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Microsoft Secret Prototype Phone Stolen 249

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 20, 2009 @03:11PM from the microsoft-to-develop-more-secure-pockets dept.

bossanovalithium writes to tell us that details are emerging about the theft of a top secret prototype mobile device stolen from an executive's pocket. Time to start watching eBay. "There are fears that leaks regarding the features and early bugs in the software could mar the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 which the company hopes will give it the edge over the iPhone and the new Google Android operating system. The new product includes support for touch-screen technology similar to that found on the Apple iPhone. Among the features offered in the new service unveiled by Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, on Tuesday, is a version of Windows Marketplace for Mobiles, which is set to compete with the popular Apple's App Store and provide easy ways to download music and products to mobiles. "

Comment Re:Yep (Score 1) 739

by gnuslov on Thursday September 28, 2006 @11:18AM (#16230019) Attached to: Chinese Lasers Blind US Satelites

More about the satellite mentioned in the wired article. Seems it might be undetectable by radar too. Cryptome has more info about the patent mentioned in the wikipedia link.

Comment Re:Maybe it's just me... (Score 3, Insightful) 258

by kundor on Wednesday July 05, 2006 @03:43PM (#15662271) Attached to: Futurama Star Billy West Answers Slashdot Questions

Then you know nothing about real programming. Seeing to the heart of a problem and figuring out the twist that solves it is one of the most creative things there is. It is crafting not static works, like books, but dynamic, responsive, living words -- programming is to writing what composing is to playing music. Each layer of abstraction requires less technique and rote and more creativity, and programming is one of the most abstract media that people have ever worked in.

If you program by brute force or mathematical proofs and use no creativity, then you are no more a programmer than someone transcribing data is an author.

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