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Microsoft

How can people be passionate about IE anymore?

I have had a interesting e-mail exchange this weekend, I will not go into the details but suffice to say I am blown away how many people are still using Internet Explorer as their default browser. But the more I got to thinking about it I realized that the only people that truly understand the impact and the inherent problems

Microsoft issues IE Patches

Microsoft released 4 critical patches for IE yesterday, if your still using IE you will want to make sure you run windows update immediately. [Yahoo]

Firefox 1.5 on the street yet IE version 1.7 is still not available!

Those of you still using Internet Explorer need to realize that you are running one of the most dangerous applications on the Internet today! Do you realize that IE7 which was announced to be available summer of 2005 is still no where to be seen. Do you know that people are actually trying to compare Firefox version 1.5 with IE7?

Windows OneCare?

Running short on time this morning and wanted to point you all at this, the question I have to ask myself even before loading it is this. I have Norton Antivirus, a firewall, a spyware sweeper and a host of other tools to keep the bugs out why would a geek need these prevention tools. The average consumer who is

Microsoft to Launch Classified Ad Site

Traditional Newspapers are already getting whacked pretty hard by Craiglist, but it appears Microsoft is going to enter the classified ad space with a product called Fremont. They have a beta up which appears to have crashed when I last checked, it but it is obvious that the classified ad space is going to be heating up. [MarketWatch.com]

Make the Google API Open!

Dave Winer has called for something that many of us will consider a longshot but think of the possibilities if it happened. In his first paragraph Dave sets the challenge. "An open message to Microsoft and Yahoo, and major implementors of search engines: Please clone the Google API, without the limits." I support his proposal, I encourage you to read

Did Microsoft score a touchdown and bet the farm at the same time today!

I has a very full day at work, thus I was only able to play on Microsoft Live on dial up for about 20 minutes. Tonight I have had a second look while on broadband. First thing you still have to use that stupid Net Passport to login. I don't know why I hate it so much but I do.