Last Friday Inquirer ran a story on how Microsoft Phils. in a magnanimous mood ever so graciously decided that they will “allow Internet cafes to purchase the cheaper, original commercial equipment manufacturer (COEM) license for Windows, but for a limited time only,”.
I’ve finally gotten around to putting up PC Exchange, a simple classifieds site based on Noah’s Classifieds, completely devoid of any frills until I determine what else I might think of putting.
The 2nd of 9 gadget reviews have come out today, you can check it here: http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=55946, the first one being the Samsung SGH-E730, here: http://news.inq7.net/lifestyle/index.php?index=1&story_id=54497
One this morning, and now a two-in-one!
Couldn’t help it, because (1.) today Microsoft today announced a new version of MS SQL, said to be targetting rivals Oracle and IBM.
Which isn’t really big news, except for the line I got from this article:
I’m fairly sure that Microsoft missed the ‘software as a service’ boat not for any reason other than, as stated in this Fortune article, the fact that it was afraid that pursuing it back in 2001/2002 meant it had to go up against its centralized ‘software for desktop’ approach, where it is no doubt king.
It just makes sense. See, MS Office has been Microsoft’s big money making monster for years, a collection of bloated elephantine over-featured over-done software which everybody used or had to use. Microsoft therefore has to support the concept of individual installations (and licenses) of software on individual machines – the foundation of their business.
My client, Itechmobile.net, is about 90% finished.
They are the local distributors of Digital Audio / Video Players and recorder manufacturer Archos, featuring the spectacular Archos AV400, an unbelievable little handheld machine that plays DVRs, mp3s, mpeg4, jpegs and what-have-you, with up to 100gb storage.
Borrowed over from PinoyTechblog is an image from a post by fellow IT blogger and SEO expert Mark Macalua, entitled “Addict Mobile PR Nightmare” showing thus:
Over the past few days, I’ve received no less than three phpbb announcements of what looks like two new versions, and a revision of the most newest version.
Continue reading hey we’ve a new version!… again! … and again!
Who would’ve thought that a movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would have any impact at all. In fact, we only ended up watching it because for some odd reason, The Corpse Bride was unceremoniously pulled out mid-week, and we were left with either watching the 40 Year Old Virgin twice, which I didn’t mind because it was completely hilarious, or Dubai twice, which I would’ve minded as it would have numbed me of all feeling.
Continue reading Doom – the best video game to movie adaptation ever?