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2007/10/03 ZOMG New Zunes
NO not more Zunes! (article from slashdot.org): ZOMG New Zunes Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 03, @12:34PM from the can’t-begin-to-care dept. BarlowBrad writes “From PC World: “Microsoft announced a new slate of Wi-Fi-equipped Zune players today, including $150 4GB and $200 8GB flash-based players, and a $250 80GB model that’s slimmer than the original…
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2007/10/01 Microsoft Prepping Browser-based Word and Excel
What in the world???? It seems that Microsoft is prepping it word and excel to be browser based. Here is the story from slashdot.org: Microsoft Prepping Browser-based Word and Excel Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 01, @09:59AM from the because-they-must dept. JCWDenton writes “In a bid to spin its web-based version of Office into…
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2007/09/28 IT: Trouble With MS Genuine Office Validation
Dun dun duh. Looks like Microsofts’ Genuine Office Validation server is at it again…..here is the story from slashdot.org: Trouble With MS Genuine Office Validation Posted by kdawson on Friday September 28, @12:04PM from the no-add-ons-for-you dept. Julie188 writes “Here’s another little gotcha with Microsoft license validation, discovered by security and PowerShell expert Tyson Kopczynski.…
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2007/09/27 IT: Microsoft ‘Stealth Update’ Proving Problematic
What another Microsoft Post? (from slashdot.org) IT: Microsoft ‘Stealth Update’ Proving Problematic Posted by Zonk on Thursday September 27, @10:41AM from the we’re-all-learning-together dept. DaMan writes “According to the site WindowsSecrets, the stealth Update that Microsoft released back in August isn’t quite as harmless as the company claims. The site’s research has shown that when…
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2007/09/21 Microsoft No Longer a ‘Laughingstock’ of Security?
What? Is Microsoft no longer the laughing stock of Security? (From Slashdot.org): IT: Microsoft No Longer a ‘Laughingstock’ of Security? Journal written by Toreo asesino (951231) and posted by Zonk on Friday September 21, @10:51AM from the set-the-bar-high-guys dept. Toreo asesino writes “In a Q&A with Scott Charney, the vice president of Trustworthy Computing at…
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2007/09/18 Blogger Objects To Accusations Surrounding Vista DRM
Wow here is a story slashdot.org: IT: Blogger Objects To Accusations Surrounding Vista DRM Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 18, @07:05AM from the two-sides-to-that-coin dept. Technical Writing Geek writes “Self-described ‘professional paranoid’ Peter Gutmann of the University of Auckland has become the most widely quoted source of information on DRM and content protection in…
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2007/09/14 Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google
Here is a crazy story from slashdot.org: Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google Posted by Zonk on Friday September 14, @11:43AM from the yin-and-yang dept. thefickler writes “According to Bill Gates’ successor Craig Mundie, there would have been no Google without Microsoft. ‘I mean, the fact is: Google’s existence and success required Microsoft…
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2007/09/11 Your Rights Online: Microsoft’s Consent-or-Die Patent
Microsoft is at it again! Here is the story from slashdot.org: Your Rights Online: Microsoft’s Consent-or-Die Patent Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 11, @09:43AM from the i’m-more-of-a-cake-or-death-man-myself dept. theodp writes “Maybe you shouldn’t get too attached to those new Windows Live services. On Tuesday, the USPTO granted Microsoft a patent for privacy policy…
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2007/09/05 OOXML Vote and the CPI Corruption Index
Here is a interesting story from http://www.slashdot.org OOXML Vote and the CPI Corruption Index Posted by kdawson on Wednesday September 05, @09:25AM from the voting-on-the-merits dept. Tapani Tarvainen writes “It turns out there’s an interesting correlation between Transparency International’s ‘corruption perceptions index‘ and voting behavior in ISO’s OOXML decision. Countries with a lower score (more…
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2007/09/02 Will the Pope Declare Google Evil?
Here is an interesting story from slashdot: Will the Pope Declare Google Evil? Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 02, @01:52PM from the and-all-you-others-too dept. theodp writes “In the next few days, Pope Benedict XVI plans to issue his second encyclical, in which he is expected to denounce the use of tax havens as socially…