Thursday, September 10, 2009
How would Apple Market their OS without Windows?
Just how the hell would Apple market their OS if it weren't for Windows!?
Yeah, now THERE'S a novel concept! I mean, just how big of a niche is Apple appealing to with the whole, "ohhh, every PC has bad viruses and they're going to eat all your datas?" It can't possibly be THAT many! Oops... maybe I've just stumbled onto something there. ;)
It seems that for all of their, "Mac users are, "up here" and everyone else is just, "down there"," they don't really give a good reason to use their product. Not once does one (or do I, at least) get the impression from those commercials to get a Mac other than for the purpose of, "not getting millions of viruses." You know, if I'm going to buy something, I don't want FUD marketing techniques to sell it to me. Granted, if someone wanted to, they could go pull up Apple's website to see what a Mac is really supposed to be about but doesn't that defeat the purpose? How is someone going to look it up if they don't have a computer to begin with? Oh, that's right... chances are, everyone already has a computer with Windows on it. Once again, just where would Steve Jobs' OS be without good ol' Bill G's already dominating the market?
Okay, so let's say I don't have a computer at home, so all I have to go by are Apple's commercials. Okay, I want to go check out a Mac. Is there an Apple store close by? Let's have a look in the phone book to call and see. Oh, well looky there! There's only ONE in my state and it's 3 frickin' hours away! That's alright, let me see if any other retailers near by sell Macs. (Once again, back to the phone book) Okay, there are. Let's go to the store and check them out!
*Microsoft's commercials kick in here* and I do indeed find something more powerful and just as good-looking and usable in a PC... and for considerably less, to boot! It's really simple in my head: You walk into a store where you can compare the two and a PC sells itself! If it works great in the store, it's going to work great at home unless you're like Rafael Rivera and visit naughty sites all the time (he's exemplary of what, "InPrivate" mode was built into IE8 for, har har!).
Foundation Expression Blend 3 with Silverlight
* Develop stunning RIAs in a short time.
* Learn some basic Object Oriented Programming Principles.
* Get familiar with the Blend 3 development environment.
What you'll learn
* Learn the Blend 3 and Visual Studio 2008 Integrated Development Environments (IDE).
* Learn how to create stunning animations using Silverlight 3 Storyboards.
* Learn how to incorporate video and sound into your RIAs with the Silverlight MediaElement.
* Learn about and how to develop quickly using Silverlight 3's reusable resources such as UserControls, ControlTemplates and DataTemplates.
* Learn about the new Visual State Manager and the State panel in Blend 3 to quickly and easily add MouseEnter and MouseLeave states to your UserControls.
* Put everything you have learned together to create a sample Silverlight 3 website.
Who is this book for?
Web designers and developers wanting to learn Expression Blend 3 from the ground up. Those who have a background in the development of RIAs and want to learn this new technology.
Foundation Expression Blend 3 with Silverlight is available at Amazon.com.
Actress Ko admits undergoing plastic surgery
Actress Ko admits undergoing plastic surgery
January 22, 2009 by Jonah
Top actress Ko Hyung-jung surprised fans not only by appearing on a TV entertainment show for the first time in 15 years but also addressing rumors surrounding her shrouded personal life.
Ko: Yes, I underwent plastic surgery
The 38-year-old rose to stardom through the 1995 hit TV series “Hourglass” and then made headlines for marrying into one of the wealthiest Korean families that same year. Her marriage to Chung Yong-jin, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s nephew and vice president of Shinsegae Department Store, ended in 2003 and Ko resumed acting in 2006.
She appeared on “Golden Fishery,” a popular MBC talk show hosted by comedian Kang Ho-dong. The actress surprised the host by bringing up rumors such as how she was allegedly ostracized by her former in-laws during her marriage.
The Declaration to The National State of Affairs by Bloggers in Korea
The Oppressor and the loved "Poodle" to Japs king Akihito(monkey at right),Lee Myoung Bak(monkey at left), 17th President of Korea. The Most ashamed president ever in the national history of Korea.
