More and more Microsoft employees are concerned about the speed and the priorities with which Internet Explorer 7 is being developed. Although we all know by now that Microsoft has started working on IE7 again, it’s still unknown in how far they’ll tune it so it complies with the W3C’s specs.
One interesting quote from the linked discussion is the following one from an Ex Mac-IE developer at Microsoft:

Over the whole sad journey, the single most surprising thing I ever discovered was from a small conversation that went:

Me: “Look, if it makes sense to devote dozens of people to WinIE, then surely it makes sense to devote half a dozen to MacIE!”

Higher-up: (confused look) “There aren’t dozens of people on WinIE. WinIE had some great people on it! We need those great people on products that make money!”

Me: “Then why on earth did we pursue IE in the first place? Just so that the DOJ would sue us?”

Higher-up: (confused look)

Read the other comments here
Microsoft, IE, Internet Explorer 7, IE7, Firefox, CSS

InformIT posted an article which deals just with the problems that arise when trying to include Macs into Windows networks:

Are you Mac-savvy? Many Windows administrators and technicians have never had to support Macs on their networks, so the idea of suddenly having a handful of Mac workstations might seem really challenging. Luckily for you, it’s an easier task than you probably think. Ryan Faas gives you a simple guide to supporting Mac workstations and Mac users within your Windows network.

I’ve found it most troubline when I tried to actually print something from my Mac to our Windows SMB printer. Sometimes it worked, sometimes the printer just threw a giant pile of white paper. I think I should give this guide to our network administrator.

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By now you’ve probably heard about the mess regarding Sony inserting anti-piracy software in its latest batch of CDs. In all, about 53 titles were shown to be affected. In order to play one of these CDs on a Windows based computer, you had to download software from the CD that monitored your use of the CD, such as you could only make a small number of copies, though you could not transfer the songs to an iPod.
This past Monday, Texas brought a lawsuit against Sony for violating its anti-spyware laws. Several other states are expected to jump on the band wagon soon if they haven’t already. Sony has since recalled all affected CDs and is offering exchanges.
Today, I went to my local Wal-Mart to see if they still had the CDs for sale. I didn’t want to go because the last time I went to that store my car was stolen. Lo and behold, the CDs were still there. I picked up a copy of Van Zant’s newest album and right on the front it warns that it has copy controlled software. The back also states that you can’t transfer the songs to an iPod (but a Sony digital Walkman is fine).
I’ve not been able to inspect any of the CDs myself; though I would like to know if they have the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” logo on them. You see, a few years ago when Japanese music publisher Avex debuted its Copy-Controlled Compact Discs, or CCCD’s, Phillips refused to allow the familiar logo to be stamped on the CDs.

I have some friends who rely on Active Directory Services and had a great deal of trouble using it. Seemlingly especially with Tiger there were several problems which hindered them from actively using Active Directory.

Now Tuaw has information on how to solve these problems.
Apart from the actual link one should also note the interesting reader comments in this article which offer even more details on the subject

Sign on to your mac using a windows account

I was asked to do a little introduction as to why this sudden barrage of Microsoft has infiltrated this place, well…

My name’s Brad Hall and I’ve used Windows for the past five years. Before that, I read every computer magazine I could get my hands on (and still do). My family didn’t have a computer while I was growing up. Then one day, one of my mom’s friends upgraded to a new computer and gave us their old one. It was an old Packard-Bell with a 72Mhz Pentium, 1 gig HD, 16MB RAM, and a 9.6kbps modem. We named it “Mr. Coffee” because it sounded like it churned and bubbled. Getting a program to run was cause for celebration, heck, just getting it to turn on was cause for a party.

It wasn’t much, but it was enough to check email and write reports for school with. Over the past year, I’ve since recieved a Dell laptop that was the same age as Mr. Coffee, but had a bit better configuration and a new desktop. Just last week, I bought my first new laptop, I call it Wintermute. Fitting name for a computer with an OS from the world’s most evil company, right? This weekend I plan to install a Linux distro and configure it to dual boot with Windows. I promise that the next system I buy will have the Mac OS on it. I work with Macs at school. I don’t like the keyboards the G5’s at the college use, they’re slippery.

Well, that’s my story.