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Capgemini deploys Google Apps...to itself

Capgemini deploys Google Apps...to itselfAs Google continues to add features to Google Apps, we will see moreand more companies that will view them as having sufficient features. Combine this with decreasing need to print, and increasing sharing, and there will be crossover points where companies are finally ready. Of...

Tags: Capgemini, Redmond Bloatfarm, Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Office, IT Consulting

Discussion threads 2007-11-18

Google launches universal email migration API

Google launches universal email migration APII don't get it......somebody help me understand...Just don't see it yet. Is this a 'good thing'?good thing?Migration tools are good things....in this case good for google given that the barrier to porting is lower....more openness is good. But, don't expect legions of enterprise to...

Tags: Migration Tool, API, Redmond Bloatfarm, Google Inc., Bloatfarm, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Friday Rant - It's my stuff and I'll whine if I want to!

Friday Rant - It's my stuff and I'll whine if I want to!Well put, well said ntntPathetic..Imagine if the following were written about anything other than a Vista computer:Overall this issue alone has taken up a considerable number of work hours to identify and isolate. I've now passed this...

Tags: Redmond Bloatfarm, toaster

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Additional Resources

Windows Mobile 6.5 disappoints; no Start customizations and stylus still required

Apple is safe.Point release or not, Microsoft is under the gun to come up with something better than this retread if they want to stay in the mobile device business. Make no mistake, the handset makers are not just disappointed, they are steaming about Microsoft's inability to keep up, because...

Tags: Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, touch screen, Windows Mobile 6.5, ringer, mobile, Finger-friendly, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

'Cashmere': Another (possible) destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmap

'Cashmere': Another possible destination on Microsoft's embedded roadmapGee...an improved browser.You think?The BloatFarm should have had a better browser back in 2002 instead of that dissipated, shrunken, ie monopoly defender that it is been inserting. WinMo is roadkill to most other mobile Oses, particularly iPhone/iPod Touch.By the time this is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Web browsers, Strategy, Cashmere, Microsoft Corp., WinMo

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Microsoft to deliver free anti-malware to Windows users

Microsoft to deliver free anti-malware to Windows usersI like its adblock and flash block tho.I cannot go on internet without them.Please elaborate......Why do you not like it? I'm not saying your wrong I'm just interested to know.You've got questions, we've got answers:[i]Do you trust Microsoft to provide security software?[/i]No more...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., anti-Malware, UAC, Morro, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

What we do know about Windows 7

What we do know about Windows 7Not 2010, It's sep 2009Windows 7 would definitely be released in 2009. Mostly Sep 2009as you guessed in previous postsWindows 7 will be more tightly integrated with Windows Mobile.Gee, there is a nonstarter.By the time Win7 comes out, WinMobile will have been Zunified and...

Tags: Wiki, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, HA-HA-HA, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Microsoft opens philosophical can of worms with Live Search Cashback

Microsoft opens philosophical can of worms with Live Search CashbackWhen customers see...what the Redmond Slagheap demands, it will be a dead letter and yet another failure at MSFT.For many more reasons why LiveSearch Cashback (when they kill it as a product, it will be renamed Dead Search Casback) go here:http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/microsoft_s_latest_plan_to_kill_google_explained...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Live Search Cashback, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Leading US search engines in April 2008

Leading US search engines in April 2008Gosh! What a surprise!Look at those numbers and the Bloatfarm is again the cellar-smeller in search.Why could that be?Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the great dungheap has no monopoly position from which to harass and coerce customers. Maybe...

Tags: Financial accounting, Bloatfarm, developer, search engine

Discussion threads 2008-05-17

Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?

Office 2008 for Mac: The straw that broke the backs of Microsoft's Windows developers?Apples WWDC has been sold out for thefirst time in history. Something is happening.Conspire away.Do you all practice together?Because your MS rants all sound the same. I love how you all paint marketshare as a measure...

Tags: Microsoft Office, window, Microsoft Windows, Apples WWDC, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-05-16

Minimizing XP SP3 woes

Minimizing XP SP3 woesWhat did you expect......it to be as easy as apt-get ? ;]:)RE: Minimizing XP SP3 woesThats a lot of work to install a service packThemes are a problem.If your theme has replaced the logon screen the one with the animated vertical bars you have to remove...

Tags: Firewalls, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3, Minimizing XP SP3 woe, Minimizing XP SP3, firewall

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Poll: Post-Yahoo, what should Microsoft do?

Poll: Post-Yahoo, what should Microsoft do?What to do?It is time for MSFT to begin to produce products that actually satisfy customers, not OEMs.It is time for MSFT to give up the "Let's emulate the other guy" mode.This means no more me-too junk like Vista, Zune, Xnox, WinMobile, Spot or (the...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, Taming UAC, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+Apple

Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+AppleWhat's your vector Victor?Apple doesn't have a chance of moving into business class Windows/Linux territory unless they OEM OSX and open up their proprietary ways.Windows Server 2008 shares the same kernel as Vista SP1, but, interestingly 'retreats' from registry-based gui 'click next' configuration to a command-line interface 'Linux modular approach'...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Wintel Vista, Wintel Vista conspiracy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., liar, Wintel, crook, PC, Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fine

EU+slaps+Microsoft+with+%241.3+billion+fineWell ... back to work thenI note that not even Microsoft disputes the principle or the amount of the fine. Since Microsoft is now making the requested interoperability information available for a flat fee plus 0.4% of the revenues (if any !) this ought to close this particular case so...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Will you trust your medical information to Google?

Will you trust your medical information to Google?MedicalRecords247.comI agree with you and am curious, what do you think of www.MedicalRecords247.com ?Google will try to mine my own medical record, then present adsI would only trust my medical records to a third-party repository that implmented HIPAA and agreed to store the...

Tags: Google Inc., medical information, medical record

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Microsoft's Core Search VP now findable

Microsoft's Core Search VP now findableHe actually left the Bloatfarm!Wow, this is a switch. He actually left the BloatFarm and entered the real world and was rehired.Maybe someone at the Redmond funny farm CAN see behind all that obtuse HR crap that is force fed to the Softies and...

Tags: MSFT, Bloatfarm, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-16

Microsoft+looks+to+create+an+Apple-like+halo+effect+across+its+brands

Microsoft+looks+to+create+an+Apple-like+halo+effect+across+its+brandsI wish them luck but don't have hopeThe problem is that Microsoft is terrible at marketing to consumers. Microsoft's big successes have always been marketing to developers, businesses, and OEMs. The XBox may be the only exception to that rule although it really only competes with the PS3 and even...

Tags: Game players, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, operating system, media extender, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, marketing, Apple Inc., branding, Microsoft Xbox, brand

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? (updated)

Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? updatednot what was statedIn the article, it was mentioned that MS was interested in their expertise with mobile hardware, not rebadging the sidekick into an iPhone competitor. The graphic on the page is just the old sidekick.With the cash MS...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Channel management, MSFT, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Zune, NPD, sales, Zune sale, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?Examples of the Turd, pleaseExactly what is it about the core of Vista you find to be such a turd? What experiences have you had where the core of Vista has failed you? Please elaborate on the problems you've...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows 2008

Discussion threads 2008-01-29