Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog @ SeattlePI.com
Business and technology reporter Todd Bishop supplements the Seattle P-I's regular Microsoft coverage with this online journal.
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- Microsoft: FCC filing doesn't signal a Zune phone
A newly surfaced FCC filing has created all sorts of buzz today about the possibility of a Zune phone with Internet-based voice capabilities.
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:45 GMT - Another look at initial Windows Vista PC sales
Joe Wilcox at Microsoft Watch has a good story today indicating that the 67 percent increase in PC sales during Windows Vista's launch week may not be all it seemed. Based on his reporting and analysis, it appears that PC makers and retailers cut back on their inventory of Windows XP machines in the weeks prior to the Windows Vista launch. That apparently forced some would-be PC buyers to delay purchases until Windows Vista's debut, inflating those numbers.
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:40 GMT - Report: PC sales up 67% in Vista launch week
Retail PC sales rose 67 percent in the U.S. during Windows Vista's launch week, compared with the same period last year, research firm Current Analysis said in a report issued today. See related coverage by Bloomberg News.
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:23 GMT - In a switch, Microsoft will keep 'Hotmail' brand
Apparently people like "Hotmail" more than Microsoft thought.
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:51 GMT - 'The Perfect Thing' at Microsoft
Newsweek's Steven Levy is visiting Seattle in support of "The Perfect Thing," his book about Apple's iPod, and he'll be giving a public talk at 7 p.m. Friday at the University Book Store. But the really interesting discussion is happening today in Redmond.
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:51 GMT - Ellison's medical status is their cue to leave
Is this what it will be like for Microsoft when Bill Gates stops giving speeches? Here at the RSA Conference in San Francisco today, the audience waiting for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's highly anticipated keynote was instead greeted by Hasan Rizvi, Oracle's vice president of security and identity management -- who explained that Ellison had the flu and wouldn't be able to make it.
Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:11 GMT - Keyword analysis: Four years of Bill Gates at RSA
Bill Gates' appearance Tuesday at the RSA Conference was his fourth address to the big security convention, dating back to 2004. To get a better sense for how things have evolved over that time, we ran the text of all four speeches through the tag cloud generator. Click here to access a scrolling timeline showing the most commonly used words from Gates' RSA speeches.
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:48 GMT - Apple ad takes on Vista security feature
Bill Gates already wasn't a fan of Apple's commercials, and now he has one more reason not to like them. The latest installment pokes fun at the User Account Control pop-ups in Windows Vista. As it happens, its debut comes as Gates appears here at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. Coincidence?
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:52 GMT - Symantec CEO alludes to Microsoft's 'conflict of interest'
Bill Gates and Microsoft executive Craig Mundie were given a polite reception here this morning at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. But perhaps the biggest applause thus far came in response to a statement by John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, one of the companies that Microsoft is increasingly competing with by offering its own antivirus, anti-spyware and other security software.
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:13 GMT - Microsoft: Windows identity system to work with OpenID
Here at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this morning, Microsoft said it will make the CardSpace identity system in Windows work with the OpenID online identity system. Bill Gates made the announcement during his keynote. See details on the blog of Kim Cameron, Microsoft's chief identity architect.
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:44 GMT
