18 items tagged with microsoft

Draconian licensing makes piracy attractive

December 26, 2007 - Microsoft’s distinction between OEM and retail versions of Windows is enough to drive one to piracy.

Inside Google

June 26, 2007 - A look inside Google from a former and now current Microsoft employee.

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Microsoft needs Wizards

May 3, 2007 - Microsoft needs Wizards — A recruitment letter looking for software engineers for Microsoft posted to...

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Zune Marketplace Confusion

November 14, 2006 - Zune Marketplace’s Absurd Pricing Scheme—"What you are in fact doing is giving an...

Live Writer forces Public Domain?

August 18, 2006 - A curious clause in the Windows Live blogging tool puts your content in the public domain.

Night of the Long Tail

July 27, 2006 - The long tail can be scary for ad executives.

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Startups jobs - Simplelinks

April 20, 2006 - Startups, employment, and Enterprise 2.0 make appearances in today’s Simplelinks

Business & Strategy

Google on the desktop

July 13, 2004 - Google picks up Picasa, giving them an important foothold on people’s PCs.

User Experience

IE6 CSS bug

April 22, 2003 - Working around yet another Internet Explorer CSS bug and other frustrations.

Blogging

Microsoft blogs

April 19, 2003 - Many Microsoft employees have their own blogs. In addition to some great insight into the company, this provides a lesson to your own company.