items tagged with David M Williams
Mozilla joins Microsoft in slamming Google Chrome Frame
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 16:50:33
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 16:50:33
Microsoft has found an unexpected ally in its condemnation of Chrome Frame, a plugin by Google that switches out the Internet Explorer HTML and JavaScipt engines for those used by the Chrome web browser. Now Firefox maker Mozilla has spoken out.
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No FOSS for Palm app catalog says Netscape pioneer
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 03:34:27
It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple’s footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. In this case, Palm has resisted including a free application because the source code is attainable elsewhere.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 03:34:27
It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple’s footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. In this case, Palm has resisted including a free application because the source code is attainable elsewhere.
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Dropbox iPhone and iPod Touch app hits the store
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 16:45:00
iPhone-touting Dropbox users worldwide have another reason to love their cloud-based storage network with Apple finally approving the free appstore Dropbox client giving a true manage-anywhere experience.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 16:45:00
iPhone-touting Dropbox users worldwide have another reason to love their cloud-based storage network with Apple finally approving the free appstore Dropbox client giving a true manage-anywhere experience.
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Dropbox hits two million Windows, Mac and Linux users
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 07:54:56
Earlier this month cloud storage startup Dropbox celebrated its first anniversary, and has now hit another milestone with its two millionth user. Dropbox is a solid example of how the cloud can bring efficiencies in this modern ultra-connected world. It’s also a service that has genuinely changed my life for the better.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 07:54:56
Earlier this month cloud storage startup Dropbox celebrated its first anniversary, and has now hit another milestone with its two millionth user. Dropbox is a solid example of how the cloud can bring efficiencies in this modern ultra-connected world. It’s also a service that has genuinely changed my life for the better.
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We give up on Internet Explorer say Google Wave team
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-24 07:35:35
Google's new Chrome Frame product is touted as an unobtrusive way for web apps to use Chrome’s rendering and JavaScript engines within Internet Explorer. Yet, what was the reason for bringing it to light? The Google Wave team have spoken out damning Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-24 07:35:35
Google's new Chrome Frame product is touted as an unobtrusive way for web apps to use Chrome’s rendering and JavaScript engines within Internet Explorer. Yet, what was the reason for bringing it to light? The Google Wave team have spoken out damning Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
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Google Chrome Frame to take over Internet Explorer
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-22 23:30:51
Interested in Chrome but still just find Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to be your first instinct? With Google's latest product you can still surf merrily in IE but use the Chrome rendering and JavaScript engine instead.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-22 23:30:51
Interested in Chrome but still just find Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to be your first instinct? With Google's latest product you can still surf merrily in IE but use the Chrome rendering and JavaScript engine instead.
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Robber leaves Facebook logged in at scene of crime
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-22 18:43:57
In a sign of how compelling social networking has become, Jonathan G. Parker of Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania stopped to log into Facebook - on the computer in the house he was allegedly robbing at the time.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-22 18:43:57
In a sign of how compelling social networking has become, Jonathan G. Parker of Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania stopped to log into Facebook - on the computer in the house he was allegedly robbing at the time.
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Microsoft launches new pre-Windows 7 anti-Linux offensive
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-21 07:14:13
Microsoft has been making steps to educate U.S. retailers that Linux is a limited operating system that works with only few peripherals or online services, and that what most customers want is Windows.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-21 07:14:13
Microsoft has been making steps to educate U.S. retailers that Linux is a limited operating system that works with only few peripherals or online services, and that what most customers want is Windows.
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Google, Bing, Yahoo! - which is the best?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-13 23:24:23
Not all search engines are created equal and while Google has been the undisputed king for some years, perhaps Bing or even long-time Yahoo! is worth a try. A Microsoft employee has produced a blind search tool to help you find out just which one delivers the goods.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-13 23:24:23
Not all search engines are created equal and while Google has been the undisputed king for some years, perhaps Bing or even long-time Yahoo! is worth a try. A Microsoft employee has produced a blind search tool to help you find out just which one delivers the goods.
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CodePlex accepted by Linux, open source community: Microsoft
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Sara Ford – the Microsoft open source leader who gives and gives
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-10 09:32:19
Meet Sara Ford. She’s the program manager in charge of Microsoft’s answer to SourceForge, CodePlex. She’s also responsible for donating some $29,000 to families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-10 09:32:19
Meet Sara Ford. She’s the program manager in charge of Microsoft’s answer to SourceForge, CodePlex. She’s also responsible for donating some $29,000 to families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Microsoft Tech-Ed like Vista - death by a thousand cuts - says one attendee
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-10 00:27:37
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-10 00:27:37
Microsoft Tech-Ed Australia 2009 is underway on the sunny Gold Coast, awash with a sea of HP netbooks given to every paying attendee. Yet not all of the fully sold-out crowd think the gift is so great. One participant is tweeting discontent about budget cuts under the alias teched09sucks.
