Tag Archives: Microsoft

Justified Microsoft bashing

July 7, 2005 – 2:00 pm

If ever there was a reason to criticize Microsoft, this is it. This article applies to the MS blog offering, called “Spaces”.
Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft’s MSN site in China using words such as “freedom”, “democracy” and “demonstration” are being blocked. Chinese bloggers already face strict controls and must register [...]

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MS Anti-Spyware problem

April 2, 2005 – 3:06 pm

Has anyone else noticed the MS Anti-spyware beta generating huge log files (like just under 1GB)? I’ll have to check my computers at home when I get there and see how big it is there.

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Gates blows CES

March 28, 2005 – 9:37 am

when are you going to post on this?
[Note: I'm moving this comment by Nathan into a post, since I hadn't heard about it before, but it's so hilarious. It was perfect that Conan was there to poke fun at him. - JB]

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IE - going downhill fast

March 22, 2005 – 9:03 am

IE6 is the new Netscape 4.7x - by Jeff Atwood
It’s like we woke up one day, and IE6 had transformed overnight into the browser that we all wish would go away. The one that’s a pain in the ass to support. The source of all those unfortunate CSS hacks and JavaScript if..then blocks. The browser [...]

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Big week for XP security updates

February 10, 2005 – 1:33 pm

In case you use the Windows OS and don’t keep on top of this sort of thing, you may want to run Windows Update if you haven’t recently, as there were a higher than average number of security patches released this week.
See here for more info. Also, stop using IE and get Firefox.

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(Microsoft + Napster) = (Apple - $)

December 21, 2004 – 7:29 pm

This started as a comment to Dan’s post here; so read that first if you want the context of this response.
Actually, this is probably the best way for them to go. The current iTunes model won’t hold up too much longer, since even at $1 per song, people won’t continue to pay that much forever, [...]

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