Microsoft

An article in ComputerWorld reports that Dell, or possibly Microsoft (who do you trust ?) is changing the rules for downgrades to XP from Vista. After June 30, the only home computers that can be downgraded to XP are the ones designated as gamer machines. No others will be allowed.
The charge for this will [...]

The business of news is a forward thinking one, where reporting on current events brings eyes and mind on the events of the future.
The New York Times has always had an eye on the past as well, by maintaining a very careful inventory of all the output of the past. Just last month, the fully [...]

The number of articles concerning the changes at Microsoft gets larger each day. with the end of this month defining the end of an era, it seems that he question of whether Ray Ozzie, the man designated to guide the ship, can bring Microsoft out of the doldrums that began with the late release of [...]

The speculation and rumors circulating around the possible purchase of e-Bay by Microsoft shows that problem which has been the company’s Achilles’ heel from day one.
Microsoft has a real problem with innovation, and has always preferred to buy, and then modify, someone else’s code. The very first product out the door at Microsoft, before there [...]

Until the past year, or thereabouts, Microsoft, no matter how far afield the operating systems and office divisions went, the Microsoft hardware was amazing, and solid.
Microsoft mice and keyboards have always been well made, durable both in looks and operation. Now, within the last year, the mice designs coming from Redmond are looking less [...]

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn must be doubly worked up, as he has seen the day give the news that Microsoft isn’t interested in Yahoo anymore, and Yahoo would continue to rebuff any advances from Redmond. He also has seen the news that Yahoo has hammered out a deal with Google, to have AdSense content on [...]

It seems that Microsoft has finally decided to admit that it turns out code that is full of problems, and that the chances of quick release from the growing pains of coding to standards are small.
from Betanews
Late Wednesday, a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews that a TechEd session in Orlando today summarized some of Internet Explorer [...]

Everyone is eager to say that Microsoft’s newest operating system is less than ideal. The word is out…only those in remote parts of the world are unaware.
One person is willing to take on the task of putting Microsoft’s ‘feet to the fire’ by pointing out the flaws in Vista’s User Interface.
While not earth shattering, [...]

Microsoft released the beta of it today. If you are as beta weary as I am, you will be looking askance at any releases coming from Redmond as being legitimately worthy of consideration.
Ed Bott has announced the availability of this update on his ZDNet entry for today, and although that messenger may give a certain [...]

It’s an amazing thing when the stars line up, the magnetic lines of force converge, and the cosmic consciousness gives the same thought to many.
Some time ago, I gave a few reasons (although I did not formalize a list) why Steve Ballmer needed to be retired. Then a few days ago Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gave [...]