Microsoft Talk

I do not get the point why people are so anti-IE. I have Forefox and IE and use them both. - rkorolenko

People not Anti-IE in genera;;. they are Anti-IE6 only! - FFTornado

Anti Explorer is a small piece of code you can place in your site's HTML which stops Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE / Explorer) from rendering your page. Along-side this, a notification alerts the user he / she is using MSIE and prompts him / her to download Firefox instead. We've all been there. We design our site with Internet Explorer in mind, only to find we have to resort to... more... - antiexplorer

"AV-Comparatives rated the security companies from best to worst in three categories: Advanced+: G DATA, Kaspersky, ESET, F-Secure, Microsoft, Avast, BitDefender, eScan Advanced: AVIRA, AVG, Symantec Standard: McAfee, TrustPort, Sophos, Norman, Kingsoft" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Last Saturday and Sunday, Windows 7 powered an estimated 5% and 5.14% of all computers that were online those days, according to Internet metrics vendor Net Applications. The two-day average of 5.07% was higher than the 5% of the market that Net Applications said Apple's operating system averaged for the week of Nov. 15-21." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

WIN7 Rux - Amir

"Sometimes you might be sharing too much or not enough with your Homegroup in Windows 7. Today we take a look at how to change what files you’re sharing. The Homegroup feature in Windows 7 makes sharing music, video, and other files with other Windows 7 users in your household very easy. Sometimes you might want to limit the libraries or specific files users have access to." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"the real reasons for touch-screen mishits are finger orientation and variation between users, suggests a study by Christian Holz and Patrick Baudisch at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany. More importantly, they can be corrected." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

mis-hits... - TrafficBug

"The World Wide Web Consortium has published a draft of an interface that browsers can use to manipulate files better, one of a series of steps aimed at gradually improving the sophistication and polish of Web site interfaces. The draft File API (application programming interface) defines a number of ways that browsers and Web sites can handle files better. One big part of it: being able to select multiple files for upload, such as on photo-sharing sites or Web-based e-mail, a task that often relies on Adobe Systems' Flash today." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Another wanted standard could be controlling the order of images loaded on a page with priority assigned to each, and instructing the browser to only download images below a certain size threshold... - TrafficBug

Microsoft, Visual Studio için Ajax’ın kontrol toolkit’ini çıkartarak programcılara çok büyük kolaylık sağladı. Zira bu kontrol toolkitin içinde bir çok hazır komponent var. Bunları kullanarak dinamik web sayfanızda daha etkileşimli öğeler yaratabilirsiniz. - ★ Soner Gönül from Bookmarklet

bu hala kullanılıyo mu ki? - Ali Sezer

"Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. The impetus for the discussions came from News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the US to The Sun of the UK, said a person familiar with the situation, who warned that talks were at an early stage. However, the Financial Times has learnt that Microsoft has also approached other big online publishers to persuade them to remove their sites from Google's search engine. News Corp and Microsoft, which owns the rival Bing search engine, declined to comment. One website publisher approached by Microsoft said that the plan "puts enormous value on content if search engines are prepared to pay us to index with them". Microsoft's interest is being interpreted as a direct assault on Google because it puts... more... - sofarsoShawn

Funny how most people are paying to make their content show up in google. I hope they do it and we can see what happens. Of course if it takes off then sites that search all the search engines will spring up very quickly. - John Cooper

"The contribution of news content to Google's (GOOG 582.58, +0.23, +0.04%) massive search advertising business is generally thought to be minimal. That's because advertisements placed alongside a search for news stories don't generally create the same commercial opportunities as those done for a specific product or service, for example. Conversely, news sites such as News Corp.'s online version of The Wall Street Journal depend heavily on Google's popularity. According to data from Experian Hitwise, Google regularly accounts for more than 25% of WSJ.com's Internet traffic. Still, news is a key element of Google's "franchise," analysts say. And a defection of news providers could therefore dent its public image." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

