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Playstation Network vs. Xbox Live – Who Is The Clingy One?

I received an email today about updates to the Playstation Network Terms of Service and User Agreement. The following appears to be a new clause under “The violations that are prohibited…” section:...

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Windows 7 Developer Resources off to a Worrying Start

Microsoft has a Windows 7 developer blog with its first post today. With your help, this blog should evolve to become some sort of Windows 7 developer content index. Ugh.  I certainly hope not.  Blogs...

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PDC 2008 Is Not Sold Out – Is There a Virtual Option?

PDC starts in less than 4 days (or 3 if you include the pre-conference events) and it has not officially sold out yet.  They have reached their 10,000 registration goal (that’s $20M+ in revenue!) and...

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Putting Your Eggs in the Live Services Basket

The PDC excitement is over. The Azure Service Platform has been disclosed. The Live Services are included in that and one of the Live Services is Web Authentication with Windows Live ID, meaning that...

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Inauguration in an Adolescent Country

CNN’s coverages went on about their PhotoSynth effort, but never once (that I noticed) mentioned that it was a Microsoft product.  Perhaps Microsoft didn’t pay their product placement fee or legal said...

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Pet Peeves around North American Grammar and Phrases

Completely random post here.  Here are grammar offences (or just irksome/lazy phrasing) that can regularly be heard on TV news, talk-shows and interviews in the US (some by prominent news casters), but...

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Now Twittering…

I’ve taken the plunge into Twitter. Within my first couple of weeks of tweeting Twitter has taken away the setting that allows someone to see @replies from the people he/she follows to people that...

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Microsoft’s Cunning Plan To Get IE On Windows 7 in Europe

It has apparently been revealed that Microsoft will not (directly) include IE with Windows 7 RTM in Europe. This is clearly, on the surface at least, a plan to avoid litigation with EU authorities at...

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Microsoft’s Cunning Plan to Get IE on Windows 7 in Europe – Part 2

So yesterday I explained how Microsoft’s plan to effectively keep IE on Windows 7 by removing it from copies sold in Europe was really is a great plan for Microsoft (i.e. not much change) and not so...

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Microsoft’s Azure xRM Play is Important

Read this through and you’ll see how Microsoft could be enabling a LOB platform in the cloud for ISVs.  Beware however, that this could also be a research asset for Microsoft to bolster it’s own CRM...

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