GNU/Linux ALREADY Kicks Windows to the Curb

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-01-29-008-35-OS

Boycott Novell: "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux..."
--Steve Ballmer (September 2008)"

Internet Explorer 8, RC1 (Slowest browser)

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-01-27-022-35-RV-SW-RL

ZDNet: "Here is the IE Release Candidate 1 benchmarked against Opera 10 alpha, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, WebKit r40220 and Chrome 2.0.158.0 on the Sunspider JavaScript test."

EU Could Force Bundling Firefox With Windows

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/EdAZRER286Y/article.pl

Barence writes "The European Commission could force Microsoft to bundle Firefox with future versions of Windows. The revelation came as part of Microsoft's quarterly filing with the Security and Exchange Commission. Among the statements is a clause outlining the penalties being considered by the European watchdog, which recently ruled that Microsoft is harming competition by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. The most interesting situation outlined in the filing would see either Microsoft or computer manufacturers forced to install Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari by default alongside Internet Explorer on new Windows-based PCs."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Bugs In Microsoft Technical Documentation Rising

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/TCttVvsqVMs/article.pl

snydeq writes "The number of bugs in technical documentation for Microsoft communication protocols continues to grow, according to court documents filed for ongoing antitrust oversight of the company in the US. Problems with the technical documentation — which includes 1,660 identified bugs as of Dec. 31, up from 1,196 bugs on Nov. 30 — remain the major complaint from lawyers representing the group of 19 states that joined the US Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. Lawyers for the states have complained repeatedly that technical documentation issues are opening faster than Microsoft can close them. Nearly 800 Microsoft employees are working on the more than 20,000 pages of technical documentation, according to the court documents filed Wednesday."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

How To Diagnose a Suddenly Slow Windows Computer?

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/GJZPPUdiyVM/article.pl

Ensign Taco writes "I'm sure nearly every one of us has had it happen. All of a sudden your Windows PC slows to a crawl for no apparent reason. Yeah, we all like Linux because it doesn't do annoying things like this, but the Windows desktop still reigns supreme in most managed LAN work environments. I'm running XP with 4G of RAM and a decent CPU, and everything was fine, until one day — it wasn't. I've run spybot, antivirus, and looked at proc explorer — no luck. There is no one offending, obvious process. It seems every process decides to spike at once at random intervals. So I'm wondering if there's a few wizards out there that know what to look at. Could this be a very clever virus that doesn't run as a process? Or could this just be some random application error that's causing bad behavior? I've encountered this a few times with Windows PCs, but the solution has always been to just add more hardware. Has anyone ever successfully diagnosed this kind of issue?" And whether such a problem is related to malware or not, what steps would you take next?

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Microsoft defends DRM, badly

URL: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1231

While others are waking up to the problems with DRM and moving away from it, Microsoft is embracing and defending it.

Do they think we forgot about MSN Music already?

I buy these songs on your service - and they're locked to my phone - what happens when I upgrade my phone in six months' time?

Well, I think you know the answer to that.

No, I guess they don't think we forgot. They just don't care.

Read the full interview.

US-CERT Says Microsoft's Advice On Downadup Worm Bogus

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/N9BPJSEUED8/article.pl

CWmike writes "Microsoft's advice on disabling Windows' "Autorun" feature is flawed, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said today, and it leaves users who rely on its guidelines to protect their PCs against the fast-spreading Downadup worm open to attack. US-CERT said in an alert that Microsoft's instructions on turning off Autorun are 'not fully effective' and 'could be considered a vulnerability.' The flaw in Microsoft's guidelines are important at the moment, because the "Downadup" worm, which has compromised more computers than any other attack in years, can spread through USB devices, such as flash drives and cameras, by taking advantage of Windows' Autorun and Autoplay features."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Possible Last-Minute Problems With Vista SP2

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/EltM-oLFuU0/article.pl

crazyeyes writes "It looks like Microsoft is facing problems with Windows Vista SP2. The final Service Pack for Vista and Server 2008 (before Windows 7 comes out) has been delayed. The folks who broke the launch details and dates of previous Service Packs for XP and Vista have Microsoft's latest internal schedule. Can Microsoft get it out before Windows 7? According to the new schedule, just barely."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

UE acusa Microsoft de práticas monopolistas e sinaliza nova multa

URL: http://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/folha/informatica/rss091/*http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u491275.shtml

