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Leaked memo offers a peak inside Steve Ballmer’s head

July 28, 2008

The Microsoft CEO has Apple, Yahoo and Google in his sights and will deliver a $300 million ad campaign to address any lingering doubts about Vista. He will try to copy-cat Apple’s vertically integrated approach; turn Microsoft into the leading enterprise software company in the world, and squash Linux. He will push into subscription software services and will make sure that the cloud remains an extension of desktop applications, not a replacement. He stressed that Microsoft is still after search, against Google, with or without Yahoo. To show that he means business, he let one of his key generals leave, split his division into two and reshuffled executives. This is the summary of Steve Ballmer’s leaked memo aimed at boosting his troops’ morale. It also offers unique insight into Steve Ballmer’s new head. Still as shiny as the old one, but perhaps a little wiser, and maybe more determined. Or, have we heard it all before?

Following the departure of Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer became the visionary, and commander in chief, of Microsoft. Thanks to a leaked internal memo, published in its entirety in this All Things Digital article , we now know more about Ballmer’s ambitions. The document offers an interesting insight into the new Ballmer persona. Sadly, Ballmer had this other set of personas that were popularized on the web: the “used car salesman” , the “monkey boy” , the “man who laughs off” the iPhone , Google’s Android and pretty much everything else, the “developers motivator” and the “advertising guru.” Read more

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Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in Vegas

July 19, 2008

Microsoft Surface tabletop computers in VegasThe Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has brought six Microsoft Surface tabletop computers into its iBar ultra-lounge for use and play by bar patrons. Cool. I cannot wait to get out there and try it out.Microsoft Surface is a thirty inch tabletop computer that features an interface that allows several users to move data around with their hands on the tabletop. I really do not know what practical value that has, but I am not Microsoft.

The chief application is called Flirt. This is described as “an exciting new way to chat and meet people from one Surface to another. Strategically placed video cameras at each Surface add even more energy to the action, allowing guests to interact with old friends, flirt with new acquaintances, and take and send photos across the lounge.” Cool. But, my significant other and Microsoft Surface partner is probably not into this feature. Guests will also be able to play a variety of games, order specialty cocktails, view videos, and tour Vegas virtually.

The Microsoft Surface Microsoft Surface has a video and a description of the first days’ implementation of the project. Having spent significant time in the Rio, I doubt the tabletop will stay as clean, spill-free, and without ashes, as shown in the video.

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Microsoft warns of attacks on Word

July 17, 2008

Microsoft warned late Tuesday that the company had begun investigating “limited” attacks that appear to be exploiting a flaw in a single version of the company’s Word document processing program.

The attacks target a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3. Word 2000 does not appear to be vulnerable, but a specially crafted .doc file used in the attack could crash the earlier version of the program, Microsoft stated in an advisory.

“At this time, we are aware of limited, targeted attacks attempting to use the reported vulnerability, but we will continue to track this issue,” Bill Sisk, security program manager for Microsoft, said in a blog post.
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office has become a favored method of attackers aiming to compromise specific computers. Such targeted attacks have increasingly become a threat to companies and government agencies, since computer-emergency response organizations flagged the attacks in 2005. Read more

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