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“If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.” [Via Quotes of the Day]

The advertising campaign, which will last for 15 months, is designed to showcase all the things Windows can do. [Via CNET News.com]

Vandaag start Microsoft één van de grootste advertentiecampagnes uit de bedrijfshistorie. Centraal staat het ‘Windows XP ecosysteem’, maar de campagne duurt 15 maanden en dient zo als rode loper voor Longhorn, de opvolger van XP. [Via Huize Zeezicht Nieuws]

Adobe, bekend van grafische software en het pdf-bestandsformaat, neemt Macromedia over, het bedrijf dat onder meer Flash-technologie ontwikkelt. Met de transactie is een bedrag van 3,4 miljard dollar gemoeid, dat wordt betaald in aandelen. [Via ZDNet.nl NEWS]

Very cool. Blogmap shows you how many bloggers there are in your neighborhood. It’s based on Microsoft Mappoint I noticed. feedmap .net (BETA) : Where Blogs Meet Maps

Scobleizer informs us about the real danger of blogging …But, there’s another danger that you all aren’t recognizing. What’s that? Well, if you blog you might get invited to lunches or dinners with interesting people. Don’t think that’s a danger? Well, watch what happens when you go out drinking with…

Formulier voor elektronische aangifte ICL op basis van Microsoft Office InfoPath nu beschikbaar: “Het eind vorig jaar aangekondigde elektronisch formulier voor aangifte ICL (opgaaf intracommunautaire leveringen) op basis van Microsoft Office InfoPath is nu beschikbaar. Na de introductie van de aangifteformulieren voor omzetbelasting en inkomstenbelasting eind 2004 is er veel…

The construction site of a new highway in northern France became, for just one day, one of the hottest wireless networking hot spots in the country. Minister of Industry Patrick Devedjian held a news conference there Monday to outline his plans for the attribution of four licenses to operate Wimax…

Adam Barr has a nice perspective on Microsoft’s reputation : In an early version of chapter 2 of their blogging book, Robert Scoble and Shel Israel wrote, “Since the late 1970s, Microsoft has been perceived as a company at war with competitors and governments, whose products have been scorned almost…