Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled

November 2006 - Posts

• Nov

  28

  2006

  Trying to Cancel Office Live

  I signed up for the Office Live beta earlier this year in Feb. I never actually used it much - it didn't add much value for me over Sharepoint and I preferred hosting my own site considering there were somewhat private things on there. Now that the beta test is over, my account was transferred over to... Posted Nov 28 2006, 07:48 AM by Tim with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Rants, Things that bother me, Things that amuse me, Business, Microsoft

• Nov

  27

  2006

  Licensing the Office 2007 UI - what is Microsoft's IP strategy?

  Jensen Harris announced that the Office 2007 Ribbon UI can be licensed . For the last year or so, one of the questions I've been asked again and again has been: "Can I use the new Office user interface in my own product?" I have to be honest - I'm a bit baffled at this whole thing. Note, they are not... Posted Nov 27 2006, 07:24 AM by Tim with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Intellectual Property, Software Development, Things that bother me, Things that amuse me, Copyright, Patent, Microsoft

• Nov

  08

  2006

  Sticking with the Blackberry 8700

  I was originally planning on upgrading my Blackberry 8700 to a T-Mobile Dash when it was released. I had complained about a leak in my system. As Tony commented, it is possible to have BES as well as multiple BIS accounts on the same device. Though I had mail from both accounts delivered to the device... Posted Nov 08 2006, 04:11 AM by Tim with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Gadgets

• Nov

  07

  2006

  Album Reviews: The Game - Doctor's Advocate

  On one hand, The Game definitely misses Dr. Dre as he confesses repeatedly on his latest album . On the other, he doesn't. The production is not as good as The Documentary , but it's not bad. On his last album, I said it shined despite him not because of him . Here we start to see things trend the other... Posted Nov 07 2006, 09:20 AM by Tim with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Music

• Nov

  06

  2006

  Stanley

  I just read that Stanley Rothenberg passed away . This is sad news indeed. I took an advanced copyright course with Stanley last semester. His experience is, to say the least, impressive. His knowledge of copyright law was unsurpassed and he was a wonderful teacher. More importantly, as Prof. Patry noted... Posted Nov 06 2006, 10:38 PM by Tim with no comments Filed under: Intellectual Property, Law School, Personal, Copyright, Law

• Nov

  03

  2006

  Would you trust Zamzar with your data?

  Kevin writes about Zamzar , a free web-based service that converts audio, video and documents from one format to another (via Download Squad ). Sounds cool, but would you trust them with your sensitive data? I don't know about you, but I barely trust Google or Microsoft with this information. Should... Posted Nov 03 2006, 08:37 AM by Tim with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Technology, Intellectual Property, Security, Copyright, Web 2.0, Innovation, Privacy