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Microsoft provides antivirus and antispyware updates

May 13th, 2005 Jacob Dybala 2 comments

Microsoft will start providing antivirus and antispyware updates for Windows users. The service call Windows OneCare will be a yearly subscription . I guess expecting the software giant to redesign IE and some elements of the Operating System would be too much.

Windows has been around too long and carries too much old code and design. Will Longhorn change much? I honestly doubt that it will. Did Windows XP change much? Nope. If you get rid of Luna (the visual style) and remove some digital camera and other drivers we’re pretty much looking at Windows 2000; with the exception that the latter was a bit more stable.

Anyway, I’ll still keeping using FireFox on Linux , Mac OS X and Windows .

BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4544547.stm

How Microsoft Plans to Beat its Rivals

May 12th, 2005 Jacob Dybala No comments

Check out this BBC article on Microsoft: How Microsoft plans to beat its rivals

Microsoft has grown into a megacorporation and many wonder if it can continue to grow and how well it will survive a market change. Microsoft is trying very hard to expand its share in other markets such as: video, music, entertainment, mobile phones and more. I remember when IBM was the "bad boy" in the 1990s; makes you wonder if the future will do the same to Microsoft…