Monthly Archives: July 2006
Should Microsoft Add a Beta 3 to Vista’s Schedule?
The next test release of Windows Vista, slated for late August, according to our testing tipsters, will be designated Release Candidate (RC) 1. That...
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Google Watch has its tickets and its press pass ready to go for the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose.Are you going? Want...
Did Microsoft Patch Miss the Mark?
An anonymous security researcher has posted a proof-of-concept exploit for a flaw patched in Microsofts "critical" MS06-035 bulletin, but the companys security response team...
Apple: Users Can Exchange MacBook Batteries
Apple is offering to exchange certain rechargeable batteries in its 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks that were sold between February and May.
In an announcement on...
Agility Must Not Compromise Stability
Last week found me (briefly) in Minneapolis to keynote the Agile 2006 International Conference that addressed many aspects of agile software development. In some...
Microsoft Tools Team Readies Rosario
Microsoft is charting its future product course beyond Orcas in 2007.
Microsofts next major release of its Visual Studio application development tool set is known...
Can Microsoft Emulate Apple’s Premium-User Appeal?
eWEEK columnist David Morgenstern makes a case for why Apple is well positioned to sell even more Macs to a power-hungry premium audience. With...
Cisco Jumps on Compliance Bandwagon
Cisco Systems on July 31 let the next shoe drop in its bid to raise its stature as a management software provider to its...
Data Store Still in Works
While Exchange Server 2007, the upcoming e-mail, calendaring and messaging server from Microsoft, is still based on the Extensible Storage Engine, a derivative of...
The User Makes the Rules
The Web-browser actions of "back" and "reload," along with a history of visited locations, have become widespread user interface metaphors. Browser-style buttons invite us...