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• Small but important Live Mesh update

  Earlier this month, Microsoft made some changes to Live Mesh , including very low level support for P2P (peer to peer) folder sharing. The problem was (at the time) that you couldn’t configure this explicitly in the UI. So if you wanted to exclude the... Posted Jul 31 2008, 07:09 AM by pthurrott with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: XP, Internet, Windows Live, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta

  This could be huge. Those waiting for calendaring syncing between Hotmail/Windows Live and Microsoft Outlook can rejoice: It looks like it's finally happening (albeit in beta form): Brief Description With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can... Posted Jul 24 2008, 05:13 PM by pthurrott with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, XP, Internet, Windows Live, Cloud computing, Vista

• Microsoft's online gamble could be smart bet

  Now, here's something I can agree with wholeheartedly. In fact, I had exactly the same reaction: As I listened to financial analysts grumble about how Microsoft continues to pour its hard-earned software profits back into its online services effort... Posted Jul 18 2008, 03:50 PM by pthurrott with | with 65 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary

• The MobileMe disaster continues: Now it's not 'Exchange for the rest of us' anymore

  I just received the following note that Apple sent to its sales force. In it, the company says that it will no longer use the "Exchange for the rest of us" slogan because MobileMe, unlike Exchange, does not really use push technology. This whole... Posted Jul 17 2008, 11:34 AM by pthurrott with | with 120 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, XP, iPod, Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Cloud computing, Vista

• Internet Explorer 8 security features

  I just posted an article about Internet Explorer 8 security features . This is based on a recent briefing I had, but as promised, the IE team has published a number of related blog posts that might be of interest: IE8 Security Part III – SmartScreen Filter... Posted Jul 02 2008, 01:29 PM by pthurrott with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Internet, Internet Explorer, Security, Cloud computing, Vista

• Apple MobileMe ... PC vs. Mac

  Apple’s MobileMe isn’t just a warmed over PC- and iPhone-compatible version of .Mac. It’s important for two reasons: Apple is jumping headfirst into the cloud computing market. (And confounding pundits who predicted they’d partner with Google.) Apple... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, iPod, Internet, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Questions and comments about Firefox 3, IE 8, the future of Web browsers, cloud computing, and how it all comes together

  So it's always amusing to me when the mainstream press tries to cover tech products, but I was particularly interested in this one since I'm in the middle of writing my own Firefox 3 review. I think that terms like "innovative" are thrown... Posted May 26 2008, 01:29 PM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary