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Friday, May 09, 2008 9:32 PM

Apple Changes Update Policies - Still No Biscuit

As I have mentioned in other posts ( Retro-bundling - another suck of the Apple , MacBook Air debuts; iTunes Pesters Me Again , Removing Apple Mobile Device Support , I didn't want iTunes - now I've got iPod, too? , etc, etc), this has long since...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:33 PM

Think like a bad guy? It's a start.

Cool new site (and blog ) from Microsoft - http://securedeveloper.com - and it has a tag line I've heard many times before: Like that old maxim that "you need to stop fighting fires long enough to tell the architects to stop building things out...
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Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:57 PM

Can You Write Good Code for an OS you Despise?

No, this isn't another of my anti-Mac frothing rants. This is one of my "here's what I hate about many of the open-source projects I deal with" rants. I'm trying to find an SFTP client for Windows that works the way I want it to...
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Friday, March 21, 2008 9:15 PM

Retro-bundling - another suck of the Apple

I thought I was done blogging about Apple Software Update, having removed QuickTime from my system completely, and sworn never to install it again or watch another QT or MOV file. But nooo, someone had to spoil it by telling me what Apple Software Update...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:55 AM

CS-RCS Pro on Vista

I've been trying back and forth to get CS-RCS Pro , a version control suite, to work on Windows Vista. I like CS-RCS Pro for a number of reasons: Files stored in CS-RCS Pro are kept in a simple format, open and well-documented. As a result, if I ever...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:09 PM

MacBook Air debuts; iTunes Pesters Me Again

The big news from Apple this week was that they have a flatter laptop than anyone else (except Intel, who have a "Lorado" concept model that is much cooler, is demonstrated with Vista, and comes with an optional sleeve that has a Sideshow display...
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Monday, December 17, 2007 5:38 PM

Removing Apple Mobile Device Support

As mentioned before, I'm not a fan of Appple 's, particularly because they tend to impose crap on me that I'm not interested in having. I've been trying to figure out how to remove iTunes , iPod and Aple Mobile Device Support on and off...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:25 PM

Microsoft Support Switches to Live Search

In the spirit of the famous review of Spinal Tap's album "Shark Sandwich", I was tempted to post a two-word review,the first word of which is "Advanced". My three-word review, then - "Worst. Search. Ever". But, just in...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:41 PM

I didn't want iTunes - now I've got iPod, too?

So, in my last post " Can the EU get me QuickTime N? ", I noted that my installation of QuickTime (because I had a .MOV file I want to see) led to Apple Software Update offering me "iTunes + QuickTime 7.5", despite my removing iTunes...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:52 PM

Can the EU get me QuickTime N?

So, a long time ago, in a continent not so far away, the European Union required Microsoft to ship a version of Windows without Media Player , called Windows XP N. Now, here's a follow-up to my previous articles: Programmer Hubris Part 1 - He's...
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Friday, November 23, 2007 10:38 PM

Why is DR and process documentation so bad?

Given stories of people who have failed DR tests because they fail to document the processes that are required to recover systems, it's clear that the missing link is documentation and process. Why are systems so poorly documented? I see two reasons...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:35 PM

DRM should always be a choice

Jesper's recent frustration with a bug in the DRM support on his Windows Media Center Edition (MCE) system demonstrates a couple of basic truths in system reliability: Complexity negatively impacts reliability. DRM contributes to complexity. Clearly...
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