Microsoft, Metaphors, And Out-Googling Google

Microsoft has more than a few thorns in its side lately, but that's what happens to megalithic companies expanding and overflowing their manicured lawns into the brush. The software/search/game/everything-else company is more than a giant, it's a fat giant, living off the spoils of a decade before, suddenly noticing the trouble it has climbing stairs.

Microsoft Versus Google: Drawing The Lines

The battlefield looks to be set. The young, vigorous commander has come to the field of battle and he's playing to win. He's strong, he's clever and he's brilliant. He's also hired brilliant mercenaries, both old and young, to strengthen his fortifications and construct new weapons. He's red hot and he's ready to fight but he might be just a bit nave.

Does Windows Vista Matter?

I keep hearing this question: Does Vista matter? Preston Gralla, over on O'Reilly blogs, is the latest to ask.

Taking Your Garage Sale To The Web

With online spending on a serious surge in recent months, web-entrepreneurs are taking cues from the likes of retailers like eBay and overstock.com-case in point: Darren Anderson's Qwixo.com, a bare-boned online classified site selling anything and everything with next-to-nothing listing fees.