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New EU Cookie Law Smacks Of Windows Vista's Constant Nagging

Chris Dannen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:19:33 -0500

Regulators in Europe have approved a new law that would require users to approve each cookie stored by their Web browser. Cookies are little informative tags that tell a Web site details about your last visit there.

Streaming Video? Forget Myka or Roku and Get Windows 7

Chris Dannen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:10 -0500

We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions.

Apple Tries to Patent Ad-Supported, Subsidized Mac OS

Chris Dannen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:19:47 -0400

A new Apple patent filing suggests the company might want subsidize the price of its computers with a complex advertising program that maintains the attention of the user and can lock the computer if the user spaces out.

Amazon's Working on Kindle Reader Software for Mac, Too

Chris Dannen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:30 -0400

Microsoft announced at its Windows 7 launch that Amazon is releasing a Kindle reader for Windows. An Amazon spokesperson told me late Thursday: "Yes, we are working on a Kindle app for Mac." With so many conduits for Kindle reading, the ebook leader is becoming a real platform--except that it's closed to developers who want to build services that can talk to Kindle readers.

Microsoft Video Mocks Apple, Android; Makes Ass of Self

Chris Dannen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:21:52 -0400

Microsoft has a new video on the YouTubes that mocks Apple's App Store. Or means to. Inadvertently, it seems, it attempts to mock any number of companies--Google, Apple, Palm, Blackberry--for making good smartphones that run good software. Is Microsoft bullying the real smartphone innovators for being too smart? Are we in 6th grade? What the hell?

Here's the video:

Furious Sidekick Owners Blame Microsoft

Chris Dannen — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:04:12 -0400

Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet to be notified whether their data is part of that pool

Is Apple Planning a Win-7 Diversion?

Chris Dannen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:15 -0400

For Windows 7 to outshine the disaster that is Vista, it will have to be both a technical panacea and a marketing success. Microsoft has been splurging on TV ads, haplessly enlisting "regular" people to get you to throw parties in honor of its software, and using for its spokesperson an 8-year-old girl.

Evernote: Your Other Brain, for Windows

Chris Dannen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:47:58 -0400

Evernote is a remember-everything notebook app beloved by obsessive developers, project managers, and generally forgetful creatives everywhere. This week the company launched a revamped Windows version, which will bring it up to speed with the slick version for Mac. If you're a PC goon and you haven't tried Evernote, this is your best excuse.

Microsoft Expects a Party From You

Chris Dannen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:19:49 -0400

Barack Obama got a big lift from social Web-inspired parties during his presidential campaign. So why not do the same with Windows 7 when it launches on October 22?

That seems to be the thinking behind Microsoft's new commercial, which purports to be a "natural" guide to shilling for Windows 7 around your friends. The video is real, according to Gawker, and goes like this:

BeOS Lives Again

Chris Dannen — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:14:27 -0400

Almost twenty years ago, a little company called Be created the BeOS, a robust little system that was light-years ahead of Windows and the MacOS. But the BeOS never had a future--until now.

Auto-Played Out: MySpace Music Streaming Drops 20%

Chris Dannen — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:30:25 -0400

In mid-August, MySpace switched off the "auto-play" feature on its musicians' embedded audio players. The move was supposed to save MySpace money; every time one of those songs queued up, the company had to shell out royalty fees--as much as $10 million a month.

Jawoco.Com 2010.

Sheikh Imran Ahmed — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:14:19 -0400

Jawoco.Com is going to do much more next year as this Year ends.

Few days back, Xtravo Explorer 3 OS announced as update free for One Year is a Big/Major News in the Web browser industry and not to forget the Xtravo Explorer3 OS is giving goo competition to Maxthon & Avant Browser.

Jawoco.Com will play a Huge Roll(INSHALLAH) in the 2010 Market as seen. Users using Jawoco.Com Search in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome & Xtravo Explorer 3 OS is telling us that Jawoco.Com Search Market share will increase by Next Year.

Jawoco.Com 2010.

