reddicious.com: reddicious / microsoft http://reddicious.com//rss/tag/microsoft recent articles posted on reddit.com and tagged with microsoft on del.icio.us Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html microsoft office programming formats excel Microsoft's new weapon against free software: stupidity http://opensource.org/node/280 microsoft advocacy floss Microsoft has single-handedly redefined the meaning and significance of ISO. It rendered ISO moot. http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/01/iso-irrelevance/ iso microsoft standards corruption computers It looks liek ur makin a lolcat. http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-lolcat-office-assistant1.jpg humor funny culture pictures lolcats Brits Want Microsoft Office 2007 Expelled From Classrooms (The agency that governs educational technology in the U.K. has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft with the European Union) http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207603293 windows office microsoft education academic Apple Iphone SDK is here! http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/live-from-apples-iphone-press-conference/ iphone apple sdk development mac Are .NET Developers the American Tourists of the Software Industry? http://www.caffeinatedcoder.com/are-net-developers-the-american-tourists-of-the-software-industry/ .net microsoft programming development culture Joel is from Mars, browsers are from Venus http://my.opera.com/hallvors/blog/show.dml/1818385 browsers joelspolsky webstandards toread 2008 Fat, fatter, fattest: Microsoft’s kings of bloat (on how Windows and Office grow larger with every release) http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/14/16TC-winoffice-performance_1.html microsoft windows software performance office Daringfireball translates Yahoo CEO's memo from PR-speak to English http://daringfireball.net/2008/02/yahoo_translation yahoo microsoft funny humor business The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/07/the-evolution-of-tech-companies-logos/ design logos logo history evolution iPhone Windows Vista Skin Makes Steve Jobs Cry Tears of Blood http://gizmodo.com/391688/iphone-windows-vista-skin-makes-steve-jobs-cry-tears-of-blood iphone vista apple microsoft windows DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html drm microsoft music copyright entertainment Yahoo Board to Reject Microsoft Bid http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120257515426256541.html?mod=googlenews_wsj business yahoo microsoft Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98! http://youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs music windows video youtube microsoft Microsoft releases specifications for binary formats http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx microsoft office format reference documentation French Judge Orders Refund For Pre-Installed XP http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/19/0154224 microsoft technology 10 Mistakes in Icon Design http://turbomilk.com/truestories/cookbook/criticism/10-mistakes-in-icon-design/ design icons icon interface tips Windows Vista: A Developer of dBASE IV sees many comparisons between the two products. http://garywiz.typepad.com/trial_by_fire/2006/03/windows_vista_p.html business microsoft windows vista software Your Moment Of Zen, Brought To You By Word (PIC) http://www.photobasement.com/your-moment-of-zen-brought-to-you-by-word/ funny word zen computers poker Save the Developers! Stop Using Internet Explorer 6 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/25/save-the-developers-stop-using-internet-explorer-6/ ie6 microsoft ie webdev browser Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600950 xp sp3 windows software news One multi-billion-dollar US defense contractor found that a single compromised Windows box had been secretly siphoning information to a server in mainland China for 18 months. http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/04/chinese_hackers security china microsoft tibet politics Microsoft punches below the belt again: Imitation Firefox logo http://labs.live.com/volta/? microsoft .net volta javascript web2.0 Source Fource: the most ridiculous MS marketing I have ever seen http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/hero/sfbio/ microsoft humor wtf funny vista