Comment Re:so (Score 1) 408
Sent.
Comment Re:so (Score 1) 408
Got one. Thanks!
Comment so (Score 1) 408
Would anybody please send one to altfranps shuttle gmail.com (replacing vehicle with @) ?
Comment Re:So we now we can't even write... (Score 4, Funny) 261
Or maybe Google detects you're in Alabama and makes an assumption.
Comment Re:Posting from IE8... (Score 1) 382
Try the "power" button.
Comment Re:The resurrection of Jesus Christ (Score 1) 1270
About as likely to have happened as Earth to be 6000 years old.
That said, he does sound like one cool revolutionary type; may have been interesting to meet.
Comment Re:Open office != MS Office (Score 1) 421
importing arbitrary data (not comma separated but separated by words/spaces/newlines/various) is a pain in the ass in Excel
Hm. No it isn't.
Comment Re:And i am sure. (Score 1) 193
They hope to make money not just from the news, but also from the editorial, analysis and opinion pieces.
Submission + - Microsoft announces ten Windows Phone 7 handsets f (engadget.com)
suraj.sun writes: Microsoft announces ten Windows Phone 7 handsets for 30 countries:
Today, eight months after the Windows Phone 7 OS unveiling in Barcelona, we're finally seeing the official launch of the retail hardware: nine new WP7 handsets available October 21 in select European and Asian markets and early November in the US. The phones will find their way to over 60 cellphone operators in more than 30 countries this year.
Microsoft tapped Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung to deliver the Snapdragon-based handsets with a carrier list that includes AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Vodafone, TELUS, América Móvil, Deutsche Telekom AG, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, and Telstra. And that's just for the first wave — Microsoft has even more handsets coming in 2011 including the first for Sprint and Verizon in the US.
"Glance and Go," is the slogan Microsoft is using to differentiate itself from an already crowded smartphone market. As Ballmer notes, "Microsoft and its partners are delivering a different kind of mobile phone and experience — one that makes everyday tasks faster by getting more done in fewer steps and providing timely information in a 'glance and go' format."
He's referring to WP7's customizable Live Tiles, of course. Xbox Live integration is another biggie with EA Games just announcing its first Xbox Live-enabled wares coming to Windows Phone 7 in the fall including "Need for Speed Undercover," "Tetris," "Monopoly," and "The Sims 3." The other big differentiators are the slick Metro UI, integrated support for Zune media and Zune Pass subscriptions, Bing search and maps, Windows Live including the free Find My Phone service, and Microsoft Office Mobile.
Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/microsoft-announces-ten-windows-phone-7-handsets-for-30-countrie/
Today, eight months after the Windows Phone 7 OS unveiling in Barcelona, we're finally seeing the official launch of the retail hardware: nine new WP7 handsets available October 21 in select European and Asian markets and early November in the US. The phones will find their way to over 60 cellphone operators in more than 30 countries this year.
Microsoft tapped Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung to deliver the Snapdragon-based handsets with a carrier list that includes AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Vodafone, TELUS, América Móvil, Deutsche Telekom AG, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, and Telstra. And that's just for the first wave — Microsoft has even more handsets coming in 2011 including the first for Sprint and Verizon in the US.
"Glance and Go," is the slogan Microsoft is using to differentiate itself from an already crowded smartphone market. As Ballmer notes, "Microsoft and its partners are delivering a different kind of mobile phone and experience — one that makes everyday tasks faster by getting more done in fewer steps and providing timely information in a 'glance and go' format."
He's referring to WP7's customizable Live Tiles, of course. Xbox Live integration is another biggie with EA Games just announcing its first Xbox Live-enabled wares coming to Windows Phone 7 in the fall including "Need for Speed Undercover," "Tetris," "Monopoly," and "The Sims 3." The other big differentiators are the slick Metro UI, integrated support for Zune media and Zune Pass subscriptions, Bing search and maps, Windows Live including the free Find My Phone service, and Microsoft Office Mobile.
Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/11/microsoft-announces-ten-windows-phone-7-handsets-for-30-countrie/
Comment Re:Lets ask in different context (Score 1) 486
I don't think you should worry that much. Spotting a botnet is easy for an ISP; finding negative posted opinions is not.
Comment Re:"mass hysteria"? (Score 1) 103
And if it becomes unavailable for 2 hours, I do the dirty business on the street.
Comment Re:Texting (Score 1) 140
Uhm. Because it was invented at a time when a constant internet connection was prohibitively expensive land-based, or downright unavailable on many cell networks?
Comment Re:not long for his job (Score 1) 340
Open can be an excuse, rather than a mask, for incompetence, but open does not necessarily mean incompetent.
Comment Re:Shurikens on a Plane (Score 2, Funny) 661
Yeah, or jobs in Java coding.
Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford 56
telomerewhythere writes "Stanford mechanical engineer Mark Cutkosky is using the biology of a gecko's sticky foot to create a robot that climbs. In the same way the small reptile can scale a wall of slick glass, the Stickybot can climb smooth surfaces with feet modeled on the intricate design of gecko toes. The team's new project involves scaling up the material for humans. A technology called Z-Man, which would allow humans to climb with gecko adhesive, is in the works."
