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Microsoft being sued by Tele Vista over Vista

Some Frenchie, Philippe Gildas, who registered the name Vista for a television aimed at senior citizens in France called Télé Vista, is suing Microsoft over the name Vista.

Are you kiddin’ me?

To crown it all, Phil has not gotten Télé Vista off the ground and sees Microsoft’s hogging of the name as a barrier to the success of his venture.

BTW, he registered the name in 2003.

Dawg, if you registered the mane in 2K3 for a senior citizens’ TV channel, and you have not started streaming in 2007, maybe, just maybe, it is NEVER getting off the ground!

L

Loser!

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SoftGrid for Windows Vista

Microsoft will release a Windows Vista™ version of SoftGrid on July 1, 2007.

SoftGrid is Microsoft’s application virtualization software solution that allows IT managers to deliver secure, never-installed applications that also have the capability for remote delivery.

Important to managers is SoftGrid’s ability to let them test mission-critical desktop apps for compatibility in this nascent Windows Vista™ era.

Read on at my blog on NetworkWorld.com

Windows Home Server Release Candidate!

Six months from announcement to RC!

Props to Kevin Beares and the Windows Home Server Team for all their efforts.

Downloading as I speak/write......

Is it just me, or does Microsoft need an able verb to describe searching Live Search?

Edit: I just Live Search-ed Windows Home Server, and Mary Jo Foley (as usual) already has this news up! I still want her Rolodex.

Crocodile tears at the googleplex

A tale about 3 little piggies.

One little piggy tried to build a better (search) mousetrap – Microsoft.

One little piggy tried to improve the current mousetrap – Yahoo!

One little piggy, a one-trick pony BTW, cried, “Whee, whee, whee”, all the way to the DOJ’s antitrust department.

Who was that whinny, cowardly piggy?

Google, that’s who!

Read more at my blog on NetworkWorld.com

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ReadyBoost & flash memory

Only USB Flash drives currently work for ReadyBoost use. This means that flash card readers, multimedia or memory cards such as SD, MemoryStick, MMC, and so forth--which also typically work through card readers of one kind or another—won't support ReadyBoost. That's true even if the media is fast enough to meet ReadyBoost read/write speed requirements.

What is wrong with the above statement?

It is plain wrong!

Reading CRN.com a few minutes ago, I came across this statement by a supposed expert.

Are you kidding', Eddie?

Homie, how did you come up with that assertion?

Did you just make it up, Eddye?

As I have ReadyBoost working on a 1 GB CF card, and on a 2GB SD card on two Windows Vista™ systems: a desktop, and a laptop.

1 GB Compact Flash card being discovered by Windows Vista™


The config screen for the CF card.


2 GB SD card being discovered.


2 GB SD card config.

To make Eduardo's allegations even more absurd, I took the 1 GB MicroSD card out of my HTC Excalibur, inserted it into an SD adapter, and guess what?

It worked!

1 GB MicroSD card (in the included SD adaptor) discovered by Windows Vista™.

It might be a good idea for you to troff off to the nearest mega-mart and purchase some flash memory; it will surprise you!

For an article presumably about ReadyBoost, dude, you either didn't do your homework, or you haven't a clue about what you're supposed to be an expert in!

Sheeeeez!

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Let's all crown the King!

....Except he has no freakin' rings yet!

Some hack for the Washington Post, Sally Jenkins, a moron at FoxSports.com, Mark Kriegel, and several other media yobs have already crowned LeBron James the King.

Could someone tell them that at that stage in Kobe's career, he was about to get a ring?

If Cleveland wins the NBA finals, I eat a Nike Kobe shoe!

Of course it would be a cake baked in the form of the shoe, with Splenda.

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Palm Foleo

WTF?

This is it?

Do some members of the mainstream IT press have no shame?

Already fawning over this product like Moses brought it down with the tablets!

Let me see:

A portable device that runs Linux, Opera, no touchscreen, requires a cellphone/smartphone for mobile data transfers, etc., etc.

In short, a Linux laptop.

Dudes, stop wetting yourselves, and nod it up!

This is the device that will create a new category of devices?

Hello???

Sheeez!

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