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Microsoft sails through document standard vote

Microsoft sails through document standard voteThe real battle is yet to come, this was a rubber stamp deal. The ECMA is aJOKE! This does not help MS very much, what they really need is OSI approval. That battle is forthcomming.Just in time for the EU to strike it downand demand...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Wiki, Operating systems, RSS, ECMA, Microsoft Corp., SuSE Linux, Microsoft Sails, Linux, SuSE

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

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Malware affiliate bounty: Infect a Mac, earn 43 cents

It's just what Apple deserves.Apple has long implied that its OS and software are inherently immune to attack. It's about time it and Mac owners were brought up short.It has begun...Now to see how long it will take before the Mac is as beset by malware as Windows.RE: Malware affiliate...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses and worms, bounty, Apple Macintosh, malware, Microsoft Windows, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Travel Company Sails on Business Intelligence to Increase Revenues in Weak Economy

Sportsnet Holidays needed a Customer Relationship Management CRM solution to handle data that was spread among 220 separate databases. Sportsnet implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which dramatically improved customer service, business intelligence and target marketing capabilities. The firm's revenue has doubled in the last 12 months and Sportsnet credits Microsoft Dynamics...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Revenue, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Software, Marketing, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-09-10

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; 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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

More alleged Microsoft Morro screen shots, details leak

More alleged Microsoft Morro screen shots, details leakRequest to uninstall other antivirusMary,The requirement to uninstall any other antivirus stuff in your computer should be mandatory in any installation routine of every antivirus product - and not just from Microsoft. As you know, no one should have more than one antivirus...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, antivirus, Microsoft Morro, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Morro screen shot, screen shot

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

CES: Where's the Mac pavilion?

CES: Where's the Mac pavilion?Wait until next year...Apple will take all the wind out of Microsoft's sails at next years show. While Apple is showing some true new innovative products, Ballmer will be showing Microsoft's supposed innovations ripped off from the stuff Apple was showing a year earlier. Shine on...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation

Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates FoundationNice...So he'll be the man in charge of the foundation that this year awarded me the Gates Millenium Scholarship...nice to know.An Executive CatamaranJiminy Cricket. Some coasters in this world have sails that are miles wide. Not only did...

Tags: biz unit, Gates Foundation, Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA

Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

SugarCRM 5.1 sails into beta with mobile phone support, monitoring, advanced reports

Open source CRM star SugarCRM has released into beta testing an upgrade of its platform that offers new wireless support and vastly enhanced reporting capabilities. SugarCRM 5.1, which is available for testing now, supports mobile phones including the Blackberry and iPhone as well as advanced reporting and analytics, data import...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Monitoring, Cell Phone, Beta, SugarCRM, SugarCRM 5.1, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Yahoo may go nuclear vs. Microsoft: Close to Google ad deal

Yahoo may go nuclear vs. Microsoft: Close to Google ad dealanything is better than being assimilated by M$M$ brings only waste, death and slavery to what it aquires!Google must step in and save the day.Fire at willNext shot is MS taking it to the streets.. watch.RE: Yahoo may go nuclear...

Tags: advertisement, Yahoo shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Legg Mason Inc., shareholder

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Fast Access to Financial Data Frees Managers to Focus on Customers

North Sails, a leading designer and producer of customised sails, has expanded quickly in Europe through acquisition. But with no integrated business infrastructure, it was time consuming for financial administrators to report on group-wide activities and performance. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Partner Power International, North Sails upgraded to...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Finance

Case studies 2008-02-01

Fast Access to Financial Data Frees Managers to Focus on Customers

North Sails, a leading designer and producer of customised sails, has expanded quickly in Europe through acquisition. But with no integrated business infrastructure, it was time consuming for financial administrators to report on group-wide activities and performance. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Partner Power International, North Sails upgraded to...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Financial, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Finance

Case studies 2008-02-01

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testers

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testersHaven't even installed SP/2And wouldn't touch SP/3 with a flag pole.Plenty of spyware, rootkits, and DRM without their SP's to update it.Yeah your right.. no tin hatsYeah your right.. no tin hats ... just 5 times longer to figure out...

Tags: Operating systems, SP-3, TechNet tester, Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Google's OpenSocial: What it means

Google's open social networking platform play is the buzz of the blogosphere tonight. see Techmeme. Indeed, it is called OpenSocial in that the set of APIs allows developers to create applications that work on any social network that joins Google's open party. So far, besides Google's Orkut social net, LinkedIn,...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Facebook, Network, Goal, User, OpenSocial, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-30

Microsoft CRM to Salesforce.com: It's Lunchtime

Microsoft CRM to Salesforce.com: It's LunchtimeOracle found out that even offering the EXACT same product against RedHatdid not move any significant number of customers from RedHat Enterprise Linux, even with substantial discounts. You will find the same thing here, especially since Microsoft has a HUGE trust problem. It will be...

Tags: Sales force management, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., SugarCRM, CRM, Microsoft CRM

Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategy

Xandros deal is Microsoft water torture strategyWon't workIf MS is counting on people leaving distros which sign their devilish deals, they are sorely mistaken.Look what is happening to OpenSUSE. That distro has been in freefall on DistroWatch since they signed the deal. In fact they have been knocked out of...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Processors, strategy, Microsoft Corp., PCLinuxOS, distro, Novell OpenSuse, Xandros

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

Microsoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this year

Microsoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this yearMicrosoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this yearAnybody putting a product or service on the market has to give some kind of guarantee.If I would be a software "manufacturer" I would first send out my product to every known hacker to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

What's next for Internet Explorer? Microsoft opens up (a little)

What's next for Internet Explorer? Microsoft opens up a littleTrueHowever, you can't expect them to "change their spots" quickly.Isn't competition great! :)Opt-in is required if you don't want to break the webOpt-in is required if you don't want to break the web. Just look at IE7 -- they fixed...

Tags: Web browsers, Opt-In, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., IE 8.0, standards, IE8

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

XBOX 360 and HD-DVD

XBOX 360 and HD-DVDCorrectionsIt is HDi not iHD. It is HD DVD not HD-DVD. It is Blu-ray Disc or BD nor Blu-Ray or BR.There is a technical reason Microsoft could not include the drive in the Elite. Xbox games are DVD9 and require a DVD 12x drive to work. Currently...

Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Games, Microsoft Xbox 360, HD-DVD, DVD, corporate officer

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

XBOX 360 and HD-DVD

In a recent discussion, a friend wondered why Microsoft had opted not to include an HD-DVD drive in the recent update to the XBOX 360 console (the XBOX 360 Elite). The logic would seem obvious. In the US, 94% of Blu-Ray players sold are included as part of the PS3...

Tags: PlayStation, HD DVD, HD, XBOX 360, XBOX, Wii, Sony, PS3, Nintendo, Microsoft, General, Games

Blog posts 2007-04-11