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Why does Microsoft Passport suck?

Why does Microsoft Passport suck?Your Article on Microsoft Passport Sucking So BadAmen brother!No relevanceANY article that tries to use "Microsoft World Domination" as a justification argument immediately loses any credibility. Looks like just another lame gamer complaining, and no need to try to see if his other arguments are...

Tags: Blogging, single sign-on, blog, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Passport

Discussion threads 2006-04-05

Why does Microsoft Passport suck?

The Microsoft Passport Network is supposed to be an effortless way to share a single set of logon credentials across multiple sites. Instead, it’s a colossal annoyance. Even Microsoft employees gripe about the inconsistencies and abysmal user experience of Passport.How does Microsoft Passport’s sign-in process suck? Let’s count the ways:It...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Passport

Blog posts 2006-04-05

Microsoft's Passport to doom

Microsoft's Passport to doommicrosoft passportIs there any way to unsubscribe ms passport? I beginning to find out its more of a problem than not. Can you help?Franfkrimmel@netscape.net

Tags: Microsoft Passport, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-18

Gates promises better interoperability

Gates promises better interoperabilityI'll believe it when I see itIs Windows broken Kerberos going to be fixed?XML != interoperability (8 bit bytes was supposed to give interoperability as well. See where that went?)That is just another word for "embrace"..As in the "embrace, extend, extinquish" mantra that evil Microsoft has been...

Tags: Microsoft Passport, wolf, Microsoft Corp., interoperability

Discussion threads 2005-02-04

eBay officially revokes Microsoft's Passport

eBay officially revokes Microsoft's PassportBout timeone less security headache for eBay.Why is this news?Today a slow day in the "Technology Means Business" world; so much so that we need to hear about ebay sending out emails?Yippee, booted Passport and higher auction priceseBay, you did it eeeeeeBaayyyyyyy!RecyclingThis is not newsworthy. I...

Tags: E-mail, eBay Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Passport

Discussion threads 2005-01-19

eBay brings down the hammer on Microsoft Passport

eBay brings down the hammer on Microsoft PassportYES!!!Booyah! Oomph! Take that Microjunk! Once again an attempt by Microsoft to own the internet has been effectively killed off. It just sucks to keep getting shuffled more and more out of the picture, eh Uncle Billy?..Not new news...I remember reading in these...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., MSN Auctions, Microsoft Passport

Discussion threads 2004-12-30

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Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

Not suprised...Why would Apple try to keep their competitor secure? It would go aggainst their own adds.Oh and I'm not suprised that apple wants to meddle with autorun... I always disable that feature and it will stay disabled... I just hope Apple wont try to stealth enable it... PS: Great...

Tags: Zune HD, Microsoft Windows, Autorun, Apple Inc., CD, Apple iTunes, Auto-run, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

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. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full 2.0 update later this fall

Top iPhone appsHa ha, one of the visual search galleries is for iPhone apps, how ironic!BUT, Can We Block The Bing Cookies?One issue that is irritating me with MS is their disregard for me, and for every person who uses MS products. (No, I am not anti MS. However, I...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Microsoft Bing, cookie, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

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. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX

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. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-20

The Twitter hack: Let's not start blaming Google or the cloud

The Twitter hack: Let's not start blaming Google or the cloudOf course not. You would not want any of your funding pulled...Will you be this generous with Microsoft?When MS has security issues, it's always 'MS stinks." I hardly ever hear ZDNet writers claiming the user is at fault. ...

Tags: Twitter, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., security, security issue

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today

Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...

Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows 7, public beta, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed countries

US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed countriesgreat opportunity for Google and YahooNow is the time for an agressive campaign by Google and Yahoo to convert all those users blocked by M$ to their IM.By the time we invade them or bomb them into the rock age, M$...

Tags: Zack, American Values, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, U.S. Government, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft Windows Live

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

eDiscovery Legal Minefield Migraines

With compliance discovery typically averaging out at a million US dollars per legal case, the whole area of retrieving all digital dialog around a dispute is the time and money sink that stresses IT staff and slows line of business technology adoption. Legal...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, Electronically Stored Information, E-mail, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-28

News to know: Perfect Windows storm; Nokia; SugarCRM; Google Earth

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 Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 delayed again Mary Jo Foley: XP, Vista, Win 7: The brewing of a perfect storm...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Google Earth, SugarCRM, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Smb/Sme, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Cloud boom or cloud bubble?

Cloud boom or cloud bubble?Salesforce blowsI'm so tired of every idiot tech reporter talking about how great salesforce is.Working with them is a nightmare. They have stupidity and ineptitude coupled with arrogance. They don't even support record locking for integration. That's CS 101 stuff.Vendor lock-in? And...

Tags: cloud computing, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, BEA Beehive, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Open World, Help Desk, Java Development Tools, E-books, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Software

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Jordan Agency Provides Data Within Seconds, Compared to Three Days Previously

The Civil Status and Passport Department CSPD of Jordan manages records of more than 10 million citizens. It wanted to provide this data securely to other government departments and external organisations, such as public utility providers that use it to verify citizens' identities. A key requirement was to shorten the...

Tags: Data-processing, Microsoft Corp., Jordan Agency

Case studies 2008-09-01