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Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services

Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with servicesDetails and all thatMail is an interesting choice.Does this mean that MAPI is history, for instance? Or that MAPI now only works through Microsoft's mail system and not others?It's funny how functions that were until recently defended as being essential...

Tags: Windows Live Wave 3, MAPI, subsystem, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, team

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace applets with services

A Windows Live official has confirmed that Windows 7's mail, photo-management and movie-maker subsystems are all being replaced by optionally installable Windows Live equivalents by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Applet, Windows Live Team, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Additional Resources

DJ ToneXpress The Ringtone Creator 4.6.4 (Windows)

Use DJ ToneXpress now iPhone compatible to make unlimited customizable ringtones from your PC music collection, CDs & YouTube videos, and also make unlimited wallpapers, compress full tracks (from PC, CD or YouTube) to play on your cell phone, customize for free the tones on your PC (Yahoo IM, Skype,...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, PC, DJ Tone, Microsoft Windows, WAP, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-06

SharePoint: What's coming when with the 2010 release?

Maybe the POS will actually workMillions spent and 3 releases later and Sharepoint is still not working.It's JUNK, plain and simple.Maybe if you sayu that enough......it will eventually come true. As things stand, it's hard to imagine SharePoint on a more successful trajectory than it currently is.$1.3B and nothing...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, WSS 3.0

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Teens are generation Apple as iPod, iPhone dominance reigns

Look at fall 2007Two years ago, 13% said they planned to buy a Zune. And, almost none of them did.Apple owns this market in the USA and will until the category of MP3 player is no longer relevant.I wonder how many teens plan to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?Big...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MP3, MP3 player, iPod iPhone dominance reign, dominance reign, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Open source and forced obsolescence

You gutted your own articleFirst, no one forces you to update your software, period. There *are* companies that won't support antiques, and who can blame them? Support costs are very high, especially since one person or team can't be expected to be expert in a dozen different versions of the...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), obsolescence, open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Probably the most awful, soul destroying thing I've ever seen

wow those were just AWFUL..thats about 6 minutes of my life i wont get back. CHEESE CITY! lol.RE: Probably the most awful, soul destroying thing I've ever seenYou are goddammed right. IT feels like I am watching the cast of Barney, as they keep nodding their heads at each...

Tags: Corporate communications, Blonde, video, second video, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw

GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...

Tags: Flaw, Malware, Conficker, MS08-067, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for  joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...

Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-09-22

FanDraft - Fantasy Basketball Draft Board 9.01 (Windows)

FanDraft Fantasy Basketball Draft Board works as a digital draft board for fantasy basketball drafts. The program includes a player board, a draft clock, and a streaming ticker, and offers customizable draft ordering, team logos, audio, and draft reports. The application works with all types of fantasy basketball leagues, as...

Tags: Board, Microsoft Windows, Fantasy, FanSoft Media, Corporate Governance, Team Management, BIOS, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-09-16

Bing and Ping (but not on Windows Live)

Microsoft's Bing team is working on a new sharing feature, known as Bing & Ping, that will allow Bing searchers to share their findings with a few clicks. But at least so far, the feature is only designed to allow sharing with Facebook, Twitter and e-mail users -- not those...

Tags: Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Microsoft PDC 2009: What's on tap for developers this November?

Microsoft PDC 2009: What's on tap for developers this November?Silverlight MobileI hope they finally, finally open up some silverlight mobile goods. My waiting listVisual Studio 2010.WorkFlow 4.0C# 4Oslo.A preview of SilverLight 4 would be nice but probably too much to ask.What about WPF?Hey, Mary Jo,I scanned your post for "WPF"....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telephony, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

RantWatch: Shoddy AppleCare - arrogant Apple

RantWatch: Shoddy AppleCare - arrogant AppleThanks for the tip[i]My advice is that it?s better to save the several hundred dollars on AppleCare and insure it yourself.[/i]I declined the applecare extended warranty and put it on my Visa card that doubled the manufacturer warranty to 2 years. Looks like I made...

Tags: Apple Store, Apple Inc., AppleCare, RantWatch

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?I think it is simply "Microsoft"ntI think it is the economy & VistaBusiness just are not buying new computers.Look at Dell's sales.Look at worldwide PC sales.Every (and, I am exaggerating) business is delaying the purchase of new computers.Now, on to Vista.Many (most?)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IS IT, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fallBrave, but who's going to show up?That MS dude from the Apple ads?Those store will be gone in say 8 months.I am confused"they?d be more showcases than actual retail outlets"So, kinda of like an art museum? You can look at the Picasso,...

Tags: Retail, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Meridix Broadcast Producer 3.0.6 (Windows)

The Meridix Broadcast Producer provides a fast and easy way to webcast live audio and video, live scores and stats, and live event information via the Meridix Webcast Network. Through simple question-based interfaces, the software allows any school or team to provide live coverage for football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer,...

Tags: Archiving, Microsoft Windows, Meridix Creative, Business Intelligence, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-07-14

The history and future of Chrome OS

Chrome OS is Google's first attempt at a desktop operating system. Due to be released in the second half of next year, the Chrome OS has many people baffled as to what it is exactly. What possessed Google to directly take on Microsoft in this way? Is Google getting too...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Chrome OS, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-11