and a look at a new distro which aims to appeal to the Windows XP market with consideration of a recent ruling that has an XP “pirate” hit with a fine and jail. Its a question Ive asked time and time again on this blog. There are many sites reporting the new Ubuntu derived distro … Continue reading »
Posted in December 2009 …
Cloud over the IT world in 2010? – Survey results & what next for Windows?
As we end 2009, what will be the hot topic of 2010? Regular readers to this blog will remember the questions I posed in regards to the resistance from some quarters about computing in the cloud. My argument went something like this, if we are agreed that Microsoft Windows has the market share of the … Continue reading »
Live by the sword……. – or so Microsoft discover?
Microsoft has a patent portfolio and its not affraid to use it. You know what they say though…those who live by the sword die by the sword…. Its a story which has been rumbling on now for a while, however its being reported today that a US court has upheld the verdict in a patent … Continue reading »
Zune Twitter app – watch what you say!
There are reports that Microsoft is having issues with another handheld devices app. This time it being ZuneHD and its Twitter application and before we go any further lets cast our minds back to new year 2009 when Zune was reported to have had an unfortunate incident with a “bug” reportedly causing it to freeze. … Continue reading »
Bings got an iBug? – Problems with Bing on iPhone?
or, Its all bing going wrong at Xmas? Microsoft, the industry leader who has seen its fair share of bad news in the last few months is now experiencing problems with its scheme of bringing Bing to the iPhone. iBing was released on the 16th December which for Microsoft was good news and the usual … Continue reading »
Snow Leopard more interesting than Windows 7? & News bytes 16/12/09
Twitter Trends for 2009 – Microsoft beaten by Apple and Google? The Twitter blog is showing the most popular trends for 2009. What is interesting is that in the technology section it shows Snow Leopard ranking 2 places higher than Windows 7. This surprises me for a couple of reasons. Firstly I would think (from seeing … Continue reading »
Another Google service – goo.gl – One service too many?
Its been a busy and productive year for Google. The biggest talking point of which seems to be (at the moment) ChromeOS, however lets not forget the ever increasing popularity of Google Apps, Google Wave which is currently in beta (and been a firm favorite of mine), GoogleDNS which despite being subject to privacy questions … Continue reading »
Microsoft blames…….somone! – Only 1 day for this “blame”
Readers yesterday will remember our article “Microsoft China steals code from Plurk?” and the question I asked at the time was who will Microsoft blame? Well, heres what Microsoft has been reported to have said on the incident: On Monday, December 14, questions arose over a beta application called Juku developed by a Chinese vendor for … Continue reading »
Microsoft China steals code from Plurk?
Regular readers here will remember we mentioned Microsoft China’s innovative service of 140 char Microblogging. In an allegation from Plurk, another established Microblogging service in China, it is claimed that Microsoft’s “latest innovation” has taken code from the Plurk project. This is the second code issue in as many months with Microsoft being alleged … Continue reading »
Honorable mentions – what’s been good this weekend.
Ive often come across many links and sites that I could not write an article on but do deserve a mention. Where I can I try to showcase them on Twitter & Identi.ca , but often I am juggling several things at once. With that in mind, here’s some of the sites, services and software … Continue reading »
