Piecing Together a Software Giant

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the Commission's piecing together of
Flight 93 facts

the Commission's piecing together of
Flight 93 facts 07/23/2004 06:07 AM
The New York Times: Details Emerge on Flight 93

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Software Giant Plays Catch-Up

Software Giant Plays Catch-Up 04/16/2005 01:39 AM

Once again, Bill gates is playing catch-up to Steve Jobs. By Simon Avery, Globe And Mail

Software giant Adobe to acquire
Macromedia

Software giant Adobe to acquire
Macromedia 04/19/2005 09:16 AM
Chicago Tribune Apr 19 2005 11:44AM GMT

Microsoft 2.0: Meet the gentler software
giant

Microsoft 2.0: Meet the gentler software
giant 03/11/2003 09:44 AM

Software giant India poised to become
hardware hub - IT minister (AFP)

Software giant India poised to become
hardware hub - IT minister (AFP) 02/17/2004 01:06 PM
AFP - Software giant India is poised to become a large-scale hardware manufacturer on the back of explosive sales growth, India's information technology minister said.

Software giant Microsoft reports drop in
second quarter earnings

Software giant Microsoft reports drop in
second quarter earnings 01/24/2004 10:16 AM
Canadian Press Jan 24 2004 2:19PM GMT

Alleged hacker is now employed by
software giant Microsoft Corp

Alleged hacker is now employed by
software giant Microsoft Corp 07/10/2004 02:41 AM
National Post Jul 10 2004 6:45AM GMT

Microsoft Buys Giant Software for
Anti-Spyware Tools

Microsoft Buys Giant Software for
Anti-Spyware Tools 12/17/2004 06:43 PM

Microsoft Acquires Giant, Plans Antispyware Release: Giant's site has essentially been replaced by a big press release. I didn't use any of their products, but they included Spam Inspector, which I hear was quite good. I wonder how many of Bill's four million emails a day it could head off?

Microsoft today announced its acquisition of New York–based Giant Company Software Inc.[...]

Microsoft will use the acquisition to create an antispyware solution for users of Windows 2000 and later. Key personnel from Giant will join Microsoft to make this possible. A beta release of the as-yet-unnamed product is planned within one month.

More information in this CNN article, including information on Microsoft's plans to charge for the product.

Parts of Microsoft source code leaked
over Internet, software giant says

Parts of Microsoft source code leaked
over Internet, software giant says 02/12/2004 11:37 PM
Financial Post Feb 13 2004 4:09AM GMT

India's Infosys to complete giant
software training centre this year (AFP)

India's Infosys to complete giant
software training centre this year (AFP) 06/18/2004 11:29 AM
AFP - India's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies said its centre which it claims will be the world's largest corporate training facility would be fully operational by October.

Microsoft's millions Why the software
giant is giving shareholders a huge
payout

Microsoft's millions Why the software
giant is giving shareholders a huge
payout 07/21/2004 09:15 AM
BBC Jul 21 2004 1:16PM GMT

Computer giant HP is bridging the price
gap with cloned computers, shifting from
proprietor software to open s

Computer giant HP is bridging the price
gap with cloned computers, shifting from
proprietor software to open s 08/18/2004 12:47 PM
Lanka Business Online Aug 18 2004 5:41PM GMT

Microsoft China has announced that Bill
Gates, chairman of software giant
Microsoft Corporation, is slated to

Microsoft China has announced that Bill
Gates, chairman of software giant
Microsoft Corporation, is slated to 06/15/2004 10:38 PM
Xinhua News Agency Jun 16 2004 2:47AM GMT

Broadlook--#1 CRM Software
Solution--Empowers your CRM Software and
fill your CRM Software with contact
management relationships.

Broadlook--#1 CRM Software
Solution--Empowers your CRM Software and
fill your CRM Software with contact
management relationships. 06/18/2004 03:03 AM
Whichever CRM software your company uses, you need to look at the Broadlook Suite of Software which should seamlessly integrate with whichever CRM software you are using. BroadLook is an integrated set of applications designed to harness the Internet as a powerful real-time data source--the data from which can be exported into your CRM software. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004]

GIANT AntiSpyware

GIANT AntiSpyware 09/22/2004 02:43 AM
TechTree Sep 22 2004 7:07AM GMT

The sleeping giant

The sleeping giant 02/05/2005 09:50 PM

Man, I didn't know that my little late night blurb written mostly to myself would spark such a reaction. I guess I woke a sleeping giant or something. Dave is annoyed, Tom blames it on tools, and Andre wants more flexibility.

