I urge you to read this study on why people get fooled by spoofed websites and e-mails. The term is called phishing (pronounced fishing).

Link: http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~rachna/

Link to PDF: why_phishing_works.pdf

The link below is a blog written in secret by a Microsoft Employee, the true identity of the writer remains unknown.

Last week he posted a topic called “Vista 2007. Fire the leadership now! ”

As of this morning more than 500 comments have been posted on this topic.

Now the depressing bit is a lot of the early comments have been left by other Microsoft Employees.

It gives an insight into the train wreck that is Microsoft today.

I encourage you not to follow the link, its actually quite shocking to read some of it.

Link: http://minimsft.blogspot.com/

Microsoft Excel 2007

Microsoft Word 2007

Microsoft Access 2007

Microsoft Powerpoint 2007

Microsoft Outlook 2007

Looking very swish. Click on the Image for a Larger Version

Link: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx

Link to Video: http://umpc.com/video.aspx

Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc. believes in offering Linux on the desktop, server, and workstation. What he doesn’t believe in, for now, is giving Linux full support on the desktop. In an exclusive interview, Dell explained his company’s Linux desktop strategy to DesktopLinux.com’s Steven J. Vaughan Nichols.

“People are always asking us to support Linux on the desktop, but the question is: ‘Which Linux are you talking about?’,” Dell asked.

Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3822185143.html

With six separate versions of Windows Vista on the way, Microsoft has a marketing challenge on its hands. How will the company properly inform users as to which versions support which features? One part of the plan is now becoming clear: all four “consumer” versions of the OS will be available to users even after installation. How? They’ll all be available for “instant online upgrade” once Windows Vista is installed.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060301-6295.html

Google GDrive is not a rumor by ZDNet’s Garett Rogers — An interesting article by Greg Lindon points to some slide comments from Google’s Analyst Day Power Point presentation last week. The presentation was removed from Google’s website but the text is still available in Greg’s post. These notes clearly state efforts have been put towards “infinite storage” in terms of GDrive. In September I ran across compelling evidence that suggests a product [...]

Link: http://www.longhornblogs.com.aspx

The product is to be announced as early as March 9th.

This is a Video Overview of the new Office user interface by Microsoft’s UK Product Manager for Office (Darren Strange)
The video quality of this clip can be a bit ropey, but you get the general gist. The quality issues are based on the compression used to make the video file size small.

Video Link: http://darren.sts.winisp.net/officerocker/blog/UI%20demo%20blogcast.wmv

This clip is under 10mb in size.

Article Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/officerocker/

Apple announced at today’s event was a revamped Mac mini. And while the updated diminutive computer may not be the Mac media center many had hoped for, it does have Apple’s Front Row media management software, and comes in both Core Solo and Core Duo versions, which Apple says makes the machine anywhere from 2.5 to 3 times faster than the G4 version. Although the machine has the familiar mini form factor, new additions include an IR port for Apple’s remote control, two more USB ports (for a total of four), SPDIF, Gigabit Ethernet, standard Bluetooth and WiFi.

The new mini also comes with an updated version of Apple’s Bonjour networking technology, which allows sharing and streaming of media, including audio, video and photos, among all Macs on a local network. The Core Solo version, at 1.5 GHz, and including a CD burner, 512MB RAM and a 60GB drive, is $599; the Core Duo at 1.67 GHz includes an 80GB drive and a dual-layer DVD burner, and sells for $799. Both models are available immediately.

Link: http://www.apple.com/store