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Either working at Google or Microsoft is dream work for many engineer and developer. We all know Mr Bill Gates has “slowly” retire from Microsoft after 30 years of hard work on last week, which founded by him at year 1975. In year 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin has found Google Inc. Both companies are giant leader in their market. But which one better?

Google or Microsoft?

What is your answer for this question? I know it is a subjective question, but actually both companies did provide very good benefits compare to many. So far, there are few senior developers tell the world that Microsoft is better. Is it true?

There is a long long full page story. To keep it short, I’ve summarized 3 main reason why they jump from Google to Microsoft. (more…)

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After wait for sooo long, Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has been officially released!

If you have not upgrade your Windows XP to service pack 2, this is a good opportunity for you to upgrade all patches at a glance. This might be the final service pack for Windows XP, since Vista has been out for quite some time.

My friend told me he has upgraded his Windows XP to service pack 2 some time ago. It make his machine run slower when playing games. I am not sure about this SP3, but I do believe Microsoft already fix more bugs compare to SP2.

You may download the Microsoft official Windows XP SP3 executable file (~316MB). The fixes included all previous security patches in SP1 and SP2. The full list of fixes shows more than hundred hotfix. (more…)

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Microsoft just issues its latest 5 critical security patches. Pay extra attention to these security patches, if you using Microsoft Windows and its office product such as Microsoft Office or Internet Explorer. These 5 critical updates are designed to fix vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer.

What Critical Security Updates?

I’ve summarized the security updates information for your reference. You only need to download and install the updates the related softwares that you use.

Microsoft Office Project fix(MS08-018) - This critical vulnerability allow attackers or hackers to take complete control of your systems if they open a malicious Office Project file. Applicable for Office Project user.

GDI (Graphics Device Interface) fix(MS08-021) - The vulnerability in Windows could allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code if you open malicious EMF or WMF image files. Applicable for Windows user.

VBScript and JScript Scripting Engines fix(MS08-022) - This loop hole provide attackers with access to your systems and allow them to install programs, as well as view and change data. Applicable for Windows user, except Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)

ActiveX fix(MS08-023) - This vulnerability allows malicious attackers to execute remote code from your systems when visit malicious Web sites with IE. Applicable for Internet Explorer user.

Internet Explorer fix(MS08-024) - same with ActiveX fix. Applicable for Internet Explorer user.

Just click on the link on Security Update code above to download the correct version for your computer before its too late. (more…)

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Microsoft acquire Yahoo for $44.6 billions become hot topic of this year 2008. While everybody is discussing it, let’s see whether they are good match or conflict?

As we know, both giant companies above are in different sectors. Microsoft is more specific on apps while Yahoo is more specific on internet. If Microsoft bought over Yahoo!, what will be the outcome?

Merge or Conflict?

Portals: Yahoo! vs MSN

Yahoo! main strength is online content and indexing, hence MSN should not be able to replace Yahoo apps. Winner: Yahoo.

Search Engine: Yahoo! Search vs Live.com

Yahoo, the founder of internet search engine has 23% in search market share while Live.com only own nearly 10%. Winner: Yahoo.

Email: Yahoo! Mail vs Hotmail

Yahoo bought over OddPost and developing better Yahoo! Mail taht serve similar to desktop email application. Winner: Yahoo.

Photo Sharing: Flickr vs Live Spaces

Flickr has its independence application platform while Live Spaces was integrated into Live.com. Most users prefer Flickr. Winner: Yahoo.

Bookmarking: Delicious vs Listas

Ever heard of Listas? Thats it. Winner: Yahoo.

Instant Messaging: Yahoo Instant Messenger vs MSN Instant Messenger

Yahoo IM has a more flexible collection of interfaces to its platform, and has integrated into Yahoo! Mail. Winner: Yahoo.

So at last, is Microsoft take over Yahoo apps? Or the other way round?

My two cents

As a conclusion of mine, the $44.6 billions is an opportunity for Yahoo! but might be a threat for Microsoft. Anyway, from aspect of competing with the Google, Microsoft have make a good move to start its strategy monopoly the Internet world!

What do you think?

[source: Cnet]

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