In the year 2012 someone will write a bestseller about Vista. It’s an operatic tragedy in multiple parts.
Could Windows 7 be the best Windows yet? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com
As an aside, the best thing that they could do for Windows 7 is keep that name. Nothing fancy just a version number.
2008 is supposed to be the year that Google takes on Facebook; there is the hidden assumption behind this statement that it’s not taking on Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and the whole mobile phone industry.
First, Open Social tries to move widgets and social network applications out from the individual network and onto the web.
Then the crystal ball watchers see that Gmail may offer Friend Updates. Gmail To Offer Friend Updates?
That’s a good start they’d then have a way of publishing status and a way of moving applications out of the silos, however the third leg of the stool is getting the information out of the various silos. And then Spokeo comes along…
OLPC’s Negroponte seeks truce with Intel and deal with Microsoft | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
The longer that this drags on the more it hurts Intel and Microsoft. At the moment they look like they played hardball with a charity. In the short-term they’ll win but in the long term they be hurt; it’s Netscape vs. Microsoft all over again.
All about Microsoft explains what’ll be in Messenger 9…
What’s on tap for Windows Live Messenger 9?
Does anyone use all of these functions? My Live Messenger is horribly slow as it loads tab and tabs of adverts and contains an enormous number of functions that I don’t use.