Lifehacker has a good Q&A (overview) of [tag]Microsoft[/tag]’s upcoming [tag]Vista[/tag].
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Exchange Training, Day 1
So, I made it to Dallas in one piece, survived a massive traffic jam at Texas Stadium, and got to the hotel within the hour of climbing into the rental car. Not bad.
I was up and moving at 6:00AM, figuring that I’d need to allot “I’m lost” time and I was right. The [...]
Tracking Zero-Day Exploits
Lifehacker has a blurb about tracking the Microsoft Word [tag]zero-day exploit[/tag].
For those unfamiliar with them, so-called zero-day exploits appear the same day as the vulnerability, making them particularly difficult to thwart. If you want to be as diligent as possible about keeping your PC secure, visit the site regularly–and consider installing eEye’s Blink Personal, which [...]
Boot Camp Miracles
Miracles, black boxes, voodoo, whatever you want to call it, I hate it. I want to know why it works and why it doesn’t work. I don’t think it’s asking a lot.
When Boot Camp was first released, I gave it a spin. The installation was smooth, but everything went south when I [...]
Zune, The Community Which Squirts
In a recent Business Week article, Steve Balmer (Microsoft CEO) explained the social networking feature of the Zune thusly:
I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation.
Frankly, I don’t want Balmer squirting anything at me. And I’m not sure I want to [...]
Hasta La Vista, Zune
So, the Zune is finally here. Yes, it’s here and it’ll most likely be crashing a computer near you soon. But one thing it won’t be crashing is a computer running Microsoft Vista. Why is that, you ask? Is it because Vista is so tight and awesome that it can’t be [...]
Won’t Play For Sure Any More
I think it’s odd that if you purchase a Zune, Microsoft will let you download your previous iTunes purchases for free, but if you’ve been using MSN or Microsoft’s Play For Sure stuff, you’re screwed. I guess they’re more concerned with competing with iTunes than they are with serving their existing customer base.
Allchin Inadvertently Praises Linux
ZDNet has an interview with Jim Allchin (co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services business) wherein Allchin inadvertently praises Linux.
Q: You say you’ve learned a lot from the whole Longhorn/Vista development process. Could you share some of these lessons? Allchin: What you really want to do is componentize (sp), get the stuff done, make sure you understand [...]