Engadget Podcast 119 - 11.21.2008 (Friday 21st of November 2008 07:30:00 PM)
Back for more, eh? Well you've come to the right place -- the Engadget Podcast! Join Josh,
Paul, and Nilay as they take you on a magical journey through the trials and tribulations of
the flowering Storm, investigate the legal stage of the Apple-cloning ...
(more)Google Chrome OEM Strategy To Take On IE (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 10:15:01 AM)
Ruphus13 writes "In an effort to take on IE and make strong headway in its share of the browser
market, Google is taking a page out of Microsoft's playbook and working on deals with PC OEMs
to include Chrome in their devices. From the article: ...
(more)Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:45:01 AM)
CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer sifted through many threads of e-mails released under the 'Vista
Capable' lawsuit to dig up this jewel...More than a year before Windows Vista's release —
and long before Apple started poking fun at the OS — Microsoft ...
(more)HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 07:30:01 AM)
More proof are coming out in court affairs over the Vista Capable debacle. Internetnews.com has
good inclusion of HP's fury over Microsoft lowering the requirements for a Vista Capable
sticker, at Intel's request. "Intel embassy may have been pleased ...
(more)OpenOffice Five Times As Popular As Google Docs (Monday 17th of November 2008 03:00:01 AM)
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(more)Microsoft debuts Microsoft Store in apparent attempt to sell stuff (Friday 14th of November 2008 02:04:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Hard to believe that a company the size and stature of Microsoft
hasn't had an online store to call its home -- not even a quirky store of "Bill Gates is my
homeboy" CafePress t-shirts and mousepads. The newly launched Microsoft ...
(more)Microsoft's "Dead Cow" Patch Was 7 Years In the Making (Wednesday 12th of November 2008 11:00:01 PM)
Narramissic writes "Back in March 2001, a hacker named Josh Buchbinder (a.k.a Sir Dystic)
published code showing how an attack on a flaw in Microsoft's SMB (Server Message Block)
service worked. Or maybe the flaw was first disclosed at Defcon 2000, by ...
(more)Windows 7 Benchmarks Show Little Improvement On Vista (Tuesday 11th of November 2008 09:45:01 PM)
Snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy examines Windows 7 from the kernel up, subjecting
the 'pre-beta' to a battery of benchmarks to find any signs that the OS will be faster, more
responsive, and less resource-intensive than the bloated Vista, as ...
(more)Netbooks Take a Bite Out of Windows Profits (Saturday 08th of November 2008 08:00:01 PM)
Twitter writes "Analysts at Bloomberg noticed the tumble in Microsoft's establishmentarian
systems program sales last quarter and blamed it on netbooks: 'The devices, which usually cost
less than $500, are the fastest-growing segment of the personal-computer ...
(more)Microsoft mistakenly reveals 2009 launch target for Windows 7, again (Friday 07th of November 2008 11:26:00 AM)
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIf you haven't figured it out by now, Microsoft has two release dates
for Windows 7: early 2010 proper to its customer's broker PR stooges and late around mid 2009
proper to everyone else. The reason for the padding is a fairly ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 117 - 11.07.2008: Zune giveaway edition (Friday 07th of November 2008 06:45:00 PM)
Filed under: Podcasts
Yes -- it's thing* again. Another portion of the beloved Engadget
Podcast has made its way to the virtual airwaves of the ever-loving internet, and now you can
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(more)Amazon takes a stand to eliminate wasteful, hard-to-open gadget packaging (Monday 03rd of November 2008 01:47:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
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it in unison with us: "Finally!" At long last, a company with a little clout has stood up and
questioned the necessity ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 116 - 10.31.2008: Terrifying Halloween edition (Friday 31st of October 2008 05:30:00 PM)
Filed under: Podcasts
We hope you're prepared to be menaced by the unstoppable, demon-like tech
punditry and heart attack-inducing fear that only the Engadget Podcast can provide. This week,
the team takes you on a hellish ride through the rancid underworld ...
(more)Windows Azure Offers Developers Iron-Clad Lock-in (Saturday 01st of November 2008 11:30:02 AM)
Snydeq writes "Microsoft's move to the cloud is certain to create a whole new kind of pioneer
partner, Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes. But as much as Microsoft ISVs will likely go
along with the shift to Windows Azure to keep revenue streams ...
(more)Windows Azure Offers Developers Iron-Clad Lock-in (Saturday 01st of November 2008 11:30:01 AM)
Snydeq writes "Microsoft's move to the cloud is certain to create a whole new kind of creator
partner, Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes. But as much as Microsoft ISVs will likely go
along with the shift to Windows Azure to keep revenue streams ...
