Tag: Microsoft

  • MacBU pitches in on MS “open” docs.

    Well, the MacBU has put their nose into the cuffufle surrounding the new format that will descend on the “turfers” of the world (the people using word processors) and said that they will have their converters out as soon as possible. Which should be ok for a good 99% or people doing actual work out…

  • Ms. Dewey

    Give a little and take a little – this one is from Weblogg-ed – Ms. Dewey (GN) is a new search engine that has a bit of an attitude (complete with an evil laugh after some period of inactivity when she says that the more we ask, the more she’ll know, and eventually she’ll know…

  • Office 2007 doesn’t want to play with everyone else?

    TUAW is reporting that the default file format for Office 2007 isn’t compatible with Office 2004 for the Mac. I’m sure it’s not a bit deal to have users switch the file type (ok, then again, it may be), but I think the bigger problem with this is going to be all the other solutions…

  • Kinderlappy to run XP?

    Well, according to VNUnet that is what is happening right now. Apparently an SD card slot was included on the system “just for Microsoft”, and that is how the XP installation will be facilitated. But if they can install XP that way, why not other OSes?

  • Zune is certainly no boon

    Well it seems that brown certainly isn’t the new white (How not to be an iPod) and that Apple’s got little more to worry about than losing time to giggling staffers and tech writers taking shots at MS’s re-enforced dorky image. Zune isn’t firing up the sales charts, it sits at Amazon’s 23rd position. For…