This reminds me of Microsoft....

Captain Planet never killed anyone?? Don Cheadle as Captain Planet sure did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJaELXadKo

While you might well be correct, the issue at hand is the website. It's a bit disingenuous to say the whole law is broken because of the website. That is, unless the same people who made the law are the ones coding.

I hear Microsoft is looking for a CEO..

Windows Media Center had extenders (provided by HP and others, in addition to the XBox 360) that was nothing more than a remote desktop session into a Windows Media Center PC. They streamed video as far back as 2006 and hi-def after that. Of course, this is all within a home network.. But video is supported.

Not for Windows 8.1, if you own Windows 8. It is a free upgrade. Microsoft has apparently learned a lesson from Apple.

The bulk of the bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, not just Aramaic. Also, there is no "original" bible. We have fragments. Some rather large ones (Textus Receptus, Textus Sinaiticus, and Testus Vaticinus." Which adds to your translation of a translation thought.

Posting to undo my mod points... Marked parent as Redundant, when it is anything but....

Shameless plug with a kickback on my end... But check out ting.com. I felt the same way as you did about service charges. My cell phone bill is $25.00 a month, with Data / Texting / Voice / Tethering / etc.

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Actually Microsoft's cloud services are HIPAA compliant. According to the article, it includes Office365 in addition to Azure. Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Adds-HIPAA-Compliance-in-Windows-Azure-for-Cloud-Health-Data-446671/

>> iPod was not well-received until the third generation (2003) when a few redesigns were made and iTunes took off.

Remember - this was ALSO around when they released iTunes for the PC. AND had the über-hip silhouettes dancing with white earbuds marketing campaign. We still see vestiges of this now. Marketing, marketing, marketing.

>> iPhone had (relatively) abysmal sales until the end of the second generation, after at least one OS upgrade....

Yes, and that's also about when the prices dropped on the iPhone as well. Remember, people desperately wanted the iPhone from day one, but didn't want to pay an unsubsidized (or minimally subsidized) price for the iPhone.
For what it's worth: I agree fixing products is important and will eventually impact consumer purchasing, but I think marketing and "Shiny" is far more important.

Because of the merch out there... Angry Birds T-Shirts / "Board Games" / Snacks / pillows / stuffed animals... They make far more there than they do on the game itself.

I don't think so.

Remember SmartGlass, announced at E3? I think this is the patent. Smartglass is a virtual game controller, and it is announced for Windows 8 tablets, Android, and iOS. So, perhaps a $199.00 Kindle Fire could be a controller.

I'd disagree - The worst CEO of all time is Jerry Yang. Elop took a gamble (and appears to be losing miserably). Yang demolished his stock price simply because he "didn't want Darth Vader buying his company."

If Yang would have sold Yahoo to Microsoft, Microsoft would be in even worse condition AND Yahoo's shareholders would have been thrilled.

It has been this way for some time - At least as of a few months ago. That message isn't related to what's happening now.