Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’

Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

I have installed and been using Windows Vista Ultimate on my laptop for a few weeks. I have had no major problems with Vista. In fact, I like it.

However, this post is not about Windows Vista. I just want to share with you my success in running Ubuntu as a guest OS on Vista. No, […]

Oracle is Female Oriented, Adobe is Male Oriented

According to Microsoft’s new adCenter Labs Demographics Prediction tool that enables you to “predict a customer’s age, gender, and other demographic information”, Oracle.com is female oriented with following confidence: 64% female and 36% male.

SQL Server 2005 more complex

Jared posted on the oracle-l mailing list a link to eWeek’s review of SQL Server 2005. It is an interesting review and shows that SQL Server management is starting to be more complicated. I grabbed the following Oracle related points from the review:

Microsoft Update version 6

Microsoft Update v6 is now available. It combines the old Windows Update and Office Update, so no more updating in two different places! Plus it has a cleaner, more polished look. It doesn’t run on Firefox though. Source