Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test

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Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward

Now that Microsoft has passed the Acid2 Browser test, is Opera Software satisfied? If dropping its antitrust complaint filed last week with the European Commission is the measure, the answer is no. I asked Opera whether Microsoft’s announcement on December 19 that an internal Internet Explorer 8 build has passed the Acid2 test meant a change in its complaint. Opera asked the European courts to require Microsoft to change its practice of bundling IE with Windows, as well as to compel Microsoft to make IE comply with accepted Web standards. An Opera spokesman delivered the company’s response: “We congratulate Microsoft on the screenshots showing IE8 passing the ACID2 test. We appreciate the effort of Microsoft’s developers in this achievement. [lien] [EN]

Sienna Miller passes her driving test at 26-years-old

Sienna Miller will no longer have to rely on chauffeurs and taxis to travel, because she has finally passed her driving test... [lien] [EN]

Sarah Palin Passes Her Reading Test

Sarah Palin Passes Her Reading Test By Madeleine Begun Kane To those who say Palin was best, I’ll concede she debated with zest. But she read off her notes All night long, so your votes Are based on an open book test. Technorati Tags: Palin Humor, Biden / Palin Debate, Debate Notes, Campaign Satire, Election Humor, McCain’s VP Pick Home      Blog (Political Satire)      Blog (General Humor)      Blogroll (Political)      Latest Humor      Car Humor      Career Humor      Computer Humor      Fashion & Shopping       Feminist Humor      Food & Drink Humor       Health Humor       Holiday Humor      Law Humor      Marriage & Family Humor      Media Humor      Money Humor      Music Humor       New York Humor      Pets & Animals       Poetry      Political Humor      Quizzes & Games       Schooling Humor       Travel Humor      Misc. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft ‘officially’ announces XP SP3 public test build

Even though Microsoft began pushing out a public test build of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 the week of December 10, it wasn’t until December 18 that the company would acknowledge officially the existence of that build. On the 18th, Microsoft made the XP SP 3 Release Candidate (RC) build available for download from the Microsoft Download site. Microsoft allowed the same, near-final build to be released last week on several public file sharing sites. When I asked Microsoft December 11 whether the public RC of XP SP3 was available, the company declined to comment. Yesterday, Microsoft sent me the following statement: “Today, Windows XP SP3 RC was made available to the public via the Microsoft Download Center. [lien] [EN]

Kudos to Microsoft on IE8’s ACID compliance

I missed this the other day that IE8 has passed the ACID standards compliance test. This is really great news for Web designers/developers. It’s too bad that it’ll probably be five to 10 years before 90% of the market will use a standards-based browser. Nice, too, to see Charles getting some great videos with the IE team. Took me back to when I first sat in Dean’s office and interviewed the IE team. My prediction for 2008? We’ll see a beta of the next version of Windows and it’ll get tons of compliments. [lien] [EN]

What’s on Microsoft’s agenda for 2008?

It’s the end of the year, which means it’s pundit prognostication time again. Here are my 10 predictions about what I think we’ll see in Microsoft land in 2008. (I could have done a lot more than 10, given I’m finishing up a book on Microsoft’s future, Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era. If you want more, you’ll have to wait until this spring.) For this Top 10 list, I didn’t go for the low-hanging fruit and predict that Service Pack 3 will give Windows XP a new lease on life… or that the Internet Explorer (IE) team will field a first test build of IE 8. Too easy! Instead, I’m sticking my neck out with 10 less obvious predictions for the new year, ranging from Beta 1 of Office 14, to a surprise. [lien] [EN]

As Microsoft knows, there’s more than one way to disrupt a market

Financial-analyst-turned-Web-pundit Henry Blodget posted an explainer this weekend on what “disruption” really means and why Google and other Web-based office suites are on ther verge of disrupting Microsoft in a major way. From Blodget’s post, entitled “Microsoft in Denial: Google Threat is Classic Disruption“: “Disruptive technologies do not destroy existing market leaders overnight. They do not get adopted by the entire market at the same time. They do not initially seem to be ‘better’ products (in fact, in the early going, they are often distinctly “worse.”) They are not initially a viable option for mainstream users. They do not win head-to-head feature tests. Initially, they do not even seem to be a threat.” Google Apps and other Web-based office suites sure fill that bill. [lien] [EN]

What does Microsoft’s IPTV reorg have to do with ‘Fiji’?

