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Interesting Windows Vista features
Windows Vista reportedly will boot and shutdown in just 2-3 seconds. I'm not sure how that is possible considering my 3Ghz Pentium 4 takes at least 6 seconds just to load the BIOS, do a memory test, etc. before it...
Microsoft turns 30
Wow, Microsoft turns 30 tomorrow. Happy 30th Microsoft! This is a perfect time to reflect on how far Microsoft has (or has not) come in the computing world. Of course, I'm sure Mac and Linux users will commememorate tomorrow as...
Microsoft vs. Google the Tit-for-Tat war
Two days ago I pondered whether Google would acquire Technorati or finally build their own blog search engine. Just a few hours later from this post, Google announced Google Blog Search. Actually, I planned it that way! ;) Of course,...
Oracle and Siebel what does it mean?
My analysis of the recent Oracle acquiring Siebel deal.Oracle/Siebel - we want to own your customer data (Oracle) and present that data with the best CRM application front-end (Siebel).Microsoft - we're trying really hard to own your customer data (Microsoft...
Microsoft's Ballmer on the war path again
At the Microsoft conference yesterday, Steve Ballmer acknowledged salesforce.com's industry leadership and competitive threat: "We're going to give Salesforce a very effective run for their money…" (i.e. Microsoft CRM)Well at least he didn't toss a chair and wow to "f*ing...
Google hires Vint Cerf
Google Inc. announces that it hired Vinton (Vint) Cerf, the longtime technologist who is widely known as a “founding father” of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist.When Microsoft was pressed for comment they stated "First it was Kai-Fu Lee and...
Google vs. Microsoft
Did anybody else notice the rainbow colors on Google Talk match the exact same colors as Microsoft's butterfly? Check it out in the screenshots. Both color schemes are exactly the same if you view it from left-to-right (going clockwise in...
Microsoft and Global IP Sound Partner
Global IP Sound (GIPS), which makes some of the best damn wideband codecs in use today - used by the likes of Skype, Teleo, and more, just signed a deal with Microsoft to use their solution in MSN Messenger and...
France Telecom and Microsoft team up
According to Reuters, Microsoft and France Telecom are teaming up to offer various communication services, including VoIP. Microsoft Corp. and France Telecom said on Wednesday the first product from their multimedia partnership was likely to be ready within a year...
Microsoft Triple Play
Today at SUPERCOMM 2005, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it is providing the innovative software-based solutions telecommunications operators require to deliver a variety of services over Internet protocol, or SoIP. With the addition of voice over IP (VoIP)...
Microsoft Hosting Solution
Wow! Microsoft going after the hosting market which has been dominated by UNIX/Linux.. According to the release, they are going to enable remote hosting of blogs, photo galleries, forums, etc. and leveraging hosted apps. They mention DotNetNuke but I assume...
Burger King Fries Suck
It's rare I go to Burger King, it's been over 2 years, but I was in a rush so I went through the drive-thru and picked up some chicken tenders, fries, and a Diet Pepsi. Burger King's french fries still...
Microsoft Launches MSN Video Downloads
While MSN Video Downloads - both paid and free content - is a cool idea, I still prefer to record shows I like on my Windows Media Center 2005 PC and then stream it using Orb Networks or just copy...
Microsoft and Action Engine Corporation
Microsoft certainly is strongly pushing their mobile/wireless phone technology. Once they get Microsoft Live Communications Server's (LCS) feature-set to the point where people actually use it, and then they offer the client on mobile phones, things could get interesting. LCS...
Microsoft Unveils Istanbul
Tomorrow, March 8th, Microsoft's Bill Gates is expected to unveil their new instant messaging and communications product, code-named Istanbul which is a much more advanced front end than Windows Messenger, which is the client currently used with LCS. The unified...
Microsoft Recalling Xbox Power Cords
Microsoft is recalling power cords on 14.1 million Xbox consoles worldwide, following reports of injuries due to defective electric components.The company announced the recall today, saying it is aimed at protecting the consoles from electrical component failures that can pose...
Microsoft Office and CRM Integration
Microsoft in an attempt to try and promote more sales of the Microsoft Office Suite, is attempting to integrate third-party CRM packages such as Siebel into Microsoft Outlook and other parts of the suite. Check out the full Cnet story...
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005
The next version of Microsoft's enterprise instant messaging and presence server called Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 will be available on Dec. 1, Microsoft stated late on Monday. LCS 2005 was released to manufacturing on Friday to meet this...
Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005
This is an excellent article discussing Microsoft's Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS) which is to be released later this month: Microsoft to Muscle Deeper Into VOIP? From this article: "Microsoft's end game is to become a telephony provider and give...
Microsoft P2P VoIP plans
So what are Microsoft's P2P plans? And how does their P2P/peer-to-peer plans relate to VoIP? The latest Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP2) has advanced networking features installed, including a P2P feature, but it must be turned on by doing...
Microsoft Media Player 10 - Apple iTunes killer?
Microsoft launched their new Media Player 10 today which they are positioning as an "iTunes killer". As a proud new owner of a 20gb iPod and iTunes user, we'll just see about that. Microsoft did make some improvements to...
Windows XP SP2 Download - If you know where to look
Microsoft's XP Service Pack2 is out, but very hard to find on Microsoft's site. They probably did this on purpose to prevent an onslaught of people downloading the service pack. They want you to use Automatic Updates to "slowly" download...
MovableType Trackback on Microsoft Windows IIS gives 404 error SOLVED!
I'm running MovableType on a Windows 2000 IIS server and noticed Trackback was giving 404 errors for Trackback urls such as http://blog.tmcnet.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/16 Most MT users use Apache running on a Linux box and MT is only "unofficially" supported on Windows...
Microsoft adds VoIP to Windows CE
A new version of Windows CE is due this summer (Microsoft Watch) and with that release comes some cool embedded VoIP functionality. Windows CE 5.0 integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for contacts and calendaring, adds multiparty audio conferencing, and...
