How Microsoft came up with the name Windows Phone 7 Series.
(geekculture.com) - Folks, I think we have a real winner with our new phone operating system. We just to give it a super name!
Internet Explorer 9 To Be HTML5 Compatible - Microsoft Joining The Anti-Flash Movement?
(thenextweb.com) - Rumors are flying that the forthcoming version of Internet Explorer, the ninth incarnation, will include strong support of HTML5.
Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel
(networkworld.com) - In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.
The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux Device Driver for Virtualization. The drivers, once added to the Linux kernel, will provide More...
Google Mucks Up Outlook
(reuters.com) - Last week, when Google (GOOG) launched a plug-in that allowed business customers to switch to Google Apps while retaining the Microsoft Outlook interface, industry watchers regarded it as Google's most aggressive effort yet to challenge Microsoft (MSFT) in the enterprise market. After all, Google Apps is cheaper and easier to More...
Internet Explorer Is To Web Standards What Ebonics Is To Standard English
(chrisberryonthe.net) - Every time I embark on a new web design project, I am reminded of the negative impact of Microsoft Internet Explorer. As I’ve said in the past, I’m not a typical Microsoft basher, and I credit the universality of their operating systems and Office software with a large portion of More...
If It Scares Microsoft, It's Good For Everyone Else
(blog.linuxtoday.com) - "We shouldn't really care about what MS thinks. We should just mind our own business and boldly go where no windows has gone before." Wise advice! It is an excellent article and an enjoyable read.
TomTom gets allies in Microsoft Linux patent lawsuit fight
(blogs.computerworld.com) - When Microsoft first sued TomTom for patent violations in TomTom's Linux-powered navigation devices, I wasn't sure how much of a fight TomTom would put up. Legally TomTom was between a rock and a hard place. You can't use restricted-use patents in GPLed software. If Microsoft just wanted to use the More...
Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where's Apple?
(tgdaily.com) - At the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco on April 8-10, 2009, a meeting of the great OS minds will take place. There, sponsored by Intel, will be assembled together the Linux Foundation, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft representatives. For the first time ever, the three-way group will sit down at a More...
Is IE8 the end of the line for Internet Explorer?
(weblog.infoworld.com) - IE8 is the last version of the Internet Explorer Web browser. At least, that's what I'm hearing through the grapevine. It seems that Microsoft is preparing to throw in the towel on its Internet Explorer engine once and for all.
Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd
(foxnews.com) - Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria.
"I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected."
Linux Banned from XBOX 360
(i42.tinypic.com) - Your motto contains a word or phrase that isn't allowed. Please try again.
IE slips further as Firefox, Safari, Chrome gain
(news.cnet.com) - Internet Explorer now has 67.55 percent of global browser market share, a drop of over seven percentage points in a year, according to figures from Web metrics company Net Applications, released Monday. Mozilla's Firefox browser, meanwhile, has gained market share in the same time frame, climbing over three percentage points to 21.53 percent.
Microsoft on Intel's Anti-Linux: "Please Keep Confidential. This is a Nightmare"
(boycottnovell.com) - This is a furious battle that Microsoft secretly had going against Intel’s support for Linux. This was so secret that Microsoft executives even abstained from telling their peers about it. “Please keep confidential. this is a nightmare…,” wrote Bill Veghte for example. There was great caution there because someone could More...
Obama Inauguration shines on Linux too with Moonlight
(arstechnica.com) - We learned on Monday that incoming president Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) selected Microsoft's Silverlight framework for the official Internet video stream of the inauguration ceremony. This choice has generated some controversy among Linux enthusiasts, because it requires Silverlight 2.0, which is not yet supported on the open source More...
Yahoo Shares Fall on C.E.O.’s Comments
(bits.blogs.nytimes.com) - Wall Street didn’t take kindly to comments by Carol Bartz, Yahoo’s new chief executive, made at a companywide meeting Wednesday. After reports that Ms. Bartz wasn’t sold on the idea of selling Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft, investors sent Yahoo shares plunging 6.5 percent on Thursday.
Linux Commercials Coming to TV?
(gizmodo.com) - That means you, the Linux user at home, will get to submit a video that rivals what Apple and Microsoft's multi-million dollar ad agencies have had years to hone and perfect with focus groups and trained, funny actors. But that's the beauty of the penguin, right? Grassroots development, supported by More...
Microsoft: Big Security Hole in All IE Versions
(voices.washingtonpost.com) - On Wednesday, Security Fix warned readers about a newly-discovered security hole in Internet Explorer 7. I'm posting this again because Microsoft now says the flaw affects all supported versions of IE, and because security experts are warning that a large number of sites are being compromised in an effort to exploit this vulnerability and install malware on vulnerable systems.
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