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Microsoft sued over Vista-to-XP downgrade policy

Microsoft is under legal siege again over Vista. This time, a consumer is suing the company for using its monopoly power to force her to pay to downgrade from Vista to XP on a new laptop. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Seattle Times, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Get this: in tech hub Seattle, School Board still uses dinosaur VAX!

For those of you who have been around the silicon-based world for awhile, the mere mention of VAX computers might spark a memory or two. That pic might jog your memory. First debuted back in 1977, courtesy of Digital Equipment...

Tags: Board, Memory, Official, Digital Equipment Corp., Seattle Times, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Why Has Microsoft Office Evaded European, US Justice?

Why Has Microsoft Office Evaded European, US Justice?Very good point. MS has to be laughing here. Everybody focusing on MediaPlayer and IE, while they quietly use MS Office to cause interoperability problems and maintain the Windows monopoly. There is a reason that MS if fighting ODF tooth and nail and...

Tags: Linux, Web browsers, Operating systems, Seattle Times, Microsoft Corp., Has Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

U.S. attorney probing HP leaks investigation

U.S. attorney probing HP leaks investigationHuh? What is there to investigate?Lets see, HP fully admited that the PI they hired in turn sub-contracted some of the work to a third party and that third party admitted what they did. What is there to investigate?Wilson, Sonsini, Goodritch & RosatiThere were...

Tags: Corporate governance, Seattle Times, U.S. Congress, Hewlett-Packard Co., Goodritch & Rosati

Discussion threads 2006-09-11

Gates Foundation gives $500 million to Global Fund

Gates Foundation gives $500 million to Global FundGates Foundation gives $500 million to Global FundBig ups to the Gates Foundation. It's through charities like this and philanthropists like Bill and Melinda Gates that donations for good causes are possible. The people with these diseases will be overjoyed knowing...

Tags: Nothing, Mr Gates, Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, United Way, Global Fund, philanthropy, Seattle Times, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-09

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Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Why on ZDnet?

Tech has a huge role to play in combating global warming, and, in just using energy more efficiently. Harry is doing a great job keeping us informed, and I really do like his blogs. And, it is just a style thing as to how much or even if the bloggers...

Tags: Blogging, blog, talkback

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

DexKnows Mobile (Mobile)

DexKnows.com, a local search expert, has developed the ultimate local search tool. Phone numbers to five-star restaurants, show times to a newly released movie and directions to the nearest car repair shop are all at your fingertips. With intuitive search features, the DexKnows.com App guides you to the most relevant...

Tags: Mobile, Local Search, DexKnows.com App, Search

Software downloads 2009-10-01

iPhone: "Just works" (70% of the time)

Based on my experience...nonsense talk. I have indeed have had dropped calls, so I won't say that AT&Ts perfect or even great, but very, very few. Maybe ten in the ten months since I've been with AT&T, and some of those were because of bad signal, as opposed...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Seattle Local News Free 1.0 (Mobile)

Seattle Local News Free provides quick access to all the top news sites for the great city of Seattle, including many that are specially formatted for the iPhone or iPod Touch screen. The current sites include Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Puget Sound Business Journal, NBC Seattle - KING, ABC Seattle...

Tags: Mobile, Seattle, Martian Technology LLC, Seattle Local News Free, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-09-18

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Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mobile, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-15

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Works of Sophocles (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Works of Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Love

Software downloads 2009-09-15

Works of Gustave Flaubert . FREE Author's biography & prose in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

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Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Works of Gaston Leroux. FREE Author's biography & partial work in the trial (Mobile)

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Software downloads 2009-09-14

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Software downloads 2009-09-14

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Software downloads 2009-09-14

Works of Voltaire. FREE Author's biography & poem in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

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Software downloads 2009-09-14

Works of Bram Stoker. FREE Author's biography & short stories in the trial 10.1 (Mobile)

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Software downloads 2009-09-14