Archives for 2008

Follow Up: Apple’s Safari Contradicts EULA

March 28, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib 1 Comment

In my earlier post I covered how surprised I was to find Apple’s Safari as part of iTunes auto updating software this past week. It was an obvious push to gain market share by Apple in the browser wars. I mentioned in my earlier blog entry that I have nothing in the world against Safari […]

Apple Safari on Windows?

March 28, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib Leave a Comment

Okay last week when I got my update screen for iTunes I couldn’t help but notice that the Safari browser was listed as one of the download options. Needless to say this was surprising that Apple would resort to rolling out their browser like this. Personally I had already downloaded the browser a few weeks […]

Microsoft in NASCAR?

March 28, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib 1 Comment

That’s right! I learned this week that Microsoft is entering NASCAR as a sponsor for BAM Racing’s #49 Spring Cup Series Team headed up by veteran driver Ken Schrader. This is awesome news for BAM Racing who has been struggling as one of NASCAR’s smaller teams. Microsoft is apparently using their NASCAR involvement to promote […]

Parallels Acquires ModernGigabyte

March 28, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib Leave a Comment

I was cruising through WHIR this week and learned that Parallels (formerly SWSoft) had purchased ModernGigabyte (ModernBill). I have been a fan of Parallels and their CEO Serguei for just about as long as I have been involved in the hosting industry. They just make great products and have an awesome grasp on the industry […]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)

March 24, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib Leave a Comment

Finally it looks like there is a service pack for Windows Vista users. This service pack, in my opinion, is long overdue. The buzz I was hearing about the first service pack was that it was going to offer up some better driver management and support for peripherals and devices. I knew that this couldn’t […]

SmarterTools Offers SmarterMail 5.x

March 24, 2008 by Cotton Rohrscheib Leave a Comment

I was just reading on WHIR.com this morning about Premium Email Solutions in that it offers a competitive product to Microsoft’s Exchange Server. Why would I post a note about one of our competitors on my blog you might ask? Well, my business partners and I, had the opportunity to sit down and spend a […]