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Microsoft nabs top Sun sales exec

Microsoft nabs top Sun sales execwhat was her performance?Is she a good addition to M$?Go where the money is...So did she suddenly get a great revelation of how much superior Microsoft products are, as compared to Sun's products or was it just more money from Microsoft? To the tune of...

Tags: ABMers, NBMers, sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2003-11-21

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Macs and PCs found shacking up

A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Windows 7's Achilles' heel - XP Mode

XP Mode is a crutch, for a wounded patient, that is supposed to get better.Microsoft is betting it will go away soon, and, like the Windows Ultimate Extras, disappear forever.I believe it will, as anyone serious about using XP will bypass the Windows 7 middleman.This is news?Is XP Mode not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI'm sorry, don't you mean..."Microsoft Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities?"RE: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI am sure that all these patches, after all the patches last month, the month before, etc. are for XP only.We have been assured repeatedly on this forum that...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patch Tuesday heads-up, heads-up, Patch Tuesday, critical vulnerability, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, Microsoft Corp., patch management

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attack

Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackUse Microsoft Keyboard with MacUse Microsoft Keyboard with Mac !! Very safe combination !!!!RE: Apple keyboard vulnerable to hack attackNo choice? Sir, if it becomes a serious problem, any USB keyboard will do as a replacement for the Apple one.As I understood the issue (I...

Tags: Keyboards, Macs security, keyboard, Apple Inc., Apple Keyboard, attack, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Windows Mobile 6.5: How touchy will it be?

Windows Mobile 6.5: How touchy will it be?It should be made clearWindows Mobile has supported gesture based applications for a long time now. I was using gestures years ago in Pocket Player and I've been using a gesture enabled keyboard called TouchPal for months now. HTC TouchFlo has also supported...

Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Smart phones, HTC TouchFLO, gesture, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, touch screen, Apple iPhone, Richard, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarter

Apple forecast: 12% Mac sales growth quarter to quarterdeclinig"with commercial Mac shipments up 25% [month over month] in May versus market growth of just 1%" if the broad market is up 1% and apple's 25% growth is part of that 1% number, than that means that the windows-pc market is...

Tags: Sales strategy, Blu-ray, Desktops, Notebooks, Mac sales growth quarter, growth quarter, Apple Inc., Mac sale, PC, Apple Macintosh, sales

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?

Will someone pull out the IE life support machine?Add-onsFor me, the big plus of Firefox is the add-ons. I simply love Adblock Plus, NoScript and MediaPlayerConnectivity.Firefox isn't very fast anymore, these days. Possibly partly because of my add-ons. I can live with that. Sometimes I use Epiphany as a browser,...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Microsoft's mixed quarter: 'We expect weakness to continue'

Microsoft's mixed quarter: 'We expect weakness to continue'Amazing cash flow given the economyMore than $4 billion in cash in one quarter? Pretty much any other company in the world would be drooling to have that kind of problem. Still, revenue down is not a good thing. It looks like investors...

Tags: Sales strategy, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., desktop, PC, mixed quarter, sales, computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Reasons to skip Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta download

Reasons to skip Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta downloadWell said.I wish I had seen this before I posted my response. I inadvertently duplicated your work. :)Apple zombies, more pathetic than everNow, seriously, can somebody be more patetic than the mactard who wrote the blog?Or did he think windows users are so...

Tags: Blogging, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, blog, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

Dirty dozen: Firefox ships patch for 12 security flaws

Dirty dozen: Firefox ships patch for 12 security flawsAdobe Flash Beta 10 on Linux Stopped CrashingEvery since build version 3 of Firefox 3.0.2 Adobe 10 beta stopped crashing on Linux 32/64 bit systems. Flash now runs great on this release, except for some minor issues with accelerated graphics and nVidia...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, keylogger, Dirty, Fox, security flaw, security

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Why does open source need a villain?

Why does open source need a villain?It doesn't need a villianIt just needs competition. And Apple provides some, but they also leave the door open for F/OSS given their restrictive policies.villain or hero?Linus Torvalds"By giving away his software, the Finnish programmer earned a place in history""Some of Torvalds' supporters portray...

Tags: open source, villain, open source need, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote

Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence voteSounds like the testers and MS are doing good work[i]The best thing that happened in response to this latest action is that the Entity Framework team responded to it immediately[/i]Good for the testers for demanding better, and good for MS for responding immediately....

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Entity Framework, no-confidence, MJO

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF

OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODFIf they can't even support it themselveshow the heck do they expect other applications to support it?even M$ can't implement OOXMLwhile some people are cheerleading this bloated and broken standard.I expect to see M$ droping support for OOXML in the next office 'for technical...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OOXML backwards compatibility

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Mozilla spreads malware rather than security

Mozilla spreads malware rather than securityyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedSh*t happens....There is no absolute security in computing. And there never will be. Not even when you are running Linux (safe from viruses,...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, Murderers, security, Mozilla Corp., malware, virus, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Vista falls in Pwn2Own contests final day to a flaw in Adobe Flash

Vista falls in Pwn2Own contests final day to a flaw in Adobe Flashopiniondirector webFair is fair: Blame Adobe's not VistaVista is a piece of junk that NOBODY with a brain likes because it is actually slower and less usable than XP.But this "hack" can not be blame on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, operating system, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Flash, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-29

Vista price slash

Vista price slashHmmmm...It's getting hard to tell the fanboys from the trolls.It's not my fault that Microsoft is a monopolyand uses abusive tactics, lies, and bullies businesses with threats in order to sell their technically inferior product that uses the OS/2 memory manager, lifted a BSD TCP/IP stack for NT/2000/XP,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adrian, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

On to Windows 7 Server and other new Microsoft server releases in the pipeline

On to Windows 7 Server and other new Microsoft server releases in the pipelinethat's so micro$oftic!alpha code for near future and hot air for the distant future... just another flop while Red Hat is eating their lunch!Microsoft....serverTalk about two words that should never go together. *shudder*So what are the new...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Chad_z, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

Microsoft Xbox Chief Peter Moore: Did he jump or was he pushed?

Microsoft Xbox Chief Peter Moore: Did he jump or was he pushed?It is simply Moore's law...Every year the number of XBOX 360 consoles that burst into flames will double.Does it really matter to anyone aside from himDoes it matter if Microsoft layed it out in spades with an ultimate choice...

Tags: Game players, Peter Moore, Microsoft Corp., Mike Cox, Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2007-07-17