The problem with secret courts, secret executive orders and undisclosed legal reasoning is that even if Microsoft released some information as "transparency", can you really trust that they aren't holding something back or outright lying due to some other even more secret court order?

They were completely denying and fudging the question about Skype eavesdropping right up until the Snowden leaks. Then they did a complete 180 turn.So clearly they have no problem with obfuscating the discussion, why should we trust that any new information they provide is the whole truth and not some weasel legal loophole way of interpreting the facts? Kind of like how James Clapper weaseled and outright lied through his testimony to Congress. If these people are willing to lie to Congressmen and Senators, who the fuck are you?

I reckon Pandora's Box has been open and American technology companies will face an uphill, if not impossible, task to get anyone from the rest of the world to trust them again.

Kinda puts the whole uproar over Huwaei equipment into perspective doesn't it? Fucking hypocrites

When you buy an 'Merican product you are buying Freedom!

And here I was worried that the NSA barely gets any access to my data what with almost everything stored on a local harddisk. At least now the Good Guys can have full access to all my data at their own convenience. I am getting goosebumps from all this good ole Made in America Freedom. OH YEA DUFF BEER!

So apparently according to Microsoft English-speaking world consists only of those who choose en-US as their system language, anyone else does not matter. Sigh...

I have to say this about Microsoft - they have amazing capacity to piss off their customers. Not just piss off but at a deep visceral level of hate.

Marketing bullshit and nothing more. This is about as useful as tits on a bull.

First you get down on your knees and thank Baby Jeebus that you no longer are using one of Google's privacy sucking applications. Then you wipe the sand of your vagina, man up and read your favorite websites in a web browser like the rest of the world.

Don't Be Evil

*Except when you really want to, then go for your life

Can someone explain the difference between Flickr & Tumblr? To a jaded old fool like me they sound pretty much the same.

Financial trading industry employs many IT professionals who also need to have deep understanding of financial markets. I happen to be one of them. Now fuck off.

In the financial trading industry we have a term for those pundits who come on Bloomberg or CNBC and give advice on markets, stocks etc - they are talking their own book. So If they are extolling the virtues of a stock or a currency it usually means they are holding a large position in it themselves. Here we see Ole Larry talking his own book. These assholes would have you bare your entire life for them so they may sell you more shit you don't need. Fuck you Larry Page and Fuck you Google.

It's hard to find common ground when the other party is still using Lynx. I can understand and strongly promote the idea of not upgrading just because it's the latest gadget or technology but rather consider the actual benefit of a upgrade and whether the marginal cost is justified, not to mention the harm to the environment by discarding last year's smartphone, tablet etc. However when you open the conversation by saying 'I use Lynx, do you think I have a problem?'. Fuck yea you have a problem. You should seek help. To paraphrase a pop culture saying - If you are still using Lynx in 2013, you might be a Luddite!

This really riles me that people are rejecting Windows 8 because it does not have a fucking 'Start' button. Just the mindless stupidity of it just boggles the mind. Windows 8 is fast, lean and very impressive OS. It continues the great work done on Windows 7 and really builds on that foundation. How fucking stupid are these people that they don't understand the Metro start screen is just a full screen modern version of the start button. Fucking Lowest Common Denominator morons dragging the rest of us down with them.