Microsoft to Release lightweight Web Versions of Office Apps

[jenaiabird.livejournal.com]

**cross-posted to jenaiabird

Microsoft plans to take on Google Docs/Apps by releasing lightweight Web versions of Office Apps

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and then you reach the end of the article...

Microsoft will deliver Office Web applications to consumers through Office Live, a consumer service with both ad-funded and subscription offers, Capossela said.

Yet, he added, “for business customers, we will offer Office Web applications as a hosted subscription service and also through existing volume licensing agreements.”

and there's the familiar MS rub. will be interested from an "end-user support" standpoint to see how this develops...

It wasn't even a quarter to 9 yet...

[lillyflowers.livejournal.com]

I told you it's E-ther-net not ETHHH-er-net. Stop saying ETHHHernet. It hurts my brain. Stop reading every damned word of every damned window. I know what it says, it says the same thing on MY computer. I've told you that. Repeatedly. For the love of cheesecake, LISTEN to what I'm telling you to do. Stop clicking everything in sight. Just wait a second and do exactly what I tell you–not a click more. I usually have a plan. If I don't have a plan, I'm hunting for a piece of info that will help me make a plan. Honest. Your randomly clicking and then not remembering what you clicked and how you got there? NotHelping™. You've had this computer since 2001. By now, you should be able to find "the little blue apple", know how to pull down a menu and whether or not you should click or double click. Just learning those little things will result in me keeping more hair attached to my head. How many times have I told you to never, ever, EVER click on a link in email? Don't do it. Ever. I know it says it's from [your bank]. But you know what? There are bad guys out there trying to part a fool you and your money. I've told you for 8 years what to do–open a browser window and go to [bank website] and find it yourself. EOD.

He's my dad, and I love him. If he weren't and he were a client? I'd have fired him eons ago.

Sprint Breaks The Internet

[superbus.livejournal.com]

The following is a cut and paste of what I submitted to Slashdot just now, my first submission ever:

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I work as a security analyst at an internet security company. While troubleshooting an issue, we learned why our customer couldn't keep his site-to-site VPN going from any location that uses Sprint as it's ISP: Sprint has decided not to route traffic to Cogent due to litigation.

This has a chilling effect; already, this person I worked with cannot communicate between a few sites of his, and since Sprint is stopping the connections cold (my traceroutes showed as complete, and not as timing out), it means that there is no backup plan; anyone going to Cogent from a Sprint ISP is crap out of luck. What this means to me is that third parties control our information, and they'll do with it what they damn well please.

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I'm still aghast at this. Sprint broke the internet intentionally.

EDIT: Holy shit I made it!