"Now, you might want to show your Wow to family and friends. You might want to show your Wow, even, to other people out there in the world. But the site is neither messaged or built that way. It's an archetypal example of the corporation wanting to do something community-enabled and just not getting it: 'Hey customers! Send your most special memories to our corporate PR department!'"

"Microsoft Research has just surfaced some of its incredibly wild multitouch mouse prototypes. Each one uses a different touch detection method, and at first glance all five seem to fly in the face of regular ergonomics."

"So what the hell are you supposed to do at these stupid parties? Nobody really knows. So we’ve created our own Windows 7 party planning guide. Try any of these activities, and your event is sure to be a smashing success."

B3ta.com interviews Wes Cherry, the creator of Solitaire for Windows.

"This comment brought to you by Microsoft, Shell, and the Nine Circles of Hell." - Funny pic plus comments slagging Boing Boing's new Microsoft sponsored posts.

"Microsoft has agreed to remove any intermediate steps necessary to get the documentation, and will post it and make it directly available for a direct download on the Microsoft web site. Microsoft will also make the Binary Formats subject to its Open Spe

"As a matter of fact, my post here was compose9 originally in OpenPa9 then copie9 an9 paste9 into the Slash9ot comment s4bmission page."

"Google has nearly 64 percent of the U.S. search market, compared to Yahoo's 23 percent, Microsoft's 8 percent and Ask's 3.5 percent. Year-over-year, Google's share inched up, Asks' and Yahoo's were fairly flat and Microsoft lost market share, nearly 4 pe

"As reader Thomas Olson noted, "What irks even more about the swill he [Bill Thompson] publishes on the BBC website, is that there is no place for public feedback, so us common folk can call BS on his rant in real time for the world to witness. BBC is sti

"A near pixel-perfect copy of Microsoft Paint in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, using the

Details on how File and Printer Sharing works in Windows.

"On Monday, Microsoft filed a mystery application with the FCC for an enigmatic wireless device that could be used to talk over the Internet. ... Microsoft goes on to say that the device would use OFDM as its communications protocol, not WiFi or Bluetooth

"It isn't the features you can see in Vista, or the lack thereof -- it's the priority shift at Microsoft's core."

"That's right. [Microsoft] took hardware support away from the most ubiquitous sound API implemented in games over the past several years."

"Don't worry, there's plenty of gaping holes in the kernel too.!"

"Besides, there are a lot of good amateur photographers at Microsoft who would be thrilled to have their work displayed on millions of computers all over the world."

"Jelliffe ... never explains why Microsoft never took the opportunity to contribute to ODF to resolve such issues. So, while claiming to counteract FUD, he engages in it in his announcement."

"The more we tighten our grip the more software will fall through our fingers. ....Oh wait, which ones are we Linux guys again, Rebels or Empire?" "Microsoft is the Empire. Apple is the Rebels. We are the Ewoks."

"Microsoft sent this tape to retailers to explain the benefits of Windows 386. Boring until the 7 minute mark when the production is taken over by crack-smoking monkeys."

"In our hour-long talk, we talked about the state of PC gaming, QuakeCon and the pros and cons of developing for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."

A post-SP2 patch pack for Windows XP.

"I don't want to talk down the scientific work done here, but the Microsoft annoucement makes it sound (well, just look at who they imply in the video that their users are) like it would be a product for everyone to use within a year. It won't."

“30 days left for activation!” Click. Yes, I would like to activate Windows over an active internet connection, now that I have one. No, I would not like to register with Microsoft. Yes, I have read the privacy statement and agree to give up my comput

A comparison of the software behind the recent Windows on Mac hype.

Drive through the streets of San Francisco or Seattle with this Microsoft Local Virtual Earth preview.

Windows XP wav file data contains crackers name.