Thursday July 24th, 2008
Site Last Updated: [5:15 PM EDT]

[5:15 PM EDT] Forrester: Vista is Like Ill-fated New Coke

A Forrester report released on Wednesday revealed that of 50,000 enterprise users, over 87 percent were still using WIndows XP. The author of the report compared Vista to the ill-fated "New Coke".

[3:35 PM EDT] NYT: Apple's MobileMess

Even though Apple has apologized to subscribers for the glitches in the MobileMe launch, MobileMe's problems are nowhere near over, according to David Pogue at the New York Times on Thursday.

[2:10 PM EDT] Column: Apple and China are Incompatible

Apple's products and Western IP laws are currently incompatible with China's politics, according to Mike Elgan at Datamation on Wednesday. It's a messy reality.

[Editorial] Editorial - Steve Ballmer Addresses MS Employees About Apple

Microsoft, by all accounts, has been on a rough road with the attempted Yahoo! acquisition and the Vista rollout. After a top level reorganization, splitting the single Platforms and Services Division into Windows and Online divisions, Steve Ballmer turned his attention to the competition with Apple in an e-mail to employees.

[1:05 PM EDT] iPodObserver - Kerio MailServer 6.5.2 Adds iPhone Push Support

Kerio's MailServer system has supported Apple's iPhone for some time, but thanks to the company's 6.5.2 update it now supports push services for users running iPhone Software 2.0 on their combination iPod and smartphone. MailServer 6.5.2 can push email, contacts and calendar information to iPhone and iPhone 3G users instantly, and it does not require MobileMe subscriptions.

[12:30 PM EDT] WSJ: MobileMe Flawed, Ragged

After a week of intense testing, Walt Mossberg with the Wall Street Journal reported that he cannot recommend MobileMe in its current state. It has too many flaws to keep its promises.

[11:25 AM EDT] iPodObserver - MobileMe Email: Down for the Count?

MobileMe, Apple's replacement for its .Mac service, launched with stability issues, and now some subscribers have been without email for nearly a week thanks to server problems. According to Apple, a MobileMe email server began experiencing "serious issues" on July 18, and as July 24 the company is still trying to resolve the problem.

[10:40 AM EDT] Cool Waste of Time - Bloxorz

There is an art to wasting time, and Vern Seward is always on the lookout for ways to help you waste away the hours more efficiently. Bloxorz is a great time killer, and Vern has spent many hours wasting time testing this Web game.

[10:15 AM EDT] Hot Forum Topic - iPhone Software 2.0 Stability

Today TMO readers are taking a look at iPhone Software 2.0 and talking about what is, and isn't, working.

[9:30 AM EDT] iPodObserver - Mobistar: iPhone 3G Demand Outpacing Supply

Apple's iPhone 3G partner in Brussels, Mobistar, has already sold 400,000 units and has found that demand for the combination iPod and smartphone is outpacing the available supply. Despite limited inventory, the cell carrier expects to sell several thousand more units over the next few weeks.

[8:45 AM EDT] FontXChange 1.5 Adds Unicode 5.1 Support

Morrison SoftDesign announced the immediate availability of FontXChange 1.5 on Thursday. The update for the font format conversion application added the ability to upgrade encoding to Unicode 5.1, and to rebuild damaged fonts.

[8:15 AM EDT] iPodObserver - Apple Introduces 3 New iPhone 3G Ads

Apple rolled out three new commercials for the iPhone 3G Wednesday evening. The ads show off the 3G wireless data networking features of the combination iPod and smartphone, and like earlier iPhone commercials, focus on the device interface. Everyone, Unslow, and Work Friendly are available at the Apple Web site in QuickTime format.