New and Noteworthy: Dvorak Internet Explorer was(is) Microsoft's biggest mistake; Voice recognition through Windows XP on a Mac

Dvorak Internet Explorer was(is) Microsoft's biggest mistake John Dvorak opines that Microsoft's biggest blunder in history has been the browser the company has invested billions in: Internet Explorer. "This appliance malarkey comes and goes, but always goes. We still have computers, we still need operating systems, and we still need Microsoft Office. Yes, there are alternatives to everything, but the gold standards for all these basics make most of the money, no matter what anyone idealizes to the contrary. But Microsoft buys the fear. It must have some of the lowest corporate self-esteem for any dominant company in the history of modern business. The company is like the panicky old woman wondering how she lost a penny in her purse while giving exact change in the express line at the grocery store. Hey lady, you are holding things up!" More.

Voice recognition through Windows XP on a Mac mini Voice Technologies announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Media Center Communicator voice recognition for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 running on an Apple Mac mini. The Apple Mac mini was configured to dual-boot into either Apple Mac OS X Tiger or Windows XP Media Center 2005 using Apple's Boot Camp software. More.

X-Win32 X Server software supports Boot Camp Macworld reports that StarNet Communications said Wednesday that its X-Win32 software is the first PC-based X Server to support Intel-based Macs running Apple?s Boot Camp software. X-Win32 enables users to run Unix and Linux-based software using the X Window System ? technology developed to manage windowed graphical user interfaces over a network. More.

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