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Microsoft Makes People Talking About Its Ad Campaign

Microsoft has released the first ad featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. According to the software giant, the ad is only the tip of the iceberg in the attempt to salvage the company’s image due to poor Windows Vista perceptions. Microsoft’s defenders are hoping the ad would fire back at Apple for all the “Get A Mac” attack ads.

One thing everyone seems to agree, the “Shoe Circus” doesn’t make any sense at all. Microsoft assures that the ad will make sense somehow as it progresses.

One thing is definitely wrong with this campaign. It makes a bad first impression. No matter what Microsoft wil unveil next, there will always be that bitter aftertaste of this first ad.

On the other hand, this ad campaign is accidentally genius, because now the series of tubes are talking about it. They say that bad publicity is stilla publicity.

Microsoft is definitely on to something, and this time they are talking about “nothing”.

Just look for “Shoe Circus” for the ad.

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HP MediaSmart: System Temperature and Warranty Policy

According to HP, a small percentage of HP MediaSmart EX470/EX475 comes with redundant sensors that is showing false temperature readings. HP is providing a software hot-fix for the unit equipped with the faulty sensors. HP will not make any hardware repair on the affected units.

Based HP Technical Support:

The attached software patch disables the notification of the redundant sensor and ensures that you will not receive false hardware alerts in the future. The key temperature reading for your Mediasmart Server is the CPU reading. This sensor is the focus of the temperature control design and is functioning properly, so you can be assured that your HP MediaSmart Server is operating as designed.

The software patch is available only through HP Technical Support, and is not available through HP Web-Site.

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According to HP Technical Support, RAM upgrade will void MediaSmart warranty. To be honest, this is not a good move by HP. The system comes with a mere 512MB RAM, which is not enough for any real server task. Try installing McAfee Total Protection Service add-in, and the Windows Home Server’s performance will turn into a crawl.

Crucial is selling compatible RAM upgrade for HP MediaSmart EX470/EX475, unfortunately HP Warranty Policy does not support such upgrade.

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Microsoft Update Tuesday for August 2008

August 12th, 2008. Second Tuesday of the Month. Happy Microsoft Patch Tuesday!

Microsoft unleashes updates for Windows and Office products. Windows users should be getting the notifications through Windows Update/Microsoft Update. As usual, WGA (not Writers Guild of America) is still in effect.

For Mac users, you can either let Microsoft AutoUpdate takes care of the updates or get it straight from Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.1 Update
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.2 Update

Have a safe Tuesday!

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Paul Thurrott Spews Garbage Again

As expected, Paul Thurrott the original Microsoft Defender spews garbage again on Microsoft P.R. Weekly a.k.a. Windows Weekly podcast episode 70 (yeah, it is podcast not necast, Leo Laporte).

Thurrott defends Microsoft’s pathetic attempt at damage control known as “Mojave Experiment.”

It seems that Leo Laporte is feeding Thurrott’s ego with some compromises about the propaganda. Thurrott is quick to dismiss all the problems with Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” propaganda. According to Mr. Microsoft Defender, “Mojave Experiment” is so effective in making people talking about Windows Vista again. Yeah, people are now talking about how stupid this “Mojave Experiment” propaganda is. Even John C. Dvorak, tech pundit/troll extraordinaire calls “Mojave Experiments” makes Microsoft humiliates ignorant users and itself.

In addition to the “Mojave Experiment” garbage, Thurrott subconsciously acknowledges that Microsoft has only been selling Windows Vista Licenses and not installed on computers. Of course Thurrott eludes to elaborate more regarding the sales numbers (Microsoft P.R./Windows Weekly 70 18:00 mark). Thurrott in the past has been quick to “disect” any statistics regarding non-Microsoft products such as Mozilla Firefox, the iPod and iPhone, Linux, Macs, Nintendo Wii, and Playstation 3.

Thurrott is so excited with Microsoft effort to strike back against Apple “Get A Mac” ads. Then again, Thurrott was so excited about the original Zune.

Paul Thurrott is nothing more than Microsoft P.R. in a Tech Journalist skin.

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Paul Thurrott Turns into A 13-Year-Old

In Windows Weekly 66, Paul Thurrott turns into a whiny 13-year-old. Thurrott feels that he is the one to defend Microsoft against some mainstream journalists. The argument is valid, but essentially Thurrott debunked himself for not being a Microsoft (original) Defender (not to be confused with Microsoft Windows Defender, the anti-spyware software. Thanks clintthewookie for the corrections.).

Close to the 18 minute mark of the podcast (note to Leo Laporte: “netcast” term is lame), Thurrott mentions that with 1 terabyte hard drive and 4GB RAM, it is essentially OK to have “bloated software” just because the resources is there. Gee, that sounds like Thurrott echoing Bill Gates.

A little bit after, Thurrott was saying: “The version of Mac OS X that was available when Windows 95 shipped…..”

Leo Laporte did not even catch it waht ever the reason was.

Series of Tubes to Paul Thurrott: There was no Mac OS X back in 1995. Not even in 1998. Don’t you remember your MacBook Core Solo?

Windows Weekly 66 (excerpts)

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Safari 3.1.2 for Windows

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Apple releases Safari 3.1.2 for Windows to address some security issues. This update also fixes the “carpet bombing” bug (read here).

Safari 3.1.2 for Windows – 44MB
This update is recommended for all Safari Windows users and includes stability improvements and the latest security updates.

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Reviews of Movies I Have Not Seen.

On this posting, I will be reviewing movies that I have not seen. As a matter of fact, none of any members of the general public has seen the movie. I’ll review it based on the online preview.

It’s an easy thing to review those movies, just like what Paul Thurrott is doing with his brilliant preview of Apple’s revamped and rebranded .Mac service; MobileMe.

How in the world Paul Thurrott knows anything about MobileMe? Thurrott is the last person you want to hear from when it comes to anything non-Microsoft. As a matter of fact, it’s painful to listen to Thurrott, because he sounds like a Microsoft PR person; if he is not one already.

For the love of whatever God you believe in, please stop your web-hit seeking babbles. You have not used MobileMe service, and no one should read or listen to your misleading opinions. You parrots anything that Microsoft puts out and keeps telling people that you are impartial. Don’t you remember that you actually published your opinions in magazine and on the Internet.

What’s next? You’re going to preview and review Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Maybe you’d convince your readers that  Mac OS X Snow Leopard is a Windows 7 rip-off.