rfernand79 - Slashdot User

+ - Silverlight 2.0 released 0

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rfernand79

on Sunday October 19, 2008 @04:45AM

rfernand79 writes "Via Scoot Guthrie's Blog we find out that Silverlight 2.0 has been released. The blog post notes some interesting statistics, including the magnitude of video streamed during the Olympics and the Democratic National Convention (both using Silverlight). "Hello Worlds" and interesting links are included in the blog."

+ - New MAcBook Pros from Apple, LED displays

Submitted by rfernand79 on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @12:20PM

rfernand79 writes "As previously rumored in various sites, Apple introduced updates to the MacBook Pro line. The new machines are based on Intel's Santa Rosa architecture, and come with backlit LED displays. They can also host up to 4 GB of RAM. And they arrive just in time for the "get a free iPod" back-to-school promotion."

+ - More on Microsoft's PR strategy.

Submitted by rfernand79 on Monday January 22, 2007 @11:33PM

rfernand79 writes "A web ad pointing to this page on MSN, in addition to the recent clearification campaign and claims of Microsoft hiring people to boost their entries on Wikipedia has made me ask the following question to slashdot: What is good marketing in IT? I can see how Apple has a succesful marketing campaign encompassing the iPod nano (product) RED and their funny Get a Mac ads, but why are those strategies any better than Microsoft's? Most likely somebody out there thinks clearification is funnier than get a mac, or that product red is just a trendy "Bono" thing... still, why is Microsoft's image not improving?"