"Both of the referenced articles are utter nonsense. The purported change of search engine pointed at the Windows file indexer, not the Internet search. The most likely explanation by far is that the Google toolbar mis-fired its warning on initialization after an upgrade"
Assuming the change pointed at the Windows file indexer, and we have no evidence as to this, apart from your writings, why would this cause the default Firefox search option to change?
"The first thing I saw when I booted my PC yesterday evening was a notice that Google had prevented my default search setting from being changed.. It took all of about two seconds to realize that Windows Search Service attempted to change my search default"
"This is why Sergey Brin is running around scared, and this is why Google is releasing their own browser in a hurry (it too sends all your browsing data to Google, for the same purposes)"
Like how was Chrome released in response to Bing, when Bing came out some eight months afre the first release of Chrome?
"Why would you need an app store specifically for Linux on netbook?"
'you' wouldn't but it would promote sales and services for the Mobile carriers, as they wouldn't be paying the Microsoft tax or 'share download revenue with the OS designer'
'Does the Linux foundation want to do an oversight.. No oversight needed'
"It always baffles me how supposedly good tech people can jump on whatever bandwagon happens to be popular at the time. Take, for example, the 'Let's Hate Microsoft' one that currently seems to be all the rage"
Like where, what 'tech people', give samples.. and what has any of this got to do with the TCO of cleaning up Microsoft Malware?
"It is really interesting that they insist on not shipping MSI versions of their software"
Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 will be offering the much requested MSI installer which will enable the end user to install the Firefox web browsing software application on multiple computers at the same point of time
Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for WIndows 7 In the EU
"Some of the money Microsoft stands to make on the European editions of Windows 7 comes from the weak dollar. Last week, for instance, the dollar fell against the euro the most in a month, hitting $1.41 per euro"
Like how, what's the relationship between the exchange rate and the cost of burning a DVD?
"many news sites delivered their own content promptly, only to find their page delivery delayed by slow-loading ads.. How best to balance the content vs. performance tradeoffs?"
Slashdot also suffers from this. The solution is to feed the adverts directly to the site and then serve up dynamically created static pages.
Nowhere in the article are any concrete backlash issues raised. It's all opinion by the author. For people who want to get involved in beta testing, there's the support forums. For the rest of us we wait for the next stable release.
"developers function far too much in isolation from their user base"
The thing about Open Source is that no one is forcing you to upgrade. As for developers too isolation from their user base, that is an equally bogus issue. Personally, when evere I have had a problem with software, I contacted the lead developer directly and got a polite response. When was the last time the average Windows user got to talk to the Windows developers?
"My experience of Firefox is over the course use for a week it becomes the biggest resource consumer on my machine and needs to be periodically shutdown"
You actually ran XP for a whole week without rebooting ?
"There is simply no hard evidence that Microsoft is abusing its monopoly to crush Linux on netbooks"
'The very next day, Asus' chairman, Jonney Shih, after sharing a news conference stage with Microsoft corporate VP, OEM Division, Steven Guggenheimer, apologized for the Android Eee PC being shown'
'We invest big, big $$ in Dell.. we be quite prescriptive in our investments with Dell relative to the competitive threats we see with Linux.. we constantly benchmark ourselves against the actions they do with RedHat'
'A cross-group team has been working for the last two weeks on a proposal to have a more planned response process to defend against Linux and other low-cost/no-cost competitors in large education/government deals in both developed and developing subs'
This affects a number of webservers that use threaded processes and ironically attempt to limit that to prevent memory exhaustion - fixing one problem created another..
1. fingerprint the timeout on serverside 2. dig the sitemap from target 3. build a list of browsers to advertise to server during request 4. buy proxies from black market 5. start requests thru proxies to target
"Internet Explorer 8 takes the cake with better phishing and malware protection, as well as protection from emerging threats"
"Firefox and Chrome have more support for emerging standards like HTML5 and CSS3, but Internet Explorer 8 invested heavily in having world-class, consistent support for the entire CSS2.1 specification"
"Internet Explorer 8 is more compatible with more sites on the Internet than any other browser"
"opening up the Bebo homepage (lol) rockets my D-C (1.7Ghz) up to 90% across both, sometimes 100%, interrupting all other tabs and even other applications!"
