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What Open Source shares with Science
Blog Comment In the time when western Europe was "suppressed" and kept in the "dark" from the Catholic Church, in Constantinople (the capital of Byzantine empire) the science was developed and thought in the greatest European school at the time - Magnaur...
[June 15, 2009, 9:32]
Building Microsoft's gaming empire
News Throughout it all, Microsoft vice president Peter Moore has presided over the growing Xbox 360 empire. The company has said it eventually intends for a billion people to be connected in some way to that empire.
[October 23, 2006, 12:40]
Frotz
Downloads Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive. Nostalgic for a simpler time?
[August 13, 2008, 8:00]
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
Downloads The remembrance of the calamities brought on so many nations by the conquests of the Arabians may possibly raise some indignation against him who formed them to empire; but this being equally applicable to all conquerors, could not, of itself...
[October 30, 2007, 6:00]
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
Downloads The remembrance of the calamities brought on so many nations by the conquests of the Arabians may possibly raise some indignation against him who formed them to empire; but this being equally applicable to all conquerors, could not, of itself...
[September 27, 2007, 8:00]
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
Downloads The remembrance of the calamities brought on so many nations by the conquests of the Arabians may possibly raise some indignation against him who formed them to empire; but this being equally applicable to all conquerors, could not, of itself...
[October 19, 2007, 7:00]
Jane Wakefield: Gates gets his coat, Case gets an empire
News While most empire builders retire gracefully to spend more time with families and friends when their businesses peak, Bill Gates has decided to withdraw from the fight when his empire most needs him. If you thought Microsoft software was bad before...
[January 14, 2000, 13:52]
Its a Choice not a Chicken.
Talkback I view MS as not necessarily the Evil Empire, but certainly the Callous, Greedy and Uncaring Empire, maybe 2 giant steps below Evil. There might be a number of ways to do the same function, a patent covers a function and in most cases in general...
[July 3, 2009, 9:40]
Process Improvement without BPM
Blog Unless you're a BPM vendor, a big Consultancy, or an IT empire builder . Productivity drops so more workers are needed to achieve the same output. IT are roped in to buy and implement the software, while the Consultants carry out a 'process review...
[December 5, 2008, 8:28]
Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft CEO
News That same day, America Online announced merger plans with Time Warner, creating a multimedia empire whose online and TV access and content efforts completely overshadow those of Microsoft's Consumer Group, headed by Richard Belluzzo.
[January 14, 2000, 8:51]
How Windows Azure avoided a HailStorm of criticism
News It was the evil empire against Java and open source," independent analyst Peter O'Kelly said. For one thing, Microsoft's image has changed dramatically since the time of HailStorm's introduction. Microsoft's HailStorm prompted an avalanche of...
[October 30, 2008, 12:10]
Microsoft's licence to kill
Talkback Down with The Empire. Each time I encounter these silly bugs, I spend 15 mins looking at how I can do the same job in StarOffice/Open Office. I'll spend the time to write a patch and announce it to the moderators as per the GPL licence.
[March 18, 2005, 16:07]
Amid rootkit fiasco, Sony's ray of hope
Leader There are signs that reality is seeping in, even with just one part of Sony's empire of warring clans. The trouble is, it is just as capable of doing exactly the same for concepts of breathtaking stupidity.
[August 31, 2007, 17:09]
Patent loss creates pro-Microsoft alliances
News Doyle counters that he wants only to correct Microsoft's misdeeds and liberate the masses from the oppression of Bill Gates' vast empire. At the same time, as the Eolas case has progressed, critics have portrayed company founder and sole employee...
[September 26, 2003, 10:25]
MS messaging tactics recall browser wars Pt II
News The reason for the software empire's paranoia is simple: Microsoft knows how easily a leader can be toppled because that's precisely what it did on its way to the top of the operating system market, first with IBM and later with Apple Computer.
[June 7, 2001, 16:02]
World Online goes freeish
News And while the ever-increasing empire of World Online spreads, its founder, Nina Brink, has been experiencing problems of her own as shareholders call for her resignation following disclosures that she sold off the majority of her stake in the...
[April 10, 2000, 12:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog But but but.he splutters, clearly upset, "you can't mean people really call it the Evil Empire? My life is restored in less time than it takes to put a map in a Filofax. Dream that he claims it'll handle up to 1Mbit/sec and cost about the same as...
[January 18, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News But but but.he splutters, clearly upset, "you can't mean people really call it the Evil Empire? My life is restored in less time than it takes to put a map in a Filofax. Dream that he claims it'll handle up to 1Mbit/sec and cost about the same as...
[January 18, 1997, 7:00]
Comdex organiser fears bankruptcy
News The show was eventually sold to Japan's Softbank and became part of the events business within the Ziff-Davis media empire. Key3Media has been trying to cope with the economic downturn for some time. Excluding interest, taxes, depreciation and...
[November 15, 2002, 10:20]
Steve Malone: "IT's Like This..."
News Knowing that Microsoft has reached its zenith he wants to retire with his place in history intact and not as go down as someone who presided over the slow crumbling of his empire in the early years of the 21st century.
[January 22, 1999, 10:58]
