How's the Reception at Channel 9?
Next week, Microsoft's Channel 9 video blogsite celebrates its third anniversary. Channel 9's creators, three of whom have left Microsoft, positioned the blogsite as a "a way to listen in to the cockpit" of the company. Is it still? Was it ever?
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31.3.2007 Gates: Windows Vista Has Had 'Incredible Reception'
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, predicted that consumers would move to Vista faster than they did to past Windows upgrades.
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22.2.2007 Microsoft: Good Reception of Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801
Microsoft revealed that it was happy with the way Windows 7 was received at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles, at the end of October.
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17.11.2008 Do you have problem with concentration?
The Problem with Bundling
On Friday I spoke with two product executives from a major OEM about some forthcoming new PCs and notebooks. During the conversation, I asked about their Windows Media Center strategy. The OEM no longer has one, and Vista integration is the reason.
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10.12.2007 The Problem With Netbooks
The market for netbooks is an artificial construct, a subset of notebooks that isn't a sustainably distinct category.
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5.3.2009 The Problem with Creative and Windows Vista
Don't get me wrong, they make great hardware, but Creative is not known for their efficiency in writing drivers for their hardware. Their Beta 1 drivers are relatively buggy compared to other Beta 1 drivers on the market for Graphics Cards, Network Cards etc, but with a big enough target market and enough technical staff I see no reason why they can't keep up.
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2.7.2006 Microsoft Works on Comcast E-Mail Problem
Microsoft said Friday that some people who use its Hotmail and MSN e-mail services are not receiving e-mail sent from Comcast accounts and other Internet service providers.
Brooke Richardson, a group product manager with Microsoft's MSN online division, said the problem appears to be due to an increase in e-mail volumes, which it is attributed in part to the Sober Internet worm.
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5.12.2005 Want To Upgrade Vista Without Visiting The Store? No Problem
Microsoft testers are getting an early look at new functionality designed to allow users to upgrade to more powerful and, presumably, more expensive versions of Vista.
Microsoft is testing a new Windows upgrade mechanism, known as Windows Anytime Upgrade. A first iteration of the technology is integrated into the February CTP (Community Technology Preview) releases of Vista that went to testers starting the week of Feb. 20.
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7.3.2006 Microsoft: Bots a Big Problem for Windows
Malicious bots are becoming quite common, with six out of every ten computers scanned by the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool found to be infected, Microsoft said Monday. Altogether, the application has removed malicious bots from about 3.5 million PCs.
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13.6.2006 Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder overview
Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Problem Steps Recorder.
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11.1.2009 How can Microsoft overcome Vistas lingering image problem?
Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President of Windows Product Management, has a tough problem on his hands.
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2.5.2008 Workaround for HTC Hero Sync Problem in Windows 7
HTC latest masterpieces, HTC Hero, packs with the most coveted features in the modern mobile world, including powered by Google’s famous Android operating system.
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23.8.2009 Vista's Biggest Problem Remains Windows XP, Survey Says
Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows XP.
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15.11.2007 Vistas big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd...
Not anymore. A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent.
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17.6.2008Back from the PDC¦next up, WinHEC
Steven Sinofsky: This has been an amazingly special week for the Windows 7 team. Were all incredibly appreciative of the reception of Windows 7 this
week at the PDC. Thank you!
All of us on the team have been closely watching the news reports and blogs of those who have been
œkicking the tires of the Windows 7 pre-beta. The reception has been fantastic and were humbled by the excitement and enthusiasm for the release.
We know we have a ton of work ahead of us to get to beta and then the path to RTM, and the reception has definitely given us an extra special
motivation (though we were already pretty motivated).
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02.11.2008WPF application: Outlook 2007 Look and Feel
Looking for a cool demo on how
to build an Outlook 2007 UI
look and feel with WPF? Here
is one, done 90% in Blend 1.0
and 10% with manual XAML. No
single third party control
used.
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14.06.2007CheckPoint issues fix for ZoneAlarm problem after DNS patch
BetaNews has confirmed through testing that CheckPoint's latest build of ZoneAlarm, issued yesterday in response to a problem arising from a
Microsoft patch to a major DNS security problem, fixes a major problem with Internet access...
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11.07.2008Microsoft, Fujitsu Tune In Digital TV
XP Media Center Edition products will have Fujitsu's digital reception technology built in...
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03.09.2005Dude, someone hacked my keyboard
Swiss researchers have demonstrated keystrokes can be recorded wirelessly from wired keyboards by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by
every key press.
Martin Vuagnoux and Sylvain Pasini, researchers from the Lausanne Security and Cryptography Laboratory,
published a report detailing their findings. The pair tested 11 common keyboards
manufactured from 2001-2008 which were all vulnerable to at least one of their 4 attacks.
The researchers used a radio antenna to "fully
or partially recover keystrokes" by spotting the electromagnetic radiation emitted when keys were pressed.
2 videos have been posted by the researchers that demonstrate the technique
involved.
The pair concluded that wired computer keyboards sold in stores "are not safe to transmit sensitive information".
Read full story.....
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21.10.2008AT&T to begin femtocell tests for improving cellular reception
A report from analysts at ThinkPanmure indicates AT&T will be releasing its own femtocell system with hardware provided by UK-based ip.access Ltd...
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26.04.2008Microsoft Research Chem4Word Project
Microsoft Research, in partnership with Dr. Peter Murray-Rust and his team at the
Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics, is investigating the introduction of
chemistry-related features in
Microsoft Office
Word. To read about this project, visit our research site
here.
