Microsoft

  • OneNote video

    Saw a number of pointers to this post on jkOnTheRun: OneNote is one of the most capable programs I use and like all such versatile applications there are a lot of features and capabilities that I am sure I am not using. If you are a budding OneNote user or just trying to figure out…

  • Jumping into the fray

    Just because I think his stance is completely inconsistent and someone should take him to task over it. Robert Scoble, Feb 28, 2005 talking about Autolink: “I believe that anything that changes the linking behavior of the Web is evil. Anything that changes my content is evil. Particularly anything that messes with the integrity of…

  • Techie stuff

    Thanks for allowing me the temporary diversion in the interest of helping out Ohio’s libraries, now for the random techie comments: Perhaps the worst drive-by adware ever! According to Virtualsecurity.org, this one actually goes ahead and downloads the .NET framework if you don’t already have it, without asking, so it can use it to display…

  • I’m not trying to pick on anyone

    But all those folks who’ve been running to complain about Microsoft’s “new” policy regarding Windows Product Activation, please go read Ed Bott’s post about this and understand the news story might not have it exactly right, ok? Now, if you have personally tried to reinstall a valid OEM version of XP onto the exact machine…

  • MS Anti-spyware

    I’ve been linking early reactions to the beta of Microsoft’s anti-spyware tool over on the link blog. I haven’t had a chance to download it yet, but perhaps later today I’ll find some time. (I worked out my work schedule to be home today to meet the gas meter-reader guy to try and get the…