ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Inside Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry

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Intuit gets deeper into IT, revamps
Quicken

Intuit gets deeper into IT, revamps
Quicken 08/11/2004 06:47 PM
The software maker adds a network management application. It also updates its Quicken personal finance software.

Intuit talks Quicken 2005; Due by
mid-August

Intuit talks Quicken 2005; Due by
mid-August 08/06/2004 11:39 AM
Quicken 2005 is due to be in stores by mid-August and will have a price of US$69.95 ($50 less for upgraders)...

Notes and Tips: Intuit, Banks & Quicken

Notes and Tips: Intuit, Banks & Quicken 01/06/2005 11:49 AM
Here are all the details on why electronic banking with Quicken is such a hassle for Mac owners.

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Bad Boy
Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Bad Boy
Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft 11/05/2003 11:37 PM
In this revealing biography -- based on in-depth study and interviews with Microsoft insiders -- Fredric Alan Maxwell provides the complete, controversial narrative of one of the technology industry's most influential, talked-about figures: Steven Anthony Ballmer, the awkward Detroit Country Day School valedictorian who rose to become Microsoft's president, and in the past two years, its CEO. Together with Bill Gates, Ballmer leads the company he and Gates took from less than 30 employees to some 50,000, and annual revenues from $12 million to more than $20 billion and rising. A balanced portrait, this book reveals the good boy Ballmer -- the dedicated son who once took three months off to care for his ailing parents, and the bad boy Ballmer -- the ruthless businessman who at the same time devised and led a scorched earth policy against other software developers, a policy that earned him the nickname "The Em-balmer."

How the Web Hosting Industry
Revolutionized E-Commerce

How the Web Hosting Industry
Revolutionized E-Commerce 09/13/2004 07:08 AM
The Web hosting industry is a virtual battlefield populated by a number of disparate groups, some in allegiance, some actively at war, but each ultimately fighting to maintain or gain on its own piece of the field. Surrounded on all sides are the customers who attempt to choose their alliances wisely. By Ben R. Neumann. 0913

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Breaking
Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the
Future of Microsoft

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Breaking
Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the
Future of Microsoft 12/03/2003 12:39 AM
David Bank's Breaking Windows offers a scathing inside look at the past few tumultuous years at the Microsoft Corporation. Bank, who covers the company for The Wall Street Journal, bases this well-written tale on interviews he has conducted with most major players (including Bill Gates), along with boxes of e-mails and other documents that "provided an unprecedented glimpse into strategic debates and internal decision-making processes of a company that had long restricted outside access to its insular corporate culture." Through them he shows how Microsoft, which always put software above everything--and in more recent years made Windows its number-one priority--has scrambled and squabbled as first the Internet and then the U.S. government forced major directional changes and significant internal reevaluations.

Intuit Results Beat Estimates, But
Guidance Disappoints

Intuit Results Beat Estimates, But
Guidance Disappoints 02/18/2004 05:38 PM
TheStreet.com Feb 18 2004 9:39PM GMT

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
InternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET

the entire industry would have been
wiped out

the entire industry would have been
wiped out 01/05/2004 04:58 AM
Forget the spin, taping is not killing music .. Why The RIAA Should "Stop The Insanity .. little CD sales have changed

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Beat Goes On For Musical Instrument
Makers

Beat Goes On For Musical Instrument
Makers 01/22/2004 02:09 AM
With new software promising to turn home computers into mini-recording studios, the industry is buzzing about its happiest prospect in years: the birth of the digital garage band. By Sue Zeidler (Reuters via MyAppleMenu)

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: The
Accidental Zillionaire : Demystifying
Paul Allen

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: The
Accidental Zillionaire : Demystifying
Paul Allen 11/03/2003 01:01 AM
Everyone knows about Bill Gates, the boy-wonder founder of Microsoft and the planet’s richest citizen. Although less well known, Paul Allen helped make Gates’s good fortunes possible, and he's certainly worth study for his mistakes just as much as his many successes. Enter former Industry Standard reporter Laura Rich, who does little to demystify Allen the man, but paints a useful portrait all the same. Rich takes readers through Allen’s career as an early Gates ally, a technically savvy man who first saw the possibilities of DOS, the operating system that drove a big chunk of the personal computer market, and launched several other software enterprises. Although he left Microsoft owing to illness in 1983 (according to Rich, Gates has behaved badly toward him ever since), Allen is still a major shareholder and has amassed a personal fortune that dwarfs the GNPs of whole nations. As Rich observes, Allen has put this money to good use as "technology’s archangel," but has also managed to lose staggering sums in misguided ventures--some too far ahead of their time, some just plain wacky.

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Hacking
the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse
Engineering

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Hacking
the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse
Engineering 11/18/2003 11:18 PM
Showing Xbox owners how to increase the value and utility of their system, Hacking the Xbox features step-by-step tutorials on hardware modification that teach basic hacking techniques as well as essential reverse engineering skills. Full discussions of the Xbox security mechanisms and other advanced hacking topics are here, along with practical pointers from hacking gear resources to soldering techniques. The book also covers the social and political implications of hacking and profiles the humans behind the hacks in candid interviews.

Mobile industry must beat WAP scam

Mobile industry must beat WAP scam 06/04/2004 03:50 AM
Mad.co.uk Jun 4 2004 8:17AM GMT

Mobile industry must unite to beat WAP
scam

Mobile industry must unite to beat WAP
scam 06/03/2004 06:42 PM
New Media Age Jun 3 2004 9:48PM GMT

An inside look at the Gaming industry

An inside look at the Gaming industry 06/09/2004 06:48 PM

Microsoft Takes Aim At Intuit Again

Microsoft Takes Aim At Intuit Again 12/06/2003 04:30 PM
Microsoft is hoping Magellan can take it where Microsoft Profit and bCentral Finance Manager could not. The destination? Small business accounting, a market dominated by Intuit's QuickBooks.

