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Hack insurer adds Microsoft surcharge
News But we haven't been perfect," said Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler, who believes Wurzler's move isn't supported by the facts. It's easier to manage Microsoft server software because you can get all the patches in one place," he said.
[August 22, 2001, 8:30]
Jane Wakefield: Educate, agitate, organise
News After all, an information society means just that -- a society wise enough not to put up with an administration that blinds us with facts and figures about our wonderfully modern education system but leaves the majority of schools with nothing...
[September 11, 2000, 14:58]
Government: Open source could halve school IT bills
Talkback Get you facts straight. At least the community support is far better than any support you pay and get from MS. Stop the nonesense. You get best of support If you purchase from any of the companies list above, the will be more than happy to surnish...
[May 9, 2005, 17:07]
Microsoft on warding off the Linux threat
Talkback Heck, they even fired that guy who came up with the idea of "Get the Facts" website! Windows v Linux security: the real facts http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/linux_v_windows_security/ And what about the EU anti-trust case?
[October 5, 2006, 8:37]
Microsoft meets Red Hat
News It has tried instead to argue that open source software is inferior to its own products on the basis of cost, features and legal protections through its "Get the Facts" campaign. But Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, although not commenting on the...
[May 11, 2005, 9:05]
Give the world back its giants, JSTOR
Blog The facts that 'this new memory technology' is one of about three hundred such, and that in the past there have been ten good reasons why things like it never escaped from the laboratory for every one reason why this one would, are rarely mentioned.
[October 14, 2007, 14:22]
Did FBI informant turn to the 'dark side'?
News Even after the facts of this case arose, they continued to want his assistance, but at a certain point they had a disagreement about what kind of assistance he was providing them and at that point he was charged," Granick said.
[July 13, 2000, 14:00]
News Schmooze: Gigahertz gigabattle
News Interesting, too, that this sudden interest in hard facts was timed to correspond with the launch of the new P4. Clock speed might not be a perfect measure of performance, but at least it's a fact, and you can't argue with facts.
[April 5, 2002, 17:23]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Having an email system that can cope with a gig of data -- free or not -- is a fine idea: you wouldn't believe number of problems I have getting Powerpoint or Acrobat documents from PR companies that think the best way to present twenty facts is...
[April 2, 2004, 18:40]
Government 'bang to rights' over HMRC fiasco
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said that, on the facts known, the UK government is "bang to rights" over the loss of 25 million personal records. Clearly on the facts available there appears to be a major contravention of data-protection...
[November 21, 2007, 13:13]
European Commission denies favouring open source
News Microsoft's campaign, which is actually called "Get The Facts", includes examples of companies who have chosen Windows over Linux, but has been accused of being inaccurate. Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer at Sun, said the report "presents...
[January 30, 2007, 11:48]
pjc, you miss the point
Talkback To lay the blame at the foot of free software is to be blind to a number of facts. Linux and Free Software, shared on the basis of GNU, has provided millions of jobs around the world, and made computing reachable for people who would otherwise have...
[July 25, 2008, 14:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Somehow, the connection between these two facts never quite filtered through to certain of our more ardent correspondents, who will probably go to their graves convinced they're the victim of evil conspiracy to deny them their software.
[May 4, 2001, 16:02]
Moviemakers hit by Torrent hacker claim
News Torrentspy is trying to obscure the facts to hide the fact that they are facilitating thievery. One MPAA executive is quoted in Torrentspy's lawsuit saying: "We don't care how you get it," referring to the alleged assignment to retrieve information...
[May 25, 2006, 9:45]
Ballmer: We must 'compete relentlessly'
News Ballmer also pointed to the company's "Get the Facts" campaign, which uses third-party studies to show Windows cost-competitiveness, as a model for the rest of the company. We have a lot of hard work yet to do on Longhorn to deliver the right...
[July 7, 2004, 8:35]
NASA hacker debate rages on
News You can't sentence someone until you know the facts," said Greg Day, security consultant for McAfee. Under the Computer Misuse Act, the maximum penalty you get is five years. You can get 10 years for the criminal misuse of copyright.
[July 14, 2006, 12:50]
Oracle plays the waiting game
News We think we've made a pretty strong case, and the facts support us pretty well. It's the inability to define when one of these provisions get tripped. In terms of the process we're involved in, there is still a lot of work to be done and...
[November 19, 2003, 11:15]
Mobile spells relief in Palestine
Blog And, above all, a lack of good access to information despite a real need for accurate facts and figures.At Souktel, the Middle East’s first mobile phone crisis response service, we know this reality all too well.
[December 16, 2009, 22:25]
Follow these tips to find certification answers online
News The likelihood of you finding an answer is exponentially higher if you post your note to a bulletin board that lots of other IT professionals are using.Describe all the facts, and just the facts. Sometimes, real-world experience, books, and...
[October 11, 2002, 11:36]
Lacey's Paper Round
News As the standards of Web journalists are increasingly called into question, "mild mannered media commentator John Diamond" says old fashioned journalistic principles like checking facts and getting quotes will drive out the bad sites.
[August 17, 1998, 10:40]
