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RSS message famousThe secret email the Microsoft VP wrote Buffett
News An email message that may become part of a Minnesota antitrust case is providing a rare glimpse into the way a top Microsoft executive tried to persuade an iconic investor to buy into the company's software business. [18 Mar 2004]
5 years ago... Carayol calls for IT staff to brush up on business skills
News This was the message from René Carayol, IT director at IPC Magazines, who gave a rallying speech at silicon.com's IT on Board event in London this morning. 11.02.1999: IT professionals who want to reach the board of directors need to start taking... [11 Feb 2004]
Effective tech marketing - taking honesty as a starting point
News It is incumbent on the IT industry to get the message across that technology has changed. However, Barley from Microsoft - a company famous for its effective marketing over the years - insisted the main problem is being disconnected from users. [02 Oct 2003]
Treading the legal minefield of message boards
Comment When the Friends Reunited message boards became the place for naming and shaming teachers accused of child abuse, there was understandable outcry from the education sector. When an embittered girlfriend wanted the world to know about her boyfriend... [23 Jun 2003]
Disaster recovery in the internet age
Comment Newsrooms, news services, emails between friends and message boards such a Popbitch all reported the error and consumers flocked onto the site to buy up the bargain basement-priced gadgets - leaving the ball sitting very awkwardly in Amazon's court. [20 Mar 2003]
Antivirus vendors' worm alert email carries worm
News A Russian antivirus company apologised late last week for an emailed virus alert that was infected with the very worm the message was supposedly designed to warn against. Kaspersky Labs said the message, sent on Thursday to subscribers of the... [11 Nov 2002]
SMS chess wins a Bafta
News The Academy, more famous for its TV and film awards has been running awards for interactive media for the past five years. The British Academy has awarded SMS Chess top honours in its interactive awards. [16 Oct 2002]
Found: The first ever 'smiley'
News He also conceived the now-famous "@" symbol to ensure a message was sent to a designated recipient. Ray Tomlinson, the American engineer considered the "father of email", can't quite recall when the first message was sent, what it said, or even who... [13 Sep 2002]
Technologies That Time Forgot: Push
News Instead, flog any message to any desktop in any part of the world at any time. To quote the famous line, don't look for them, they're not there anymore. Push sounded like an advertiser's dream. The whole movement - very much in the ascendancy in... [17 Dec 2001]
The best of 'Reader comments': Ringtone nightmares and Microsoft's message deconstructed
Comment Here, we'll briefly consider the great mobile ringtone debate (http://www.silicon.com/a45249 ), and feature some truly analytical feedback about the message Microsoft is really trying to convey. Here in America, although to some, Microsoft might be... [06 Jul 2001]
PC support needs your support
Comment The winners in the country's first text message poetry competition were unveiled by the Guardian last Friday. A Labour Party newsletter makes this plea: "Help us get our message across and have the coolest screen in your home or office. [11 May 2001]
Microsoft goes open source - ish
Comment Microsoft's message is (again) more about marketing hype than genuine substance. Has Washington State's famous Gap-clad plutocrat finally lost his monopolistic marbles? But the impossible seems to have happened: Microsoft is going open source. [03 May 2001]
