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Microsoft: (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Founded in...; Full Microsoft Definition >>

Ad-supported free Microsoft Works: competitor to open source office suites?: Colleague Mary Jo Foley, who does the All about Microsoft blog, reports that Microsoft may well be working on a free version of Microsoft Works.I've always thought of Works as a poor man's Microsoft Office. There's an older version of Word, a PowerPoint viewer not a PPT creator, addy book,...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, microsoft, Google; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Microsoft unified communications product may have slow uptake: Infonetics Research's latest Enterprise Telephony Report is out.One prediction made by Infonetics Research analyst Matthias Machowinski is a real eye-opener. And it is not the projection that while even increasing 1% in 1Q 2007, the first rise in six quqrtersTDM PBX phone system as opposed to IP PBX sales are...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, microsoft, Case Studies; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Microsoft vs. open source now spreading to VoIP?: Paul at GigaOM writes about some new SIP-based, Microsoft office Communications software-compliant IP voice devices — phones, headsets, videocam monitors — being informally unveiled today at the Windows Hardware Engineering conference in Los Angeles.Paul correctly sees this as a move on Microsofts part to break into the corporate VoIP...; Tags: Asterisk, General, microsoft, Predictions and Observations; Blog posts 2007-05-14

"More SCI/tech headlines": "More SCI/tech headlines"Science for science's sakeUntil Universities start offering Bachelor of Arts in Computers, IT will be equated to science. Computer Science is more like creative technical writing. Programs follow an algorithm - which is a set of rules. Literature follows a set of rules too (into, body, conclusion, other...; Tags: theory; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
A Blu-ray / HD DVD update: Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over the weekend I had a chance to put both formats to the test. Setup took minutes, and the results...; Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Blu-ray, DVD, PowerDVD Software, HD, CyberLink, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2007-09-06

Why Microsoft will distribute SuSe: Why Microsoft will distribute SuSewell.."Strategically this is pre-positioning for a strike at IBM in anticipation of an SCO settlement, but it's also something else: a case of winning with the right hand, while winning with the left too. "That's why they call it marketting...Pity that the rest can't come up...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, UNIX, single point of failure, SuSE, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2006-11-28

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