Category Archives: Microsoft

Taking a tough look at Microsoft as a partner

Microsoft, Vladville
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Over the past 12-18 months Microsoft has gotten a lot of bumps and bruises on this blog, ever since Kevin Turner and Allison Watson outlined the lack of vision for the company that is Microsoft as we’ve known and grown … Continue reading

Predicting The Next Apple Commercial

Microsoft
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It’s (almost) Friday so let’s try a little humor. Who wants to predict the next Apple commercial? You can see them all here, as Apple’s PR and marketing are as big of a product as the iPhone and OS X. … Continue reading

When Live isn’t so Live (Wave 3)

Microsoft
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Microsoft made a lot of noise about Live last week, but some MSN tricks never die. For example, the new wave of Live apps is beyond broken, but they won’t let you download the old stable ones. So what to … Continue reading

No Reboot Patching

Microsoft
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Another out-of-band patch has been issued by Microsoft today and if you are not in the practice of watching out for these things you’ll find your Windows systems rebooting again tonight. Little hidden secret is that most Microsoft patches do … Continue reading

Advertising, Advertising, Advertising

Apple, Microsoft
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Note to self: Don’t mess with Apple. My god, this level of shaming and humiliation that is so in tune with every Microsoft step ($300 million ad campaign, renaming Vista R2 to Windows 7) is just unfair 🙂 This is … Continue reading

Windows Server 2008 & Domain Security Policy

Microsoft, Security
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Some of the new software we are building at Own Web Now manages it’s own password complexity, sometimes much to the chagrin of the default policies built into Windows Server 2008. You’ve heard about Security By Obscurity, so get ready … Continue reading

Has Microsoft lost it?

Microsoft
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You already know my take on it, but there appears to be more to this topic with the financial community chiming in now: We wanted to share some thoughts on Microsoft (MSFT), which we closed during the quarter.  We believe … Continue reading

Finish Him

Microsoft, OwnWebNow
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tan dan tan dan tan dan tan dan.. Moooortaaaalll Kommmbaaaaat! Never in my life have I imagined I would see a live human reenactment of the final move in a Mortal Kombat video game. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m in … Continue reading

Chrome: Oh yee of little faith..

Google, Microsoft
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It would appear quite a few of you took offense at me uninstalling the “open” browser being developed by Google. The revolutionary new thinking, announced in a comic, apparently deserves far more praise than “It’s fast, now, how do I … Continue reading

Developing Competitive Advantage (Important, Please Read)

ExchangeDefender, Microsoft
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I rarely put “Important, Please Read” in the subject so I hope you can set aside some quiet time and consider what I am about to tell you with an open mind. I will discuss the LiveArchive 2 product but … Continue reading