This is so sad. - WorldofHiglet

"Pundits want to make Chrome OS a Google vs. Microsoft thing, but it does not have to be that way. Chrome OS may give Microsoft a way out of some of its problems--like how to move to a cloud-based computing model--at the same time it helps level the playing field between the two rivals." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"The inability to recognize the new smartphone audience is another one of Microsoft’s flaws, Rubin said. Microsoft’s mobile OS history is rooted in personal digital assistants, which were marketed toward enterprise audiences. Today, the smartphone has shifted into the mainstream as a consumer device, and yet Windows Mobile is still largely focused on enterprise features." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

And as Eric @ CS Techcast said, it missed something that wasn't that appealing to mainstream users. People in 2004 that were using those beginner smartphones were obviously business related. Or the geek watching DivX movies on it by wireless, oh, got a call ;p - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

"Reliability study has Apple 4th place" <- SHOCKING. Still feeling good about buying that $2K MBP? Maybe you'd be better off with a $999 Asus. - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

great article thanks for sharing - Haldun Uraz

"What makes IE9’s implementation of hardware-acceleration so compelling is that it has major real-world benefits and its completely transparent to both end-user and developers. Using the new capabilities in Direct2D instead of GDI, IE9 is able to rendering all the visual elements of websites much faster and smoother. One example of where this really shines is in the Bing Maps demo where continuously panning the map is just as smooth as navigating a map in a 3D strategy game. During a meeting with IE program manager Dean Hachamovitch, he explained that this feature isn’t already implemented in any other mainstream browser today is because it’s by no means an easy feat to accomplish. At least one issue he pointed out was the fact that there may be other components inside a frame that handles its own rendering, like Adobe Flash for example." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Yeah it's called FUD Vapour Ware @ this point. - S.D.Allen from email

"Microsoft has gained share with the relaunch of Bing: Microsoft almost cracked the 10 percent barrier in October with 9.9 percent of all searches, gaining 0.5 percentage points compared to September. Total searches grew 3 percent from September to October. Searches done through Google increased 5 percent an" - Judah Richardson from Bookmarklet

That was expected... - TrafficBug

"Microsoft's goal is to enable developers to create applications that can be used seamlessly across varying platforms. The three screens include Windows desktops, mobile devices, and TV's, and the cloud is, of course, Azure." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

With the same code base right? - TrafficBug

wonderful, thx michael - esther ♥ ♫

wow - Telefunken

"One new and noteworthy upgrade is the inclusion of search results from Wolfram Alpha, an oddball, "computational knowledge" search tool that's probably too geeky for the average user. When integrated with a mainstream query engine, however, Wolfram Alpha algorithms prove their mettle by returning actionable data rather than just a page of links. Microsoft provides a few examples on its Bing blog. Search for "bmi," for instance, and Bing displays Wolfram Alpha's body mass index calculator at the top of the results page." - Judah Richardson from Bookmarklet

Bing does in fact sound like its has a catchy ring to it. May be serious contender for the search engine throne. - TrafficBug

The integration of Wolfram Alpha results into Bing is indeed a decent move by Microsoft, question is if it's exclusive or whether Google can just license the same thing from WA. If Microsoft were smart, they would have already bought WA to have its results EXCLUSIVE in Bing. Same applies to Twitter results btw. I both Google and Bing license access to Twitter, it's not a differentiator. Buying Twitter could have solved that for them. - Alex Schleber

"The Indian unit of Microsoft Corp. Monday said it is seeing a good early response to its new Windows 7 operating system. Speaking to reporters, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of the Indian unit, said Microsoft is seeing "good double-digit growth" in revenue from India and China. While India and China contribute less than 5% of Microsoft's revenue now, they are extremely fast-growing geographies," Mr. Venkatesan said on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit." - Adi from Bookmarklet

"comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of online engagement at the top worldwide properties based on data from its comScore World Metrix service. The study found that Microsoft Sites captured nearly 15 percent of time spent online worldwide in September, making it the most engaging global property, followed by Google Sites and Yahoo! Sites. Facebook.com, which continues to see significant growth on a worldwide basis, was the fourth most engaging destination with visitors spending 1.4 billion hours on the site in September, up 193 percent from the previous year." - Adi from Bookmarklet

