Microsoft's recent humourous ads boost consumer opinion of IE

Microsoft's recent campaigns touting Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), including a tongue-in-cheek promotion it unveiled last week, have moved IE's quality perception needle for US adults, according to a brand quality measurement company.

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Microsoft says Chrome didn't top Internet Explorer last weekend

A day after the analytics firm StatCounter reported that Chrome had bested Internet Explorer as the world's most popular browser on a recent weekend day, Microsoft says it simply isn't so. Microsoft claims that StatCounter bases its findings on faulty data and incorrect assumptions.  Who's right here? I can't say that I know. But one thing is undeniable: Chrome has been steadily gaining market share, while Internet Explorer market share has been declining. Even Net Applications figures show that.

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Chrome beats IE market share for one day

Google's Chrome took the crown as the world's most-used web browser last Sunday, March 18th. But as the world suited up to go back to work on Monday, Internet Explorer re-gained the lead.

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Linux servers keep growing, Windows & Unix keep shrinking

2011 saw, according to IDC, Linux servers grow while Windows and Unix servers numbers shrank. In 2012, Linux’s server future looks brighter than ever.

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Microsoft slashes product key allowances for TechNet subscribers

For the second time in two years, Microsoft has significantly cut the benefits it offers to TechNet subscribers. Will the newly reduced allotments of Windows and Office product keys really reduce piracy or just annoy Microsoft’s customers?

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Latest Linux kernel 3.3 comes with added Android

The latest kernel update for Linux has been released, and features supporting Android are back for the first time since 2010, along with improved processor and networking support.

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Firefox gobbles H.264 to serve up vids to mobes, slabs

Mozilla is doing a deal with the patent devil to serve video to users via Firefox on smartphones and tablets.

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Microsoft accused of leaking RDP attack code

The newly-found attack code that exploits critical flaws in Microsoft's RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) system appears to have been leaked by Microsoft or one of its partners, says the researcher who originally discovered it.

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Microsoft, Apple free to flex Nortel patent muscles

Apple, Microsoft and a handful of other tech companies are now free to license $4.5 billion in patents they bought at auction last year from bankrupt Nortel, which could open up a can of worms for companies using technology covered by the patents. 

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Microsoft's Open Standards Fairy Tale

I was interested to see that it was quoted in a paper written by Stephen Mutkoski, Global Policy Director, Microsoft Corporation. That paper was referenced and discussed briefly in a new post by Mutkoski entitled "Public Procurement of ICT: Debunking Myths around Open Source Software and Royalty Bearing Standards" (provocative, lui?). You will not be surprised that I have a few comments to make on these.

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