We took a rare foray into
Windows Mobile
this week -- a bit of a detour from the enterprise-software-heavy content partners are used to here. And what do you know? Somebody cared enough about Windows Mobile to write to us. That somebody was Mark, and here's what he had to say:
"I realize that you need to be a good little Microsoft cheerleader to keep the Microsoft advertising revenue coming, but let's face reality please!"
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/12/20093 comments
We heard a story some time ago from someone -- we can't remember who -- about chatting with a friend who worked for Microsoft. The storyteller suggested that the Microsoft employee Google something, at which time the Redmond wage earner shot back, "Don't you mean Live Search it?"
Um, no. We don't. Because despite Microsoft's best efforts, Google is still synonymous with search, at least for consumers. But that other category of search -- enterprise search, or finding data that's tucked away in various corners of a company's IT infrastructure -- doesn't quite belong to Google yet.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/11/20090 comments
The maker of Firefox would be more than happy to help the EU
take down IE
. Imagine that.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/11/20091 comments
Oooh, it was such a tease after the drudgery of Vista. But if you missed the Windows 7 beta, you're too late.
It's gone
. You'll just have to wait for the next release...and keep using XP for now.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/11/20090 comments
Sometimes the collision of news and comedy is so spectacular, so earth-shattering, that mere jokes don't suffice in the face of raw hilarity.
We believe that we've experienced such a collision this week, with the infamous Conficker virus having struck the French military and effectively grounding the French Air Force. (For ceux qui parlent français, you can read about the whole thing here in French, in a blog posting in which the word "Conficker" is spelled no fewer than three different ways.)
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/10/20090 comments
Green IT, generally speaking, remains more hype than reality, and Microsoft -- unlike, say, IBM -- hasn't exactly been taking the lead in selling green technology to customers. But
this week's release
of the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for the Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning suite is a big step in the green direction in Redmond. (And if you're scoring along at home, letter fans, that's the ESD for the Dynamics AX ERP suite.)
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/10/20090 comments
It's not often that we write much about Windows Mobile here, but the teetering OS -- which doesn't enjoy anywhere near the market share of its desktop counterpart and has been struggling recently -- topped the news early this week, so here we are.
There's much to say, actually, so here's a little wrap. First off, Microsoft is announcing a new service that lets users synchronize their devices with the Web. Called MyPhone, it sounds a lot like -- maybe even exactly like -- Google's Google Sync product, which the search giant created in part by licensing Microsoft's ActiveSync technology.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/10/20090 comments
The Gospels, the Beatles, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse...and now
Microsoft patches
. It's a nice, even number this week: 4.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/10/20090 comments
The companies
renewed and expanded their partnership
this week. There's a pretty good Q&A with both CEOs
here
, and we get the sense that it's not lost on either one of them that EMC still owns VMware, Microsoft's primary rival in virtualization.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/05/20090 comments
It's an expansion of the distributor's Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Division. More details
here
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/05/20090 comments
Apparently, some of the employees laid off by Microsoft have decided to raise a little cash by unloading some of their painfully uncool apparel. Have a gander at a small gallery
here
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/05/20090 comments