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changed his story right after Kerry
entered the race

changed his story right after Kerry
entered the race 08/08/2004 08:32 AM
rear adm. roy hoffman

dailykos.com/story/2004/8/6/105056/6162
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Guilty plea entered in AOL spam case

Guilty plea entered in AOL spam case 02/05/2005 09:11 PM
SiliconValley.com Feb 4 2005 7:38PM GMT

Microsoft to request stay of EC ruling

Microsoft to request stay of EC ruling 06/24/2004 11:35 AM

Vulns: Microsoft ASP.NET Malformed HTTP
Request Information Disclosure
Vulnerability

Vulns: Microsoft ASP.NET Malformed HTTP
Request Information Disclosure
Vulnerability 05/09/2004 12:51 PM
SecurityFocus May 9 2004 5:16PM GMT

Judge delays ruling on $258 million
Microsoft lawyer fees request

Judge delays ruling on $258 million
Microsoft lawyer fees request 05/12/2004 08:09 PM
San Francisco Chronicle May 13 2004 0:06AM GMT

California Cities, Counties Request
Class Action in Suit Against Microsoft

California Cities, Counties Request
Class Action in Suit Against Microsoft 08/30/2004 03:37 PM
Enterprise Windows I.T. Aug 30 2004 7:12PM GMT

Watch out for Microsoft

Watch out for Microsoft 08/03/2004 11:06 AM
Source: CBS.MarketWatch.com - Why is it important to note that it took Microsoft less than a year to build a search product, that's looking pretty darn compelling? Because the gorilla might be out of its cage next year. And that's...

Microsoft: Watch This Space

Microsoft: Watch This Space 04/16/2005 07:46 AM
Microsoft's PR engine is revving up again ahead of the WinHEC 2005 conference in a weeks time.

A few days ago a mysterious site popped up that is owned and maintained by Microsoft. With it is a minute long video telling us:

something is coming
something fun
something with reward
something with recognition
something with style
something inspired

The crucial hint is the fact the site shows a partnership between IDSA and Microsoft. The IDSA (The Industrial Designers Society of America) is well known for creating designs and concepts for hardware products that are both innovative and practical.

Although the marketing looks longhorn-ish we've been lead to believe that this is a showcase/contest for OEMs and system builders to design and build new hardware. Microsoft is almost definitely going to link this to Longhorn and the idea of the Athens PC but this remains to be seen until the 25th when WinHEC 2005 kicks off.

Stay tuned for more information and don't forget to keep an eye on the WinHEC 2005 Blog.

View: Microsoft's Start Something PC
View: Neowin WinHEC 2005 Blog

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Microsoft Watch - Archive

Microsoft Watch - Archive 12/21/2002 03:04 AM
Microsoft Watch - Archive. Mary Jo Foley, Jim Lauderback. Say it ain't so, these brave souls are great at watching Microsoft. A site to bookmark.

PUBPAT to Microsoft: Not on Our Watch

PUBPAT to Microsoft: Not on Our Watch 07/13/2004 11:57 AM
Internet News Jul 13 2004 3:53PM GMT

Ten Games To Watch In 2005 - Microsoft

Ten Games To Watch In 2005 - Microsoft 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Game Informer Magazine Dec 22 2004 6:40AM GMT

A Default Judgment Has Been Entered
Against Pharmaceutical Company, Kinetana
(Group), in Suit Citing Corrupt
Organization, Civil Racketeering,
Intentional Misrepresentation & Breach
of Contract.

A Default Judgment Has Been Entered
Against Pharmaceutical Company, Kinetana
(Group), in Suit Citing Corrupt
Organization, Civil Racketeering,
Intentional Misrepresentation & Breach
of Contract. 04/04/2005 02:27 AM
A default judgment was entered against Kinetana International Biotech Pharma Limited, a publicly trade company on the stock exchange of Hong Kong, in a suit filed late last year by Morena Vista Trading LLC seeking damages of $6 million for intentional misrepresentation, breach of contract, civil racketeering and corrupt organization practices. Other parties named in the suit were Dr. Yun Kau Tam (also President of Novokin BioTech Inc.), Dr. Nuzhat Tam-Zaman, Mr. Sui Leung Yeung, Kinetana Group Inc., Kinetana U.S.A., Kinetana Holdings(BVI)and Kinetana Holdings (Barbados). [PRWEB Apr 4, 2005]

Microsoft Readies More New SPOT Watch
Services

Microsoft Readies More New SPOT Watch
Services 08/31/2004 05:00 PM
eWeek Aug 31 2004 9:31PM GMT

Fair-Trade Watch Dog Warns Microsoft

Fair-Trade Watch Dog Warns Microsoft 07/09/2004 08:40 AM
Japan's fair-trade watchdog will issue a warning against U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., which has been under investigation on suspicion of violating the country's anti-monopoly law, but the U.S. software giant will not be fined, an official said Friday. The Fair Trade Commission has decided to issue the warning against Microsoft next week, largely a symbolic move, a commission official said on condition of anonymity.

