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- Microsoft weekend roundup: The'no's' have it
- Microsoft weekend roundup: The'no's' have itNo thing useful to reportNow that much of its product offering has been shown to be defective or second rate (Vista, WM, Xbox, etc. ad nauseum) how about something innovative from Redmond?Is it too much to expect just one product a year from this company...
- Tags: Construction, The'no, IS IT, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-05
- Microsoft goes in search of unified-communications developers
- Microsoft goes in search of unified-communications developersThis demonstrates one of Microsoft's core incompetencies.Go to the developer's site for this and then ask yourself one simple question: What the hades does Office Communications DO?Is it an IM server? Is it Sharepoint? Is it a Wiki? Is it a common area for...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business structures, unified communications, Microsoft Corp., IS IT
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- Fair use, Xbox hacking, and how far will Linux users go to get a cheap PC?
- Fair use, Xbox hacking, and how far will Linux users go to get a cheap PC?You need to be better informedWow, some real doozies in your article.---The thing with fair use is that there's a huge gray area between legitimate fair use (say, copying a CD for use in a...
- Tags: Game players, X-Box, Microsoft Xbox, fair use, Microsoft Corp., Linux, IS IT, business model, hacking
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Advice to Microsoft: Learn to love Linux
- Advice to Microsoft: Learn to love LinuxWords of Wisdom But..Who believes MS could make that kind of ideological shift? Would their "Linux" apps just put the same security holes into Linux?B.G.: if I can’t kill Linux as the enemy - I’ll kill it as a “friend” NTNTcrack is so...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., IS IT
- Discussion threads 2004-10-15
- Playing the convergence game
- Playing the convergence gameNo thanks, Linux and MythTV provide unrestricted use for me.No DRM, cheesey console games that pale in comparison to PC games, or restrictions.Got it right now, thanks!Microsoft doesn't get it...Maybe it's because I don't want to turn on my TV, go through a whole boot-up process, then...
- Tags: Games, TVs, Microsoft Windows, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Digital Convergence, Microsoft Corp., TV, IS IT, game, convergence
- Discussion threads 2004-08-16
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- Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows
- Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...
- Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough
- There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand. OO.org 3.0 really is a serious upgrade over version 2.4 and makes NeoOffice irrelevant for Mac OS X users (previously, OpenOffice only worked within X11; While NeoOffice did a great job porting OO.org...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., OO.org 3.0, OpenOffice, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- And Windows 7 is to be called ... Windows 7
- Microsoft puts us out all of out misery as to what the next version of Windows will be called - Windows 7. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- And the new name is ... Windows 7
- Last week I wondered whether the product currently code-named Windows 7 would get a new name for its release. The answer, made official a few minutes ago, is no. In a post at the official Windows Vista Team Blog, Microsoft VP Mike Nash announced that Windows 7 will in fact...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Microsoft and Yahoo: Ballmer's 'failure' now a 'dodged bullet'
- Remember that eleventh-hour decision -- when Microsoft opted not to buy Yahoo? Remember how so many pundits portrayed CEO Steve Ballmer's walking away as a fireable offense? What a difference a few months make. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Asset Management, Search, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0
- Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Microsoft readies next two versions of Office Communications Server
- Microsoft is on tap to show off Office Communications Server Release 2 (R2) at the VoiceCon show in Amsterdam on October 14. And the company already is working on the follow-on release, which will likely be timed with Office 14. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Communications Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server, OCS Release 2, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?
- Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...
- Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Silverlight 2: Google Chrome support, yes; iPhone, no
- Microsoft announced, as expected, on Monday that the second version of its Silverlight browser plug-in is done and will be available imminently for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. An Apple iPhone port is not in the works, due to Apple restrictions,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Silverlight 2 is released, available for download tomorrow
- Microsoft announced this morning that Silverlight 2 will be available for download tomorrow. So after a long beta period that included big events using Silverlight including the Olympics and the DNC, the bits are going to be out there. The press release includes some impressive numbers: ...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 2, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Linux, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?
- What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house? Mark Gilbert's presentation--"Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?"--at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo filled up an auditorium. There are two ways to read this: There is...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Gilbert, MOSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Why MySpace's MyAds won't be the next Google AdWords
- When it comes to online advertising everybody wants to be the next Google, and News Corp-owned MySpace is no exception. Today the company rolled out its latest advertising platform called MyAds, designed to service "individuals and small businesses" rather than the big name brands that the social networking site's existing...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google AdWords, MySpace, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Peeling Back the Microsoft Oslo 'Onion'
- At the core of the Oslo onion: modeling language and repository by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Oslo, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge
- Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet, according to a new report from Forrester. Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet. According to a new...
- Tags: Software, Web, CIO, Tool, Web 2.0, Productivity, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Management, Forrester, budget, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-10-13
- Can virtualization help when times get tough?
- When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
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