The funniest thing is I kind of called for this to grow last summer, and I never really thought about how it affects end users. I uploaded a gallery of 20 photos or so to flickr a while back and a couple people said the feed was overrun with the shots, so much so that they wanted a way to remove them somehow.

For the last few years, I've had a site filled with stuff that I recently wiped in the hopes of starting over. Ideally, I'd like to get something close to Leonard's site, where all my feeds for separate services can live on one page, but there can still be a place to write longer text pieces like this one that dominate the space. I always envisioned One Feed To Rule Them All containing the parts from every sub-section, but after reading stuff like Dave wrote, maybe I'll default to the text blog feed, with other feeds sepate and one megafeed that you could subscribe to, but that tools wouldn't default to picking up.

Look at the giant colon!

Look at the giant colon! 08/16/2004 10:30 PM
The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia is a collection of medical oddities and exhibits about disease. It is the home of the Soap Lady, Chang and Eng's liver, a tumor from a U.S. president, and a rather massive colon. Gretchen Worden, director of the museum since 1988, recently passed away.

The Stealth Toy Giant

The Stealth Toy Giant 09/03/2004 10:02 AM
Bet you don't know which company sells the most toys.

"Giant snails???"

"Giant snails???" 04/29/2004 04:26 PM

FC Now: A Nimble Giant

FC Now: A Nimble Giant 01/05/2005 06:14 PM
Wal-Mart is famous for being tight-lipped about its inner workings, but there's a fascinating blow-by-blow account in the NYT today of how the world's largest retailer responded to disappointing sales on the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the biggest shopping day...

Giant steps...

Giant steps... 12/14/2003 09:07 AM
Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSR Cambridge) flung open its doors in a 'radical move to bring technology innovation' to 50 local sixth form students. We were invited along to join the science, maths and IT students in a day devoted to lectures on cutting edge technology and some hands on action with the very latest software!

Giant Easter Egg

Giant Easter Egg 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
This giant Ukrainian Easter Egg (pysanka) was built in 1975 in Vegreville, Canada by (then) Univ. Utah Computer Science Professor Ronald Resch. Interesting egg factoids can be found here--including that it swivels like a weather vane. Vegreville has an annual festival. More images of egg here. The Vegreville Pysanka was the first physical structure completely designed with computer-aided geometric modeling software. There is a good description here of the complex geometry involved. It's based on a technique (PDF) he developed and patented for folding a flat material (i.e. sheet metal) into flexible surfaces. Ronald Resch has had an interesting career.

The next electronics giant?

The next electronics giant? 11/06/2003 04:12 AM
CNET Asia Nov 6 2003 3:28AM ET

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A

Adobe to buy Macromedia in $3.4 billion
stock deal - Computer Software -
Internet Software - Software - Internet
- Company Announcements - Earnings - M&A 04/19/2005 04:29 AM
Adobe Systems To Buy Macromedia .. schluckt

marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B3B04AC26-E1ED-4FA3-8 E72-9C493CADC469%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw
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Telecom giant may close UK 3G arm

Telecom giant may close UK 3G arm 05/30/2004 10:04 PM
The Scotsman May 31 2004 1:21AM GMT

A Giant Step for Xbox

A Giant Step for Xbox 07/16/2004 10:00 AM
The online service has garnered 1 million subscribers. What's next?

Stroke My Giant Armpit

Stroke My Giant Armpit 06/24/2004 10:05 AM
Mark Morford gazes in awestruck horror at the Axe deodorant bodyspray mascot Pitman, a walking armpit "with no head and no arms and no genitalia and no discernable reason for existing."

Giant Google float only for the well-off

Giant Google float only for the well-off 07/27/2004 11:25 AM
The West Online Jul 27 2004 3:37PM GMT

Record profits for oil giant BP

Record profits for oil giant BP 02/10/2004 05:19 AM
The UK oil company reports record profits of $12.4bn for 2003 despite missing analysts' expectations for the final three months of the year.

