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How can Microsoft overcome Vista's lingering image problem?: Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, has a tough problem on his hands. Microsoft and its hardware/software partners have done a lot in the past 16 months to make Windows Vista a better operating system. With Service Pack SP 1, Microsoft has addressed some...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Nash & Co., Windows Team, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-01

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Panthers call open source: The panther is like a leopard, Except it hasn't been peppered. Should you behold a panther crouch, Prepare to say Ouch. Better yet, if called by a panther, Don't anther. I was reminded of this classic bit of Ogden Nash this morning...; Tags: Panther, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-01
San Quentin prison: IT failure is life or death: San Quentin prison, which holds California's most dangerous criminals, is a technology time capsule: Typewriters and dot-matrix printers are the norm. And this time warp is untenable because it's killing prisoners who get lost in a health care paper shuffle. The solution: An overhaul of the prison's information system where...; Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Kim, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Monkeys throwing bananas...and other great lines from the Troll culture: Monkeys throwing bananas...and other great lines from the Troll cultureLike Beethoven at the keyboard .Microsoft .Coxisms[url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12558-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=45152&messageID=834512&start=-9961]Typical Coxism[/url]Gets me through the day with a 'chuckle'.What do you call ...... a MAC portable user?An AIRhead.Didn't amuse the MAC community ... and I'm not ananymous so I guess you'll have to disqualify it...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, No_Axe_to_Grind, Vista Capable, Aero, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-03-31
Survey: Your IT leaders are an antsy bunch: CIOs and technology managers are less strategic than they were a year ago, pondering job jumps and still struggle to deliver projects on time and under budget. Yet these folks want to be more intertwined with their respective businesses. A Harvey Nash/KMPG survey of 258 respondents paints...; Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Leader, Survey, Marketing Research, Outsourcing, Strategy, Marketing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-28

Microsoft COO downplays Vista update problems: Microsoft COO downplays Vista update problems4.0 ... Sorry...... not up to the usual standard.What?No beating the lackeys, or brandy and cigars? And all you got was a T-shirt! What's up with that?Dear Mr. Cox...Though we like the, Heros Happen Here shirt and pen, this is not up to your usual...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA UPDATE PROBLEM, SP1; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
Windows Vista (In)capable: What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - don't care enough about their customers. Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working 'softies who do. I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A emails....; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, News, Intel Corp., Development Team, Features, Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-03-02
Multi Strategy Analyzer (zip): This program will help determine the best business strategy for a negotiation, politician/voter interaction, and a business price war. The program is easy to use, and uses a Nash equilibrium and other evaluations to determine the optimum strategy by both businesses or players. This version is the first release on...; Tags: Program, Kanecki, Strategy, Free Trade, Management, Finance; Software downloads 2008-02-18
Microsoft employee caught out by Windows Vista Capable logo: Think that Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" logo was too confusing? You're not alone. It seems that the program also caught out at least one Microsoft employee. Note: For background on the logo programs see this post. Far background to the case see this post. For thoughts I had at...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-12
No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March: Customers who've been waiting for Microsoft to release the final Vista Service Pack SP 1 bits are going to have to wait another month or two to actually get their hands on them -- at least through legal channels. In a posting to the Windows Vista team...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Nash, SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-04
How do I... Use add-ons and extensions in Mozilla Thunderbird?: Add-ons and extensions can greatly enhance the already feature-rich Mozilla Thunderbird. Whether you need to do business in a foreign language or just want to customize a color scheme, there is likely to be a Thunderbird add-on or extension that can make it happen. Nicole Bremer Nash explains how Thunderbird...; Tags: Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., Add-on, Nicole Bremer Nash, E-mail Clients, Software; Download resources 2007-12-12
Securing Microsoft: From pain to progress: Securing Microsoft: From pain to progressSecurity is not a learning experienceAnd it's not something you can bolt on to a product. Security is one of the pillars of the very core of your system. If it's not a concern from the moment the first plank is laid, you'll...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., security, Securing, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-12-03
How do I... Create holiday cards in Microsoft Word?: Holiday greeting cards are a great way to recognize and remember business contacts, friends, and family that you'd rather not buy gifts for, but do want to wish a Merry Holiday and Happy New Year. Nicole Bremer Nash shows you how to add a personal touch by making your own...; Tags: Card, TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Download resources 2007-11-30
Vista mistakes Microsoft won't repeat with Windows 7: Microsoft learned some hard lessons with Windows Vista that it already is applying to Windows 7. First and foremost: Keep Windows architectural changes to a minimum. And secondly, be more predictable and believable when it comes to delivery targets. That's according to Mike Nash,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-11-14
How do I... Use saved searches to organize e-mail and RSS feeds in Thunderbird?: Mozilla Thunderbird's saved searches allow users to automatically search a choice of folders or all folders using set parameters and rules. This means that if you want all e-mails and RSS feeds on one subject or from a certain sender separated into a cohesive folder, you do not have to...; Tags: RSS Feed, Mozilla Thunderbird, Nicole Bremer Nash, RSS, E-mail, E-mail Clients, Internet, Online Communications, Software; Download resources 2007-11-14
How do I... Subscribe to RSS Feeds with Mozilla Thunderbird?: Many Web sites offer RSS feeds as a way for readers to quickly and easily view new material. Mozilla's Firefox Internet browser offers RSS tracking via the use of live bookmarks. However, this is still a lot like Web-browsing and therefore is a bit time-consuming, especially if you check multiple...; Tags: RSS Feed, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., Nicole Bremer Nash, RSS, Internet; Download resources 2007-11-02
Google to open Orkut OpenSocial developer sandbox tonight: The campfire is burning tonight on the Google campus as the company prepares to launch an Orkut sandbox for working with the OpenSocial APIs. Developers will be able to register, get the docs and try out their code on the Orkut "container." Other containers, such as Ning, MySpace and others,...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Orkut.com, Google OpenSocial, API, Campfire, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-01
Accounted for: The five mystery Vista updates to be added to SP1: Accounted for: The five mystery Vista updates to be added to SP1It almost seems like...They are trying to show that you can get "as-worthy" updates via Windows Updates on an incremental basis, almost as if they didn't have plans or want to have plans to ever develop Service Packs any...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update, Vista Update, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-10-03
How Do I... Manage folders and spam in Mozilla's Thunderbird?: One of the main allures of Thunderbird beside its price is the ability to easily manage e-mails using folders and intelligent spam filters. Thunderbird's spam filters do take some time -- generally around a week -- to achieve full functionality on any given user's e-mail. This is because the spam...; Tags: Mozilla Thunderbird, Spam Filter, Mozilla Corp., Nicole Bremer Nash, E-mail Clients, E-mail, Spam, Security, Software, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing; Download resources 2007-10-02
Microsoft attempts to rally more hardware vendors around Rally: One of Microsofts biggest pushes at this years Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC is around Rally, a connectivity platform that Microsoft debuted at last years WinHEC. Rally is a set of networking protocols and licenses that are designed to simplify consumersabilities to connect peripherals to Windows Vista and to...; Tags: Vista, Windows client, WinHEC; Blog posts 2007-05-15