Microsoft watch requires three-fingered
reboot

Microsoft watch requires three-fingered
reboot 01/22/2004 02:29 AM

Microsoft exploiting RSS? - first they
wait, then they watch, then they copy

Microsoft exploiting RSS? - first they
wait, then they watch, then they copy 06/02/2004 12:53 AM

Another guy I've been having fun collaborating with - is Ross Rader from Tucows...

Here's Ross' latest rant - my feedback below....

Blogware support in MSOffice?.

Gates: "...you should get the information you want when you want it..."

Tucows: "Share what you want, with whom you want, when you want."

Hmm. :-)

But while we're on the subject, I'd like to know what Microsoft's strategy with weblogs/personal publishing actually is.

I can see a lot of synergy between RSS and Microsoft's various client applications (RSS into Excel? Yummy), but that's just the consumption side of things.

What about the supply side of the equation - the creation of content. Creating it, shaping it, forming it - making it compelling enough that RSS users *want* to "consume" the content. Microsoft's tools just aren't there yet.

Microsoft has a dismal track record producing content publication tools that "get the job done" for users. Look how painful Word makes it to create compelling Word documents - never mind the internet-centric functions like "Save as HTML". Word, FrontPage, Powerpoint - none of them make it easy for end-users to create great web content.

Would Microsoft put an XML-RPC connector into Outlook that allows Outlook users to publish to the web via something like the metaWeblogAPI? Might make some sense - but where do these users publish to?

Hotmail? Ick.

IIS? Icky-ick.

Exchange? Ickety-Ick-ick-ick.

Sharepoint is a potential candidate, but this is a seriously business-centric set of applications... 

"SharePoint Products and Technologies facilitate collaboration
within an organization and with partners and customers."

In order for Microsoft to get to the kind of lock-in that they want (c'mon, you know you want it!) they have to get adoption to the point where users of all stripes have embraced their solution. Not just business users - but *all* users. Customers from all of the important segments need to wrap their heads around whatever it is that Microsoft is going to release. My limited understanding of Sharepoint leads me to believe that it just won't scale in the direction it needs to. Not technical scale, but market scale. Can it rise up to meet the demands of a 14-year old that wants to publish some pictures to a website? My 23 year old brother isn't going to want to deal with the intellectual overhead of Sharepoint just to "share stuff with other users". But I think he will use the first *easy* application that comes down the turnpike - it just won't be Sharepoint - its too locked into business workflow and not accessible enough for the average Joe.

"It had better be easy as pie!"

So what *is* Microsoft going to do?

Scoble says that  "syndicat ion is where the action is". I'd agree, but I can't imagine that Syndication (yes - a capital "S". We're talking about Microsoft here and no matter what they do in this space, it deserves to be capitalized until their marketing department comes up with a better name for it.) is lucrative enough to catch their attention for any appreciable amount of time. Syndication is just the the means to move bits from (a) to (b) so that users that aren't exposed to the content at (a) might be at (b) regardless of what "(b)" is - another web site, something like Bloglines or Newzcrawler, Outlook - whatever. And let's not even consider stretching the definition of "syndication" to mean "web broadcast". If they couldn't do it with WebTV, they're not going to do it with Syndication. No, the real money lies with *Publication*, not *Syndication*. The money associated with owning the creation of the bits far outweighs the money associated with owning the transport of all the bits.

The phone companies are struggling with this right now - it turns out that owning the devices at the edge of the network was way more important that owning the network itself. Now, some smartass has invented a network that runs on top of theirs and they can't make a nickle from it. Turns out, there's no real money in the wires. Meanwhile, EdgeCompanies like Cisco, eBay and their kin are cleaning up. AT&T did $8 billionish in Q1-04 - a steady $3 billionish slide down from Q1-01. Cisco? Up a cool $1 billionish to $5.6 billion in the same period of time. Both got slammed by the telco/dotCom meltdown, and yet one of them seems to be doing remarkably well regardless. (eBay? A cool $750 million quarter - up seven fold since Q1-01...no pain there.)

The difference is that Cisco doesn't need to own a network to be successful. AT&T *is* a network company. You can see the effect of this in these numbers.

But is Microsoft a NetworkCompany? Not yet, although I suspect that they would like to add this to their resume. They're doing remarkably well as an EdgeCompany ($9 billionish in Q1) and tying everything together into one platform - in effect making the application at one with the network - is a strategy that's certainly worth examining from their perspective. The problem with this is that it doesn't solve any clear market need. My brother isn't pining for an end-to-end application/network infrastructure provider. He just wants to crop some pictures and get them onto his website without soaking up valuable hours that he could otherwise invest in his real life. He wants applications that he's grown to love over the years to work better with one another and now he wants them to work with his choice of networks as well. Someday, he might care whether or not someone else can repurpose these bits for their own purposes, but he - the market - isn't there yet. His needs are much simpler today and the likelihood that Microsoft is going to nail this with a Grand Unified Syndication strategy is essentially nil.

And the odds are even worse if they don't get waaay better with Publication first.

So I guess my question for Mr. Gates is this.

"When will Word be able to effectively publish to Blogware?"

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Don't hold your breath on Microsoft doing anything about real syndication anytime soon.  Even by building it into Longhorn - they'll just step back and see what others do first - let us do the innovation - and then they'll just copy it.

The coolio thing is that by building media, messages and users and groups into Longhorn - is that they provide the basic building blocks for DLAs - BUILT INTO THE OS!

This sort of integration is what we dreamed of!  We'll be able to create KILLER DLAs with Longhorn and mesh them into everything we're doing right now.  So we can prepare for the future, while making bucks today.

And oh, don't mind what Scoble says. He doesn't speak for Microsoft - just himself.  That's why we love him so.

First Microsoft SPOT Wrist Watch Review

First Microsoft SPOT Wrist Watch Review 12/16/2003 02:01 AM
I4U Dec 16 2003 0:22AM ET

Tissot preps pricey Microsoft data watch

Tissot preps pricey Microsoft data watch 07/28/2004 05:53 AM
Picture Exclusive But no sign of UK availability

Microsoft Chooses Tissot as New Smart
Watch Partner

Microsoft Chooses Tissot as New Smart
Watch Partner 07/26/2004 05:40 PM
Microsoft Corp. today named Tissot its latest Smart Watch partner, and Tissot introduced the High-T touch-screen Smart Watch using MSN® Direct technology. Known for more than 150 years for its stylish Swiss designs and product innovation, Tissot created this Smart Watch with unique touch-screen navigation and a sleek, satin-finish, stainless-steel design.

Microsoft SPOT and Suunto n3 Smart Watch
review

Microsoft SPOT and Suunto n3 Smart Watch
review 12/30/2004 07:54 PM
Addict3d.org Dec 30 2004 11:21PM GMT

Wireless Watch 2004: UbiButton Watch
Super Clapper

Wireless Watch 2004: UbiButton Watch
Super Clapper 07/22/2004 08:11 AM

WIRELESS WATCH 2004 is going on in Japan until Friday, and there are plenty of new product demonstrations as well as those currently in development on display. This year's hot sheet includes NTT DoCoMo's "UbiButton," a device similar in form factor to a wristwatch. By detecting the shock waves in the arm created by a simple snapping of the fingers, a switch is flipped that can, for example, turn a light on and off. In other words, DoCoMo has glorified The Clapper to now be called The Snapper. Actually, I know a couple people that can't snap their fingers...what the hell are they supposed to do? [Uhm, clap? - ed] Other highlights from the convention included a working model of a Bluetooth pen, and DDI Pocket's "Jacketphone," a SD card sized PHS module. TechJapan has full Day 1 coverage, with pretty pictures.
Read - WIRELESS JAPAN 2004, Day 1 [TechJapan]

Related
Nokia's Bluetooth digital pen [Gizmodo]

HotFix Watch: The Microsoft Operations
Manager service does not work on a DCAM
or on an agent

HotFix Watch: The Microsoft Operations
Manager service does not work on a DCAM
or on an agent 08/10/2004 04:16 PM

Crazy TokyoFlash watch: the Pimp Watch

Crazy TokyoFlash watch: the Pimp Watch 10/31/2003 09:37 PM
New on the killer TokyoFlash watch site, the Pimp Watch -- at $129, it's a little rich for my blood, but boy, that's some sweet watch action. Link

