At CES, companies will be hawking flashy gadgets, as always, and maybe attendees can suspend disbelief for a few days blinded by the glare of the gadgets. But that’s really just lipstick on a pig.
And how will this downturn transform the computer industry? Looking at it through the prism of Netbooks — which are expected to catch much of the limelight at CES — may provide some insight. These cheap laptop computers are on fire, partially because they are compelling designs but mostl
Hamburg left Adobe for Microsoft in 2008 to become a “distinguished engineer” leading work on improving operating system usability. He called the job an opportunity that “was a little too interesting to turn down” because he found the Windows’ experience “really annoying.”
A high-powered programmer who’d left Adobe Systems to lead a Microsoft Windows interface design team is heading back after just over a year.
Mark Hamburg had worked on Adobe Photoshop since version
In a terse statement, FTC bureau of competition director Richard Feinstein said:
We have been investigating the Google/Apple interlocking directorates issue for some time and commend them for recognizing that sharing directors raises competitive issues, as Google and Apple increasingly compete with each other. We will continue to investigate remaining interlocking directorates between the companies.
Reuters reports that Schmidt’s resignation would usually close an FTC in
According to a report by a Japanese blog that Kotaku turned into English, 7-Eleven will no longer be taking “pre-orders” for black, white and silver 80GB PS3 after Sunday, August 9. (The document this information is based on is referred to as a “notice”).
Since the 160GB PS3 isn’t sold in Japan and all the other PS3 models (20GB, 40GB, 60GB) are discontinued, the speculation is that indeed something new is coming, quite possibly the rumored PS3 Slim.
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Several months back I wrote about Microsoft’s Songsmith video that hit all the wrong notes. It was a weird (to say the least) attempt to humanize software that failed so terribly I still find it hard to believe it was real.
Enter the latest
Windows 7 launch video, which looks like the Food Network threw a cooking party only to have it geek out and go completely sideways.
Maybe all the pressure to make Windows 7 successful has removed
We are all insecure.
And the “arm band” presumably refers to the sweaty thing you wear in the gym. Lordy, can that really add to the, um, passion of it all?
It’s called Passion. And its heart is very simple.
Come to think of it, the pocket of your what exactly? Don’t most people, other than men in movies, remove their clothes for this activity?
The app itself, which costs $4.99, has not yet been rated at the App Store.
After Google Finance Portfolios is added to your iGoogle page, it displays your portfolio, including the net change for the day. It also features overall market performance. Any of those items can be hidden in the gadget. If you want more detail on a particular stock you own, you can click on it to be brought to its respective Google Finance page.
Company Overview After you install Company Overview, you can input any company’s ticker symbol and see an overview of its oper
Immediately after beginning the transfer, Memeo Send navigates you to the Track tab, which, in the style of physical packages, produces and then hangs on to a tracking number. The app keeps stats on the date and time the files were sent, the number and size of the files, and on their sending and delivery status. A separate pane monitors the content and status of the file packs that you have received in return, viewable in icon or list form.
Though there are a few soft spot
Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, delivered a 30-minute opening presentation highlighting everything from
Windows 7 to Windows Phone to
Xbox Live and
Zune. But the Open House was really intended to be an open house, with a heavy emphasis on lifestyle applications for the company’s various products.
Microsoft Open House 2009
There was also some rather funky stuff (read:weird) that included women dressed up in bird c
However, for users who haven’t checked out or updated ThunderBrowse in awhile, there’s a lot to play with. Through the expansive options menu, you can configure links to open in new tabs. This allows your original e-mail to stay open in one tab, while the link has been opened in a new one. Unfortunately, in the Thunderbird 3 betas, this does not open a new Thunderbird tab–you’ll only get a new ThunderBrowse tab in your message pane. Even if the pane is maximized or the message has been open
