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1. Comment - Microsoft Aims for Apple with Zune

   (Nov 17, 2006 - 7:26 AM)

   FAO: StUmBliNgBl0ck
   
   You may find people actually taking time to read your opinion if you can first master the art of writing in sentences, with appropriate punctuation and double line feeds.
   
   Otherwise, I suspect most will look at your post as the deluded ramblings of a bigot, spammer or troll.
   
   Just a thought..

2. Comment - Microsoft Aims for Apple with Zune

   (Nov 15, 2006 - 12:56 PM)

   Aires asks: (And "full-length samples" - what does that mean?!).
   
   Full length samples is a euphemism for data that automagically self destructs after 3 plays or 3 days on the device, whichever comes sooner..
   
   DRM at its fugliest!

3. Comment - Microsoft Aims for Apple with Zune

   (Nov 14, 2006 - 9:54 PM)

   What happened to PlaysForSure? Um.. MS just rendered it obsolete, and screwed a whole bunch of OEMs in the process. Not to mention the consumers of the media, non-transferrable to the Zune..
   
   All cosmetics aside, Zune is just a lame attempt to re-engineer the DRM argument in Microshaft's favour.
   
   Microshaft wants "in" on the media distribution, be it videos, music or you eyespace for adverts. And the Zune is their hope they'll win the battle for control of media distrubtion through consumer-unfriendly DRM-controlled content.
   
   If a device has wireless, I want to swap whatever I choose with whomever I choose. Anything less is not only a compromise, it's also a sellout to the very concept of DRM.
   
   If I pay for media, I should be free to do with it what I choose, in the same way I can lend a friend a CD.
   
   Do what your conscience dicates.. personally, I'd rather chop off all my fingers than support this craven attempt to rip off Apple, primarily, and the consumer additionally.

4. Comment - Yahoo Ships Customized IE7 Beta 2

   (Jun 11, 2006 - 7:26 AM)

   bakura wrote:
   
   "I don't think it's weak at all. If Yahoo wants to bring their customers a "Yahoo ready" browser, more power to them.. The fact that Microsoft gives them that ability is awesome."
   
   A "Yahoo ready" browser is any browser that displays Yahoo's code and permits full use of services. Namely *most* modern browsers.
   
   As for the "awesome" customisation tools, when IE7 supports skins and extensions (optional feature enhancements & additional functionality), then perhaps it might be considered "awesome". Until then, there's always Firefox.

5. Comment - Microsoft Responds to WGA Concerns

   (Jun 11, 2006 - 6:31 AM)

   In addition to disabling WGA, there are also alternatives to WindowsUpdate.
   
   http://windizupdate.com works in Firefox, Opera, K-Meleon etc, freeing you from requiring IE for essential maintenance (if you do not wish to use Automatic Updates, for example). Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindizUpdate
   
   Also, PeerGuardian is one of the easier methods of ensuring blanket ip ban policies for organisations.. http://peerguardian.sourceforge.net