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- Jimmy's Public PC 1.3.5.9 (Windows)
- Lock down a Windows user account. Unlike most other applications, this can be a standard user, making it much more secure. Programs that aren't permitted can be either 'locked', where a password is required to 'unlock' them, or they can be closed. Jimmy's Public PC uses advanced techniques to detect...
- Tags: Program, PC, Wilcox Software, Jimmy, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-04-06
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- Is Windows 7 a Mac OS X wannabe? That explains why I like it
- no, it looks like kde but doesn't have it's functionalityjust put kde 3.5. with transparent taskbar and crystal theme and you got what win7 looks like.and kde 3.5. was way older than vista and 7.So it IS about pride after all?To Apple fans it is always important who copied who....
- Tags: Operating systems, TRANSPARENCY, Apple Mac OS, task bar, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware
- People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality of widespread malware is a good idea. People who believe that the fundamental design of...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Blog, Malware, Apple Inc., Malware Writer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Microsoft Office not dead yet
- Via Mary Jo Foley's blog: In spite of all the hype this year, there’s still no real momentum among either consumers or businesses for Web-based office suites, according to independent, non-Microsoft-funded researchers. Market watcher NPD has released results of a new study that found a very...
- Tags: Desktop, Software-as-a-service, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Are Mac users more honest than Windows users?
- Details of new research on Mac OS X Leopard show that Mac users are buying family pack licenses, even though they aren't forced to. On the other hand, Microsoft goes to great lengths to validate every Windows installation. So does this mean that Apple customers are more honest than Windows...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Leopard, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Software, Sales, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- The sorry state of security software
- Over the years, I’ve made no secret of my distrust of the Windows security software industry. With the security tools in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista, an alert Windows user is protected from the overwhelming majority of security threats and has to actually participate in any plot...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, security, Tenebril SpyCatcher, software, Tenebril, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-22
- VMware attacks Microsoft virtualization strategy
- VMware attacks Microsoft virtualization strategyNot an issueThere's plenty of VM market growth potential to be had without even considering MS Vista.MS Vista is only going to weaken its position with restrictive licensing and they really aren't a player in VM anyhow.Why bother?Why do people continue to choose a platform which...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, MS Vista, strategy, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-26
- Why criticize Microsoft for giving away free software? It's the trend nowadays!
- Why is Joe Wilcox Microsoft Watch criticizing Microsoft for giving away free software? Dosent he realize that this is the modern trend?Wilcox seems to be taking a very narrow view of the software market. Yes, Microsoft is giving away a lot of free software nowadays, and it also...
- Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Joe Wilcox, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., software, Thoughts, Web browser
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- Whatever Dell's Kevin Kettler is on (re: Vista), please pass some to me
- Either our sister site's Sylvia Carr (over at Silicon.com) heard it wrong, or Dell CTO Kevin Kettler has had a momentary lapse of reason. Wrote Carr: Businesses will upgrade to Microsoft's Vista in droves as consumers bring their love of the next-generation operating system from home to work, a Dell...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Kevin Kettler
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- Out of the mouths of Redmond watchers
- Sometimes, Microsoft watchers say the darndest things. And many times, I am right there with them. Here are a few favorite sound bites on some of Microsofts recent strategic moves on the spending and licensing fronts: R&D: Its not rocket science. Or is it? Microsoft CEO...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software Assurance, Microsoft Corp., Microsofts, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows Vista, software, R&D
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
- Who's waiting for Windows Vista?
- At Technology Pundits, Roger Kay piles on to the “Vista's not even close to ready” bandwagon, with this pithy quote: “Never in history has a Microsoft operating system been this buggy this late in the game.” That’s the punch line for a post that details a litany of bugs and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-08-01
- The Gates/Ozzie equation: (software + services) (servers = service)
- In September 2005, Bill Gates promoted the formula: server = services as part of the Microsoft Live rollout He described the server = services as follows: The architecture we are interested in we call server-equals-service, so that we will have the full Exchange capability that you can subscribe to, where...
- Tags: Servers, server, software
- Blog posts 2006-07-28
- A "modest" price increase for Vista?
- Joe Wilcox at Microsoft Monitor has two Vista-related tidbits from a presentation by Kevin Johnson, co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division, at today's Microsoft financial analysts meeting. First up, the question everyone wants to know: When will Vista ship?The big question is will Microsoft meet its January 2007 ship...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-07-27
- Is JotSpot a Microsoft Office killer?
- Nick Carr has an interesting post in Microsoft almost certainly will enter the Web Office suite market response to the new Web Office wiki released yesterday by JotSpot, covered here on my blog and also by Dan Farber. Dan called JotSpot's new product a "nascent wiki-based office suite", which is...
- Tags: JotSpot, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-07-25
- No PDF in Office Could Mean More RIA Clout for Adobe
- People are buzzing about the news that Microsoft expects Adobe to file an antitrust suit over the inclusion of "Export to PDF" in Office 2007. Joe Wilcox has the best analysis and ZDNet has a good overview of the story. Marc Orchant here at ZDNet also made mention...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-02
- Windows Vista shifts the platform
- One of the world's leading software companies just released a major upgrade to its flagship operating system. It's missing key features, and its decision to use an all-new kernel means that application developers have to scramble to fix major compatibility issues. It's doomed to failure, right?Not exactly.The OS in question...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-03-27
- Dropping Outlook from Office: smart or dumb?
- Dropping Outlook from Office: smart or dumb?I don't disagree but...You need to keep in mind that Office Basic is not a retail product. It's a low-cost OEM package that will probably be used mostly by white box systems builders. You'll get no argument from me about how useful and powerful...
- Tags: Groupware, RSS, Basic Edition, Vole, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Dropping Outlook
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- Office Live reactions - will the real Web Office please stand up?
- Reactions to Microsoft's Office Live beta release A REAL web office suite would be collaborative and two-way were decidedly mixed. Greg Linden thinks it's more "branding foolishness from Microsoft", because it doesn't live up to the 'Live' hype (software as a service in the Web 2.0 era, and all...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office
- Blog posts 2006-02-16
- Whatever happened to Office subscriptions?
- A long time ago, at a tradeshow that no longer exists, Microsoft made a Big Deal out of its announcement that the next version of Office would be available by subscription. They even put out a press release to mark the occasion: Microsoft Corp. announced a new subscription offering for...
- Tags: Microsoft Office
- Blog posts 2006-02-15
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