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MS Youth-Culture App Gets Gushy Advance Reviews

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the goo-stuck-on-bubblegum-on-cotton-candy dept.

geo writes "Newsweek first reported this new Microsoft beta, threedegrees. The surprise is, Steven Levy, well-known fan of the Macintosh (and unfan of Microsoft) wrote something almost entirely positive. So did CNET news.com.com.com.com.com. Is it possible that something good is coming out of Redmond?"

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  1. Nothing's so good... by jemnery · · Score: 2, Troll

    that it justifies this: "To use threedegrees, prospective testers must be running Windows XP with Service Pack 1, the new peer-to-peer update and MSN Messenger 5 installed on their computer."
    No thanks.

    1. Re:Nothing's so good... by mbbac · · Score: 0, Troll

      I thought all of the XP drivers had to be blessed and certified by Microsoft? So, whose fault is it really?

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      mbbac

    2. Re:Nothing's so good... by 1010011010 · · Score: 0, Troll


      Explorer on XP is a crash-happy POS. It goes downa couple of times a day. This on a brand new computer "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP".

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      Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.