Microsoft

Though it has not yet happened, a plan first hinted of by Mark Cuban seems to be forming. Between his scheme and the machinations of Rupert Murdoch, to obtain every dollar, schilling, yen, and rupee on the planet, it seems as though the unlikely may become reality.
A report from Financial Times gives the details of [...]

Another way has been found for Internet Exploder versions 6 or 7 to be compromised. It was first posted by a hacker, and later confirmed by Symantec (good to know they’re working together on this!) to be a way to install rogue software on the user’s machine.
The story comes from NetworkWorld, and apparently has no [...]

To hear the story from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft is selling copies of Windows 7 faster than the copies can be pressed. The people are buying in droves, with adoption so high it beats all previous upgrade cycles.
After examining the previous upgrade cycles, that really is not hard to believe, as most Microsoft upgrade cycles don’t [...]

Something not reported in the usual places, this week Microsoft lost a suit in China over the fonts used in Chinese copies of Windows from Windows 98 to present.
Coming right at the launch of Windows 7 this has to really hurt early adoption there.
The news of this comes by way of the ITWire, which tells [...]

Those unhappy with, or simply not that excited about, Windows 7, got a good bit of news today, as Microsoft released a roadmap for Windows 8, and how it will fit into the delivery of other products.
Giving a 3 year run for Windows 7 means the end of 2012 will be the projected release date [...]

With the recent announcement of Google Chrome OS, many are wondering what Microsoft should do about it. Though doing nothing might work, it is doubtful that the greater market will see it that way.
As rough and slipshod as Chrome OS might be today, we know that the Google development cycle never stops, unlike the fitful [...]

It is one of the amazing things of this life that certain things can happen over and over, yet the outcome remains the same.
At the PDC conference Steve Ballmer was rather proud to proclaim that the NSA was in on the security architecture of Windows 7. Of course this is very good for the mainstream [...]

Because that looks to be the logical home for it. Now that the operating system cat is out of the bag, it is clear that Microsoft has nothing to fear on any other platform.
So unless Microsoft has something under wraps that no one else has seen, or spoken of, it looks as though the free [...]

That does not sound quite right, does it? How can a change that makes an operating system lighter be a bad thing for the individual user? However, that certainly is the way it is described in an article on Ars Technica.
The article gives us some history of the bloat of Windows, and why today it [...]

They’ve borrowed many other concepts from Unix, why stop now? Also putting up the word that you simply copied from possibly the most secure operating system around would give the worriers the faith to hold their worry to a minimum, and keep the conspiracy theorists away from an entirely new campaign.
On the other hand, it [...]

At the PDC today in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 9 was about 3 weeks into production, and that it will use DirectX to accelerate rendering.
While at once the idea seems a natural, I wonder what will be the outcome, because IE7 and IE8 did little to answer the gains of other browsers. [...]

With the ruling on the weekend, and Apple lawyers putting the final stake in rogue company Psystar’s heart, it is clear to see that you just don’t mess with the legal system put in place by the computer industry, which may be the thing that people hate most.
The article I posted concerning the dubious usage [...]

Sometimes I read things and wonder exactly what has happened to the people who wrote them, or those being written about. It’s as though one truly has entered the Twilight Zone.
That has happened this morning when I read a small blurb on slashdot explaining that agent provocateur and sometimes idiot savant Mark Cuban has put [...]

Earlier today, I saw a small piece on Maximum PC about the OEM System Builder copies of Windows being technically illegal for home users, and also, strangely enough, system builders, to use on a PC that will be used by them.
Whenever we recommend a build list for new systems, we inevitably turn to Windows OEM [...]

It’s been with us since 2001, and still hangs on. No, it’s not the specter of Al Qaeda in the Middle East, waiting to attack, it is the activation scheme for Microsoft Windows. The activation scheme is something that makes Microsoft happy, as they mistakenly believe that they are keeping piracy down, and annoys many [...]