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Tag Archives: Software
Must Have Software: Google Analytics Opt-Out
Google Analytics can track individual Internet users across millions and millions of web sites. Google has quietly rolled out a browser add-on for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari that prevents information about an individual web site visit from being … Continue reading
The Decline and Fall of Mozilla – Continued
Another indicator of Mozilla’s continued slide (previous complaints here and here): IBM announces they are standardizing on Firefox. The party is surely over. The only news here is why didn’t this happen years ago. My prescription remains Microzilla.
Live SkiFree or Die
Hey, I actually get this obscure xkcd reference: We did three Entertainment Packs for Windows soon after Windows 3.0 came out (tagline: “Not the most fun you can have with Windows, the only fun”). Each had about eight games. Some … Continue reading
It’s Microzilla Time
It is time for Microsoft and Mozilla to make peace and together face their common enemy: Google. For Mozilla, Google is both sole patron and now direct competitor, which is at best strategically awkward. Firefox market share has plateaued. They’re … Continue reading
Less Lobbying, More Bug-Fixing
Attention Mozilla: less lobbying, more bug fixing. Is Safari worth trying on Windows?
Windows XP Really is Immortal
Yesterday I was wondering how Microsoft will price Windows 7 for the netbook market and speculated that Microsoft could always keep offering the immortal Windows XP if necessary. And just like that, the edict came down from upon high. This … Continue reading
Say It Ain’t So
Flight Simulator is the biggest product casualty of the Microsoft layoffs? The layoffs are a sad day for all the people affected and a disappointing milestone for the company, but Flight Sim is an industry institution dating back three decades. … Continue reading
SOA: “Never Mind”
Anne Thomas Manes of the Burton Group writes an obituary for SOA and says: “SOA” has become a bad word. It must be removed from our vocabulary. Coming from one of the bigger SOA enthusiasts, this is a milestone. She … Continue reading