Microsoft Announces Plans for New MSN
Direct-Enabled Devices, Additional Smart
Watch Styles

Microsoft Announces Plans for New MSN
Direct-Enabled Devices, Additional Smart
Watch Styles 01/06/2005 12:17 AM
Microsoft Corp.'s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) Group today announced that Smart Watches for MSN® Direct and its watch manufacturing partners will unveil new Smart Watch designs at 2005 International CES to further meet consumer needs and build the Smart Watch category. In addition, the SPOT Group plans to develop MSN Direct-enabled devices with Oregon Scientific, an industry leader in the design and development of innovative consumer products, and with MZ Berger, an industry leader in the U.S. clock and watch market.

HotFix Watch: Mail alerts are corrupted
after you upgrade to Microsoft
Operations Manager 2000 Service Pack 1

HotFix Watch: Mail alerts are corrupted
after you upgrade to Microsoft
Operations Manager 2000 Service Pack 1 09/09/2004 09:04 AM

SS1 Successfully reaches 100Km!

SS1 Successfully reaches 100Km! 06/21/2004 08:30 PM
It is official. Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne has successfully reached an altitude of 100Km and returned safely. Space Flight Now has a really nice Play by Play. Reuters UK has a little blurb and of course Google News has a rather large number of stories related to this (IMHO) incredibly historic event.

"Everything You Need to Know About
Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes"

"Everything You Need to Know About
Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes" 08/27/2004 01:45 PM

Opportunity Successfully Lands Too!

Opportunity Successfully Lands Too! 01/26/2004 11:02 PM
New Scientist says that the Second Mars rover, Opportunity, has landed successfully on geologist's dream location on Mars. Nasa is two for two with the previous rover Spirit landing successfully! Although, there is less fanfair, Opportunity is already pleasing the masses by sending back great photos of Mars' surface. Unfortunately, the Spirit rover has already stopped communicating. Hopefully, Opportunity will last longer. ESA's Beagle never did respond, and Japan's Nazomi was directed away from Mars. Perhaps in the future, according to Bush's plan we may someday have humans on Mars.

Beagle II Successfully Separates

Beagle II Successfully Separates 12/19/2003 11:30 AM

Spirit Rover Lands Successfully!

Spirit Rover Lands Successfully! 01/04/2004 09:32 AM
Space.com has coverage that the NASA rover Spirit has landed successfully on Mars! Already the images are rolling in and it all looks great! Congratulations Nasa!

Start your own website and manage
successfully

Start your own website and manage
successfully 06/05/2004 04:35 AM
Newkerala.com - Sat Jun 5, 09:00 am GMT

Pandas at San Diego Zoo Successfully
Mate (AP)

Pandas at San Diego Zoo Successfully
Mate (AP) 04/09/2005 08:06 PM
AP - Giant pandas Gao Gao and Bai Yun retired to their favorite spot under a few bushes and mated over the past two days, marking the only successful natural insemination of a panda this year in the United States, San Diego Zoo officials said Saturday.

"Simpsons fan successfully grows
tomacco!"

"Simpsons fan successfully grows
tomacco!" 11/05/2003 03:40 PM

Spirit Rover Lands Successfully

Spirit Rover Lands Successfully 01/04/2004 12:21 AM

Boy Successfully Fights Off Bear Attack
(AP)

Boy Successfully Fights Off Bear Attack
(AP) 04/26/2004 11:17 PM
AP - A 15-year-old boy on a wilderness expedition for emotionally troubled youths woke up to find a 400-pound brown bear with a bad attitude sitting at his feet.

SpaceShipOne Flight Completed
Successfully

SpaceShipOne Flight Completed
Successfully 06/21/2004 10:53 AM

Scientists Successfully 'Teleport' Atoms

Scientists Successfully 'Teleport' Atoms 06/17/2004 06:14 PM
While much of the sci-fi technology inspired by the Star Trek television series may seem improbable, or even downright impossible, there is an indication that science fiction could someday become science fact. The Journal Nature is reporting that a group of scientists based out of the United States and Austria have successfully teleported atoms without a physical link.

Panther Successfully Installed On Athlon
PC

Panther Successfully Installed On Athlon
PC 05/20/2004 11:22 AM
Mac Observer May 20 2004 3:13PM GMT

Start your own website and manage
successfully - Domain ...

Start your own website and manage
successfully - Domain ... 07/11/2004 06:49 AM
News.newkerala.com - Sat Jul 10, 11:29 pm GMT
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