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- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
- Microsoft is adding more "Genuine Advantage" features to its forthcoming Office 2010 release to make the product harder to pirate. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Piracy, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features
- Doublespeak, plain and simpleI don't know why corporate types are so bent on trying to make everything sound like they are doing some sort of favor to the customer. It's a disease that permeates corporate America. And since it's so easy to see through, it does nothing but lessen the...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Office, antipiracy, piracy, piracy rate, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features
- In an effort to protect customers from pirated software (and protect the company's bottom line) Microsoft has announced that it is to expand Office Genuine Advantage and Software Protection Platform. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antipiracy, Piracy, Microsoft Office, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- How will Silverlight light up Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?
- minor typo"But a the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall" should be "But as the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall"Feel free to delete this. :-)I expect the web based Office...to go the way of so many more of their web services....
- Tags: cloud computing, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Office Apps, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- File format blues
- Routinely suppliers of technology and services send me a presentation deck. This deck is to meant to be the central focus of a conversation about their products or services. One would expect that these suppliers, or their public relations firms, would do their best to make sure that these presentations...
- Tags: Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, Channel Management, Management, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Microsoft will offer browser choice to European users
- Microsoft will offer browser choice to European usersRE: Microsoft will offer browser choice to European usersWhy not offer browser choice to everyone? Eventually only the Kernel will remain.the calculatorthe media playerthe notepadthe start menuthe encryption functionsMicrosoft should even have to bundle "open office" with the next office line... jokeWoW!By the...
- Tags: Web browsers, browser choice, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-25
- Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy
- Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacyWow. No real surprise there[i]it certainly doesn?t seem that scary to me[/i]Of course not, you've proclaimed that you "Love everything Google does" and think the world of them (but would you fall on your sword, too?)[i]subscribe to the idea that Google collects information to make...
- Tags: Government, E-mail, Google Inc., privacy, Consumer Watchdog
- Discussion threads 2009-07-11
- HP Officejet Pro 8500 - Happy with Mac, Linux and Windows XP
- If you'll remember, I had quite the experience wrestling with HP's 6310v and C5140 printers (see HP Officejet 6310v or Photosmart C5140 plus Windows XP-an exercise in installation futility). The 6310v appeared to do what it was supposed to do. No one could get the required software to load on...
- Tags: Software, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Printers, Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Making sense of the latest Conficker update
- Making sense of the latest Conficker updateBe VigilantSince it is apparent that Conficker is a 'rootkit' there is all the more reason to scan your systems using a tool which reads your Windows partitions in an 'off-line' manner.I describe such a tool here:http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2009/04/a-must-have-security-tool-bitdefender-rescue-cd-for-unicies.htmlAlso, admins can scan subnets collectively in a...
- Tags: Piracy, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Conficker Update, latest Conficker update, Making Sense, Microsoft Corp., Conficker Worm
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- News to know: Microsoft's killer instinct; Google's blunder; Palm OS; Windows 7;
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Jason Perlow: Why Microsoft's Killer Instinct Must Return Ryan Naraine: Google flags entire Web as 'malware' Google blames 'human error' for search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, Operating System, Palm OS, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage ... genuine pain in the rear!
- Here's when mechanisms such as Windows Genuine Advantage WGA and Office Genuine Advantage OGA really get on my nerves ... when they get in the way of me doing what I want! Here's an example. Yesterday I needed to fire off a quick fax, so I launched...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Fax, Office Suites, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'Where are these returned MachinesI keep looking online for refurbished Linux Netbooks and can´t find any. Are they being resold as new?'teething problems'well written but i would like the know the return rate for Linux not compared XP or vista, is it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- The New Adventures of Christine's Old PC
- Windows XP virtualized within Vista SP1 using VMWare Player. Some of you may be aware that I have another identity besides professional technologist and tech/computer industry blogger -- I'm also passionate about restaurants, cooking, and eating (albeit with a healthier focus these...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, VMware Inc., Computer, Christine Nunn, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Jobs: App Store is huge; iPhone has a kill switch
- Jobs: App Store is huge; iPhone has a kill switchWhere are real journalists when you need them?Mr. Jobs also glossed over the fact one of the most useful apps, if not THE most useful, was booted off the AppStore presumably to appease AT&T. Netshare, which allows you to tether your...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Hacking, job, Apple Inc., App Store, Apple iPhone, kill-switch, Steve Jobs
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- What could Open Office do with a business model?
- What could Open Office do with a business model?No need for built-in AV in OOoWhy in the world would an office tool need a "built-in" anti-virus??Security should be part of the original design and not just an after thought. Including an anti-virus program from the same company that created (and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, government start, antivirus, anti-virus package
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- As reported elsewhere and discussed by other ZDNet bloggers, a new antitrust law will come into effect in China on August 1st, and there is speculation that the Chinese government is using that law as basis for an investigation into the company. Not surprisingly, this brings a smile to the...
- Tags: China, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Government, Security, Business Operations, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- China to sue MSFT over high prices
- How do you know when a country is ready to enter the legions of developed nations? When it's ready to sue Microsoft. AFP reports that China is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into giant Microsoft. China's State Intellectual Property Office is leading the investigation and private firms will likely...
- Tags: China, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Tools & Techniques, Government, Piracy, Microsoft Windows, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Putting the XP into the OLPC
- Putting the XP into the OLPC...This is a shining example of why we as a species will continue to be locked into war, hate and slavery. Because we can't do a damn thing to help anyone without making sure we get out 10 pence out of them first.Greed has corrupted...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
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