So what's that unleashed Microsoft's secrets about "how to capture the largest time spent online"? - Thierry R. Andriamirado

"Microsoft's social hub for all things Halo-related successfully launched yesterday, and the new animated show "Halo Legends" will kick off tomorrow. Halo Waypoint is being dubbed "the new virtual home for all things Halo." Launched yesterday as part of the Xbox Live service, Waypoint will serve as a social hub for Halo players, as well as a place to go for daily updates of Halo-related content. Microsoft promises "daily updates of fresh, exciting content such as developer interviews, trailers and screenshots, exclusive video footage, community activities and the latest Halo news."" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Parallels on Wednesday released Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, a new version of its virtualization software that allows Intel-based Macs to run Windows and Linux alongside Mac OS X. According to Parallels, the new version of its software is up to 300 percent faster than the previous version, Parallels Desktop 4. The company also hired Crimson Consulting Group to do performance testing on Parallels 5 and said it was 22 percent faster than its nearest virtualization competitor when running Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

I was in the closed beta for Parallels 5 and I didn't see it. Parallels 4 seems better for me. - Jason Huebel

Who cares, the point is that there's even more reason for Mac users to get Windows 7 :P - LANjackal from IM

"If you have a reasonably new laptop with an Intel WiFi chipset then I have some good news. A set of new Intel WiFi drivers made available just a couple weeks ago, version 13.0.0.107 if you’re playing along, finally adds the necessary driver-level support for the new native Virtual WiFi technology in Win 7" - Adi from Bookmarklet

fake wi-fi? - Vezquex: God of FF

Nope, the tech allows your NIC to perform several roles at once. For example, it can behave both as an access point and as a regular client at the same time - LANjackal

"Last week we asked you to share your favorite application docks and then we rounded up the results for your review. You cast your vote for the best application dock and now we're back with the results. For being a relatively new kid on the block—on the dock?—the Windows 7 Taskbar pulled in enough votes to surpass the runner up, the Mac OS X Dock, by nearly ten percent." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Sad that I won't be able to attend this :( - Judah Richardson from Bookmarklet

"by next Fall, the features Google is looking to incorporate in Apps over the coming year had better be live. It also means that schools with Microsoft infrastructures should be thinking what cheaper cloud offerings out of Redmond can do to reduce costs and save energy, while still leveraging new and improved Live@Edu features for their portal and collaboration needs. Finally, it means that schools will need to decide if Google Apps, for the low, low price of free meets their needs (which starts looking more likely as Google builds on its messaging success and improves on Docs) or if the extra power, control, and flexibility of a full Microsoft cascade is worth the investment." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

We're already using it at IU. We have had the choice between Umail and MS Outlook but clearly Umail is winning and they are doing a massive move upcoming. They also use GoogleApps for some of their information portals - Melanie Reed

"In AV Comparative's most recent report on malware removal, MSE was the only free antivirus rated Advanced+. That ranking placed it alongside big names like Norton, Kaspersky, and F-Secure. Security Essentials also beat out technician favorite ESET, which managed only an Advanced rating. It's also worth noting that only three antivirus apps - Norton 2010, eScan, and Security Essentials - scored marks of good or better in removal of malware and removal of leftovers. So not only has MSE beaten free competitors like AVG (version 8.5 tested, not 9.0), Avira, and Avast, it also posted test scores equal to or better than a dozen antivirus programs you'd have to pay for." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

I hear you. Well FWIW I've been running MSE on my Vista Ultimate x64 laptop for the past month and it's worked like a charm. Your call though - LANjackal from IM

"Microsoft researches have teamed up with the University of Washington and the University of Toronto to develop a muscle-controlled interface that allows for hands-free, gesture-driven interaction with computers." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Minority Report! - Fulaan