Microsoft knows when an old dog has died.
Effective today, it has ended official support for Windows 98 and Windows Me. In October, it will end support for the first generation of Windows XP (using Service pack 1).
>From my e-mail, I know a lot of people still use those old systems. TechTipsToday.com lists places you can […]
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came to town late last year he told me during an interview that he was all geeked about some new digital music players had had just seen during a trip to Japan. He liked them so much that he said he was bringing one back for his kids. The […]
Bill Gates may be stepping down from day-to-day work responsibilities (hey, wouldn’t you if you were worth $50 billion?), but Microsoft’s main target these days remains the new century’s most impactful personal technology device: the iPod.
Microsoft says it is committed to developing a rival music player that will give the Windows platform the same boost […]
Blogged live by Mike during news conference call
Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates plans to quit fulltime work for the software company he founded. In a joint press conference with CEO Steve Ballmer timed to begin after the Thursday markets closed, Gates said he will quit Microsoft fulltime in July 2008 to concentrate […]
It reminds me of a mob shakedown… the protection racket.
Microsoft, whose leaky, insecure, patched-together mess of an operating system has allowed spyware, malware, junkware and untold viruses, worms and trojans to ruin the computing lives of millions, now wants you to pay them $49 a year to provide security for your PC.
It’s a service called […]
I’m setting up a new Dell XPS 400 system I just bought to use for testing out Windows and PC apps. But one feature I have on my Macs that is sorely missed is an iSync-like function that would let me keep Outlook info - calendar, tasks, contacts - synced with my Taplet PC and […]
In effect, that’s what Bill Gates says in a memo leaked to the Associated Press describing what’s happened because of Internet-based software and services, as pioneered by Google and Yahoo.
“The next sea change is upon us,” Gates wrote to executives.
The Gates memo tells Microsoft execs to shift toward offering more free, advertising-supported online offerings […]
Now wouldn’t that be something? Microsoft leading AOL suitor.
Sigh. So maybe I should keep this same post up about Microsoft all the time. The products may change but the company behind the leaky software is the same. Today’s problem is: MSN Messenger worm seeds zombie networks
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