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Microsoft starts rolling out IE 6 for Windows Mobile

Microsoft starts rolling out IE 6 for Windows MobileUtter CrapEvery mobile IE I've ever used was garbage. Glad I'm on Safari on the IPhone.IE6 Mobile will have IE8's javascript engineYou neglected to mention this very salient fact. The fact is that it will be compatible with the whole...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog

Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog"Microsoft" developers have moved to .NetA large portion of the development community coding for Windows have moved to .Net now. That's their platform, and it's fairly decoupled from whatever Windows version you happen to be running. (With Silverlight, its even decoupled from Windows).Next week, we...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Blog, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., blog

Discussion threads 2008-10-23

Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'

Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'RE: Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'Microsoft is becoming seriously annoying with its bad habit to release that often both SQL Server and Visual Studio new products.For gosh sake, new versions of these products come with so many new features/capabilities that...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Kilimanjaro, Microsoft Start, server, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test build

Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test buildGreatWill SP3 slow XP to the molasses-like speed of Vista? Could get a few more to convert...:o)RE: Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test buildI just downloaded xp sp3, will follow up laterRE: Microsoft starts rolling out public XP SP3 test...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), XP SP3, public XP SP3, Microsoft Start, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Microsoft starts Latin American research institute

Microsoft starts Latin American research instituteWorld is Flat and Microsoft? Does not computeMicrosoft is known for monopolistic practices, like back room dealing, non disclosure agreements, poor API documentation also known as poor quality, thuggery and bribes. It is not known for the kind of flat world Friedmen speaks of in...

Tags: Microsoft Start, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Macwhat about the features being removed?what about the features being removed, that haven't yet been removed from the Windows version... VB macros are killed off and you cant use them, which kills a lot of word and excel files used by companies. ...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Start, Office 2008, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-03-31

Additional Resources

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

SAP Users start to flex their muscles

Ray WangStill wondering if Ray Wang has ever said anything positive about SAP. I am sure he has at one point in his career. Based on his comments, SAP should probably close up shop. Dennis, thanks for providing some balance. RE: SAP Users start to flex...

Tags: Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, Strategy, BS7, SAP AG, Ray

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

The Big Question podcast: Will News Corp. really pull its content from Google?

Bare-Metal replacement with a new visionI have to say, Google is on the cutting edge and this will sell because companies can have cloud-a, cloud-b, and cloud-c ect...No different than Networks today, it is no different than Vlans.Google has the BEST developers and Open_Source resources that will prove again a...

Tags: Corporate law, podcast, Bing, antitrust, Google Inc., News Corp., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer CFO Chris Liddell is leaving Microsoft after four years to pursue other interests, company officials announced via a November 24 press release issued quietly just before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., CFO, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Numbers of new Core i7 iMacs are turning up DOA

I guess it goes to show that......even the almighty apple is not immune to issues. We have some iMacs (about 100 - 120) in my organization compared to about 2500 Windows Desktops and out of the 90 we ordered a few years ago (17" iMacs) we had one come...

Tags: Desktops, DOA, Core i7 iMac, Core i7, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe

Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...

Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Windows Mobile is better than you think

My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple to Verizon: 'Can your phone and your network do that?'

The REAL way the commercials should go...caller: Did you get the email I sent you?iPhone user: Well, it was downloading, then the phone dropped to EDGE speed again and I'm still waiting for it to finish.caller: Well, why don't I ju...iPhone user: Hello? Hello? caller calls back: I guess your...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, network, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Apple iPhone, iPhone User, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Sergey Brin: Google Android, Chrome OS likely to converge

The concept makes a lot of senseIf you want access to your data everywhere and on every device, having a single platform may be the only way to go. Seamless ubiquity is the dream I guess, if you, the user, does not lose control. How they will be able to...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Android, Sergey Brin

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?

If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...

Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

A Chrome OS Video Tour

Microsoft: Watch Out, We're Coming to Getcha!Open Source is like water, you can't stop it.Bwahahahahahhhhhhhhhh................Man this OS is a POS.There is nothing this OS can do that I can't do already with Windows 7. It looks like a piece of crap and I really wanted to give Google the...

Tags: Operating systems, INTERNET, NaCl, Chrome, Chrome OS, Chrome OS Video Tour, operating system, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23