Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
News Better not get too fancy with your grocery list, now that Microsoft has patented a glorified form of the to-do list. US Patent No.granted and assigned on Tuesday to Microsoft, covers the use of a "task list" in a software-development environment.
[June 9, 2004, 12:05]
AtomicRobot Mr Memory Munch To-Do List
Downloads A very simple yet effective to-do list. Saves your list automatically to prevent information loss. Assign a priority to each item, delete an item, or edit an item. Very basic and simple by design. So easy to use.
[May 19, 2005, 23:40]
Decent Little To-do List
Downloads A convenient tree-style to-do list. Fully customizable fonts, colors, and categories. Easy and convenient to use. Minimizes to a tray icon, and pops up with a shortcut key. The tree has any number of sub levels.customizable color-coded categories.
[October 4, 2007, 0:22]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
News Specialist analysis house Directions on Microsoft has released a list of what it considers the top 10 challenges for the software giant in 2005. In its customary end-of-year research note issued late on Wednesday, the analyst house wrote: "Left...
[December 24, 2004, 10:10]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback And when did they register this ground-breaking and innovative idea? It is far from original thought, automation or not! The freely-available Eclipse IDE already includes automatic generation of task lists with entries corresponding to the...
[June 29, 2004, 9:13]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback .And promoting the IMAGE of innovation or any other type of IMAGE is what is destroying the world. Too much image and not enough substance. Even worse are the companies that go to great lengths to protect their exploitive image to the detriment of...
[June 14, 2004, 15:08]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback But keep us under 9.5% of the market!
[February 9, 2005, 20:54]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback GO FIREFOX! is right. I refuse to use IE. Since I switched 6 months ago, I've not had one virus, only a few spots of spyware (mainly tracking cookies that Adware disposed of quickly) and no crashes caused by a browser!
[February 9, 2005, 20:29]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback It would be interesting to see if this patent stands, since Borland introduced this very feature into it's programming languages IDEs long before M$ "thought" of the idea.
[October 5, 2004, 23:43]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback anything to stand in the way of progress, that's Microsoft for you.way to go Billy.and on top of it, taking other people's ideas, then charging them for it.
[August 1, 2004, 6:38]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback Once again Microsoft taking credit for something it didnt create.
[July 29, 2004, 22:19]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback .and you can count on some companies to capitalize on existing innovation and tell their marketing department to act like they invented everything from sliced bread onwards.
[June 12, 2004, 12:22]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback Get a Mac, geez
[December 27, 2004, 6:17]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback You can count on some companies to innovate.
[June 11, 2004, 6:15]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback why does zd uk hate microsoft? cry babies.
[June 9, 2004, 22:05]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback If there's one thing I'd seriously like to see out of Microsoft, it's a standards compliant browser. I'm a web designer and nothing makes me angrier than having to put hacks in my code just for IE. The general public just doesn't understand how...
[December 27, 2004, 19:01]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback Be serious. Microsoft has NEVER played fair, they are not going to start now. As for targetting open-source software, they have been doing just that for the past 2 years, with the only result of making Linux notorious.
[April 22, 2005, 12:05]
Microsoft's 2005 'to do' list: What the analysts say
Talkback The issue of certifications: Being an IT professional, I had to get through Microsoft certification. One thing which upsets me about them is that to pass the tests, you have to give the "party line" answer, not the one you know (have actually...
[April 22, 2005, 12:27]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
Talkback Um double clicking? What if I wish to fire two shots in rapid sucession in a game like Counter Strike? Can I be prosecuted for breach of intellectual copyright? Maybe they should patent vacuum cleaners, so they can continue to suck alot.
[June 11, 2004, 0:28]
What to do when Windows Update won't update
News Windows Update is supposed to check to see what drivers are currently installed on your system and then compare that list against what's available. In theory, Windows Update is a great timesaving tool.
[May 12, 2003, 11:17]



