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Microsoft Equipt to offer $70/yr "Office Consumer Value Pack"

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Just when we thought Microsoft could not possibly lose any more direction as a business software publisher they find a way, in form of Equipt: Initially code-named “Albany,” Microsoft Equipt offers consumers Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, giving them … Continue reading

Lucy’s Sail: Chapter 1: … And they set sail to the old world …

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If he were around today, King George III would have written “Something of significance happened today” in his electronic diary. He probably wouldn’t have gone mad dealing with the new EU privacy laws which made it impossible for him to … Continue reading

Words of Wisdom

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You might want to look the other way, this one gets messy. If there are any words of wisdom I wish to impart on you, my dear audience – whether you’re an SPF, a business owner, a student, a stay … Continue reading

How much e-trash do you eat?

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Sitting around on a conference call at the moment, discussing the value of direct (intrusive, interrupt) emails for marketing and PR purposes. To me, the difference between the SPAM and the thousands of “newsletters” I receive each week is starting … Continue reading

Why Windows 7 Doesn’t Have To Die (The Return of Microsoft)

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Ever since 2003 TechEd we’ve been speculating on the time when Microsoft will be releasing a modern operating system to compete with the new lightweight offerings from the competition that are starting to pick up more steam. To see the … Continue reading

Whose Microsoft is it anyway?

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This is the difficult question that everyone will be tuning into Digital WPC to find out. With Microsoft’s now legendary Chairman Bill Gates heading off into the sunset, two men stand at top of Microsoft with clearly different agendas. First, … Continue reading

Mission: Distraction

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Hey, everyone is entitled to be wrong… Having a job “on the Internet” can be particularly difficult because the source of distractions far outweighs the sources of inspiration and information, even when you have the work ethic not to follow … Continue reading

Evolution: Move over MSP, it’s the age of DSPs

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Vista is a fiasco. Microsoft went from building software to building vapor clouds. Rampant speculation that Microsoft is doomed without leadership. The biggest spotlight is on a hyper-closed smartphone and online hangouts. And the front page of the Wall Street … Continue reading

Why is everyone so interested in my pocket?

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It seems like we can’t let a week go by without someone being interested in my pocket. What is even more surprising is that they all want it to be open. First the Android from Google promises the world to … Continue reading

We’ve never met, have we?

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From the mailbag: “So is your blog just a collection of your innermost feelings you can’t say out loud in real life?” 🙂 Why yes, I’m generally shy and reserved in real life.