(more)Microsoft makes Surface look dated with SecondLight (Thursday 30th of October 2008 02:47:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
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(more)Debunk: Xbox 360 streams HD Netflix over component just fine (Thursday 30th of October 2008 05:37:00 PM)
There's some raving outrage out there right now over the New Xbox Experience's HD Netflix HDCP
restrictions -- superficially it only works with HDCP-compliant digital displays, which is
prompting a lot of hand-wringing about copyright restrictions and ...
(more)Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, netbook builds, Media Center enhancements (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 06:58:00 PM)
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
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Microsoft's Windows 7 announcement earlier today was followed up by an expansive demo of the
new looks during the PDC keynote, and since then even more info ...
(more)Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, netbook builds, Media Center enhancements (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 06:58:00 PM)
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Microsoft's Windows 7 announcement earlier today was followed up by an major demo of the new
kisser during the PDC keynote, and since then even more info about ...
(more)Microsoft Embraces AMQP Open Middleware Standard (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 07:30:06 AM)
AlexGr writes to tell us that Microsoft superficially has plans to embrace a little known
messaging yardstick called AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol). Red Hat, a founding member
of the AMQP working group, was very excited about the news and wrote ...
(more)Bill Gates Founds New "Think Tank" Company (Saturday 25th of October 2008 08:00:01 AM)
Homncruse sends in news of Bill Gates's new adventure, adding "I was working just one or two
floors under this new office when it was all coming together. I even unknowingly shared an
hoist with him at one time on his way up to the ...
(more)Microsoft waves dismissive, bloated hand at iPhone sales figures (Friday 24th of October 2008 03:08:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones
Microsoft's Robbie Bach feigned an uninterested yawn at Apple's 6.9
million iPhones figure in an utterance with BusinessWeek the other day. He wasn't particularly
insulting of the product, but didn't think the number means too ...
(more)Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch For File-Sharing Hole (Friday 24th of October 2008 05:45:05 AM)
An nameless reader writes "Microsoft said late Wednesday that it plans to release a critical
armament update today to plug a safeguard hole present in all supported versions of Windows.
The company hasn't released any details about the patch yet, which ...
(more)Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day (Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 05:30:01 AM)
Arcticstoat points out an article at Custom PC, gospel to which: "Microsoft has announced that
today is Global Anti-Piracy Day. Launching several global initiatives, the aim is to raise
third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. ...
(more)"BlueTrack" Mouse More Advanced Than Laser, Optical (Saturday 18th of October 2008 10:15:01 PM)
ThinSkin writes "Just when you thought laser and optical mice were enjoying their reign on
mousepads worldwide, Microsoft has to come along and introduces their 'BlueTrack Technology,' a
mouse visual mission control station system that aims to work on ...
(more)Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool (Monday 13th of October 2008 06:15:01 PM)
Notthatwillsmith writes "On Friday, Microsoft invited members of the Windows rebuttal Program
to try out a preview of a new application, the Microsoft PC Advisor. The new tool promises to
'continuously monitor your PC for problems and give you the solutions ...
(more)Windows 7 To Dial Down UAC (Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:45:02 PM)
Barence writes "Engineers working on Windows 7 have admitted Vista's User Account Control was
too intrusive, and are promising to tone it down in the impending Windows 7. 'We've heard loud
and clear that you are frustrated,' says Microsoft creator Ben ...
(more)Where's the "IronPerl" Project? (Wednesday 08th of October 2008 10:00:01 AM)
Pondlife writes "A friend asked me today about using some Microsoft server components from
Perl. Over the years he's built up a large number of Perl/COM code using Win32::OLE and he had
planned on doing the same thing here. The big problem is that as ...
(more)Microsoft Treating "Windows-Only" As Open Source (Sunday 05th of October 2008 07:15:01 AM)
Mjasay writes "The catalog is reporting that Microsoft is hosting Windows-only projects on its
'open source project hosting site,' CodePlex. Miguel de Icaza caught and criticized Microsoft
for doing this with its Microsoft Extensibility shell (MEF), licensing ...
(more)Microsoft Bids To Take Over Open Document Format (Sunday 05th of October 2008 07:15:01 AM)
What about sends in a Groklaw alert warning that, by PJ's reading, Microsoft may be trying to
take over ODF via a stacked SC 34 committee. The article lists the attendees at an SC 34
meeting in July and gives their affiliations, which the official ...
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