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05/19/2013 01:30:47 Daily, March 01Microsoft Will Stumble On Windows Vista And Office 2007
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1. Editor's Note: Microsoft Will Stumble On Windows Vista And Office 2007
2. Today's Top Story
- Microsoft Unveils 'Non-Security' Update For IE
3. Breaking News
- Intel To Use New Micro-Architecture In 2006
- IT Group Urges Moratorium In BlackBerry Shutdown
- Auction Site To Offer Prerelease PlayStation 3 Consoles
- 'Lily Pad' Hot-Spots Cover Cincinnati With Free Wi-Fi
- Dell Ships Second Pair Of Duo Notebooks
- SEC Shuts Down $50 Million Autosurf Ponzi Scam
- RFID Conference Showcases Asset Tracking
- Diverse Coalition Battles AOL's Pay-To-Send E-Mail System
- Q&A: Hewlett-Packard's Linux Chief
- First Cell-Phone Java Trojan On The Loose
- Verizon Offers Server-Management Service
- Israel: Intel Expands, Google Lands
- Myth And Reality At RFID Show
- One Retailer's Path To Strong Online Sales
4. Grab Bag
- Mysterious Origami By Microsoft To Take On iPod (USA Today)
- Google News Goes Mobile (PCWorld)
- Want To Read E-Mail With Your Feet? Microsoft Is Working On It (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
5. In Depth
- Microsoft Says Search Better Than Google Soon
- Microsoft Seeks Search-Engine Trademark
- Microsoft MSN Adds Street-Side Views To Local Maps
- Search Engines Are At The Center Of Privacy Debate
- Napster Rues Microsoft, Player Glitches
- Microsoft Hands Out Free Flash Drives
6. Voice Of Authority
- Google Porn Search On Cell Phones
7. White Papers
- High-Level Best Practices In Software Configuration Management
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Quote of the day:
"If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the
human race, I would give the same answer that most people would:
nuclear war, global warming, and Windows." -- Dave Barry
The thing about the story of the boy who cried wolf is that the
wolf eventually showed up.
Every time Microsoft updates Windows and Office, pessimists say
customers won't adopt the new version. This trend goes back more
than a decade. It happened with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
ME, and Windows XP. And the pessimists have been wrong every time.
But this time around, it's looking like the pessimistic view is
the right one. Neither Vista nor the upcoming Office 2007 offers
compelling reasons to upgrade.
Certainly Vista offers many improvements over Windows XP--things
that make you look forward to getting your hands on it. I
discussed this issue with my colleague Scot Finnie, and he
pointed out a few right off the top of his head: The new user interface is much more attractive and
easier to use than the existing user interface. The performance
is better, making the user experience much more pleasant--you no
longer feel like you're dealing with bloated, sluggish software,
as you sometimes do with Windows XP. Shutdown and startup time
will be much faster for most users.
Vista also includes some intriguing technology for indexing
information, making it easier to organize and search for documents.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is much better than IE6. It
includes tabs, a feature missing from IE6 that's been standard in
alternative browsers like Firefox and Opera for years.
All those things sound pretty good. But they don't make you want
to rush out and buy a new PC right away, or, if you're an IT
manager, make room in your 2006-07 budgets for upgrades to your
PCs. You're probably thinking--as I am--that you'll upgrade to
Vista whenever you get around to upgrading your hardware.
To read more about why users will be reluctant to upgrade to
Vista and Office 12, visit the InformationWeek
Weblog. And leave a comment while you're there. We'd like to
hear if you plan to rush to upgrade to Windows Vista, or if you'd
rather take your time.
Mitch Wagner
Microsoft Unveils 'Non-Security' Update For IE
Intel To Use New Micro-Architecture In 2006
IT Group Urges Moratorium In BlackBerry Shutdown
Auction Site To Offer Prerelease PlayStation 3 Consoles
'Lily Pad' Hot-Spots Cover Cincinnati With Free Wi-Fi
Dell Ships Second Pair Of Duo Notebooks
SEC Shuts Down $50 Million Autosurf Ponzi Scam
RFID Conference Showcases Asset Tracking
Diverse Coalition Battles AOL's Pay-To-Send E-Mail System
Q&A: Hewlett-Packard's Linux Chief
First Cell-Phone Java Trojan On The Loose
Verizon Offers Server-Management Service
Israel: Intel Expands, Google Lands
Myth And Reality At RFID Show
One Retailer's Path To Strong Online Sales
John Soat With 'News With A Bang'
Laurie Sullivan With 'RFID World'
Ivan Schneider With 'Horsepower TV'
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Mysterious Origami By Microsoft To Take On iPod (USA Today)
Google News Goes Mobile (PCWorld)
Want To Read E-Mail With Your Feet? Microsoft Is Working On It (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Microsoft Says Search Better Than Google Soon
Microsoft Seeks Search-Engine Trademark
Microsoft MSN Adds Street-Side Views To Local Maps
Search Engines Are At The Center Of Privacy Debate
Napster Rues Microsoft, Player Glitches
Microsoft Hands Out Free Flash Drives
Google Porn Search On Cell Phones
High-Level Best Practices In Software Configuration Management
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1. Editor's Note: Microsoft Will Stumble On Windows Vista And Office 2007
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With the update in place, Internet Explorer 6 won't run some
ActiveX controls until they've been explicitly enabled by the user.
