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Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new level

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new levelMS is doing their dangdest to disrupt and destabilize the number 2competitor. Don't think it is working very well though. The AOL thing is also a stinker. Just leave the guy alone.85 percent of Shareholders back Yang . . . Did I hear...

Tags: Schoolyard, Microhoo, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

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Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

Windows for freeI think a lot of consumers and businesses also would not object to their desktop being used as an advertising space by Microsoft if this would let them use Windows at no charge. I believe Google is going in the same direction with their ChromeOS.Its an operating system!!Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 8, advertisement, advertiser, downloadable theme, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?

Kill off Opera, or MS should pull out of Europe cause they can afford toMicrosoft should shut down all offices in the EU, pull out of the market entirely, and tell the EU to bugger off.Perhaps the commission will realize they were wrong.Seriously, over a browser, and the order of...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ballot, ballot screen, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

The Apple-Palm cat-and-mouse game: How long can it last? [poll]

Reflects badly on both companiesI think this whole ordeal reflects badly on both Apple on Palm.It makes Apple out to be hypocrites. I mean, wasn't the whole reason for the lack of interoperability with other players a DRM issue? Didn't Steve Jobs say this himself the last time Apple was...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, game, itune, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Was Apple a "Liar Liar" to the FCC about the Google Voice app?

If this were a schoolyard, Apple would be that kid that everyone is pointing to and chanting "Liar, liar, pants on fire." Word is spreading fast that Apple did, in fact, reject the Google Voice app for its iPhone earlier this year, even though the company said...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Federal Government, Smart Phones, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Thoughts on Microsoft Response Point

Thoughts on Microsoft Response PointPolitics of ProgrammingWhat has been so hard about being articulate and clear to the end user? Why, to this day, are arcane and obtuse references constantly popping up on Windows machines? It's a legacy of obfuscation that has come from a programming culture. This culture has...

Tags: Development tools, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., programmer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?Obama's childish attack????Kinda like the one where McCain says Obama wants to teach sex education to kindergartners, when in fact, what he wanted was to teach them how to recognize inappropriate touching to protect them from child predators? Ridiculous, childish attack INDEED!Um ridiculous and childishlike...

Tags: INTERNET, RIM BlackBerry, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel

Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Computer Science, Broadband, Computer, Intel Corp., Robots, Corporate Governance, Digital Cameras, Federal Government, Monitors & Displays, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Schoolyard antics take Microhoo drama to new level

Something doesn't smell quite right here. Techcrunch reports earlier today that Jonathan Miller, former AOL chief executive and one of the names that popped up as part of Team Icahn on the newly expanded Yahoo board, has been blocked from serving on that board by a non-compete...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-01

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

Rochester City School District Establishes Unique Technology Integration Program With Help From Dell

The Rochester City School District in New York is one of the state's five largest urban districts, and it serves a high percentage of students living in poverty. Rochester City School District needed a technology partner that could help it smoothly deploy thousands of reliable, quality hardware systems, freeing up...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., School District, Computer, Productivity

Case studies 2008-05-01

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machine

More details on the Pwn2Own Flash flaw that won the Vista machineOr should we blame MicrosoftFor their inability to push DEP sooner and get more of a response out developers sooner and breaking applications that have been coded wrongly for years.That would be the ABMer's excuse anyway.NBMer would say that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Pwn2Own Flash, Pwn2Own Flash flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, data execution prevention, Vista Machine, Java, flaw, Nate, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

The end of software...

...as you know it. Right now I'm falling over startup vendors vying for attention in the so-called 'social software' space. The fact enterprise people hate the term doesn't seem to bother those who are bypassing IT as they sell into the marketing departments of companies at departmental budget prices. But...

Tags: Software, Information Technology, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-19

Ten things about tech I really hate-and maybe you do as well

I have been howling over TechAndNews.Net's list of the 50 worst technologies, phenomenon, products, etc. If you ever were in a grouchy mood about tech, you should read this list. I have done so, multiple times. Here are the ten that speak to me, along with my opinion of...

Tags: MySpace, Macy, Internet, Outsourcing, Cyberthreats, Investment, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Security, Finance, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-18

Bali highs and lows

The big climate change enviro-bash continues in Bali. Here's the conference's official website. Tomorrow BaliTalk enters the final phase with ministerial level participants arriving (that's Cabinet-level to us Yanks). It's not likely there'll be a big international agreement out of this conference even though it's aimed at finding the...

Tags: U.S., China, Associated Press, Story, Headline, Conference, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-11

Microsoft announces System Center Mobile Device Manager; enterprise rejoices

Microsoft announces System Center Mobile Device Manager; enterprise rejoicesthank you mr pathetic...You really showed me. You mean you didn't write a book on exchange too? You are getting worse everyday, change your depends and come back when you have something to say. Good luck on it though,...

Tags: System Center Mobile Device Manager, Microsoft Corp., server

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Hack: Custom iPhone ringtones

Hack: Custom iPhone ringtonesI've read legal ones are comingBut Apple has to finalize a new agreement with the record companies as ringtones were excluded from the basic iTunes agreement - understandable when you see what some carriers charge for theirs.There will probably be a fee attached to the ones you...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Digital music, ringtone, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-15

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patches

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patchesTime to waitWhy on earth does MS feel they have to stick to a constant timeline for updates. If the update is ready to go out now, then give us the damn thing so we can patch our stuff. Instead we have to wait...

Tags: Patches, information technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., patch management, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-05-03

And now, Month of ActiveX Bugs

And now, Month of ActiveX BugsSurely this is akin to shooting fish in a barrel?!? NT...**NOTE. As in the MoAB, here are the rules:Absolutely NO browser add-ins count as a "flaw" or vulnerability. Only activeX controls that come default and TURNED on in the current OS, Vista, count. Also, no...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web browsers, Authenticode dialog, ActiveX Control, ActiveX, exploit, UAC

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Alert raised for IE drive-by exploits

Alert raised for IE drive-by exploitsOuch...Use Firefox or Opera.Opera 9No more drive-bys.http://www.opera.comAnother OverHyped StoryLet's wait a few weeks and see how many people actually get affected by this.The way I see it, the sirens are wailing, the lights are flashing, and the little boy is starting to cry wolf.Yet the...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Channel management, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Protected Mode, Web

Discussion threads 2007-03-29