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WSYP

H. Roark — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:58:57 -0800

Microsoft WSYP A very exciting and promising new technology coming from Redmond. [movie - .asf (windows media)]

#1-Google, #2-Apple, #3-Microsoft

spock — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:32:59 -0800

"A look at the average number of page views per title reveals that Microsoft gets about half as many page views per title as compared to Google and Apple" a strong indication of where reader interest actually resides." - ZDNet. Intelliseek's Blogpulse reveals similar numbers: #1 Google: 473K, #2 Apple: 381K, #3 Microsoft: 262K. Venture capitalist, Ed Sim, says: "While the OS is important, Microsoft has lost its complete and utter dominance as we move to a service-oriented world where broadband is everywhere, apps are in the cloud, and the browser becomes king."

Someone is mad that paid too much for their MCSE

StormBear — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:30:03 -0800

The clueless reviews the Mac Mini His chief gripes are "The Mini boots up into a stripped-down operating system which Apple calls OS X, similar to the stripped-down WindowsCE OS found on many handhelds." and "No serial ports, no way to connect a printer, no PS/2 ports, no floppy drive, no 5.25" bays." Let the hate mail campaign begin!

Nice Package, You Future Quadrillionaire You

digaman — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:21:32 -0800

Bill Gates... so hot [via BoingBoing].

Whizzkid develops Linux application for Windows

Postroad — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:42:25 -0800

Whizzkid develops Linux application for Windows [...]The significance of the development is that Linux and Windows are able to work in parallel on the same computer or server. To[sic] now, the computer world is divided into systems that operate either with Windows or with Linux. [...]

MS + SCO + Linux...oh my...

yonderboy — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 04:43:18 -0800

It comes as no surprise that Microsoft seems to be paying SCO to fight the fight. [via #joiito]

MikeRoweSoft Settles with Microsoft

fenriq — Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:57:59 -0800

MikeRoweSoft Settles with Microsoft for an XBox
Mike Rowe had a website named after himself that was alot like the mega-corp.
MS wanted to give him $10 to change the domain, he wanted $10k. They settled on a trip to Redmond, some traffic redirection and an XBox.

Followup to this thread.

Repression, new and improved!

troutfishing — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:30:37 -0800

A Net of Control "Picture, if you will, an information infrastructure that encourages censorship, surveillance and suppression of the creative impulse. Where anonymity is outlawed and every penny spent is accounted for. Where the powers that be can smother subversive (or economically competitive) ideas" Brought to you by (among others)......Microsoft !

The Death of Netscape?

timeistight — Sat, 31 May 2003 09:39:42 -0800

AOL and Microsoft settle AOL's Netscape lawsuit. AOL gets $750 million and keeps IE as its default browser for seven years. Is this the death of Netscape?

Microsoft = Megatarget.

insomnia_lj — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:42:55 -0800

Microsoft = Megatarget. A new worm is rapidly spreading across the Internet, functioning like a massive DDOS attack and crippling ISPs in South Korea. It's host? Microsoft SQL server. (Get yor fix on, then reboot!) What impact will it have over here, I wonder...

MS Admits Wrongdoing

djspicerack — Thu, 09 Jan 2003 18:28:19 -0800

Microsoft altering its ".NET" strategy Microsoft has announced that it's changing its overall use of .NET on its products, as it seems they've figured out that it's confusing to most users or potential customers, and flat out that "many people were unable to figure out just what it was." says the AP Wire. Now they're coming up with a nifty new logo to go with it, and perhaps they'll end up actually competing with IBM in the backend business. For some background on what .NET does, check here.

Microsoft

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 05:07:28 -0800

Top 10 Challenges for Microsoft. This is from a company called "Directions on Microsoft" in Kirkland, WA. All they do is analyze Microsoft. One of the challenges is to "keep a lid on LINUX"! My favorite part-"Hopes that the Linux community would fragment are not being realized, at least in 2003". Will these challenges hold MSFT in check? What do you think?

M$N M€$$€ng€r version $.0

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 05:29:28 -0800

Hooray! Great news for those who love to communicate - Microsoft have released a new version of their popular Windows/MSN/.NET Messenger software! So, let's glance at the new features: there's a great new look with a spinny logo thingy, and... and, erm... well... it's had some features removed... like the ability to use third-party add-ons... and, oh but wait, there's new pop-up advertising and alleged spy-ware! Oh...

badstone — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:06:11 -0800

More guerilla corporate advertising. So another major technology company vandalizes a city (a la the peace-love-penguin thing) and gets a slap on the hand. Obviously, this company can afford any punishment that could come their way for mere vandalism, and the publicity about the punishment process itself just leads to even more free advertising for them. (Not to mention, the free advertising they're getting from people like me commenting on the publicity ;) ) Can anything be done to keep the judicial system from becoming a new advertising medium?

Hall — Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:01:16 -0800

Microsoft counters Mac's 'Switch' campaign using the testimony of an unnamed 'freelance writer' who seems to be all sorts of things, including a stock photography model.

kirkaracha — Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:05:02 -0800

"Microsoft's TrueType core fonts for the Web are no longer available for download" [via kottke] This is going to disappoint The Official Women of Wrestling.

shadow45 — Wed, 15 May 2002 06:18:34 -0800

Now what? MS is following Sony's lead by dropping the XBox's price to $199 USD. I don't know about you, but I -was- going to get a PS2. Now I'm not so sure.

arnab — Wed, 01 May 2002 06:15:28 -0800

Humorous experiance of a lady with Microsoft Technical Support Staff in relation to Klez worm.

kasnj — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 10:30:36 -0800

MS Windows for your car? Let me make sure I'm getting this...cell phones in cars = bad, BSOD in cars = good?

jeremias — Thu, 21 Feb 2002 04:33:51 -0800

Windows Media Player records your viewing and listening habits. But, it's ok cause Microsoft changed their privacy policy to reflect this. Does anyone get surprised by this sort of thing any more?

otherchaz — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 18:36:07 -0800

Not even the duckie escapes co-optation No one disputes the XP GUI is cool. "Good Artists create, Great Artists STEAL, and Real Artists Ship" [link from nofuncharlie]

plemeljr — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 05:23:52 -0800

Fed Up? Happy? Excited? Step right up and add your comments to the Microsoft Antitrust Trial. Due to the Tunney Act, all of us have the right to comment on the proceedings. The comment period closes Monday morning (the 28th) so if you have an opinion, and we know everyone here does, email/snail mail/call the DOJ.

pmurray63 — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:16:44 -0800

Judge kills Microsoft private suit settlement that would have had MS donate hundreds of millions of dollars worth of software to schools... and effectively killed any incentive to use non-MS products such as a Macintosh or Linux.

holloway — Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:43:43 -0800

"Opening a file type previously considered safe, e.g. plain text or HTML file isn't safe with IE". (via email, you wouldn't know him)

SilentSalamander — Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:02:29 -0800

Justice Rejects Microsoft Penalty (yahoo news) The government considered but rejected penalties against Microsoft Corp. in its antitrust case that would have required the company to reveal the secret blueprints to its flagship Windows software and to distribute products from its fiercest rivals, court records show. The Justice Department also set up an e-mail address where consumers and companies may send their comments about the antitrust settlement. That address is: microsoft.atr@usdoj.gov Whether or not you're pro-Microsoft, anti-Microsoft, or on the fence... I encourage everyone to send their thoughts along.