www.myer.com.au says it is running: Microsoft-IIS/7.5

Page Title: MYER

Additionally, it mentioned the following:
Accept-Ranges : bytes;
Content-Length : 12726;
Content-Type : text/html;
Date : Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:53:26 GMT;
ETag : "054e9c0693cf1:0";
Last-Modified : Sat, 28 Dec 2013 01:11:36 GMT;
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I'm sure if you trace his IP (with a GUI written in VB, of course) you'll find that it originated from a basement.

I'd be fine with that. It's a POS app that requires a 365 subscription to even use.

+1

No, Microsoft is still the Microsoft of old. They'll never change regardless of what they say. They're still the same old company that'll do anything in their power to sabotage the competition. It's no wonder the OEM's despise them and are flocking to Google.

Perhaps Microsoft should stop spreading FUD about Google? Or perhaps they should stop forming shill organizations to do their dirty work by proxy. Or perhaps they should stop trying to undermine Google by pleading with governments to investigate them for anti-trust violations. But, let's start off easily and just retire those pathetic and embarrassing Gmail Man ads. I have to give credit to Google for graciously hosting them on YouTube - I would have deleted their account and blocked their IP.

Microsoft is simply getting what they deserve. If you want to act like a jerk then prepare for the blow back.

A criminal government helping out a convicted price fixing criminal? Were you expecting another outcome?

This will make companies think twice about offering their patents for SE technologies.

I wouldn't call junk a contribution.

All Google needs to do is offer a commercial licence, for a small fee, to all Android OEM's that indemnifies them. This way if Microsoft has an issue with Android or Linux they can take on Google directly. But, we all know that would never happen because Microsoft clearly knows that Google would single handily invalidate all of their obvious, worthless and prior art ridden patents one by one.

Perhaps you've heard of Motorola? Yeah, Google does make phones now.

These are the list of frivolous, prior art ridden patents Microsoft used to try and extort money from Barnes and Noble. When the trial was about to go to court a magical partnership was established between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble and the lawsuit was dropped. It's a pity more companies don't stand up to these patent trolls.

Microsoft vs.Barnes and Noble

5778372
6339780
5889522
6891551
6957233

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5778372.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6339780.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5889522.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6891551.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6957233.html

U.S. Patent No. 5778372 Remote retrieval and display management of electronic document with incorporated images. A browser remotely retrieves electronic documents from a remote computer network for viewing by a user. For enhancing responsiveness, the browser initially displays an electronic document without a background image so that the electronic document is initially displayed more quickly. The browser also prioritizes downloading of embedded images of the document by their incorporation in the currently visible portion of the electronic document. Further, the browser dynamically creates additional connections for retrieving resources incorporated into the electronic document from the remote computer network.

U.S. Patent No. 6339780 Loading status in a hypermedia browser having a limited available display area. Described herein is a portable computer having a limited display area. An Internet or other hypermedia browser executes on the portable computer to load and display content in a content viewing area. During times when the browser is loading content, the browser displays a temporary, animated graphic element over the content viewing area. The graphic element is removed after the content is loaded, allowing unobstructed viewing of the loaded content.

U.S. Patent No. 5889522 System Provided Child Window Controls. New varieties of child window controls are provided as system resources that application programs may exploit. The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a dynamic link library (DLL) for implementing the new child window controls as part of an operating system. The new child window controls include a header bar control for providing header bars in application programs. The new controls also include a hot key control that allows a user to view and edit hot key combinations. The new controls further include a tab control for establishing tabs that differentiate amongst pages in user interfaces provided by application programs. An image list data type is defined and functions are provided for manipulating the image list data type. Image lists include multiple like-sized images that are stored efficiently in a single bitmap.

U.S. Patent No. 6891551 Selection Handles in Editing Electronic Documents. A computer system and method for highlighting and selecting elements of electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, a selection area identifies an initial selection of data, and one or more selection handles appear on the selection area to allow dynamic resizing of the selection area to select a larger or smaller portion of data or number of items.

U.S. Patent No. 6957233 Method and Apparatus for Capturing and Rendering Annotations for Non-Modifiable Electronic Content. A system and method for capturing annotations for a non-modifiable document is disclosed. Once it is determined that an annotation is to be created, the system determines the file position of the selected object. The file position of the selected object is stored along with the created annotation in another file or a non-read only portion of a file storing the document. Using the file position, the annotation may be properly identified with the selected object without modifying the non-modifiable document.

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/disable_browser.xml

The Java Control Panel (in the Windows control panel) contains a checkbox under the Security Panel called "Enable Java content in the Browser". Uncheck this if you do not want applets to run. This selection stays persisted each time you update the JRE.

Once again,

Windows Control Panel->Java Control Panel->Security Panel. Make sure the "Enable Java content in the Browser" checkbox is unchecked.

Do you know why Samsung can't just fork Android and do their own thing? It's because they could never compete with Google's services (they also don't have the competency to create a worthwhile OS or write quality software, but that's for another day). They know that the instant they make their move their market share, that they've spent Billions cultivating, will be ravaged by the other Android OEM's offering phones with the complete Google experience. Samsung knows that a phone void of Google's services and Play store access isn't compelling to a buyer. The impact of Google apps and services cannot be overstated. You could even call it a king maker. The removal of Google maps from iOS was a clear indication of how many average consumers value Google's services. It's also why Windows Phone will never succeed because Google will never show Windows Phone OS the same level of support it shows iOS.

So, no, anyone who wants to develop a phone platform should not give up. But, why would they even bother when the barrier to entry is so difficult? If your OS, services and ecosystem can't compete with Android or iOS then why would you want to set yourself up for failure? Unless, of course, you're content with the 1-2% of marketshare you may be able to capture.

I can't wait to load the Ubuntu Phone OS onto my phone so that I can experience the wealth of services Ubuntu will bring to the table. Ah, who are we kidding. If you want to be a successful mobile OS you need great services or a cult following with a degrading distortion reality field. Unless you are a hard core Ubuntu/Linux user you would be a fool to leave all of the free Google services and the wealth of apps for an Ubuntu powered phone. The Ubuntu Phone OS doesn't have a chance because no OEM would be irresponsible enough to take a chance with it.