."so are you going to say what those plays are and explain the co-relation or they are all left for someones imagination.Ex CathedraWho speaks for the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Brad Smith, open source, Bill Neukom

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' category

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' categoryDear Possible Criminal of IP,We at Micosoft, at the moment, can't prove that you have done anhything wrong or illegal. But since you have Microsoft Windows running on your computer - well, what 's yours is ours.Since we can't be 100 % sure of what...

Tags: Operating systems, piracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, software, computer

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Google Enterprise strategy: 'Death to the hierarchy'

I enjoyed breakfast at the spanking new Google NYC headquarters this morning, along with a rare inside look at the Internet search behemoths enterprise search strategy. The “Google Enterprise Seminar in a Box” Search Appliance multi-state road show landed in New York today and about 200 executives from corporate,...

Tags: Search, Google, Microsoft, Enterprise, Internet Data, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Metrics, Google Inc., enterprise search

Blog posts 2006-11-14

McAfee knocks Microsoft over Vista roadblocks

McAfee knocks Microsoft over Vista roadblocksThat undeniable scent of a lawsuit is unfurling here .All hell is going to break lose in the upcoming months . Watch the Microsoft fanboys flair up , this could get interesting .I suspect there's a lot more to this story.......only time will tell. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., McAfee Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, security

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

Google, Real extend pact

Google, Real extend pactAnd... Firefox officially loses to Internet Explorer 7.Someone actually touched Real's "software." That company needs to go under, immediately. I don't even want them trying to make an honest attempt at good software. Between them and three or four other "Premium Bloatware!" companies, the Windows platform has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Preston Gates, Slade, Maria Cantwell, Google Inc., RealNetworks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-03

Microsoft: Shortcut 'trick' is legitimate feature

Microsoft: Shortcut 'trick' is legitimate featureUm, yeah"It's important to clarify the difference between security problems and legitimate features. A security hole helps an attacker do something they shouldn't be able to do, which is not the case in this instance," said Watson. "Software that the user legitimately has installed on...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, PRODUCTIVITY, Web technology, SECURITY, security hole, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., address bar, legitimate feature, computer, Web site

Discussion threads 2006-07-05

Dan'l Lewin: Leading Microsoft Emerging Business Development

Dan’l Lewin, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Strategic and Emerging Business Development, interacts with a worldwide VC network to surface and nurture emerging venture-capital-backed technology start-ups with the potential to be the “next big things” extending the Microsoft platform, a $10 billion business, and growing.I spoke with Lewin to discuss...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-06-27

Never mind Dempsey, here's the Woodcrest numbers

Never mind Dempsey, here's the Woodcrest numbersIts up to the Software Developers - Java ShinesIt was only 10 years ago when folks who were concerned about the quality of software coding first layed out the API specification, language and virtual machine specification we know as Java.Java was developed in anticipation...

Tags: Programming languages, Processors, Plan-A, Intel Corp., Java, Woodcrest, multi-core, Dempsey, HP DL385

Discussion threads 2006-05-23

Microsoft dallies with open source

Microsoft dallies with open source"Won't you come into my parlor."Said the spider to the fly.Embrace, Extend ... Extinguish is the "help" MS has for the OSS community. I'll believe MS is out to "help" ANYBODY when a single call to tech support doesn't result in a tab that is...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2006-05-16

Political bloggers may get federal protection

Political bloggers may get federal protectionYou won't get a seat at the REAL table!You know, the one where the actual decisions concerning your lives take place!But you can whine to your heart's content on your sorry blog! YUS!!!"I can't believe the US government is torturing innocent people! I can't believe...

Tags: Network technology, Political Bloggers, Preston Gates, police-state

Discussion threads 2006-03-09