Good morning.
Microsoft has
added the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC) as
an optional update on Windows Update for Windows 7 (and, I assume, Windows Vista) users. That should generate a bit of controversy, but I think the good news here is that Microsoft is clearly pretty confident this is a high quality release.
Also available: An
update blocker that will
help corporate environments hide the coming final release of IE 9.
Not a surprise, but Apple
announces that it is enabling a
subscription service for all content publishers on its App Store.
Speaking of Apple, the company has also
released the results of an audit of its
suicide-prone supplier, Foxconn. So surprise, but it's "magical and revolutionary." I guess self-inflicted deaths are
waaay down now at the Chinese sweatshop.
Speaking of death and Apple, while the iPhone's auto-correct capabilities are
the source of much humor, sometimes it actually gets
pretty serious.
Yikes.According to Foote Partners,
Microsoft certifications won't help you get a better-paying job. But apparently Cisco, Oracle, EMC, VMware, IBM, SAP and Red Hat skills are a better bet. This makes no sense to me, sorry.
Facebook has
released a new photo viewer and it is TERRIBLE. In fact, the first few times I saw it, I assumed it was the result of a web browser rendering error and re-loaded the page. Please, Facebook. You must fix this.
You're going to see the term
Yet Another Android Tablet a lot this year, so just get used to it. Here's
another one.
Headline of the year: Microsoft CEO promises better Windows Phone. The gag: It's not clear is the year is 2010 or 2011, since that promise was made in both.