Hadn't noticed here on this 768MB ~2992 Mhz machine..
"The University of Wisconsin is attempting to update a payroll system they have had in place since 1975"
Move to app to an emulator running on current hardware. Adapt the app to what ever changes are necessary. Move the app to run natively on current hardware. Don't use the same people who squandered $28.4 in the previous attempt.
"Do any Slashdotters who have made it beyond the helpdesk have any knowledge or wisdom to impart? Is formal education a good avenue, or would I better off moving back home, getting a mindless but low-stress job, and teaching myself technologies in my free time?"
Get out right now and start your own business. Attend start-your-own-business courses in the evening. Start a small repair/data recovery business with an Internet cafe/print service on the ground floor and build up a clientele base. If you can't afford a premises use your garage..
Yet more Microsoft search innovation. It is patently obvious that 'search' is a weapon in directing people to websites that Microsoft want you to go to..
I heard a rumor that MS was seeding the blogosphere with negative publicity regarding Google and talking up it's own late-to-the-party Bing. That's just a rumor mind, so I don't have to produce any actual evidence..:)
Slashdot Mirror
Picasa defaults to change your IE search to Google
Only if you are installing Picasa and it does give you an option to unselect this option
"Both of the referenced articles are utter nonsense. The purported change of search engine pointed at the Windows file indexer, not the Internet search. The most likely explanation by far is that the Google toolbar mis-fired its warning on initialization after an upgrade"
.. It took all of about two seconds to realize that Windows Search Service attempted to change my search default"
Assuming the change pointed at the Windows file indexer, and we have no evidence as to this, apart from your writings, why would this cause the default Firefox search option to change?
"The first thing I saw when I booted my PC yesterday evening was a notice that Google had prevented my default search setting from being changed
"This is why Sergey Brin is running around scared, and this is why Google is releasing their own browser in a hurry (it too sends all your browsing data to Google, for the same purposes)"
... Unveiled by Microsoft .. on May 28, 2009'
.. was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on 2 September 2008'
Like how was Chrome released in response to Bing, when Bing came out some eight months afre the first release of Chrome?
'Bing
'Google Chrome
It was just an accident, Microsoft have never stopped to manipulating the Windows paltform to give itself an unfair advantage ... :)
"Why would you need an app store specifically for Linux on netbook?"
.. No oversight needed'
'you' wouldn't but it would promote sales and services for the Mobile carriers, as they wouldn't be paying the Microsoft tax or 'share download revenue with the OS designer'
'Does the Linux foundation want to do an oversight
Fallacy: Straw Man
"Here's an idea - how about Linux developers just write some useable apps that people actually want"
..
Firefox, Thunderbird, Filezilla, VLC media Player, Coolplayer
PortableApps.com
"It always baffles me how supposedly good tech people can jump on whatever bandwagon happens to be popular at the time. Take, for example, the 'Let's Hate Microsoft' one that currently seems to be all the rage"
.. and what has any of this got to do with the TCO of cleaning up Microsoft Malware?
Like where, what 'tech people', give samples
"This dropper drops a dll with the name SOCKET2.DLL to Windows' system folder"
Having thus read, I need go no farther. How does the exploit actually get on to the web servers i nthe first place?
"It is really interesting that they insist on not shipping MSI versions of their software"
Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 will be offering the much requested MSI installer which will enable the end user to install the Firefox web browsing software application on multiple computers at the same point of time
When ever FF is mentioned on slashdot always bring up the memory usage 'problem' or CPU usage FUD !!!
.. :)
"meh, i get 100% cpu usage after the page has loaded on Firefox"
The lowercase i's are a nice touch
"Looks promising; found this in a link from TFA:"
..
