This is a response to Johnathan Zittrain’s article entitled, surprisingly, The Personal Computer is Dead. I say surprisingly because the title is a bit deceiving, and the content has little to do with the death of the PC as such, 98% of the piece is spent talking about Apple’s closed Read more
I am not immune from a healthy dose of Microsoft bashing from time to time, but even I have to cringe at the ongoing competition case against Microsoft. The European Commission brought a case against Microsoft alleging that it violated EU Competition law by bundling the Windows Media Player with Read more
Do you ever wonder how things work? Here at TechnoLlama we spend an obscene amount of time wondering precisely how applications and gadgets work. How does a media server allow me to watch downloaded TV shows in my PS3? How are long files negotiated between a Mac and a PC? Read more
And now back to our favourite sport, Microsoft bashing. Slashdot reports some unnerving built-in features in the new MS operating system: “That Photoshop stopped functioning after we messed with one of its nag DLLs was not so much a surprise, but what was a surprise: Noting that Win7 allows programs Read more
The BBC is reporting that there is a new fatal flaw with Internet Explorer that allows hackers to gain access to a computer and steal passwords. In other news water is wet, politicians lie and Windows Vista is a huge disappointment. Seriously though, this is usually the perfect opportunity for Read more
(via Future Lawyer) Continuing with this week’s theme of looking at the lighter side of IT, here is further evidence that users are uninstalling Vista in droves. Yes, when someone goes to the trouble of advertising a downgrade, you know your OS is in trouble. My own copy of Vista Read more
The geeks are up in arms because Microsoft has won approval of its much maligned Office Open XML (OOXML) format as an open standard. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has finally allowed OOXML to become an international standard after its initial rejection last year, but the decision still can Read more
It’s been a week since the largest ever fine by the European Commission was issued to Microsoft for failure to comply fully with the eponymous competition case. I must admit that even I, not a fan of Microsoft, flinched at what seems to be unusually steep punishment for failure to Read more
This seems like a good time for reflection on the Microsoft case. Colleague and fellow blogger Abbe Brown has sent us this event: 28 February 2008 Joint event by the Europa Institute and the AHRC Research Centre in Intellectual Property & Technology Law. A lecture by Ian Forrester QC, White Read more
Luca Rubini from the University of Birmingham informed us about this event, which we reproduce for interested readers. The Microsoft Case: The IT industry and the Future of EC Competition Law Friday 16 May 2008 (4:30 – 6:30 pm) The case: A 2004 Commission Decision and a 2007 Court of Read more