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26.08.2008Waiting for iPhone: Reading, PA
For all the buzz surrounding
the iPhone, the reception here
in Reading, a town about 65
miles northwest of
Philadelphia has been somewhat
muted...
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30.06.2007Gizmondo Getting Cool US
Reception
If you heard a loud thud over
the weekend, it may have been
Tiger Telematic's Gizmondo
finally launching in the
United States. The device,
whose sales in the UK -- where
it has been available since
March -- have been somewhat
disappointing, has received a
cool response from US
reviewers as well...
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25.10.2005Group: Net Censorship Becoming a Problem
Amnesty International issued a
warning Wednesday saying
Internet freedoms were slowly
being curtailed, likening the
problem to a 'virus'
spreading throughout the
world...
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08.06.2007Broadcom Demos Integrated Comm Chip
Chipmaker Broadcom has
developed a way to integrate
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM
reception capabilities onto a
single chip, allowing
manufacturers to produce
devices with the functionality
without sacrificing cost, size
or battery life...
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02.02.2007Duke Resolves iPhone, Wi-Fi Outage Problems
One week after discovering a
glitch between Apple iPhones
and its Cisco-based campus
wireless network, Duke
University on July 20 finally
got to the bottom of the
problem that caused periodic
outages of the Wi-Fi network.
Initial reports of
the problem placed the blame
for the outages squarely on
Apple's iPhones, which
flooded the Cisco WAPs
(Wireless Access Points) with
thousands of address requests
per second. However, in a
statement released this
afternoon, Cisco Systems
admitted that the problem was
caused by a Cisco glitch.
"Cisco has provided a fix
that has been applied to
Duke's network and the
problem has not occurred
since," the statement read.
Cisco did not describe what
the source of the problem was.
Late on June 20, Duke released
a statement elaborating on the
problem and how it was
resolved...
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21.07.2007Live Messenger URL Blocking: Problem now resolved
As some of you might have faced problem with Windows Live Messenger blocking some of the URLs, now the problem has been fixed and this is what
Messenger Team had to say :
"Greetings Messenger fans –
As some of you noticed, we had a problem from Friday night to
Saturday morning where our Messenger service was incorrectly blocking some legitimate IP addresses. We sincerely apologize for any difficulties this
caused our users. And we want to thank those of you that reported this problem to us so that we could quickly fix it. Because of your help, the
incorrect block was only in place for a few hours.
As you can imagine, we are very serious about our efforts to block virus, malware and
other harmful URLs from being passed on to our users. And we're continually working to improve this process so that we can keep our users safe
without having a negative impact on your Messenger service.
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12.05.2008Sirius to Launch New Satellite
Sirius said Thursday it will
spend $260 million to launch a
new satellite to improve
reception and enhance
coverage. Built by Loral Space
& Communications, the
satellite is expected to be
completed by 2008...
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08.06.2006FBI Dealing With its Lost Laptop Problem
Although the FBI still seems
to suffer from a problem of
losing laptops, a new report
indicates that the agency is
getting better in keeping
track of its equipment...
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14.02.2007Can a touch-screen interface turn Windows around?
It's no secret that Windows Vista hasn't seen the warm reception Microsoft had hoped. With Windows 7, the company is placing its bets on a
multi-touch interface -- like the iPhone UI for PCs. Could it change the public mood?..
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28.05.2008The Buzz: Nano Rocks, ROKR
Flops
Analysts and bloggers alike
sounded off on the ROKR iTunes
phone and iPod Nano, Apple's
replacement for the iPod Mini.
While it looks like reception
for the Nano has been more
than positive, the same cannot
be said for the much
anticipated ROKR. Read on for
a sampling of what people are
saying...
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07.09.2005TI Debuts its Own Integrated Comm Chip
Just days after Broadcom
demoed a chip with integrated
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM
reception, competitor Texas
Instruments answered back with
a better integrated chip that
adds Bluetooth 2.1 and
802.11n...
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06.02.2007Gates: Windows Vista Has Had 'Incredible Reception'
Microsoft, the world's
largest software maker,
predicted that consumers would
move to Vista faster than they
did to past Windows upgrades.
The Windows franchise is the
centerpiece of Microsoft's
business because the company
makes more than 75 cents in
operating profit for every
dollar of sales. Microsoft
founder Bill Gates was asked
to clarify last week's
comments by Microsoft Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer that
analysts' forecasts for
fiscal 2008 revenue for the
Windows Vista operating system
were " overly
aggressive ". The response
was: " People who sell PCs
have seen a very nice lift in
their sales. People have come
in and wanted to buy
Vista ," Gates told
reporters at an Ottawa news
conference. Asked by Reuters
if there was anything that
would make Microsoft cautious
about the outlook for Vista,
Gates replied: " I don't
know what you mean. Vista's
had an incredible reception.
The reviews have been
fantastic. This is a big, big
advance in the Windows
platform. It's the world's
most used piece of software...
Overall, the reliability
feedback has been, well,
better than we
expected ."
To
be honest, I think Bill is a
little overly optimistic.
Vista will do well, no doubt
about that, but to say
"incredible reception" and
"fantastic reviews" is a
little short of exaggeration.
On the other hand, Microsoft
haters tend to get more
attention than anyone else. It
makes me wonder, if the
feedback they are receiving is
better than what they
expected, what exactly did
Microsoft expect as a response
to Vista?
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22.02.2007Can a touch-screen interface turn around Windows?
It's no secret that Windows Vista hasn't seen the warm reception Microsoft had hoped. With Windows 7, the company is placing its bets on a
multi-touch interface -- like the iPhone UI for PCs -- but can it turn things around?..
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