List of FTP commands for the Microsoft command-line FTP client.

And from Microsoft? Bookmarked this to share with readers and friends… cool concept, except possibly the targeted ad idea. Here’s the BloggingStocks article - “Microsoft looks to revolutionize your grocery shopping”:

The first of these mediacarts will be in ShopRite supermarkets on the East Coast later this year. For shoppers that have a ShopRite loyalty card, they will be able to get online at home and enter their shopping lists. Once they hit the stores, they will then be able to swipe their cards into the MediaCart, and their list will magically appear.

The carts will be able to keep track of items as they are gathered and will even keep track of the consumer’s running bill as well as give them the option to pay for their merchandise without having to wait in the checkout line. I’m not really sure how this would work with weighed items such as produce, but I’m sure Microsoft has thought of this as well.

Great comparison chart over at joystiq pitting the XBOX and Apple TV together when it comes to entertinament center options (movies, tv, etc.). Of course, the XBox plays video games and DVDs so it’s comparing Apples and Oranges. Personally, I like the fact that AppleTV can sync with my computer and I can watch almost anything with that method. Still considering getting one, and I own an Xbox as well (The Xbox is in my office though and an AppleTV would be great in the family room).

It’s coming from official sources that IE8 passes the Acid2 standards test. I’ve seen people blog about this today, and the reaction is mostly positive although for some it’s perhaps hard to believe? IE7 was not really much of a new version over IE6. IE6 is still being used more than IE7, so IE8 might be five years from now? But a good time in the right direction, Microsoft.

I don’t usually post this stuff, since i’ll probably never come back to it, but eric just pointed out that one of C|Net’s Top Ten terrible tech products is Microsoft’s Vista.

First off, i’m not an Apple fanboy. I use Windows XP (although I have a mac as a video workstation). My personal experience with Vista started when I bought a laptop a few months ago which CAME PRE INSTALLED WITH VISTA. Vista was (1) slow with just about everything, (2) took forever to reboot or shutdown - longer than my crap-filled XP box, and (3) annoyed me with the constant security alerts. And it’s not because of the laptop either - this baby was $2300+ top of the line laptop. And since i’m not the only one reporting these issues, i’m pretty sure i can’t blame the laptop.

Since Vista is the future, i’m most likely switching to a Mac as my primary machine whenever my XP workstation dies. Sometime in 2008 most likely.