Cigarette giant settles $1bn row

Cigarette giant settles $1bn row 07/09/2004 08:33 AM
Philip Morris agrees to pay $1.25bn over 12 years to battle counterfeit brands and settle a dispute with the EU over smuggling accusations.

NYC Plans Giant Safety Net

NYC Plans Giant Safety Net 06/18/2004 11:54 PM
Computerworld reports that New York City will build a wireless network to supports 10,000s of public-safety users at speeds of up 70 mph: Bids are expected next month. They'll start with a three-month pilot project to test with multiple bidders, and then award a five-year contract with the potential for two five-year renewals. The bid's spec apparently calls for two Mbps access and simultaneous streaming for 1,000s of users. The first phase would support about 5,000 fire, police, and emergency medical personnel. The full cost could be $500 million to $1 billion, but the city won't confirm it. Mesh architecture is practically a necessity, the article quotes experts as saying. Tropos says they could deploy such a network with 600 of their access points in the 2.4 GHz band. More would be needed to use the 4.9 GHz public-safety band. Lucent suggests that EvDo running at 2.4 Mbps in the 1.9 GHz band would be an option as well....

Giant Working NES Controller

Giant Working NES Controller 04/01/2005 09:28 AM

G4's Attack of the Show unveiled what they're calling the Largest Working Nintendo Controller. The classic NES controller is eight feet wide and only cost them $400 to build. The best part, of course, is that it's fully functional. G4 includes some great instructions on how to go about making your own utterly useless, incredibly difficult to store NES controller, complete with wiring diagrams and lots of pictures. Build your own and do Rick Moranis proud.

Behind The D-Pad [G4TV via GearLive]

An Anti-Spyware Giant?

An Anti-Spyware Giant? 12/17/2004 06:29 PM
Giant Company Software, Microsoft's anti-spyware acquisition target, is no household name. Giant's products include Spam Inspector, Popup Inspector, and Giant AntiSpyware, according to the company's Web site (which seemingly has been colonized by Microsoft already.)

GTECH Is a Lumbering Giant

GTECH Is a Lumbering Giant 12/22/2004 01:10 AM
The latest quarter's earnings are flat, and prospects for the next five quarters are lackluster.

Giant Ox Ladybug MP3 Player

Giant Ox Ladybug MP3 Player 02/05/2005 10:17 PM

First of all, there's nothing wrong with a company named 'Giant Ox,' especially when they make a cute little flash-based MP3 player that looks like a ladybug. It's only available in sizes up to 256MB, has a limited 6-hour battery life, and only has two buttons (according to DAPreview), but I think all can be forgiven. It looks a lot like the Beetle USB drive—in fact, I'm 99% sure it's the same product with MP3 capabilites added in.

Finally, an MP3 player in the shape of a Lady Bug [DAPreview]

Attack of the giant snails

Attack of the giant snails 04/28/2004 11:43 AM
Federal health officials are hunting down these Giant African Land Snails that can transmit meningitis, destroy plants, are extremely fruitful and multiplicitous, according to an AP report:

"In 1966, a Miami boy smuggled three Giant African Land Snails into the country. His grandmother eventually released them into a garden, and in seven years there were more than 18,000 of them. The eradication program took 10 years, according to the USDA."

Recently, a parent donated several of the beasties to a Wisconsin school. The US Department of Agriculture was called in after teachers learned that their latest classroom pets were illegal aliens. Link

The Giant Wooden Horse Did It!

The Giant Wooden Horse Did It! 01/22/2004 04:50 AM

Big Update From Gentle Giant

Big Update From Gentle Giant 12/10/2003 11:22 PM
Here is a bunch of news from an update announcement from Gentle Giant just now, including Star Wars statues...

Announcements from Gentle Giant

Announcements from Gentle Giant 02/13/2004 06:36 PM
Updates to the Gentle Giant website today included a funky line of two to three inch tall Star Wars "Bust-Ups". Photos of series one are on the site and include Han as above, plus Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, Yoda, and C-3PO, though he is not shown. Another line of 1/6 scale collectibles called the Star Wars Armory Collection also premieres on the site. Shown is an X-Wing pilot helmet and listed is a TIE Figher Pilot helmet. Looks like this is set to replace the cool Riddell helmet line.
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