A Comissão Europeia (CE, órgão executivo da União Europeia) voltou a acusar a Microsoft de práticas monopolistas por incluir o navegador Internet Explorer em seu sistema operacional Windows. Por isso, ameaça multar novamente a companhia norte-americana. Em comunicado divulgado nesta sexta-feira (16), a CE confirmou o envio de uma notificação à Microsoft relacionada a uma investigação antitruste (sobre práticas que restringem a livre concorrência). Para o Executivo europeu, a Microsoft desequilibra o mercado dos navegadores de internet ao associar o Internet Explorer ao sistema operacional Windows, o que "debilita a inovação" e "reduz a capacidade de escolha do consumidor". Leia mais (17/01/2009 - 14h49)

UE acusa Microsoft de práticas monopolistas e sinaliza nova multa

URL: http://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/folha/informatica/rss091/*http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u491275.shtml

A Comissão Europeia (CE, órgão executivo da União Europeia) voltou a acusar a Microsoft de práticas monopolistas por incluir o navegador Internet Explorer em seu sistema operacional Windows. Por isso, ameaça multar novamente a companhia norte-americana. Em comunicado divulgado nesta sexta-feira (16), a CE confirmou o envio de uma notificação à Microsoft relacionada a uma investigação antitruste (sobre práticas que restringem a livre concorrência). Para o Executivo europeu, a Microsoft desequilibra o mercado dos navegadores de internet ao associar o Internet Explorer ao sistema operacional Windows, o que "debilita a inovação" e "reduz a capacidade de escolha do consumidor". Leia mais (17/01/2009 - 14h49)

Beta do Windows 7 não roda antivírus - Info Online

URL: http://info.abril.com.br/aberto/infonews/012009/12012009-50.shl

Sol

Beta do Windows 7 não roda antivírus Info Online - 6 hours ago SÃO PAULO - Instalar um aplicativo beta no seu PC sempre envolve algum tipo de risco. No caso do Windows 7, porém, a palavra "risco" pode ser usada em seu sentido mais literal. O primeiro beta público do Windows 7, disponível para download desde o ... Download oficial do Windows 7 para testes é liberado Zero Hora Especialistas analisam a versão de testes do Windows 7, o novo ... O Globo PC World - Diário Digital - Sol - Fábrica de Conteúdos all 19 news articles

How Microsoft Beats GNU/Linux In Schools

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iQ59Tq6soMg/article.pl

twitter writes "Ever wonder why schools still use Windows? Boycott Novell has extracted the details from 2002 Microsoft email presented in the Comes vrs Microsoft case and other leaks. What emerges is Microsoft's desperate battle to 'never lose to Linux.' At stake for Microsoft is more than a billion dollars of annual revenue, vital user conditioning and governmental lock in that excludes competition, and software freedom for the rest of us. Education and Government Incentives [EDGI] and "Microsoft Unlimited Potential" are programs that allows vendors to sell Windows at zero cost. Microsoft's nightmare scenario has already been realized in Indiana and other places. Windows is not really competitive and schools that switch save tens of millions of dollars. Because software is about as expensive as the hardware in these deals, the world could save up to $500 million each year by dumping Microsoft. Now that the cat is out of the bag, it's hard to see what Microsoft can do other than what they did to Peter Quinn."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Microsoft: Blu-Ray Support Is Not a Requested Feature

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20090111153650_Microsoft_Blu_Ray_Support_Is_Not_a_Requested_Feature.html

No Blu-Ray for Xbox 360 - Microsoft Says Again

Ajude o Internet Explorer a morrer

URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/505733878/nl1231374656.html

Excelente post sobre o conhecido problema do desenvolvedor Web, o Internet Explorer:
http://elyezer.com/pra-mim-o-ie6-ja-morreu/

Microsoft pay-as-you-go patent application rejected

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/I88sBQNR11w/

Sorry folks -- we know that you were looking forward to a future of "pay to play" computing, but it seems that Microsoft's application has been soundly dissed by the patent office. Reasons for the decision include the company's "occasional use of fuzzy terminology" and the fact that much of this stuff has already been patented. Of course, the decision can be appealed -- but for the time being, if you still want to pay monthly for a computer AT&T has a netbook for you.

[Via Electronista]

Filed under: Desktops

Microsoft pay-as-you-go patent application rejected originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments