December 15th, 2006
It seems Bill Gates is in touch with reality and understands that DRM is just a pain in butt for most people. Of course it’s necessary though, I don’t fault any company for trying to protect their business interests and profitability. The problem is it just gets in the way. If I purchase a digital […]
By Jason Bean -- 3 comments
November 2nd, 2006
Could the proposed Halo movie crash into oblivion like a Covenant Wraith with a rocket up it’s rear end?
News reports state that production of the Halo movie has been halted until further notice. It seems Universal and Fox aren’t willing to pony-up the amount of money it would take to
“fulfill the promise we made […]
By Jason Bean -- 2 comments
August 30th, 2006
I just received this comment on the site from an old post I listed about the changes to the Windows Genuine Advantage program. This reader has had an exceptionally frustrating experience with the WGA kill switch. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
WGA kill switch is a racketeers’s dream.
I could care less if Msft takes […]
By Jason Bean -- 5 comments
August 13th, 2006
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 7, 2006 – For many students who participate in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition, the experience extends beyond the classroom and becomes a launch pad for a career in information technology. In its fourth year, Imagine Cup is a worldwide technology competition designed to provide opportunities for university students to help define the […]
By Jason Bean -- 2 comments
June 22nd, 2006
You’ve got to visit the Engadget website for a great photo of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates having dinner together.
It’s a caption contest, so be sure and leave your best remark up there for all to see. Here’s mine:
“Steve, I can’t believe you got me a MacMini running Vista for Christmas!”
Tags: Apple, Bill Gates, dinner-guests, […]
By Jason Bean -- 0 comments
June 22nd, 2006
Through the discussion of Bill Gates announcement to slowly phase himself out of the daily operations of Microsoft, we’ve heard that he plans on focusing his time and efforts on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But what exactly does that mean?
If you’re not aware of the types of things the foundation is involved in, […]
By Jason Bean -- 1 comment
June 22nd, 2006
First it was Robert Scoble, then Bill himself says he’s preparing for his departure, now Martin Taylor abruptly leaves Microsoft. Nobody’s sure why he left, and Microsoft isn’t talking, so that just makes everyone speculate even more.
Martin oversaw the developments of some major initiatives in Microsoft like Windows Live, so it’s kind of shock for […]
By Jason Bean -- 0 comments
June 16th, 2006
Heather over at Heather’s “Marketing at Microsoft” Blog shares her thoughts about the changes.
I think the potential of Bill to become the biggest philanthropist of all time is pretty cool. The thought of his mind focusing on health care and education issues full time has a broader potential impact, so my excitement around this comes […]
By Jason Bean -- 0 comments
June 16th, 2006
With the recent changes mentioned at Microsoft and Ray Ozzie beginning to take over the reigns from Bill Gates. Microsoft’s products will begin to take on more of a service mentality than the software mentality that’s built Microsoft to what it is today. But what’s the big difference?
Software is a single product, one-time sale type […]
By Jason Bean -- 1 comment
June 16th, 2006
Big news today is that the man himself has said he’ll be reducing his role dramatically by 2008. Much of his role will begin to be filled by Ray Ozzie, who’s big push is to change Microsoft into more of a “services” organization and not so much software. Granted, the two of those could be […]
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