August 29, 2012
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I have a huge movie collection. It used to all be on VHS tapes, then I moved to DVDs, and now I’m slowly moving to Blu-Ray. That’s all well and good, but along the way I decided I liked the … Continue reading
August 15, 2012
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Earlier this week, Microsoft Office standards chief Jim Thatcher quietly announced that Microsoft would add ”two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. … [and] support for opening PDF documents so they can be … Continue reading
July 30, 2012
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Fred Brewin, a Google product manager, has just announced that Google is upgrading its Gmail and its closely allied Google Talk instant-messaging, VoIP, and video-chat service to to “a more modern video calling technology — Google+ Hangouts.” Google+ Hangouts enables … Continue reading
July 26, 2012
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UPDATED: Early this morning, July 26, on the US East coast, Google Talk, and related communication services went down. By 1 PM Google is reporting that the service is back to normal. Google Talk: Down and out in Google IM, … Continue reading
July 24, 2012
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The question was: “Is Skype snooping on your conversations?” The answer is yes. According to a Microsoft Skype spokesperson, “As was true before the Microsoft acquisition, Skype co-operates with law enforcement agencies as is legally required and technically feasible.” So … Continue reading
June 19, 2012
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No, that’s not my prediction for Microsoft’s mysterious Monday announcement. No, it’s what Microsoft is already doing with last week’s unexpected release of Skype 4 for Linux. Microsoft–Microsoft!–of all companies has just shipped its first mass-market, end-user Linux desktop program. … Continue reading