Link to the Show / Show NotesSteve Balmer. . .says no!
At least to his children. . .when it comes to iPods and Google.
The CEO of my illustrious employer admitted in a recent interview that while he has not been able to stop thousands of Microsoft employees from purchasing iPods and using Google, he has, at least, been able to put his foot down at home.
Steve, as a good 'softie, I do try to use search.msn.com but when it doesn't work, I do use Google. And I'll admit that I got my iPod as a present before I joined the company. . .and I hope the rumors of a truly integrated, Microsoft-based platform are true (someday) but I also hope that you, and the folks in Windows Media, are paying attention to the new meme-storm in the bloggosphere about CRAP. . .Content Retstriction Annulment and Protection. . .David Berlind at ZDNet gives his treatise here: http://news.zdnet.com/html/z/wb/6035707.html
Podcast of the day. . .
The BBC World Today. . .done Manic Minute Style
Web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/worldtoday/
RSS Feed:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/worldservice/worldtodayselect/rss.xml
Well. . .it's a 15 minute condensation of 5 hours of broadcasting.
Manic Minute Recommendation: Jolly good, carry on!
And that's your Manic Minute for March 27th, 2006, brought to you by www.Business-Podcasting.com!
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