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Zune Executive To Leave Microsoft
A Microsoft Corp. executive responsible for its newly launched Zune digital music player will leave the company.
The software maker said the departure of Bryan Lee, a corporate vice president in Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, was for personal reasons and "absolutely not" related to sales of the music player, which came out in mid-November to soft reviews.
Microsoft downplays possibility of vista voice hack
Microsoft researchers said this week that it is unlikely Vista's new voice-recognition component could allow hackers to prompt a machine to download malware.
But, the software giant admitted Wednesday on its Security Response Center blog, it is possible to play an audio file that could permit such actions as "copy," "delete" and "shutdown."
This column is not a review of Windows Vista. I'm not here to tell you about Vista or what's wrong with it.
This article is for those of you who are about to download or purchase Windows Vista and install it on a PC. I'm here to talk you out of it. Just say no Windows Vista -- for now. Here's why.
Looking For A Smart Phone Try the M600i
One of the things that I love doing with consumer electronic products is to test them in a real live environment. So as I trotted off to the CES Show in Las Vegas I took along the new Sony Ericsson M600i mobile phone that is also an organizer MP3 player and all round handy device.
Vista Launch, No Apple Event and iPhone Killer Comes Next Week
Vista launched earlier this week and Apple’s PC vs. MAC campaign has already been addressing it with spots showing the PC guy in a hospital gown in need of surgery for Vista. Given that better than 95% of the Windows users who move to Vista will get it with new hardware and that Apple systems that run Vista will also probably require some surgery, this is a little misleading but all is fair in love and advertising. I do get a big kick out of those ads and if you get to see the English ones you’ll find them just as funny.
p2pnet.net News:- "I live in Japan, and we get our own version of Apple's 'defamation' ads, and have considered, in many instances, to report the ads as false advertizing," says Nazo.
He's commenting on a p2net story on the anti-Microsoft ads running off- and online, citing a couple of examples,
Users start class action site to hammer Nvidia
Vista drivers fiasco irks geeks who feel duped
NVIDIA CUSTOMERS are losing it a bit.
Many are unhappy about the graphics firm's ability to produce drivers to run with Vista and they've been bombarding
Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Pirated Microsoft Corp software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the company's co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday.
Bangkok (Thailand) - pirates around the world are already churning out illegal copies of the recently released Vista Operating System. Often these copies are sold for pennies on the dollar when compared to the original price: We were able to purchase a copy of Vista Ultimate, which retails for $400, for a mere $3.50 (US).