After several failed attempts, the software giant will once again make a foray into small business accounting with a project code-named Magellan, sources said. Details are sketchy. A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed the code name, and said the company continues to investigate the best ways to serve small businesses, but that it is too early to talk product plans.

How Intuit bested Microsoft

How Intuit bested Microsoft 11/02/2003 09:47 AM
A new book chronicles the story of how Intuit found fame and fortune and beat out Microsoft along the way.

Google and Search Inside the Book

Google and Search Inside the Book 10/30/2003 10:22 AM
You probably know by now that Amazon has released the first of its A9 search offerings: Search Inside the Book. (If you don't, basically when you search on Amazon it searches the full text of thousands of books, and points you not only to the book, but to scanned copies of all the pages that match your search.) So what should Google do? This is a perfect time to cut a deal with Amazon: Amazon lets them index the text of all these books, and in return, Google sends tons of customers to Amazon's door. Putting the books in the search results wouldn't be any different than the search results already provided by Amazon, so there wouldn't be any copyright or lost-sales problems. Despite the amazingness of the Web, there's still some stuff you can find only in books. Google wouldn't be living up to their mission (to organize all the world's information) if they passed up this amazing opportunity....

Microsoft looks to quicken Windows XP
SP2 adoption

Microsoft looks to quicken Windows XP
SP2 adoption 09/22/2004 02:09 PM
With SP2 installations via automatic update lagging, Microsoft is hoping to get out the good word on SP2. What's behind the slower-than-expected adoption rate?

Mobile industry must form alliance to
beat WAP scam

Mobile industry must form alliance to
beat WAP scam 06/02/2004 03:03 PM
newmediazero Jun 2 2004 6:33PM GMT

Inside 'XIII': Comic Book Beginnings

Inside 'XIII': Comic Book Beginnings 07/21/2004 11:22 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 22 2004 3:16AM GMT

Amazon Offers Thinking Inside the Book

Amazon Offers Thinking Inside the Book 10/28/2003 11:09 PM

ActiveWin.com Staff Awarded Microsoft
MVP Awards

ActiveWin.com Staff Awarded Microsoft
MVP Awards 01/27/2004 01:42 PM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft DirectX 9.0b
Section - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft DirectX 9.0b
Section - Updated 01/08/2004 07:39 PM
We have just updated the DirectX 9.0b section. Everything has been updated to the current DirectX 9.0b information. Check it out!

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Company Store
Photos

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Company Store
Photos 04/26/2004 10:59 PM
Here are some photos the Microsoft Company store located just outside the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Only Microsoft employees have access to the store, so have a look :) "A Microsoft Nerd's Paradise"

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Publisher 2003
- Review

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Publisher 2003
- Review 01/04/2004 10:54 PM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Company Campus
Photos

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Company Campus
Photos 04/27/2004 11:06 PM
I have posted some photos of the Microsoft campus during the recent MVP summit. Some things of note: Microsoft fitness trails, and Microsoft Dining Services.

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Released
Hardware List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Released
Hardware List - Updated 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
We have just updated our vast list of over 50 released Microsoft hardware devices: desktop sets, keyboards, mice, Sidewinder, and misc. hardware. At the minimum, there is a MSRP for each device, a link to the Microsoft website, and production status. Some include links to photos, reviews, and interviews. A lot of stuff has been discontinued since the last time this list was updated. Check it out!

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Support Webcast
List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Support Webcast
List - Updated 11/18/2003 11:17 PM
We've updated our list to include the latest upcoming chats from Microsoft support. This list includes chats on variety of different skill levels and topics. Some of the topics are XP, .Net related and more! Check it out.

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Service Pack
List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Service Pack
List - Updated 07/08/2004 11:46 PM
Todd has updated our list of over a hundred service packs for Microsoft products divided by category: Windows, Servers, Office and others. Included are release dates and links to respective downloads. Please let us know in the comments below if we have missed any.

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Wireless
Optical Desktop Pro - Review

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Wireless
Optical Desktop Pro - Review 01/07/2004 06:20 PM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Security
Bulletin List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Security
Bulletin List - Updated 11/17/2003 11:10 PM
We have updated our list of the security bulletins released so far this year. Take a look at the list if you think you may have missed one.

Internet book piracy swiftly becoming
industry scourge

Internet book piracy swiftly becoming
industry scourge 06/05/2004 07:21 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 5 2004 10:26AM GMT

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Full Downloads List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Directx 9.0b
Full Downloads List - Updated 01/08/2004 07:39 PM
Here is just an excerpt of the full list of DirectX 9.0/9.0b downloads:

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Wireless
Notebook Optical Mouse - Review

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Wireless
Notebook Optical Mouse - Review 09/19/2004 09:05 PM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Support Webcast
Event List - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Support Webcast
Event List - Updated 06/13/2004 10:53 PM
Todd has updated our list of Microsoft's upcoming webcasts. The chats are sorted by date, skill level, and topic.

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Hardware
Mice/Keyboard Design Photos

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Hardware
Mice/Keyboard Design Photos 05/23/2004 11:52 PM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Encarta 2005
Reference Library Plus DVD - Review

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Encarta 2005
Reference Library Plus DVD - Review 08/12/2004 04:34 AM
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ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 FAQ - Updated

ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 FAQ - Updated 01/01/2004 08:37 PM
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