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13 posts tagged with microsoft

Microsoft, Red Hat, and South Africa’s OS strategy

Not even a week after Jason Matusow, Microsoft Director of Corporate Standards, wrote on his blog that South Africans don’t understand Open Source Software or how to benefit from it, Linux vendor Red Hat have announced that they’re to open an office in South Africa. Via Tectonic:

Starting Monday Red Hat will have an SA-based country manager who

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Windows Live

The difference between Google and Microsoft as I see it, apart from both trying to dominate the world, is when Google release a Beta product, it does actually work.

I visited Windows Live (live.com) today, via /..

What is Windows Live?
Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That’s the basic idea behind Windows Live. So

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The democracy of the dead

I’m currently working on a pitch design. When it came to adding the home button, I decided to use a style that would set it apart from the rest of the menu items, given that a user would typically enter the site via the home page more often than not. In that scenario, their immediate attention should be directed towards … view full post

 

Microsoft’s MSN Music

I’ve finally gotten round to adding all the photo albums from my trip to Scotland three weeks ago. Check them out here. I’ve also added some photos from yesterday’s sunrise, and some spectacular “spring” scenes – frozen cherry trees – taken in … view full post

 

Mozilla downloads have surged

Via mozillaZine:

“Wired News is reporting that Mozilla downloads have surged following advice from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to avoid Internet Explorer for security reasons. Download numbers approximately doubled in the days following the US-CERT recommendation, which was

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Firefox on the rise

I’m seeing an increasing number of web sites and individuals advocating the switch from Internet Explorer to an alternative, modern and more secure web browser – primarily Firefox.

Time to Dump Internet Explorer – SecurityFocus
Why You Should Dump Internet Explorer – Lockergnome
Three reasons to switch web browsers today – Joel on Software
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Four random things

Gert has a new domain. In this age, domain == company.

Britney Spears is and will always be a brainless tart.

Microsoft are and will always be the most vulnerable OS.

300 Miles High is … view full post

 

Windows security issues

Just an observation – at the time of writing this post, the Microsoft Corporation website contains the following references relating to security issues affecting their software:

“What to do about the Blaster worm and its variants” … in home & entertainment
“Protect your system from Internet attacks”, “Urgent security alert: Patch available for the Blaster worm” and “Locate host computers that … view full post

 

IOL on the SPV

It’s not that I’m purposefully trying to find fault with IOL articles of late, it just happens to appear that way. Or maybe I’m the only one who finds their Science & Tech article, ‘I spy with my little cellphone…’, amusingly outdated. And it reads like a Microsoft ad, rather than to support the global Smartphone … view full post

 

Some more geeky linkage

Some more geeky linkage before I head off to bed.

The Ultimate Computer Chair by Roger Arrick, linked off a donkey on the edge, by Dug Falby, author of Flexible Layouts with CSS Positioning.

And somehow off one of … view full post