Monthly Archives: February 2008

Microsoft Fined $1.35 billion

Posted on February 27, 2008 by dataland

Microsoft is no stranger to the receiving end of anti-competitive allegations. These may play out into incentives, deal brokering, partnerships, or even more aggressive behavior. Well, not this time. In 2004 the European Union recognized Microsoft’s practices as anti-competitive and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Live

Posted on February 15, 2008 by dataland

When you consider how large and successful Microsoft has become, I’m somewhat dazzled how much trouble they’ve had getting into the Web 2.0 scene. I’m sure Microsoft doesn’t enjoy playing second fiddle to Google, Yahoo, and other Johnny-Come-Latelys. I suspect leadership … Continue reading →

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Vista 4GB

Posted on February 5, 2008 by dataland

I recently received a comment from a reader who thought Vista didn’t support 4GB of RAM. I was a bit dismayed at first because 32-bit flavors of Window support 4GB, and they always have (nitpickers: I’m mean 32-bit NT, not … Continue reading →

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