I’ve been thinking about Microsoft’s quiet reorg, via which the company unified the IPTV, Media Center and HD DVD initiatives into a single organization, known as the Microsoft Connected TV business group. Just munging these three teams together doesn’t necessarily mean a cohesive set of Microsoft TV products and services will suddenly emerge. As Microsoft Platform Strategy Advisor Harry Mower blogged: “This is a step in the right direction as long as we also begin to consolidate the underlying platforms and developer technologies. Today, if you want to build a media experiences that spans devices, you are forced to use a hodgepodge of languages, tools and standards. Until we (Microsoft) realize that we need to deliver one unified platform for multimedia development and consumption. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft to build an ‘Emacs.Net’ text editor

Developers are puzzling over recent clues blogged by a few Microsoft employees regarding a new “Emacs.Net” tool the company is building. Microsoft’s Connected Systems Division (the folks who developed the Windows Communication Framework, a k a “Indigo”)  is hiring developers  to build a product that team member Doug Purdy described as “Emacs.Net.” Purdy hinted that Microsoft will divulge its Emacs.Net product/strategy plans at the company’s Professional Developers Conference in late October 2008. Emacs is a text editor used primarily by the Unix community (though versions of Emacs that work on Windows systems already exist). Richard Stallman is credited as the father of Emacs, the name of which was derived from “Editing MACRoS.” “Emacs is a text editor where a lot of the functionality is written in Lisp. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocols

After years of public disagreement over ensuring interoperability between their respective software, Microsoft and Samba have come to terms. And not surprisingly, each vendor is offering quite a different spin on the licensing agreement they unveiled on December 20. It took an intermediary, the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF) — a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center — to hand off the Microsoft protocol documentation that Samba said it needed to make its Unix/Linux file/print sharing products work properly with Windows. According to a press release issued December 20, Samba is paying Microsoft a one-time sum of 10,000 Euros, after which the PFIF will make available to the Samba Team, under non-disclosure, “the documentation needed for implementation of all of the workgroup server protocols covered by the European Union decision. [lien] [EN]

More Microsoft predictions from around the Web

Earlier this week, I weighed in with my 10 Microsoft predictions for 2008. A few other Microsoft watchers have done the same. Among some of the other interesting prognostications out there: Steven Bink: Don’t forget about the Windows Server 2008-based bundles that are coming in the new year. Bink mentions Cougar (Windows Small Business Serer 2008); Centro (Windows Essential Business Server 2008; Windows Storage Server 2008; and Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2008. WindowsConnected: Betas of Windows Server 2008 SP1 and Windows Vista SP2, predicts WindowsConnected’s Josh Phillips. (Me? I’ll be surprised if there are even private betas of either of these next year, especially given the pace at which Microsoft is developing/testing/rolling out Vista SP1 and XP SP3. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft offers a Vista two-for deal

As 2007 rolls to a close, Microsoft isn’t letting up on its efforts to push Windows Vista. The latest promotion is aimed at subscribers Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) or TechNet who provided Microsoft with Vista testing feedback. “As we approach the one year anniversary of launching Windows Vista we want to remember you as one of the many people who downloaded and tested one of the Windows Vista Beta or Release Candidates through TechNet or MSDN. YOU were a significant contributor to the development of Windows Vista. Your participation was extremely valuable to Microsoft, and we would like to say, ‘Thank You!’” according to an e-mail message I received about the promotion at the end of December. Under terms of “The Ultimate Offer. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft adds a new subscription licensing plan for SMBs

Microsoft is making available in the U.S. and Canada a volume-license subscription plan aimed at small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). The plan, known as the Open Value Subscription, has been available in various Microsoft international subsidiairies since 2000/2001, according to company officials. Eric Ligman, Microsoft US Senior Manager for Small Business Community Engagement,  announced via a posting on the Microsoft Small Business Community blog Microsoft’s strategy to add Open Value Subscription as an option, starting on March 3, 2008. Liggman blogged: “The Microsoft Open Value Subscription Program provides a way for SMB customers to ’subscribe’ to the Microsoft software they want to utilize in their businesses in a ‘lease. [lien] [EN]

JABRA GN9330 USB for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Casque .

JABRA GN9330 USB for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 - Casque ( convertible ) - sans fil - DECT   [lien] [EN]