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So somebody sends me this: http://quaoar.ww7.be/ms_fud_of_the_year/569458-microsoft-attack-linux-retail-level-probably.html Words cannot describe the rage I feel as a result, but read on for a pretty decent attempt. Get The Facts V2 So Microsoft has been both sued and accused of falsifyi
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It isn't surprising that a bug in the Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX controller has caused the flawed browser to be exploited since early July of this year. What is surprising, however, is the careless bug that caused it - a bad type cast, A.K.A. a single misplaced ampersand ('&') character.
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In a press release put out on Apple's website today, Apple confirms that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from his position on the Apple board of directors due to "conflict of interest" and the recent Google-Apple competition in the OS and embedded markets. In a move humorously "reported" b
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For those who may have been stranded on a deserted island for the past day or so, Google announced on its official blog the plans for Chrome OS, an operating system dedicated wholly to web browsing and (from the announcement) ONLY web browsing. Here are just a few thoughts on the plans for the new O
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The European Union is funding a new middleware platform designed to allow higher-level software to take full advantage of the readily-available sensors in modern cars. The platform acts as an abstraction layer, providing an easy to use, higher-level API for programs to use while interpreting the res
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So I think most geeks or curious people in general have checked out @Microsoft's long-unused Twitter account, only to find a skimpy amount of followers and no tweets to speak of. Today, that changed in what is apparently Microsoft's effort to get in on the Twitter marketing business (as 1 out of
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If anybody noticed, Microsoft recently relabeled Windows Live Search to Bing, it's new name. The release was preceded by a sexy video on the new website, depicting what was apparently an idiotic housewife twitching her nose while using the "new" service. I'm no marketing expert, but continuously
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"Good artists copy, great artists steal." - according to Picasso, Microsoft is one of the greatest artists in the technology industry today. Here is a carefully compiled list of all Microsoft products considered to be derivatives of other works, and the research behind the facts. This is not
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