My problem with Microsoft is that they insist on programming everything in-house and lock you in to in-house networks and in-house apps. I prefer a rich ecosystem like the iPhone and Android where people can make their own apps and have them integrate into your social networking life.

Um, Windows Phone 7 supports user-developed apps and has an app store.

I share your feelings about Windows Mobile, but my understanding is that Windows Phone 7 is an entirely new code base and has nothing in common with WinMo.

Thankfully, they aren't. They are accepting VB.NET, which has about as much in common with VB6 as Java has with JavaScript.

Chrome added extensions a couple of releases ago. Now granted, in the Chromiverse, a major release seemingly drops every month, but still. :)

Steve Gibson, is that you? :)

Here is a video of the presentation at Microsoft's MIX 2008 conference where the Microsoft Office 2007 lead explains the research that went into the creation of the concept of the ribbon as well as the process of designing it. It's actually a pretty fascinating watch if you are interested in user interface design.

It has no mention of a resurrection.

C'mon. Why is it that people who are otherwise intelligent, rational thinkers suddenly turn that part of their brains off when it is time to attack Christianity?

Jesus' resurrection is also recounted in the gospels of Matthew (28:1-10) and Luke (24:1-35), passages which are present in the Codex.

I'm sorry, but it seems ludicrous to me that Google would consider the URL (see Tim Berners-Lee's thoughts on what URLs should and should not contain) when ranking pages. Is there any proof or documentation that this assertion is true?

Yes, that is exactly what happened. Microsoft's previous comments on the matter basically boiled down to "What problem? This works exactly the way we intended it to."