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Microsoft's SLAM
What is SLAM, you ask? As with many Microsoft product names and government programs as well, SLAM is an acronym that stands for Social Location Application Mobile. Why that makes any sense, I don't know, but the idea is a mass-mobile messaging ...
Microsoft: where's my keys?
According to MSFN.com, Microsoft is "temporarily" out of product keys for Vista Ultimate (5342 and up). They stated that it should be fixed within 72 hours. This was bound to happen, with such a big response to the Vista download, it seems that they ...
Microsoft's Open Specifications promise
Microsoft shocked me a bit with this one. If you use Microsoft's web service specifications (XML, SOAP, UDDI, etc), you don't even have to reference Microsoft or mention that what you're using is from them. They have stated that they won't enforce ...
150 cool Microsoft downloads
Ex-Microsoftie Robert Scoble points us to this list of 150 "cool Microsoft downloads". While some people might take issue with a few (okay, more than a few) of the selections on this list, it's still a pretty impressive list. Consider that all of ...
Microsoft's "Windows easy transfer"
With Vista approaching our PCs next year like a 1970's shag-mobile that has a weird start-and-stop brake problem, many PC users will be hard pressed to find an easy way to move everything from your XP machine, to that spankin-new Vista machine you'll ...
Microsoft invades the car
Many people have built their own car PC and installed their rig into their autos, but now Microsoft feels that they must partner with Ford to put Windows into your car. Why? Microsoft really doesn't want to take over the world you know, just your ...
Microsoft is being cooperative, Kaspersky says
McAfee and Symantec, among others have accused Microsoft of not cooperating with them by giving them access to Windows Vista's core so it can be tested and new products created to help secure it from the third party vendors. Microsoft's stigma is ...
Microsoft says parental features are not enough
Despite Microsoft's recent efforts to include parental controls in their products such as Windows, XBOX, and others, they say features alone are not enough. Microsoft is launching a campaign to help parents understand and take advantage of the ...
Microsoft to introduce Windows "kill switch"?
Remember when Windows Genuine Advantage became nagware, notifying you over and over again when it thought your copy of Windows wasn't legitimate? And remember when it started "checking in" with Microsoft every day? All's fair in the name of ...
Microsoft's soapbox: TheirTube
Microsoft is planning a YouTube clone to crop up soon, oddly enough on the MSN brand instead of Windows Live spaces. It looks from the screenshot that the service will be part of MSN videos. I can see why Microsoft would want a piece of the action, ...
Microsoft's HD video clip library
Microsoft has a collection of HD video clips, many in both 720p and 1080p to showcase their WMV 9 format and why it is better. I know what you're thinking, "Microsoft does HD?" I can hear the jokes now. Anyway, there are several clips for you to ...
TCPView - Sysinternals utility from Microsoft
It's old news that Sysinternals was bought by Microsoft, swallowing up all of the wonderful utilities they developed. That being said, there is still some useful stuff that was done by SysInternals that we haven't previously covered, so I thought I'd ...
Microsoft's converter for previous Office versions
Microsoft has (finally) put out a converter tool for use in Office 2000, 2002 (Office XP) and 2003 to use the new OOXML document formats. This means you can open and edit documents from Office 2007 in previous versions of Office. This "compatibility ...
Microsoft wants PHP developers to be comfy on Windows
Joe Stagner, Microsoft's "Opinionated Misfit Geek" gave keynote speech on Microsoft's ideas to allow PHP developers to use Windows for not only development but deployment as well. Most PHP developers use Linux for deployment, something Microsoft (of ...
Microsoft is at the forefront of a legal naming battle
Boy, just when you thought that Microsoft's horrible naming conventions were all bad, you hear this. A construction company in Seattle (Dexter and Chaney) is suing Microsoft for using the name "Forefront" for a new security software application. ...
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
