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Slashdot | Will Microsoft Put The Colonel in the Kernel?

Just in case you had any positive thoughts about Microsoft recently, here’s a new patent application to bring you back down to Earth. They’ve filed a patent application for an advertising architecture – to deliver ads straight to the consumer desktop… integrated into the OS.

Perhaps it’s just another patent for Internet Explorer and ActiveX, since that already works well for rogue advertisers.

MacDailyNews – ChangeWave study predicts ‘transformation’ in Apple Mac market share

This is precisely the same thing I’ve been saying. This has been the year of Apple… and it seems to be going nowhere but up. Those steadfast PC users who aren’t learning Macs could find themselves with diminishing relevance in the IT market.

Wake up.

I love the ‘net. Only on the net can you say things and expect them to haunt you months, or even years later. Hell, I may be eating crow in a matter of minutes for calling Mary Jo Foley an idiot for claiming Apple licensed Exchange ActiveSync – and I’ll be proud to do it.

Somehow though, I get the feeling that Steve Ballmer will not be so proud of this 2:20 clip when Friday rolls around.

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype – New York Times

You can end your speculation now – David Pogue does indeed have an iPhone. Here’s his review. He points out some glaring features that are missing, but you can tell he’s brimming with excitement over the experience. He doesn’t sound very disappointed in it at all.

Proving that Mary Jo Foley knows absolutely nothing about what she’s writing, she claims to have “inside information” that Apple will announce it has licensed Exchange ActiveSync so they can hook up to Exchange servers.

Article is here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=534

Why do I say she’s an idiot?

Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that the iPhone already does POP or IMAP and Exchange supports this out of the box. Granted, it doesn’t support it well (that’s a story for another day kids), but it supports it. So, sorry Mr. IT Manager… come Friday, you will have those big boss cheeseheads scrambling to get their email from your Exchange server; security be damned.

I’m first in line for iPhone! « First in Line for iPhone

Goddess bless the Internet. Only with the Internet can you take a week off from work, go stand in a line, put up a website and beg for donations. I bet this guy is making a killing – not just off publicity but in the donations as well. He’s either the smartest and most patient guy in the universe or the biggest friggin’ idiot ever.

This is a fantastic analysis on why Microsoft doesn’t want you to virtualize the cheaper SKUs of Vista. It reads a little like a conspiracy theory, but the bottom line is always the same. Isn’t it always?

This one’s for you, Whitey. Yeah, it’s purely designed to piss you off and make you get a Mac 😉

Dear poor reader who ran a search with the term “is there a limit on how many delegates you can have in outlook 2003 when using rpc over http” and ended up at my site:

The answer is yes.

Microsoft recommends you have no more than 4 delegates. They only tested Outlook with 4 delegates and you can expect to have major issues opening the delegates tab when you have anything over 7 delegates.

What the hell is going on in Redmond? Seriously… Somebody Fill Me In. – Windows Central Forums

Digital Dave is losing his cool with Microsoft… again.

He really needs to pay attention to what is going on. The bell is tolling for Microsoft, folks. You can smell the shift in the air. Change in the wind.

Apple’s New iPhone | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

The tear-inducing Onion strikes again.