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After backing off, way off, from Longhorn, Microsoft is once more making noise about how wonderful the next generation of Windows will be. Yeah. Right. Ill believe it when the boys from Redmond ship it. Even after Longhorns been gutted of its most innovative feature—WinFS (Windows File System)—I really doubt that Microsoft will make its […]

The first reports from users installing Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 are in. And as was the case with its client counterpart—Windows XP Service Pack 2—the latest Windows Server service pack breaks several key Microsoft and third-party applications. SP1 (Service Pack 1) is primarily a security update. But as was the case with XP […]

Microsofts “XP Reloaded” campaign isnt dead. It just has a new name: “Start Something.” On Monday, Microsoft unveiled its “Start Something” campaign, aimed at promoting the four-year-old Windows XP brand. Microsoft officials declined to comment on how much the Redmond software maker is planning to spend on “Start Something.” But the advertising campaign will span […]

/zimages/6/103041.jpgMicrosoft Corp. uses in-house its own technology such as the upcoming Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 products—the integrated tool set and database products Microsoft will be delivering simultaneously later this year—even before they ship to the public. Ron Markezich, Microsofts chief information officer, discussed with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft not only […]

Let the (reopened) Longhorn date pools begin! Will Microsoft really ship a major new version—something thats more than just a service pack upgrade—of the Windows desktop next year? Microsoft watchers have been guesstimating since well before the first Longhorn Professional Developer Conference (October 2003) when Microsofts XP successor would ship. /zimages/3/28571.gif Starting in earnest last […]

When Microsoft Corp. distributes the preview release of Longhorn at the WinHEC at the end of this month, it will look quite different from the early Longhorn bits it distributed at the same show a year ago. Unlike last years Longhorn Windows Hardware Engineering Conference preview build, this years will include the first pieces of […]

First it was the slate. Then it was the PC-Tablet convertible. Now its a mini-Tablet that can do everything that a traditional Tablet PC can do, plus store electronic books, that could end up as the new gadget on which Microsoft is betting to further Tablet PC momentum. A prototype of a new device—described by […]

All human organizations tend to be self-amplifying —Angus Eighth Law As I explained in the first part of this deconstruction of orderly-seeming groups, the natural tendency of any organization to become ever more like what it already is a silent killer of effectiveness. Managers with a certain mindset hire and promote people with the same […]

Novell is directing a new Linux-based point of sale/service package at retailers. Novell Linux Point of Service 9 gives retailers a choice between five different customizable images. Choices include a stripped down image that requires 64MB of RAM and an advanced version with open source office applications and a web browser. The package will be […]

Marshall Field’s is re-launching its website, offering 15,000 products, an online gift registry and a credit card center. The retailer had pulled its old e-commerce site when it was acquired from Target Corporation from May Department Stores last year. “Fields.com is an important retail channel that we are aggressively developing and it’s one of many […]

Women now account for more than 51 percent of the U.S. online population and their numbers are still growing, according to a report by eMarketer. For online retailers, that means they need to adjust to the growing female population, the report said. Women influence more than 75 percent of U.S. household spending, said Debra Aho […]

There are now more than 100,000 online retailers in China, offering about 20 million products. The survey accounted for websites that have independent domain and online shopping systems and sites that are based on a third-party platform. The survey didn’t include auction sites, such as eBay. Read the entire The Star story here.