Microsoft
70 posts filed under Microsoft.
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October 15, 2003
What is WinFS?
“If Mr. LaMonica’s WinFS description is accurate, then WinFS really is Microsoft database technology running on top of the existing NTFS file system.”
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September 24, 2003
Microsoft Bets on New Search Technology
Not much new in this AP article on Yahoo, but worth a read anyway…
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August 28, 2003
Remote Shutdown
I was just helping out a friend who was trying to remotely restart a server that was somewhat locked-up and I found this gem on the JSI FAQ, which describes a “feature” of the …
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August 22, 2003
SoBig Blackout Blaster!
“Rumors about SoBig and Blaster are propagating almost as fast as the worms themselves. The latest rumor circulating on Bugtraq: Blaster caused last week’s east coast blackout. …
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August 19, 2003
Office 2003 Pricing is Set
“Office Standard 2003 full version will sell for $399 and the Pro version for $499. Respectively, upgrades will cost $239 and $329.”
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July 14, 2003
SharePoint 2.0 and Search.Microsoft.com
Over the weekend Microsoft released a new site-wide search engine for Microsoft.com that utilizes the soon-to-be-released SharePoint 2.0 and Windows 2003 Server. (Thanks for the …
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June 25, 2003
Microsoft Targeting Google
“The fact that Longhorn is on the horizon raises questions to whether search services will be integrated into the Longhorn experience and what the ramifications will be to other …
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June 17, 2003
Rumor: Microsoft looking to buy Accenture?
“…one of my moles reported that Team Redmond might be looking to buy Accenture, the $11 billion consulting company. Apparently, Microsoft and Accenture have been engaged in some …
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June 16, 2003
Office 2003 beta 2 “refresh”
PCWorld reports “Microsoft is on track to release its “refresh” of Office 2003 beta 2 to testers before the end of the month, a company spokesman said Friday.”
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June 13, 2003
Word 2003 as an RSS Viewer
Mike Gunderloy has written up an article that demonstrates how to use Word 2003 as an RSS viewer. Mike did this cool hack by transforming an RSS feed into into Words own XML …