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- FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continues
- FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continuesOh and of course we won't mention...Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel recently became Managing Director of the FCC.And if you seriously believe, given Microsoft's history of planting "ex" executives in positions of influence, that an ex-Microsoftie in the FCC does not raise issues concerning...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Enterprise 2.0 conference impressions
- I'm in seat 14c on a Virgin America flight back from Boston to San Francisco after an exhilarating Enterprise 2.0 Conference. There's a lot of similarities between this airline and the Enterprise 2.0 movement. The plane has wifi and a good modern user experience but essentially...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Google Wave will change the way we communicate
- Google Wave will change the way we communicate"Email as good as dead"I am sorry captain, but the complexity of human pranks escapes me.. . .and someday, SOMEDAY it will be secure . . .. . .and someday, SOMEDAY it will be secure . . .You know, with digital signatures and...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Google creeps closer to the enterprise
- Google creeps closer to the enterpriseSoftware for e-mail, RSS, Etc.I couldn't agree with you more about this one! Come on Google, do us proud and make a piece of software like he is talking about. Besides being able to get your G-Mail I would look at the other...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?
- Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?BillG is still BillG, so is MSFTi don't think billG has been involved any less than before. maybe a little less in details. but other people's decision only matter if it is not going different way with his.RE: Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
- Body art won't save you
- Todd Bishop's report that a Microsoftie who has a Blue Monster tattoo got pink slipped made me smile: Microsoft solutions adviser Dan Woodman achieved minor celebrity status for getting a tattoo of the company's unofficial "Blue Monster" mascot -- a character created by Hugh MacLeod...
- Blog posts 2009-02-01
- Microsoft External Research release five new tools to students
- Â I was told about these last week and was held off until now; annoyingly after Channel 8 decided to post their own video, probably to get all the credit. Sometimes I think, why do I bother do this job? (Good income, great hours, travel and trips...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?
- Awhile back my Irregular chums came up with MISO as the acronym to describe the main enterprise players of the time: Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. We also quipped that could change to include Google and so with a little creative thought we ended up with GISMO. Last week's Apple...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Microsoft's Dynamic IT
- While visiting Microsoft's STB Systems and Tools Business I guess meeting in Orlando, I had a chance to sit in an audience composed largely of industry analysts. Bob Muglia, Sr. VP of Microsoft's STB presented Microsoft's Dynamic IT vision. The vision, by the way,appears a bit more refined than when...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Microhoo: Lots of questions and still no new answers
- Microhoo: Lots of questions and still no new answersKevin Johnson is a moronKevin Johnson is a moron.Exceedingly FunnyLet me understand this. Someone at MSFT is pushing the value of competition?This comes from one of the most error prone, uninnovative companies in the world! This company cannot even figure...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threats
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsSecuring Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsThe good thing about this is that Microsoft recognizes that there is potential for a security threat and is taking all measures to close that threat. Recognition of resolution of the problem is what Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- If 'you' build OpenID, will 'they' come?
- In case you missed it last week, Microsoft is taking another swing at the idea of single sign-on technologies. Its first, Passport, failed miserably. Called Windows Live ID (following in the footsteps of everything else "Windows Live"), I guess you could call this "Son of Passport" or "Passport: The Sequel."...
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Mozilla caught napping on URL protocol handling flaw
- Mozilla caught napping on URL protocol handling flawAlun Jones insightAlun Jones has posted an illuminating piece on this topic here:http://msmvps.com/blogs/alunj/archive/2007/07/22/firefoxurl-url-vulnerability.aspxand in a comment here:http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/10/blocking-the-firefox-gt-ie-0-day.aspx#6570Highly recommended reading.I'll hold Mozilla to the same standard as MS[B]We thought this was just a problem with IE. It turns out, it is a problem with...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-23
- On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee
- On June 26, an anonymous blogger posted a first entry on a new "Just Say No to Google" blog. The subject of the inagural post: "Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective." (The e-mail is now also linked and being discussed on Slashdot.)The post raises not only some interesting cultural...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone?
- Two A Day says ZDNet just hates the iPhone--before it's even out. And in a nice display of doing homework the author cites more than 50 negative articles about iPhone in a week.What Two A Day calls negative, I'd call perspective. The iPhone is getting attention because it's merely the...
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Microsoft to Google: Play fair with your billions
- Who says Microsoft wanted to lose DoubleClick to Google? Robert Scoble shares that he “asked Microsoft to buy Skype, Bloglines, SixApart, and Flickr, among others.” If he were currently still chief Microsoft blogger in residence, would he have “asked” Microsoft to buy DoubleClick?Don Dodge, still a Microsoftie, and...
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- News to know: Patch fiesta; Boot Camp; Apache calls out Sun; Slow hard disks
- Notable headlines: Clock is ticking on Apples Boot Camp beta.Ryan Naraine: Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Vista dinged again. New Word 2007 flaws, exploits released.Oracle patches to fix 37 flaws.Review: Nokia N95. Gallery left.Mary Jo Foley: Parting shots from parting Microsoftie. Larry Dignan: Microsoft naysayer bandwagon gets crowded.Ryan Stewart: How Adobe can...
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Why Linux will not displace Windows
- Why Linux will not displace WindowsCorrect, to be consistent ...... I should have said Desktop Linux. And thinking server is exactly what Linux vendors want you to dLinux vendors do not want to sell Linux to consumers. And that's my point. My prices were not misleading. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Zune ruminations
- Zune ruminationsComplete and Utter FallacyOnce again the Great Apologist, John Carroll, makes more excuses about the Evil Empire known as Microsoft. The Zune be open with API's? The words "Open" and any other word that implies "Microsoft" should NEVER be put in the same sentence! Microsoft is...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- What buying Vista Ultimate means to Microsoft
- What buying Vista Ultimate means to MicrosoftWhy isn't Business on the poll? NT.Why cann't I choose not to buy?Why is there no option on the poll on "Not buying Vista"?I thought journalists are usually advised not to trust vendor supplied figures as they are always in favour of themselves? ;)Why...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
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