I just got hacked by Microsoft

Seriously. [quote] Like many sites, Slated is under constant attack, mostly from bots running on compromised Windows machines, but most of those attacks are purely opportunistic and random, or in other words aren't actually targeting Slated for any ...

Message posted on the December 10th, 2011 - 03:47 pm ET

Scandal-hit Microsoft admits blow to morale

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8901043/Scandal-hit- Microsoft-admits-blow-to-morale.html http://goo.gl/B7de5 <quote> The Sunday Telegraph has spoken to dozens of current and former Microsoft executives who claim the behaviour ...

Message posted on the November 21st, 2011 - 05:59 am ET

B&N Pummels Microsoft Patent Claims With Prior Art

<http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/18/1813234/bn-pummels-microsoft-patent-claims-with-prior-art> <quote> "As Slashdot readers will recall, Barnes & Noble is being particularly noisy about the patents Microsoft is leveraging ...

Message posted on the November 18th, 2011 - 01:48 pm ET

COLA herd a lot like Microsoft

Not in all ways, of course... for example, Microsoft has been very successful, but in some ways: <http://goo.gl/4b1Fh> First, Jobs gives Bill Gates some loaded praise. "I admire him for the company he built--it's impressive-and I enjoyed ...

Message posted on the October 23rd, 2011 - 11:23 pm ET

Microsoft Security Essentials has gone haywire

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/09/30/microsoft-security-essentials- has-gone-haywire-deleting-chrome-in-certain-instances/? awesm=tnw.to_1B5kL&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=tnw.to- other&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=spreadus_master ...

Message posted on the September 30th, 2011 - 01:07 pm ET

Microsoft's Android patent ransom to 'total $444m' next year

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/29/microsoft_extract_444m_android_payments/> <quote> A report from the technology analysis team at Goldman Sachs estimates that Microsoft will suck up $444 million in Android royalties over the ...

Message posted on the September 30th, 2011 - 11:35 am ET

Microsoft's Plan To Stop Bing's $1 Billion Bleeding

<Quote> Bing, Microsoft's two-year old search engine, is losing nearly a $1 billion a quarter, with no sign of letting up. Microsoft has lost $5.5 billion on Bing since the search service launched in June 2009, but the company's search losses ...

Message posted on the September 20th, 2011 - 02:16 pm ET

Acer and Viewsonic sign patent licence deals with Microsoft to protect Android

<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2108112/acer-viewsonic-sign-patent-license-deal-microsoft-protect-android> <quote> Android partners pay royalties in patent war COMPUTER MAKER Acer and US display company Viewsonic have signed ...

Message posted on the September 09th, 2011 - 09:46 pm ET

Incompetent Microsoft's Office "365" Cloud down yet again

At this rate they'll have to rename it "Office 3.65": [quote] Microsoft scrambles to restore Office 365 services More questions will be being asked today over the reliability of Microsoft's cloud service Office 365 after the vendor's ...

Message posted on the September 09th, 2011 - 10:34 am ET

Techrights Watch: Microsoft and Bill Gates Corrupt Public Systems to Consume Taxpayers' Money

Techrights Watch: Microsoft and Bill Gates Corrupt Public Systems to Consume Taxpayers' Money <http://trw.gallopinginsanity.com/2011/09/01/microsoft-education> Referencing: http://techrights.org/2011/09/01/lobbyists-and-astroturfing- ...

Message posted on the September 01st, 2011 - 02:04 pm ET

Techrights Watch: Microsoft Tries to Lure Linux Luminaries Away From Linux

<http://trw.gallopinginsanity.com/2011/08/31/microsoft> Referencing: http://techrights.org/2011/08/31/buying-out-irivals Businesses look for people they admire who have skills and talents they would like to bring in house. There is nothing ...

Message posted on the August 31st, 2011 - 06:26 pm ET

Microsoft is Losing to Linux-powered Services

Hash: SHA1 A Microsoft Horror Story: Newspaper Chain Is Switching 8,500 Employees To Google Apps ,-[ Quote ] | One isolated case doesn't make a trend, | but Microsoft should be worried about cases | like the McClatchy newspaper chain. | | A loyal ...

Message posted on the June 24th, 2011 - 05:01 am ET

PC Mag: Microsoft Office still better than best open source office suite

Don't take my word for it, look at what experts say. I like this part: "work-in-progress quality means that some Microsoft Office files import with errors". Can you imagine using LibreOffice-- which is the best of the lot (better than ...

Message posted on the June 19th, 2011 - 04:21 pm ET

As Microsoft's monopoly crumbles, its mobile future is crucial

From ZDnet: "After nearly a decade, Microsoft’s reign as a monopoly is over. The consent decree in U.S. v. Microsoft expired last month, officially removing Microsoft from antitrust scrutiny by the United States Department of Justice. ...

Message posted on the June 16th, 2011 - 04:23 pm ET

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