Posts Tagged ‘ microsoft ’
According to a recent CNet article, it seems that Microsoft has been a bit deceptive with their claims that Windows 7 boots faster. The claim is from a company called Iolo Technologies: [Iolo's] lab unit found that a brand-new machine running Windows 7 takes a minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to a minute [ READ MORE ]
FT.com reports on a very troubling development. Microsoft and News Corporation are forming an alliance against Google (if you believe them) or against all of us (if you don't). In essence, News Corporation will "de-index" its content from Google in exchange for payment from Microsoft. At best, this deal is dubious. At worst, it's anti-competitive and [ READ MORE ]
While cleaning out the draft posts queue, I found this. The original article is a bit old, but the parties haven’t happened yet. A recent TechFlash article discusses a Microsoft initiative for teh upcoming Windows 7 release, describing it as a “Tupperware-style twist.” The idea is to encourage users, partners, and of course Microsoft employees to [ READ MORE ]
Wired reports on Sony’s decision to side with Google in a highly contentious lawsuit between Google and rivals Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon. The lawsuit centers around privacy concerns and the fact it would give Google monopoly-like status on book rights that would be impossible for other companies to acquire without their own lawsuit. Worse for Google, the [ READ MORE ]
When the Free Software Foundation scores a hit, it’s usually a home run. This one literally hasn’t landed yet. Their latest campaign, Windows 7 Sins, is a brutal, gloves-are-off-now attack on Microsoft’s well-known monopolistic and anti-consumer tactics. Some of them are pretty damning. I’ll go through each of the 7 sins and reply with my take on [ READ MORE ]
Mashable reports on an unbelievable blooper from a company that really should know better. Microsoft published at least two different versions of an ad, editing the photo in one. The change made was to replace the head of a black man–and only the head–with the head of a white man. While the change is not as [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a while since I’ve spotted Microsoft dropping the ball. Here’s just one example of a nearly inexcusable gaffe, reported by windowssecrets.com. Users who have specifically chosen not to automatically install Windows patches, are finding that the Automatic Update software is installing them anyway at shutdown. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is quick to deny there’s a [ READ MORE ]
Mashable reports on what some are decrying as the dumbest move Microsoft has made to date. The HTML rendering engine for Outlook 2010 is changing to the one used in Word, versus the one used in Internet Explorer as with previous versions. The Word rendering engine does what most perceive as a terrible job. An important [ READ MORE ]