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So, the controversy is nothing new, and nearly as old as the as Apple 1984 commercial . I've posted previously at Mac and PC Security and noted that -- no matter what connected platform you use -- there's no immunity from security vulnerabilities . And
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Microsoft has learned of a potential change to the observance of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Iraq that may impact customers using the Baghdad time zone. An early, unsubstantiated report is that the Ministry of Iraq has decided that the country will
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Of interest today from MIX '08 is this coverage in the Seattle Times of the interview with Steve Ballmer by Seattle Times technology reporter Benjamin J. Romano . The on-stage interviewer was my old friend Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Garage.com and truemors.com
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In the news today, one dangerous acquisition was approved: Microsoft is buying Danger . Robbie Bach announced the news in his keynote at Mobile World Congress 2008 in Spain. Full news release is included here on MSN Money Central ... Taking steps to place
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And I thought that it was a chore to digitize our papers at home... that's nothing as compared to the effort to scan 25 million pages... Raissa Kasolowsky from Reuters reports here on one project associated with the Live Search Books effort . The article
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This isn't hot news, but it is news, finding its way to my mailbox today. Alex Serpo at CNET reports here on MSN Tech & Gadgets that Stanford assistant professor Yi Cui found a tenfold Improvement in battery life... "Stanford University researchers
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Turns out I'm not the only one concerned about the digital TV transition in the States. Ina notes that Best Buy's CEO, Brad Anderson, said that the digital TV transition "posed the biggest threat to his industry, warning of the dangers if consumers find
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In case you've been off mail for the last half hour, Reuters just reported that Jeff Raikes , the leader of the business division (including Office, Sharepoint, Exchange software) "and one of [Microsoft's] longest-serving executives" will retire from
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Bloggers and the press are out in force at CES in Las Vegas, tonite covering Bill Gates' keynote at CES 2008 . You can find several entries listed here . Check out video coverage at Microsoft's CES site and on Microsoft PressPass . [More on the keynote
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Happy 2008. If you are traveling today (as are many other people), keep in mind to carry your loose lithium batteries with you instead of tucked away in your checked luggage. The new US Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) regulations took effect yesterday
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Remember, there are still .6 shopping days 'til Christmas. Need some conversation starters for your holiday get-togethers? Here are a couple of my favourite strange and funny news stories to help get you started, along with a reading list of things I've
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We have reports (thanks, Jose!) that Venezuela will move to a newly created time zone, shifting by 30 minutes to -4:30h UTC on December 9th. For those of you keeping score, that’s at least the seventh change to the start date. According to news reports
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Of interest today as I'm home sick (cough-sneeze)... King 5 news reports (from the AP) on the new, redesigned Zunes... a family still with FM radio and wireless sharing, but with a larger hard disc and (finally) with flash-memory... "Microsoft Corp. took
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"I saw that several Indiana counties will move from the Central time zone to Eastern time. When did this happen?" This was announced yesterday by the DOT, as noted in this article ... "The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday a final rule
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And you thought it was a slow news day on the time zone front... Yes, more on Venezuela's new time zone . First it was announced that Venezuela would change their time zone by 30 minutes , by turning their clocks back on January 1, 2008... then September
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