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MS HPC
Talkback Where MS HPC makes sense is where for whatever reasons Linux is too expensive in time or people. If you're a small company with no Linux expertise, lots of Windows smarts and a particular HPC requirement, then you don't mind the inefficiencies or...
[April 11, 2007, 16:53]
MS-Windows only
Member Review This product depends on an active-x applet, and is therefore MS-Windows only. If you happen to be in a MS-Windows environment and if you do not manage the images and video yourself (e.g.place the image on a website), this can be a nice camera.
[December 19, 2006, 13:07]
MS-BS Quotient Off the top of the Charts.
Talkback Assuming you haven't loaded ANY software at all, like MS Office 2007 say, yes you can get the system to boot from hibernation in very few seconds. Those numbers touting an 11 second boot time are from HIBERNATION files.
[September 7, 2009, 11:32]
MS Essentials
Talkback One snag is at the PC's initial 'log in' it does take a wee while longer than usual, since MS Essentials was installed. About time though that MS brought out simple and Free software for all users to use.
[October 7, 2009, 9:03]
MS Lock in
Talkback Systems that you can only access if your using MS operating systems is probably closer to the real reason for this technologies existence. MS has always tried to create lock in to leverage the spread of their other products and this sounds no...
[April 22, 2009, 20:35]
MS should be accountable
Talkback You do business with MS, they should be accountable. And I say full credit to you, Pressell.
[February 22, 2007, 10:52]
File Formats - MS v OpenOffice
Talkback For older versions of MS formats Microsoft made the National Archives (UK) use Vista running Windows Virtual PC running Windows 3.11 running Office 95 (which all require licences per machine). OpenDocument (ODT), Open Office (SXW), MS Word 6.0/95...
[January 29, 2008, 17:13]
MS no longer have 'tie-ins' with Windows, the new 'tie-in' in town is IE8
Talkback MS ties Internet Explorer (for free) into Windows 95 (Windows Desktop Update), IE becomes part of the standard interface as part of Windows 98. MS ties Windows Media Player (for free) into Windows. Europe Union force MS to release a Version of XP...
[March 23, 2009, 21:51]
MS stays behind.
Talkback People are getting smarter and are looking beyond MS products for solutions. Microsoft started out behind and remain so. Apple innovates, Microsoft imitates. They buy up companies and claim their IP, turning it into a Microsoft product.
[January 10, 2008, 3:29]
MS .doc bug hibernates on Net
News The Google search engine reports that there are over half a million MS Word .doc files presently available for download from dot-com Web sites. US Government Web sites also appear vulnerable to these potential legacy leaks with some 240,000 MS Word...
[May 7, 2002, 14:33]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Each of these programs is able to open files from the MS Office equivalent EXCEPT, currently, the new Office 2007 format. Should you ever need to go back to MS Office, or need to send your documents to someone still using MS Office, OpenOffice has...
[August 15, 2008, 14:39]
MS OS Running Your Home? Be Afraid!
Talkback I saw some of the CE show demos and was gobsmacked by the idea anyone would allow MS Windows to run a house? Not an MS way of working. MS have not the first idea of resilient integrated systems, their OS can barely hang together for a decent...
[January 10, 2007, 15:40]
MS Word Extract E-Mail Addresses from Multiple Fil
Downloads If you want to know how to extract e-mail addresses from multiple ms word documents/files, then this software is for you! With this software, you can Easily select a number of ms word documents to get the e-mail addresses from.
[July 3, 2008, 12:33]
ms
Talkback can i add a further point XP in particular BILL took ms dos 6.22 altered it to i think ms dos 7 and then changed win nt to ntfs and he done this with a purpose so, it couldn,t be utilised with other systems no one has ever fully cracked ntfs...
[October 16, 2009, 22:56]
ms
Talkback NOW I,M GOIN TO MAKE A STATEMENT YOU GUY,S @ ZD.NET LOVE MS. I DO FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES i,ve been putting ms.se/me/xp on p/cs for 10 years free of charge ,for less fortunets and the disabled.microsoft as charitable as they sound[charity foundation...
[October 16, 2009, 21:55]
MS-MPEG4v1 Decoder
Downloads You may need to use both DivX Doctor and DivX Tool to make certain MS-MPEG4v1 videos work. It uses Quicktime, and is heavily based on FFmpeg and DivOSX. Read the included Readme for details. Go to the web site to get the source.
[June 23, 2002, 8:00]
MS and Mozilla make deal on RSS
Talkback MS no longer has the clout to pull this off single handledly. Interesting.
[December 18, 2005, 0:50]
MS brand strategy is outdated
Talkback What I don't think MS understand (or at least aren't willing to admit) is that Vista slow adoption not just a technology issue it's a brand issue. It's no longer cool to like Microsoft. The era of 'telling and selling' is dead.
[June 6, 2008, 9:11]
Another pointless "10 reasons" MS knocking article
Talkback Actually those people that ignored the press and MS knocking forums and used Vista in real life actually liked it. People are still on Vista because they got scared off Vista and MS made a mess of the launch.
[October 9, 2009, 17:56]
MS Open-Source/Proprietary Hybrid
Talkback They can host all the other "stuff" on MS Live and offer it for reasonable subscription prices. If I had one, I'd bet you a nickel Microsoft could whip out a version of MS Office 2010 that would work just fine on Ubuntu, SUSE or Red Hat.
[July 23, 2009, 10:21]
