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Microsoft

Windows Live Writer

I have been expermenting today with various Blog writting applications. I think I am the most pleased with BlogJet which I have used for a number of years. It has been the easiest to manipulate the graphics within post. The only thing though that I do like about Windows Live Writter is that I am able to to put tags

Zero Day Emergency Response Team

Being Microsoft has been extremely reckless and slow to respond a very dangerous exploit in the wild a team known at the "Zero Day Emergency Response Team" has reverse engineered the bug and has released a patch, while Microsoft is stuck in the mud. The question I have is if a group of people can release a patch that fixes

Microsoft Security Advisory

Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution and there is not patch until at least the second week in October. Microsoft recommends keeping your Anti Virus software up to date. Until those running windows are sitting ducks. Be careful when opening e-mail from unknown sources! [Microsoft]

Does Zune Music Sales Technology Steal from WeedShare

I got a curious e-mail today that linked me to an apparent 2006 Microsoft paper that outlines a music sales mechanism that appears to be mimicking what will be used by Microsoft for the Zune player. It's a pretty simple model, you download a music track for free, listen to it up to 3 times, and on the 4th you

Microsoft Axes Virtual PC For Mac

When I need to use Windows on my ibook I use either Virtual PC or Remote Desktop. This is not that often that I use this, but mostly when I study, I like to use my lap top and it's easier to remote into my server. I was planning to continue to use Virtual PC on my new Macbook that

Excel Killer?

Apple takes on the spreadsheet community.