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Windows Mobile app store coming, iPhone developers wanted
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-09 00:53:14
A new range of Windows Mobile 6.5-powered smartphones will be available for retail purchase from October 6th. That date also sees the Windows Mobile marketplace open its doors. Microsoft told iTWire why iPhone developers will find it a superior software outlet, why Windows Mobile crashes, and how Microsoft thought of the app store first.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-09 00:53:14
A new range of Windows Mobile 6.5-powered smartphones will be available for retail purchase from October 6th. That date also sees the Windows Mobile marketplace open its doors. Microsoft told iTWire why iPhone developers will find it a superior software outlet, why Windows Mobile crashes, and how Microsoft thought of the app store first.
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Microsoft Tech-Ed Australia kicks off with stickfights and Exchange in the cloud
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-08 19:44:38
It’s on, and I’m here. Microsoft Tech-Ed Australia is running from today until Friday 11th September on the sunny Gold Coast of Australia. An incredible 2000+ attendees are roaming about with HP Mini netbooks. Demonstrations have already begun of Exchange 2010, Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-08 19:44:38
It’s on, and I’m here. Microsoft Tech-Ed Australia is running from today until Friday 11th September on the sunny Gold Coast of Australia. An incredible 2000+ attendees are roaming about with HP Mini netbooks. Demonstrations have already begun of Exchange 2010, Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010.
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Ubuntu tweaking for everyone
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
One great tool power users in the Windows world have long enjoyed is Microsoft’s unsupported TweakUI. A range of similar Tweak utilities have followed for successive versions of Windows. Ubuntu Linux users have their own little-known tool called Ubuntu Tweak to help achieve the same degree of modification.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
One great tool power users in the Windows world have long enjoyed is Microsoft’s unsupported TweakUI. A range of similar Tweak utilities have followed for successive versions of Windows. Ubuntu Linux users have their own little-known tool called Ubuntu Tweak to help achieve the same degree of modification.
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The dark side of open source software is Stoned
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-06 23:41:31
When rootkits are mentioned the things which come to mind are generally hackers, Trojans, even Sony BMG. Now you can add open source software to the list with the release of the first open source rootkit framework called Stoned.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-06 23:41:31
When rootkits are mentioned the things which come to mind are generally hackers, Trojans, even Sony BMG. Now you can add open source software to the list with the release of the first open source rootkit framework called Stoned.
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Massive Windows 7 deployment at Microsoft Tech-Ed
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-03 07:37:33
Windows-based systems administrators and software developers will be converging on the Gold Coast of Australia next week for Microsoft’s annual Tech-Ed event. This year the educational content may find the show stolen by an unprecedented massive Windows 7 netbook giveaway to every paid attendee.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-03 07:37:33
Windows-based systems administrators and software developers will be converging on the Gold Coast of Australia next week for Microsoft’s annual Tech-Ed event. This year the educational content may find the show stolen by an unprecedented massive Windows 7 netbook giveaway to every paid attendee.
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Book review: Building web applications with SharePoint Designer 2007
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2009-08-31 06:26:38
Microsoft SharePoint has become the ubiquitous intranet solution for many a corporation, ousting former mainstays like Lotus Domino. Yet, leveraging its capabilities to full potential remains outside the hands of many an administrator or user. Here’s where SharePoint Designer comes in, and consequently this handy Microsoft Press tutorial and guide.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2009-08-31 06:26:38
Microsoft SharePoint has become the ubiquitous intranet solution for many a corporation, ousting former mainstays like Lotus Domino. Yet, leveraging its capabilities to full potential remains outside the hands of many an administrator or user. Here’s where SharePoint Designer comes in, and consequently this handy Microsoft Press tutorial and guide.
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Is it time to go 64-bit with Windows 7?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-29 21:21:39
So you're planning to upgrade your Windows PC to Microsoft Windows 7? While considering the different versions - Home, Professional, Ultimate - you may not consider one other important decision, namely whether to go 64-bit. I think the time is right to make the leap.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-29 21:21:39
So you're planning to upgrade your Windows PC to Microsoft Windows 7? While considering the different versions - Home, Professional, Ultimate - you may not consider one other important decision, namely whether to go 64-bit. I think the time is right to make the leap.
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Australian high schools lead the world in Windows 7 rollout
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-08-25 22:52:27
Today the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education (DET) has commenced its rollout of 220,000 netbooks to senior secondary school students and teachers. The netbooks have been preloaded with the release Windows 7 code which is not yet available to the general public.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-08-25 22:52:27
Today the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education (DET) has commenced its rollout of 220,000 netbooks to senior secondary school students and teachers. The netbooks have been preloaded with the release Windows 7 code which is not yet available to the general public.
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