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Will search keep Google on the throne?

Will search keep Google on the throne?Yes.. any other questionsNo, Microsoft will leverage the monopoly .So Google can be as good as they want, and it won't matter. Microsoft will slowley integrate search deeper into the OS, one step at a time. They will do it SLOWLEY, so that when...

Tags: Business structures, Web browsers, SEARCH, S/W Giant, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-05-10

Microsoft acquires ID management company Alacris

Microsoft acquires ID management company AlacrisDoes this meanthat Riska/LongShot/ShortHorn has BAD ID management in the first place? If they can't get a new OS out the door in 5 years, how long do you expect it will take to integrate THIS stuff?Mike Cox website.http://mikecox.comThe s/w giant is incapable of designing...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Alacris, ID-management company, identity management, Microsoft Corp., S/W Giant

Discussion threads 2005-09-19

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Payroll giant ADP scoops up Employease

Payroll giant ADP scoops up EmployeaseAttendnace & Payroll ManagementTime Attendance & Payroll SWhttp://www.lenvica.in

Tags: payroll solutions, Operational accounting, payroll, Payroll company, Employease, Automatic Data Processing Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Psystar

Psystar PsyStar - A win is a win for the short termAdrian,While I often find myself agreeing with you on most of your posts, I am going to disagree with you on that a win will cause harm to Psystar. You can not buy the marketing they have received...

Tags: Operating systems, Pystar, Apple OS X, Apple Inc., Psystar, EULA, Apple Mac OS X, right-to-use

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database development

Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database developmentcoincidentallyjasper is the name of the jsp compiler in Tomcat.I see where Microsoft's running with this stuff. The "quick and dirty" quote makes me nervous. Our projects are never of the quick or dirty kind, and more accurately, are usually the 6...

Tags: .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Scripting languages, database, quick-and-dirty, C#, C# 3.0, Microsoft Visual Studio

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006

Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006CorrectionIn your note on Eric Rudder you said: "Once Gates relinquishes his CEO title, will Microsoft become "Rudderless"?" Gates is not Microsoft CEO...hasn't been for years. Ballmer is the CTO. Gates is Chairman and Chief Software Architect. I hear second hand...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Even IBM, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, EFI, strategy

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Has Microsoft just killed HD?

Has Microsoft just killed HD?Great news!I think this is great news. It will give the advantage to independent content providers to supply HD content without DRM encumbrances. If Hollywood types arrogantly insist that consumers must play with their ball under terms reviled by their customers, they should keep their ball,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Blu-ray, Digital media, movie industry, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Is the XP SP2 firewall getting a raw deal?

Is the XP SP2 firewall getting a raw deal?Facts"Rather than sensationalize the story with inaccurate characterizations of the unrelated firewall, it would have been much more beneficial to the public to correctly point out the actual vulnerability and perhaps tell the public how they can protect themselves."Facts never got in...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, XP Firewall, firewall, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2005-07-19

Gates wants to scrap H-1B visas

Gates wants to scrap H-1B visasOr course he doesn't want caps......It's a logical business goal, from the head of a technology company. No caps would mean more workers from abroad, many of whom would be willing to work at a much lower salary than US trained workers. Thus a...

Tags: H-1B, worker

Discussion threads 2005-04-27

Ozzie eager to set up new 'Office'

Ozzie eager to set up new 'Office'Sharooooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!Where's me bleedin' paper clip??Remember LOTUS NOTES???He's supposed to be the genuine g-e-n-i-o-u-s behind that piece of crap. And he's moved to MS to IMPROVE software?????Productivity applications?"Ozzie has been one the most influential software programmers in collaboration software for information workers. As such,...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., software, Ozzie, Groove Networks Inc., computer

Discussion threads 2005-03-11