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MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated critical

MS Patch Tuesday: 9 bulletins, 6 rated criticalChalk up another win for Vista.All the vulnerabilities affecting the desktop OS are mitigated through standard user rights and Protected Mode.what about netbooks?So people who are running XP on their shiny, new netbooks are out of luck? MS just says "sorry we...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, netbook, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?

Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?What did MS do wrong?They are not bound by the GPL. They are free to license their technology to anyone they want, under terms agreeable to both. (I assume there might be some Federal restrictions there, but I don't think we crossed that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, MS Just, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., Software Freedom Sue, GPL, MSFT, software

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

What if News Corp., MSN and Yahoo were a separate company?

What if News Corp., MSN and Yahoo were a separate company?Microsoft would NEVER spin them off. A wholly owned subsidiary YESMS still wants to be able to convert all of the servers to Windows, and make sure that they do what Microsoft wants in the war against open source. MS...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Bungie, server, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

IE team shares ... a version number

IE team shares ... a version numberPut the IE team under ScottGuIE should be moved from the platform group to the client technology group. If ScottGu were in any way responsible for this team as he should be, he would clean up this mess in no time. Filthy...

Tags: Web browsers, Team management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, team, IE team, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, MS JUST

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

Do Microsoft and Google compete?

Do Microsoft and Google compete?Nice articleI agree with just about everything you say. TBH you're saying nothing new - we all know these facts already but it's soooo much fun watching the MS-Fanboys defend their godhead from any threat no matter how slight.As many posters on these fora have pointed...

Tags: MS JUST, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-12

Edubuntu update - it freakin' rocks

Edubuntu update - it freakin' rocksI'll get back to you, but...In intial testing, performance testing with 2 thin clients running off a P4 Edubuntu server was certainly good enough for basic productivity and web access. I'll update after a weekend of 4 kids pounding away on 3 thin clients...

Tags: Thin clients, MS JUST, thin client, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, server

Discussion threads 2007-05-10

Is Microsoft's Cloud OS actually a Cloud DB?

Is Microsoft's Cloud OS actually a Cloud DB?windows 2010 - Windows as a utilityThat's Cloud storage, If I look at Amazon, they have first release storage cloud first (S3), computing came latter (EC2). I hope MS follows the same. Live platform & services, all together would live in the Cloud‘Cloud...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, CloudDB, MS JUST, Cloud OS, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-17

What's a Vista zero-day exploit worth? Try $50K

What's a Vista zero-day exploit worth? Try $50KState the obvious! What is the real problem?MS just has to offer more money for pirates to hack OS X and Linux! $1,000,000 a day on offer, just rip into them. Bonuses for each day that it is not patched! What's $365M a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hacking, Operating systems, MS JUST, robber, hacker, Microsoft Windows Vista, zero-day bug, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-12-16

Microsoft, Mozilla downplay browser bug

Microsoft, Mozilla downplay browser bugWell, now they are a loving wedded coupleand poor Opera the jealous ex-lover wondering why she can't get browser bug love. Opera apparently uses protection and is choosey.Surprisingly no comments on the story!!If this story had been only on MS Internet Explorer flaw then by...

Tags: Web browsers, Java, SECURITY, MS JUST, Legal Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-08

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Apple seeks injunction to end Psystar Mac clones ... oh, and $2.1m

Let's cheer the death of competition!!!Competition is good... as long as it doesn't hurt Apple. Cue the double standards...Apple, congrats for winning in the legal court. Maybe you can take that $2.1M (that you won't get) and add it to your PR budget to repair the damage you've done in...

Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, gizmo

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

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

Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end

dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers

Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 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

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?

The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...

Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

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