Looks like a solution
Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for WIndows 7 In the EU
"Some of the money Microsoft stands to make on the European editions of Windows 7 comes from the weak dollar. Last week, for instance, the dollar fell against the euro the most in a month, hitting $1.41 per euro"
Like how, what's the relationship between the exchange rate and the cost of burning a DVD?
"many news sites delivered their own content promptly, only to find their page delivery delayed by slow-loading ads .. How best to balance the content vs. performance tradeoffs?"
Slashdot also suffers from this. The solution is to feed the adverts directly to the site and then serve up dynamically created static pages.
Stop hanging round with other geeks .. :)
The Big Bang Theory
"He points to instances of user backlash"
Nowhere in the article are any concrete backlash issues raised. It's all opinion by the author. For people who want to get involved in beta testing, there's the support forums. For the rest of us we wait for the next stable release.
"developers function far too much in isolation from their user base"
The thing about Open Source is that no one is forcing you to upgrade. As for developers too isolation from their user base, that is an equally bogus issue. Personally, when evere I have had a problem with software, I contacted the lead developer directly and got a polite response. When was the last time the average Windows user got to talk to the Windows developers?
"My experience of Firefox is over the course use for a week it becomes the biggest resource consumer on my machine and needs to be periodically shutdown"
You actually ran XP for a whole week without rebooting ?
Reducing memory usage - Firefox
"There is simply no hard evidence that Microsoft is abusing its monopoly to crush Linux on netbooks"
.. we be quite prescriptive in our investments with Dell relative to the competitive threats we see with Linux .. we constantly benchmark ourselves against the actions they do with RedHat'
'The very next day, Asus' chairman, Jonney Shih, after sharing a news conference stage with Microsoft corporate VP, OEM Division, Steven Guggenheimer, apologized for the Android Eee PC being shown'
Microsofts Walmart/Linux Taskforce
'We invest big, big $$ in Dell
'A cross-group team has been working for the last two weeks on a proposal to have a more planned response process to defend against Linux and other low-cost/no-cost competitors in large education/government deals in both developed and developing subs'
This affects a number of webservers that use threaded processes and ironically attempt to limit that to prevent memory exhaustion - fixing one problem created another..
1. fingerprint the timeout on serverside
2. dig the sitemap from target
3. build a list of browsers to advertise to server during request
4. buy proxies from black market
5. start requests thru proxies to target
"Internet Explorer 8 takes the cake with better phishing and malware protection, as well as protection from emerging threats"
"Firefox and Chrome have more support for emerging standards like HTML5 and CSS3, but Internet Explorer 8 invested heavily in having world-class, consistent support for the entire CSS2.1 specification"
"Internet Explorer 8 is more compatible with more sites on the Internet than any other browser"
"opening up the Bebo homepage (lol) rockets my D-C (1.7Ghz) up to 90% across both, sometimes 100%, interrupting all other tabs and even other applications!"
..
Hadn't noticed here on this 768MB ~2992 Mhz machine
"The University of Wisconsin is attempting to update a payroll system they have had in place since 1975"
Move to app to an emulator running on current hardware. Adapt the app to what ever changes are necessary. Move the app to run natively on current hardware. Don't use the same people who squandered $28.4 in the previous attempt.
"Do any Slashdotters who have made it beyond the helpdesk have any knowledge or wisdom to impart? Is formal education a good avenue, or would I better off moving back home, getting a mindless but low-stress job, and teaching myself technologies in my free time?"
..
Get out right now and start your own business. Attend start-your-own-business courses in the evening. Start a small repair/data recovery business with an Internet cafe/print service on the ground floor and build up a clientele base. If you can't afford a premises use your garage
"linux windows, linux microsoft, linux vista"
Yet more Microsoft search innovation. It is patently obvious that 'search' is a weapon in directing people to websites that Microsoft want you to go to ..
how to block adult web sites, the non Microsoft way. Of course this doesn't deserve a whole article on slashdot .. :)
I heard a rumor that MS was seeding the blogosphere with negative publicity regarding Google and talking up it's own late-to-the-party Bing. That's just a rumor mind, so I don't have to produce any actual evidence .. :)