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Microsoft Vista sold 20 million copies in February
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Mr. Gates is becoming richer and richer and richer...
Ref: New York Times
According to reports from Microsoft, they have sold a total of 20 million copies of Windows Vista in the month of February alone.
Internet Explorer 7 is now out!
Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:30 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Microsoft has released IE7 into the masses. Will everyone rejoice or cringe?
Microsoft just released Internet Explorer 7 to the masses, but it has me wondering if we will be seeing a repeat of history (Netscape....mayyyybeeee?).
Will Firefox be able to hold on or will Microsoft muscle in with IE7 and regain it's footing in the browser market?
Microsoft goes after Adobe
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:00 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Visual Studio 2005 vs. Dreamweaver. Look out!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Microsoft is getting ready for a big battle against Adobe. Microsoft knows that Dreamweaver is the big contender in the developer realm of the web (and design, too).
Microsoft Expression vs. Dreamweaver
Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Uh Oh. Can Adobe's Dreamweaver stand up to Microsoft's Expression?
Microsoft has been receiving a lot of feedback from Frontpage over the years. Now, it seems they have moved forward with their newest release called Expression.
I haven't seen Expression or its capabilities, but I can imagine since Dreamweaver is the cream of the crop in web development, Microsoft needed to create a product worthy of taking Dreamweaver down.
Warning: IE patch carries security bug
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Don't download the newest patch! Not yet anyway.
CNet.com has an update on the IE security patches, but there are some open issues that Microsoft needs to patch. A patch to a patch. :-)
Microsoft.com put out an update to Windows PC's running IE 6 with Service Pack 1 called the MS06-042 update.
Is IE7 getting a beating or is it me?
Monday, August 21, 2006 7:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
I'm starting to notice more and more of how much flack IE7 is getting lately.
I'm not a big fan of IE, but lately, I've been noticing some articles that are beating up IE7. I've read the following post from Subtraction.com talking about The hidden costs of Internet Explorer:
Just how many hours of productivity have been lost to making Web page code work inside of Internet Explorer? Personally, I know that I’ve spent the equivalent of hundreds of man hours coaxing standards-compliant code to render properly in the I.E. world view, and the companies I’ve worked for have probably logged tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of man hours doing the same. When you add up all the effort similarly expended by designers, studios and corporations of all kinds all over the world and over the past five or ten years, it’s got to be an enormously expensive number; if you were to assign hourly rates to all that time, it might total in the billions of dollars.
But recently, the one that hit me the most was the post in defense of Internet Explorer at ArsTechnica.com. One user fired back at the Internet Explorer Group Program Manager Chris Wilson and made a comment that "Microsoft doesn't own the web, and it should stop arrogantly acting like it does and start playing by agreed upon standards." He concluded that IE7 couldn't even come close to the CSS support that Firefox and Opera has. If this is true, it makes me wonder why Microsoft isn't adhereing to the standards set by the W3C.
Microsoft reveals an upgrade matrix to Vista
Monday, July 31, 2006 8:21 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Interested in upgrading to Microsoft Vista?
A lot of users are eager to upgrade to Microsoft Vista. As a matter of fact, a few users have e-mailed me about how large a machine is required to run Vista. Some people were even letting me know that it may require 2 gigs of memory to run smoothly.
Well, if you are definitely interested in upgrading to Microsoft Vista, more power to you. ArsTechnica.com posted an article on Microsoft unveiling a Vista upgrade matrix which tells me that I probably won't be upgrading anytime soon.
Microsoft purchases Winternals and SysInternals
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Is this good news or bad news?
After using SysInternals for soooo long, this piece of news almost slipped past me.
Microsoft purchased Winternals and SysInternals and posted an acquisition FAQ.
Configure Windows XP Professional to be a VPN Server
Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:04 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 1
Good for the techies.
Here is a good article from ZDNet Asia on taking XP Professional and turning it into a VPN server.
Test Internet Explorer 7 without installing it.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:15 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Install IE 7 without ruining your copy of IE 6 on your machine.
A little technique on how to install Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 on your machine without it overwriting your Internet Explorer 6.
Will Internet Explorer win back the West?
Friday, April 28, 2006 5:00 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 14
Internet Explorer has been getting some flack lately...
...and it looks like a lot of people are coming out with guns a-blazin'. :-)
Now, for those who know me, Firefox will, and always will be, "my browser" for a loong, long time. I like the ability to take and customize it to the way I work. IE doesn't do that. If I want to, I need to write a toolbar extension with interfaces and all that wonderful stuff. Trust me...I've been there.
Virtually all current XP drivers on one CD
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:18 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Every Windows XP Driver you would ever ask for.
For all of the system administrators out there, someone created a UXPCD (Uniform XP CD) with almost every Windows XP Driver out there.
The DriversPack includes
Windows Shortcut Keys you need to know!
Monday, April 24, 2006 4:22 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
A necessary list of essential Windows Shortcut keys.
Most of these Windows shortcut keys I've used, but there were a couple that I never knew existed.
Update: Microsoft says no Vista Code Changes
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:12 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Microsoft says that no code will be rewritten.
Microsoft slammed the Australian technology publication, SmartHouse when they posted an article about the delay of Vista.
Based on the previous article that I posted here.
Bill Gates being grilled by lawyers
Monday, March 27, 2006 7:51 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
This clip was taken back in 1998 when Microsoft was on trial.
One of my colleagues was talking to me about this on Thursday/Friday.
Its amazing how things show up just at the right time. Interesting behavior of rocking back and forth. :-)
60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten
Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:09 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
The company is starting to "scramble" to recover from a restructure of a division.
After realizing there are major problems in the Windows division, Microsoft initiated a total restructure of the division, possibly even delaying the release of Vista even further.
The most interesting aspect of this is in the headline: 60% of it. I would expect maybe 10-20%, but 60%? Yowzers!
Another IE bug hits Microsoft
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:09 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Uh Oh
Not good.
This bug allows an attacker to gain control over a vulnerable Windows computer.
The Microsoft chairmans thoughts on the "new Web"
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:09 AM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Find out what Mr. Gates thinks about the "new Web."
Reporter Martin LaMonica from C|Net sits down with Bill Gates at Microsoft MIX 06 in Las Vegas to find out how the company will integrate new programming tricks into its own software strategy.
I assume he's talking about AJAX. :-)
Microsoft inconveniences developers
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 6:59 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Microsoft updates IE to include a confirmation if certain content is not allowed to be downloaded to their machine.
According to the C|Net article,
"Microsoft is modifying IE to shield itself from liability in a long-running patent dispute with Eolas Technologies and the University of California. Microsoft expects a second trial in the case to start sometime this year after a federal appeals court last March partially reversed a lower-court decision that exposed it to more than $500 million in damages."
If you using IE, you need to make these adjustments. However, if your using Firefox as your primary browser, you should be fine.
Microsoft boxes up SIX versions of Vista!
Monday, February 27, 2006 9:15 PM
Posted by Jonathan Danylko | Tag: Microsoft | Comments: 0
Even though the coding isn't finished, they have decided on what versions to package up and market.
Yikes! SIX Versions?!?!?
C|Net talks about the different versions and shows the names of the new OS's.
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