01. [The Right of Free Expression in the Internet]
The National Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Section 21st guarantees for the basic human right of freedom of expression.
However, Lee administration oppresses as well as infringes upon freedom of expression in the internet through abuse and misuse of the present national law and its social systems.
Hereupon, we demand of the full right of freedom of expression in the internet and guarantee that the government will minimize the abusing as well as misusing the national legal power on the people of Korea.
02. [The Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration]
The National Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Section 21st guarantees for assembly and demonstration as well as association as for the basic human rights.
However, Lee administration oppresses and infringes upon of freedom of assembly and demonstration as it is assumed that such peaceful activities get into a stage of violent. Furthermore, there is no single evidence of doing any violent assembly and demonstration as Lee administrative imagined.
Lee administration titled this world first invented methodology of oppression and infringement towards own people of Korea as called “Pre-Censorship and Inclusion.”
Democracy has been supported upon freedom of assembly and demonstration as it is the essential supplementary system to the parliamentary government.
Hereupon, the people of Korea demand freedom of assembly and demonstration in both in the lively society as well as in the internet, today.
03. [Economic Democratization]
The National Constitution of the Republic of Korea, Article 119th Section 2nd guarantee for economic democratization in order to prevent of abuse and misuse of national economic growth, optimal distribution of income, domestic monopolistic market and financial strength.
However, Lee administration makes uneven the power of wealth, worsening of distribution of wealth through all aspects of social as well as day by day basis.
Lee administration also refused to protect, guarantee and secure of the social minors as well as the weak.
Hereupon, the people of Korea demand of Lee administrative to comply lofty sprits of 1987 democratization to the economic democratization with it’s’ articles and clauses. The people of Korea also demand for in deep inspection of present national economical policies from the root.
A tiny Silverlight 3 Shooting Game
http://www.studentguru.gr/blogs/dt008/archive/2009/09/02/a-tiny-silverlight-3-shooting-game.aspx
TechCrunch Heads to Brazil
I’m working closely with Endeavor which has done amazing work in South and Latin America for more than a decade. But as always, I want to ferret out the best entrepreneurs and investors in the country so send me an email if you have any suggestions at sarah (at) techcrunch (dot) com.
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Windows Embedded Standard 2011 Toolkit – Introducing Image Configuration Editor (ICE) and Image Builder Wizard (IBW)
Microsoft posted on how to use new features in Windows Embedded Standard 2011 operating system. The toolkit for Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 (formerly code-named “Quebec”) comes with two components: Image Builder Wizard (IBW) and Image Configuration Editor (ICE).
-IBW is a new development experience, designed to let you quickly and easily create an embedded OS for your device. IBW is essentially a wizard that runs on your target device. If you’ve downloaded or gotten a physical copy of Windows Embedded Standard 2011, you’ll find two disks (or ISOs) that contain IBW (one for x86 and one for amd64).
-ICE is based on Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) tool used to create answer files for use with Windows Setup. ICE’s used for the creation of answer files, which “answer” the dialogs presented in IBW to streamline the image creation process. All the options for customizing an image in IBW’re also available in ICE, as well as the ability to customize SMI settings among other more advanced features.
Aquarius
January 20-February 18
September 2009
MONTHLY OVERVIEW:You’re unusually private for the first three weeks of September. The Sun is in Virgo, your intimate eighth house, a time to turn inward. You tend to be outgoing and group-oriented, but now you need to nurture your closest bonds with focused attention. A detailed matter could require intense concentration, and you may be involved in real estate, paying off debt or bringing together different pieces of a master plan. Powerful emotions may also need to be processed. Think like a skillful surgeon and eliminate distractions.
