Read more about The New Web Project here They couldn’t believe Opera turned the Internet upside down with their launch of Opera Unite. According to a blogpost Google, Microsoft, AOL, Mozilla, W3C want to launch a “new Web”. The official website looks like this . Well, I call this Bullshit. Yes, Bullshit. Why? For a […]
Continue ReadingInformationWeek: IE8 Users Switch To IE7
As of 8:00 am Monday, IE8 — released Thursday — held 1.86% of the browser market, down from a high of 2.59% on Sunday, according to market watcher Net Applications. The most likely reason for the decline is that early adopters of IE8 are switching back to the more familiar, and –at this point — […]
Continue ReadingIBM in Talks to Buy Sun?
via WallStreetJournal o rly? SUN (JAVA): 3,723,526,925 US$ current stock value. IBM wants to pay up to US$ 6.5 billion: If the deal does go through, which could happen as early as this week, IBM is likely to pay at least $6.5 billion in cash to acquire Sun, the people said. That would translate into […]
Continue ReadingFirst Swiss Microsoft Innovation Center in Rapperswil
Today Microsoft and the University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil opened the first Swiss Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC). The MIC family is as big as 110 centers in 60 countries worldwide. In Rapperswil it all started in 2003 with the .NET Competence Center. In 2005 the Swiss Software Solution Center has opened its doors. And […]
Continue ReadingReasons For Microsoft To Succeed
I just had a weird dream. What would you say to Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer or Ray Ozzi if you meet them? How do you think you can help Microsoft to stay successful for the next 10 years? What are your ideas? And is the Microsoft/Yahoo deal inevitable?
Continue ReadingLivestation vs. Zattoo: First Round
Again I am having the chance and honor to be one of the first (if not the first) Swiss blog and citizen to try out a new Online TV service. This time it is Livestation (Wikipedia). Livestation delivers a range of live radio and television channels to your computer over a broadband network. There is […]
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