Comment In other news... (Score 1) 298
Microsoft reports over 90,000 preorders already for its new forthcoming Windows Phone 7.
Comment Teaches game logic, not programming (Score 2, Insightful) 124
I don't think these kind of approaches really teach programming. Programming is so much more about the structure of a whole program down to the minute details and everything in between, including the strict syntax.
These game-oriented things are great, but what one learns with them is basically just a certain way how logic how object and AI interaction can work in games. And the logic is input using a finely crafted UI.
Microsoft Says IE Faster Than Chrome and Firefox 532
An anonymous reader writes "According to its own speed tests, Microsoft's Internet Explorer loads most websites faster than both Chrome and Firefox when looking at the top 25 websites on the Internet. 'As you can see, IE8 outperforms Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0 in loading 12 websites, Chrome 1.0 places second by loading nine sites first, and Firefox brings up the rear by loading four sites faster than the other two browsers. Also, in case you missed it, IE loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox, and Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE, just for kicks.'"
Comment Not excessive, but weird packaging (Score 1) 359
We once gave bed sheets as a wedding present, but tied them to a torus knot using chicken wire, covered with cellophane and braid.
In that particular wedding the maid of honor slightly opened the packaged presents so that everyone would see what the happy couple were getting as a present... however, she wouldn't dare to touch the torus knot.
Nokia the Next Gizmondo? 115
An anonymous reader writes, "Yesterday Symbian announced that 100 million Symbian smart phones have shipped to over 250 network operators worldwide since the company's formation. According to a CNet article, however, Nokia phones running on the OS are actually worse than their non-Symbian predecessors. From the article: 'The fact is, Nokia's phones are in danger of turning from the iPods of the phone world into the Gizmondos — from devices dedicated to doing one thing well to jacks-of-all-trades that do too many things poorly. The S60 3rd Edition interface has received tons of criticism from veteran Nokia users for being far too complicated to use. It's great that there's new stuff to play with, but not so great that the old stuff, as in making calls and sending texts, has been made more complicated.'"
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