The 64-bit microprocessor at the heart of the new architecture is
code-named Merom and will be implemented in desktop computers,
laptops, and servers beginning in the second half of this year.
The Society of Information Management is trying to buy its
members more time to test the Blackberry workaround and to try
out alternatives in case the service is shut down.
UniqueAuction.com in mid-March plans to auction off 10 Sony
PlayStation 3 game consoles, company officials told TechWeb.
More than 20 "pods," each with numerous hot-spots and still more
access points, are already up and running. At least 55 more are
slated to be online in the coming weeks.
Dell on Tuesday posted another pair of Core Duo-powered notebooks
to its sales site, the third and fourth models from the Texas
manufacturer to feature Intel's newest dual-core chip.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges
against the owner of an Autosurf site, who it accused of running
a $50 million Ponzi scam and pocketing nearly $2 million.
"Smart shelves," the next generation of RFID tags, and asset
tracking are among the wares attendees will see at this week's
RFID World event in Dallas.
Nonprofit organizations and other groups launch a campaign to
pressure America Online Inc. into halting plans for a pay-to-send
E-mail system.
Christine Martino, VP of Hewlett Packard's Open Source and Linux
organization, talks about middleware, Linux on the desktop, and
other open-source trends.
The exploit can attack any smart phone, PDA, or cell phone that
runs Java 2 Micro Edition, Sun Microsystems' version for consumer
electronics devices.
IT customers in multivendor shops can use the service in a
variety of ways--from their own locations, in third-party
locations, or from one of Verizon's more than 100 data centers.
The Google Israel R&D center will be the first of its kind in the
Middle East.
Panelists with a wealth of RFID experience talked about what
works and what doesn't when implementing the technology. Among
their advice: Reduce the cost by finding multiple opportunities
to use RFID.
Campmor Sporting Goods, which began selling its gear online in
1995, generated 72% of its revenue from the Web last year, up
from 6% in 1997
Google's share of search grows but shares of stock tumble, Oracle
offers critical patch, Apple introduces new products, and more.
Report from RFID World in Dallas. Highlights include Korea's big
push into the RFID market.
A look at the first fuel-injection CPU.
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4. Grab Bag: News You Need From Around The Web
Tech industry analysts expect Microsoft to announce design
details today for a new device for on-the-go computing,
code-named Origami.
In a further push into the mobile space, Google has optimized
Google News for mobile phone users. When Internet-enabled phone
users visit Google.com, they'll now see a news link that points
to a page listing news headlines. Users can search for news
stories from a variety of sources and browse based on subject.
Sorting through a barrage of E-mail is no cakewalk--but maybe it
could be a tap dance. Brian Meyers, a Microsoft research
developer, steps on colored squares to delete E-mail from his
mailbox during a demonstration in Redmond, Wash., on Tuesday.
Researchers from the company showed a prototype software program
that lets people use a floor pad from the popular "Dance, Dance
Revolution" game to sort E-mails and digital photos by stomping
and moving their feet.
Within the next six months, according to a Microsoft executive,
the company will introduce a search engine that can do a better
job of finding the specific information sought by users.
A Microsoft application filed with the U.S. Patent Office seeks
to trademark the term "relerank" in reference to software for
organizing, displaying, and managing search results.
The latest feature presents a view similar to what a person would
see from a car, according to the company.
The more user information gathered by Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft
MSN, the more often they will become the targets of governments.
Napster chairman Chris Gorog, whose company has one of the
best-known names in the business but has failed to put a dent in
Apple's 80% online-music market share, argues that eventually the
"Microsoft ecosystem" and its Windows Media format will prevail.
The "Mystery Solved" site is an attempt to educate users about
the intricacies of Microsoft's sometimes-confusing licensing policies.
Andy Dornan says: Google gave two computer scientists access to
more than a million of its mobile search records in research
aimed at understanding the unique needs of wireless Web surfers.
Judging by the results, what users really need is a porn portal,
as more searches were for smut than anything else.
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