You’ll be ready to emerge in October and November. Jupiter and Neptune are still retrograde (backward) in Aquarius for another 6-8 weeks, which has kept you out of the limelight this summer. From September 8th-28th, communication planet Mercury is also retrograde, causing misunderstandings and travel mix-ups. Might as well stay in your cocoon this month. You’re like a cake in the oven that’s not quite ready to come out—but you’ll be delicious perfection if you let the ingredients bake a little longer.
Save the Earth!
People, don’t be a pillock, save the Earth!
Many of you have heard the endless pleas of super stars and politicians telling us that if we, as a united Earth, don’t change our ways, we’re heading for an environmental crises that would kill millions or billions of our fellow Earthlings. You know what’s going on, how mother Earth is being rapidly and continuously raped by our selfish consumption and pollution of natural resources.
The truth is, in my point of view, our Earth won’t die. It won’t suddenly explode and become millions of stars. The truth is, we are the ones who will die out and the Earth will continue to thrive for many years after we’re gone and extinct… So if this is the case, why is everyone worrying now? I mean i won’t live that long to see the mass extinction of human kind yea.
If you’re thinking this… You’re an idiot who ought to kill yourself cause there’s no place for someone as stupid as you are.
Aquarius Horoscope for September 09, 2009
People love hearing what your thoughts. Today is the perfect day to run that idea of yours by a boss or a friend. It seems like it’s totally out there, but you have your finger on the pulse of your community.
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Yammer Wins TechCrunch 50 with Twitter-like Enterprise Service
Founded by David Sacks, former COO of PayPal and currently CEO of Geni.com, the management team is filled from the ranks of PayPal, eBay, eGroups and Tribe. Sacks wanted an enterprise version of Twitter to keep his company connected, but it didn’t exist. So they built Yammer and launched it at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008. As of the morning of the 10th, over 2,000 companies and 10,000 users were registered with Yammer.
Why would a company need this type of service? Well, aside from increasing communications between employees, Yammer claims it can reduce email by doing away with “email inboxes overflowing with unwanted messages.”
Which Windows 7 edition is suitable for you ?
Six different flavors of Windows 7 – Starter , Home Basic , Home Premium , Professional , Enterprise , and Ultimate. Which one is more suitable for you ? Upgrade or clean install, 32-bit or 64-bit ? Finally, you’ll have only three Windows 7 editions to choose from. Here’s why:
Which Windows 7 edition is not for me?
The Windows 7 Starter edition is meant for basic computing tasks (like checking email, web surfing, etc.) and is optimized for less powerful machines like your Atom powered net-book. You won’t find Windows 7 Starter at the retail stores as it will only ship (pre-installed) with new notebook computers worldwide.
Windows 7 Home Basic is not as limited as the starter edition but it will be only sold in developing countries like India, China, Philippines, etc with new computers. Then you have the Windows 7 Enterprise edition which is just like Windows 7 Ultimate but for businesses who go for volume licensing.
None of the above mentioned editions of Windows 7 will be available for general retail in boxed offerings. Your choice is therefore simplified to the remaining three editions – Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate.
Scientists design “gravity tractor” to save earth from asteroids
LONDON - British space scientists have designed a special spacecraft that can save the earth from a catastrophic asteroid collision.
The 10 tonne spacecraft named “gravity tractor” would be deployed to intercept an asteroid en route to the earth and has the ability to fly 160 ft alongside it.
Once near an asteroid the craft will use gravitational force to pull the rock towards itself.
Gradually the gravity tractor will be able to change the asteroids path and thus make sure it misses the earth.
According to rough estimates of the American space agency NASA, there are more than 100,000 asteroids orbiting near the Earth and have the capacity to destroy cities.
The engineers of space company EADS Astrium, which designs crafts for NASA and the European Space Agency, have made the gravity tractor.
The team believes the craft could successfully divert the course of asteroids up to 430 yards across, which can release 100,000 times more than the Hiroshima bomb.
The Telegraph quoted Dr Ralph Cordey, science and exploration business development manager at Astrium as saying: “Anything bigger than 30m (32 yards) across is a real threat to the Earth.
