Tag: microsoft

23 Jan 2008

A Bad Week for Apple

First, it is discovered that Apple is crippling its software to prevent discovery of how its programs work, the precise purpose of the tool in the first place. This is likely to prevent discovery of ways to circumvent DRM, whether it be audio or video related.
Then, even Microsoft has relented on the use of Vista [...]

03 Jan 2008

MS blocks Old Files?

That is what they are saying over at Ars. The description of what is happening just doesn’t sound right to me. This would be insanely annoying with no real benefit that I can see. I don’t even see how this benefits Microsoft. And, despite being an OpenOffice user, that is just not an attractive alternative. [...]