Sheikh Imran Ahmed — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:14:00 -0400

Jawoco.Com is going to do much more next year as this Year ends.

Seven Mysteries Online This Week

Chris Dannen — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:39:45 -0400

Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week.

Amazon Steals Back 1984

Horrible Idea of the Day: Microsoft to Build Retail Stores Right Next to Apple's

Cliff Kuang — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:12:31 -0400

Last winter, Microsoft announced that they'll be opening retail stores; today, they confirmed that the first ones will be opening this fall. Some of them--get this--will be located right next to Apple stores.

To which I say: Wow. Superb, guys.

Ten Windows Apps That Make Mac Fans Drool

Chris Dannen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:22:38 -0400

Last week we profiled 10 Mac apps that jealous Windows users could only pine for. Well, Windows has its share of nifty stuff too, so we'd be remiss if we didn't remind Mac users why 90% of planet Earth still runs on Redmond.

XMap 6 by DeLorme

Verizon Jumps on App Store Bandwagon, Misses the Point Totally

Kit Eaton — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:26:39 -0400

Verizon just announced the launch its own app store for smartphones, inspired by the iTunes Store, Windows Marketplace, Ovi Store, and those for Android and Palm. But Verizon's apps will be locked exclusively to its own store.

Ten Mac Apps That Make Windows Users Drool

Chris Dannen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:08:33 -0400

Used to be that Windows users could admit the Mac was easy to use--they just complained there wasn't any software for the platform. Apple knew their weakness, too, so they endeavored to turn their developer tools into the envy of the industry.

Why Google's Chrome OS Is Not in Your Future

Chris Dannen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:52:03 -0400

Google caused a flurry of excitement last night when it revealed it would convert its Chrome browser into an operating system meant for netbooks. A chorus of OMG's burst from the tech blog network. This is a "clear shot in Microsoft's direction," said one blogger at ZDNet, calling it a "big style" game-changer before popping a few Halcion and trying to calm the hell down.

Rumor: Microsoft to Sell Netbook Windows 7 on Thumb Drives

Kit Eaton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:09:45 -0400

Netbook owners keen to upgrade their mini PCs to Windows 7 from XP may not have to buy or borrow a DVD drive to do so: Microsoft may sell the new OS on USB thumb drives.

Windows 7 Europe to Lack Internet Explorer--Is IE on the Way Out?

Kit Eaton — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:05:39 -0400

In the wake of various antitrust cases brought against it in Europe, Microsoft won't be shipping the Internet Explorer browser in the European release of Windows 7. Minor change that this is, does it indicate that IE is really on its last legs?

Will a High Price and Netbook-Limiting Specs Hurt Windows 7?

Kit Eaton — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:51:48 -0400

Here's a nasty, juicy rumor to mull-over on your holiday weekend: Microsoft will be pricing Windows 7 higher than Vista, making it the costliest OS the company has ever released, on average. Mix in news of the limiting specs that Microsoft allows for netbooks, and that rumor sounds even worse.

Netbook Boom Causes Microsoft's Revenues to Stutter

Kit Eaton — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:36:03 -0400

Microsoft posted a quarterly drop in sales and profits yesterday, which is interesting news all by itself, considering the mammoth scale of Microsoft's PC dominance. But hidden in the data is the suggestion that one of the causes of the financial stutter is the rocket-powered growth of the netbook market.

Windows 7 Looks Like a Vista Nightmare, Repeated

Chris Dannen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:54:12 -0400

InformationWeek published results from an 1100-company survey suggesting that businesses will be extremely reticent to upgrade to Windows 7.

Does Android on an HP Netbook Signal Trouble For Microsoft?

Kit Eaton — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:49:52 -0400

Google's Android may soon move beyond the limiting confines of the G1 smartphone and onto a much roomier machine: the netbook. Hewlett Packard is experimenting with the OS in an attempt to gauge how useful it might be on those tiny computers. And while this is great news for the consumer, it sounds like bad news for Microsoft.