Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
A new way to look at Microsoft Zune
In: Technology
16 Sep 2009If you read my blog, you probably already know I am a big fan of Microsoft’s Zune. As disheartened as I am when people haven’t heard about it, I get even more frustrated when people don’t get it, and give Zune and the ZunePass subscription a bad rap without even understanding it. I am going [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, Zune, ZunePass
Guess who has the front page advertising on Macworld…BING!
In: Online
11 Jun 2009I guess money talks… BING! The background, the top banner and the top right ad, woof Submit this post to
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- Tags: Bing, Macworld, Microsoft
Time for the US Government to confront the European Union
In: All News
31 May 2009Yet another article today. The EU is saying that it’s going to take another approach. Instead of fines, or forcing Microsoft to ship without Internet Explorer, they are going to try to force Microsoft to include other browsers in Windows. This means that most likely Firefox and Opera would ship inside Windows. The EU is [...]
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- Tags: European Union, Firefox, Google, Microsoft
Paul Boutin And PC World Don’t Get The Internet
In: Online|Technology
17 May 2009The title of the article that proves my point? “Is Google’s Chrome the New Internet Explorer?” The gist of the article? Microsoft thinks that bundling Chrome in Windows will give Google a search monopoly because of it’s speed and security. The Battle for the Box Let’s make one thing absolutely clear. Microsoft’s concern with the [...]
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- Tags: European Union, Google, Microsoft
The Truth About Geniuses, Viruses and Good Marketing
In: Technology
13 May 2009If you have seen Apple’s recent crop of ads to counter Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads, you will find two themes: Apple Genius’ are amazing at technical support, and Windows computers just don’t operate without crashing and constantly catch viruses. Of course these are just marketing gimmicks, just like the Laptop Hunter ads were also, but [...]
Twitter is alight these days with discussions about the European Union and the fines they seem to dole out so nonchalantly. I regularly talk about how much I am frustrated with them because they effect my job so heavily. But like any good blogger, I decided to do a little reading and post some facts [...]
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- Tags: European Union, Intel, Microsoft
Breaking Down the Mac/PC Price Debate
In: Technology
28 Mar 2009If you read the likes of Gizmodo, EnGadget, MacRumors, etc., the new Microsoft commercial is leaving a serious wake. People on both sides are in a tizzy and it’s pretty entertaining. Laptop Hunters #1 – Lauren I thought I would put out the flames for a minute and look at this in a very pragmatic [...]
While getting my morning feed fix, I ran across this article by Charles Cooper called “Judging Wintel on the eve of a new era.” The article is opining that the rise of very low cost net books using low cost Windows licenses and cheap Intel Atom processors is going to spell doom for Microsoft and [...]
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- Tags: Intel, Microsoft
Is Windows 7 Aero Peek a copy of Apple Expose?
In: Technology
11 Jan 2009A few of my Mac centric friends saw my blog post on Windows 7 and said that Aero Peek ripped off Apple’s Expose. Let’s make this clear, I have 3 Macs running OS X Leopard, I use them all of them time, and I think that makes me pretty credible to judge Mac OS X [...]
Initial thoughts on Windows 7…
In: Technology
11 Jan 2009I am going to warn you of a few things before I get started on spilling my thoughts and impressions. First, I work for Microsoft, no reason to hide that little gem. Second, I tested Windows 7 in the alpha stage for a short period, and 3rd I started running Windows 7 beta on my [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7
Is the Linux advantage Free or Freedom?
In: Technology
7 Jan 2009I have been quite actively interjecting my own opinion in a thread on a website about Linux. I know, I know, don’t say anything if you can’t say something nice, but sometimes it’s just so much fun. There is actually quite a bit nice to say about Linux, I just happen to believe that it [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows
How fly is Microsoft Live Mesh?
In: Online
31 Oct 2008So here is the scenario. I have a crap load of computers. Any given day, it’s very likely that my grubby little hands touch three Windows Vista desktops, one Windows Vista laptop, a Windows XP laptop, two Mac desktops and a Mac laptop. I also carry a Windows Mobile phone. All in all that is [...]
So I decided to do a completely unbiased set of blogs on Google Search vs. Microsoft Live Search. It should be know that although I work for Microsoft, I pretty much use Google Search exclusively. Thinking about that today, I wondered why. This set of blogs is an attempt to answer that question, help me [...]
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- Tags: Google, Live Search, Microsoft
From So Long, Bill Gates, and Thanks for the Monopoly By Dylan Tweney In fact, the monopoly that Microsoft once had on computer operating systems was essential to the development of the computer industry, enforcing a de facto standard that permitted thousands of software and hardware companies to blossom. The Microsoft monopoly was one part [...]
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SharePoint goes multimedia with Podcasting Kit for SharePoint!
In: Random
10 Jun 2008What Can You Do With Podcasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS)?: Listen and watch audio/video podcasts, anywhere on your PC or mobile device (Zune, SmartPhone, or any podcasting device) Share content by producing your own audio/video podcasts and publish them on PKS on your own. Connect and engage with podcasters via your integrated instant messaging program [...]
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- Tags: Microsoft, Sharepoint
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