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Great. It looks like Microsoft will be powering the Library of Congress web site
I have zero interest in Silverlight. I have zero interest in Flash. I had no choice but to install Flash in my browsers, and now it looks like I'm going to have to install more Microsoft crap on my Mac ( Read more... ) -
Is your copy of Microsoft Vista checking in with DoD and the UN?
The original article writer claims that he put a packet sniffer on his network to see what his installation of Vista was connecting to and points to screen shots showing the Department of Defense and the UN. Some people on Slashdot scream bullshit, that he's using an unreliable program, that the screenshots show XP, not Vista, etc. Still, the guy ( Read more... ) -
YAY! My new Mac arrived!
I checked the FedEx routing and it was in El Paso as of Saturday! It arrived this AM, Russ brought it with her to meet me for lunch so that I could get the initial config and updates done. Tonight I transferred my previous Mac, the poor old thing was all of three months old *sob!* and I just finished reformatting it and it is transferring Russet' ( Read more... ) -
Microsoft is opening a software R&D office in Vancouver
Interesting. They're having problems getting foreign talent into the US, so they're moving them to Canada, just a proverbial hop skip and jump from the corporate HQ.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/technology/070705/z070502A.html
and the Slashdot thread: microsoftHeh. Microsoft is all but pleading with people to upgrade to Vista
Amusing. I'm not saying this from a Mac-centric perspective because I live in both worlds, I'm saying this because it's pretty apparent that Vista wasn't ready for prime time when it was released. You have a much chance for success and a good user experience if you're buying brand-new hardware with it, but not many can afford to run out and buy ( Read more... )