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  Microsoft falls over the cliff 2008-04-25 11:54 dtjohnson

Submitted by dtjohnson on Friday April 25, @11:54AM
dtjohnson writes "Microsft released their fiscal 3rd quarter earnings yesterday and they are a shocker. Sales of the Windows Client tumbled 24 percent from a year ago, sales of Microsoft Office were down 2 percent, but sales of Xbox360 gear were up 68 percent. Unfortunately for Microsoft, though, the 'Entertainment' Division is still just a break-even business and most of their profit comes from selling Windows and Office. Other interesting stuff: they repurchased $5 billion less stock in 3Q08 than 3Q07 and they are carrying $10 billion on their books now as 'goodwill' versus only $5 billion in the year ago period. Looks like all of those stories about problems with Windows Vista were...right. What should Microsoft do now to fix the mess? Rush out a new and improved Windows update or keep pushing on Vista?"
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  Poll Topic 2008-04-25 11:35 dtjohnson

Submitted by dtjohnson on Friday April 25, @11:35AM
dtjohnson writes "How much gas do you use to get to work? A) Zero. I roller-skate. B) Less than 1/4 gallon. Two wheels and a motor are all anyone should need. C) 1/4 to 1/2 gallon. My carpool complains about my gas. D) 1/2 to 1 gallon. My car sips gas like it's fine champagne. E) 1 to 2 gallons. My job and I are at opposite ends of a space-time paradox. F) More than 2 gallons. My carbon footprint looks like Sasquatch so I own stock in Exxon Mobil."
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  New infrared treatment for Alzheimer patients 2008-01-25 14:27 dtjohnson

Submitted by dtjohnson on Friday January 25 2008, @02:27PM
dtjohnson writes "A new treatment is being tested for people with Alzheimer's disease in which the brain is bathed with infra-red radiation to stimulate the growth of brain cells. Tests in mice have been very promising at improving the learning ability of the mice. In tests with people, 8 out of 9 have showed improvement. The treatment requires that an infra-red emitting helmet be worn for 10 minutes a day. From the article: "Currently all you can do with dementia is to slow down the rate of decay — this new process will not only stop that rate of decay but partially reverse it." It's estimated by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that the incidence of Alzheimer's will increase from the current 1 in 200 people to 1 out of 85 people worldwide by 2050 so any new potential treatment is welcome news."
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  Google goes live with javascript requirement 2007-05-18 19:34 dtjohnson

Submitted by dtjohnson on Friday May 18 2007, @07:34PM
dtjohnson writes "Google has just gone live with their new javascript requirement. Now, you can no longer access stuff like groups or images from the Google front page without having javascript turned on. Given the security weaknesses of javascript, many turn it off or use plugins like noscript to block untrustworthy sites. Google was in trouble not long ago for their search logging. Now, you'll have to let Google in through your javascript door if you want to use their stuff. What will they do with that?"
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