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- Will OpenID catch on?
- A survey of more than 300 people shows that few people have heard of OpenID, and even fewer are actually using it. Chris Messina, the guy with the guitar pictured here, has written up results of a survey conducted using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Messina, rightly, took...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- KK (exe)
- KK has 2, 10, 12, 100, 200 users chat-room and instant messenger with clear video and voice ability helping Chinese users to communicate and make friends. It also include powerful function to share graphic, flash, or music. Version 2007C has better voice quality and clipboard functionality for images.
- Software downloads 2008-03-11
- Google must woo mobile app developers
- Google must woo mobile app developersAndroid isn't for current mobile developersThe opinions of people currently developing mobile apps are not the ones we should be interested in. The point of Android is to recruit the vast body of desktop Linux developers to develop mobile apps and not for existing...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Microsoft 'Halo' creators to be separate company
- Microsoft 'Halo' creators to be separate companyBungie use to be oriented to AppleHalo was originally an Apple program and I have long speculated that Microsoft purchased Bungie more as a way of harming Apple than of creating a billion dollar baby. Its sale should be viewed as being related to...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- The real reason(s) behind Microsoft's move to exorcise WGA from IE7
- A day after Microsoft rolled out a refresh of Internet Explorer IE 7 that no longer requires Windows Genuine Validation WGA checks, industry watchers are speculating as to why the company did so. The IE team, for its part, will say nothing more than what it posted...
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimony
- Google vs. Microsoft: Dueling DoubleClick testimonyMaybe Google made a mistake complaining aboutMicrosoft's search and crying anti-trust. As they say, pay back is a b.....straw poll?GOOG or MSFTWHo cares really?I mean its not like its going to change my life or put a buck in my pocket.All antitrust laws must...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- A Mac-eye view of Microsoft's EU defeat
- A Mac-eye view of Microsoft's EU defeatMicrosoftwill do just enough with office to keep them out of antitrust. Not a byte more.RE: A Mac-eye view of Microsoft's EU defeatI find it funny that Mac fanboys talk about MS and anti-competitive practices. Apple is WAY more anti-competitive that MS, just...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Accenture inks Microsoft as BPO customer
- Accenture inks Microsoft as BPO customerThat's oddI thought MSFT's core processes were running on SAP. If so then this must be a change of tack.Ballmer was until Sarb Ox on Accenture's BoardBecause Ballmer was until recently on Accenture's board of directors, I find this news distressing. The arrangement does not...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talk
- RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talkRIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talkWe can only hope this true. Then RIM and blackberries won't suck so bad.OR, this is something leaked by Rim todrive up their share price during their negotiations with Google??Competition is good :)Competition is good. Especially if...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision?
- MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision?Yikes, RealNetworksAnytime I hear 'RealNetworks' it conjures up bad vibes like as if someone said Pinto.Seriously, I have never used RealPlayer where it didn't screw up a computer, make it run slow, or hook into it in so many places that it doesn't want to...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' court
- The search antitrust ball is back in DOJ, states' courtBy now?[i]By now I think any judge would be tired of it.[/i]IMHO she's been tired of it since she drew the short straw.And there is the problem"U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Tuesday she expected the plaintiffs the DOJ and states...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-26
- FSF says Novell could be banned from selling Linux
- FSF says Novell could be banned from selling LinuxPunish, ban, how free and progressivecan't live and let live. Loathe MS = ban and punish those who deal with it. What next, punish and ban those who use it operating system too??? How would one do such, ....
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- iPhone will/won't support Java and Flash
- iPhone will/won't support Java and FlashJava ? JavaScriptFirst of all, Java and JavaScript are two completely different things and are only tangentially related. From the Wikipedia page on JavaScript: "Despite the name, JavaScript is only distantly related to the Java programming language, the main similarity being their common debt to...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-14
- A peace prize for Novell and Microsoft?
- A peace prize for Novell and Microsoft?And I'm also surprised that...Hovsepian didn't catch him on that.Hmmm, sort of...How would you go about tracking down the thousands of contributors? Even Linus T. said that would be impossible in responce to the changing Linux the GPL 3 draft.Ballmer misunderstands the GPL[i]"An...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- Database head Flessner to leave Microsoft
- Database head Flessner to leave MicrosoftGood luck FlessnerHe is going to Oracle to head the new Linux initiative. Good luck Flessner.leaving the sinking shiptell me something I don't know!M$ is going down in flames!WOW, call it obvious: Poor Management ScapegoatClearly there is a limit to what can be spinned. The...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- FCC's wireless auction winds down
- FCC's wireless auction winds downGlobal Crossing, Deutsche Telkom, T-mobile USA, MicrosoftGlobal Crossing is one of the few Microsoft investments that didn't pan out. The firm went bankrupt with assets going to the almost bankrupt Deutsche Telkom who avoided bankrubsy with I believe loans from Microsoft and purchased T-mobile USA. The...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-18
- Yahoo launches customized IE 7 beta
- Yahoo launches customized IE 7 betaAnd Google gets slapped down.So much for their anti-trust whining.How are these distributed?Is this by download only? Is it only for the XP version? Will it come pre-installed on Vista? With Microsoft moving in to compete on the "Search" front, how likely is that these...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- Judge adds two years to Microsoft antitrust deal
- Judge adds two years to Microsoft antitrust dealHuh?I don't know if I am understanding this clearly or not but did MS just agree to license their things to the government for an additional two years at no cost? Why is it that the government gets all of this special...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- Judge raps Microsoft for antitrust 'foot-dragging'
- Judge raps Microsoft for antitrust 'foot-dragging'M$ being dragged kicking and screaming to the principals office...hah hah hah, looks good on 'em. The end is near M$! >:-PDid anyone not see t his coming? ntDid anyone not see t his coming? ntOdd - sounds like what the EU are complaining about.Well,...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-14
- Microsoft plan averts U.S. antitrust conflict
- Microsoft plan averts U.S. antitrust conflictSpot on...I just can't believe these liars get away with it. I guess integrity and honesty are four letter words for MS and their shills. Whatever. If they can live with themselves, so be it. At least I don't buy into any of it, and...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
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