Yahoo. MozillaFirefox. Microsoft confirms MyPhone, invite-only beta coming to MWC. Microsoft Increases Donation to Creative Commons. Hands On With the Microsoft Surface Sphere Prototype. Vista Critics Love Microsoft’s “New” Operating System, “Mojave” Often times we find ourselves wondering whether Vista’s harshest critics have ever used the operating system for more than an hour or two, if at all, because their complaints aren’t usually justified.
You really have to use it for at least a month or two before you realize how nice it is to have, say, the option to perform searches right from the Start menu. It also takes time for someone to realize just how stable (assuming your computer has the proper hardware) Vista is. Sometimes it takes looking back and reflecting upon something to realize all that it brings to the table. There’s no doubt that Microsoft has taken a lot of heat over Windows Vista and that some people can jump on the bandwagon and complain about it without ever using it.
Microsoft knows this so they decided to defend their operating system and put critics in their place. Who Will Be Microsoft’s Next Online Chief? McAndrews? Miller? Bo. BoomTown was all busy trying to think of execs to replace Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, as pressure mounts on him to right the troubled Internet company.
But now, Yang’s position feels safer than ever and it’s his nemesis–Microsoft– that needs a new leader for its long-stumbling online services business. Microsoft (MSFT) was already cracking, according to sources, and had a wish list of internal and external candidates that CEO Steve Ballmer is now considering. Researchers Reveal Security Holes in Internet Explorer.