“Unfortunately it is a matter of when rather than if one of them hits us.
“The gravity tractor exploits the principals of very basic physics - every object with a mass has its own gravity that affects objects around it. It can move fairly large objects 300 metres (984ft) to 400 metres (1,312ft) across.
“These asteroids are hurtling around our solar system at 10km per second, so when you scale that up, you just need a tiny nudge to send it off course.” (ANI)
Silverlight Coding Competition – win USD $10,000!
I was honored to be asked by ComponentArt to participate in a judging panel for their just now released 2009 Summer Silverlight Coding Competition. The grand prize is USD $10,000.
Yes, that’s right: USD $10,000!
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Microsoft Xbox 360 sales top 30 million, Xbox Live accounts cross 20 million
Microsoft announced today that it’s sold more than 30 million Xbox 360 game consoles and that its active user base of Xbox Live online gaming service is now over 20 million.
The company made the disclosures in advance of next week’s E3 trade show in Los Angeles. The new fashion is to disclose a lot of news before E3, since announcements made at the conference tend to get drowned out. Yesterday, Electronic Arts released a list of 16 games (not counting cell phone games) that it will show off at E3.
At last count, Sony had sold more than 22.7 million PlayStation 3 consoles and Nintendo had sold more than 50 million Wiis.
But Microsoft says that its Xbox 360 hardware sales are up 28 percent from a year ago in the U.S., a higher percentage growth than either the Wii or the PS 3.
Since the Xbox 360 debuted in 2006, U.S. consumers have spent $14.5 billion on Xbox 360 hardware, games and accessories. Via Xbox Live’s market, consumers have downloaded more than a billion pieces of game and entertainment content (such as movies or TV shows).
To date, third-party game publishers have sold more than $5.9 billion worth of games for the Xbox 360 in the U.S. Full told, Microsoft and its game partners have sold an average of 8.3 games per console. That’s a lot more than sold on the original Xbox launched in 2001.
Since the launch of the revised Xbox Live service in November, TV and movie downloads have more than doubled, new members have increased more than 136 percent, and purchases of games on the Xbox Live Arcade have increased 70 percent. Xbox Live is available in 26 countries.
Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, estimated that 60 percent of the Xbox Live subscribers pay the $50 a year for the Gold membership, which lets people play against each other online. Hence, 12 million paying subscribers generates $600 million in revenue a year for Microsoft. Sales of downloadable games and movies probably generate another $100 million a year.
Meanwhile, costs are likely to be $300 million or so. That profit margin has helped Microsoft report regular profits in the past year or so in the game business, Pachter said. Any losses in the larger Entertainment and Devices Group, of which games is only a part, are due in part to the big investments in projects such as Microsoft Surface and Zune.
Windows 7 hotkeys
| Hotkey/Combination | Action |
 + Up | Maximize |
| + Down | Minimize, Restore |
| + Left | Snap to Left |
| + Right | Snap to Right |
| + Shift + Left | Jump to left monitor |
| + Shift + Right | Jump to right monitor |
| + D | Show Desktop, Restore all windows |
| + G | Bring gadgets to the front |
| + F | Open the search window |
| + R | Open the “run” box |
| + E | Open Windows Explorer |
| + M | Show Desktop |
| + Shift + M | Restore Windows after Show Desktop |
| + L | Lock the computer |
| + Pause | Open the System Properties Window |
| + T | Rotate through applications on the taskbar |
| + U | Open the Ease of Access Center |
| + P | Alternate display options box (projectors, screens) |
| + X | Open the Mobility Center |
| + # | Opens a new instance of an application in the # slot on the taskbar |
| + Space | Aero Peek at the desktop |
| + Shift + T | Rotates through applications on the taskbar backwards |
| + Plus | Zoom in |
| + Minus | Zoom out |
| + Tab | Open Flip3D: press tab again to rotate through windows |