Get Off Microsoft

Microsoft’s not-yet-released Designer tool for creating web applications is IE-friendly but may be unfriendly to standard browsers.

Apple can head off any real competition to the iPod by switching its policy and licensing FairPlay.

People are aware of Microsoft’s history of locking customers in with new features at the expense of security, proposing pseudo-open standards, and spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) about its competitors.

More reviews of Just Say No to Microsoft, including a review by Robert Scoble of Microsoft (Scobleizer).

Intel-based Macs introduced at Macworld Expo run faster but are still pricey and don’t yet offer the ability to run Windows.

Bill Gates used the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show to provide yet another glimpse of Microsoft Vista, and Google introduced an online video service that has everyone confused.

Hackers can misuse a function in the rendering of Windows Meta File images to install adware or spyware or turn your PC into a zombie spam mailer.

Sing along! On the 12th day of Microsoft’s Christmas, Bill Gates gave to me…

Sample question: MS Office products are moving to xml in the next release; how will that affect compatability with other products?

The recent news of a vulnerability in Firefox 1.5 was blown out of proportion, while the news of more damaging Internet Explorer vulnerabilities slipped by with no more than a “business as usual” attitude.