Slashdot Mirror
Microsoft Tries To Charm EU With Future Visions
RedStar writes "BBC Online has a piece on Microsoft's visions of the future as shown to Euro MPs in a charm operation." From the article: "This is more a new concept than a new technology, and the real version may still be a year or two away. It would track the mobile phone signals of loved ones, then cross-reference which mobile cell they were in with pre-programmed locations, like the home, school, or workplace. Ms Sellen added: 'This is not very specific at all about where people are, and that's deliberate. We don't want to invade people's privacy too much, so we deliberately keep things very coarse grained.'"
Your blueberry will be able to get the newest criminal records of your political enemy, shame your blueberry isn't usable after the service had to be downed because of Patent infringement.
This is not very specific at all about where people are, and that's deliberate.
So everyone will know when you're in the bathroom, but they won't necessarily know if its number one or number two.
I cant wait to stalk my girlfriend with it.
So I wondering which marketing droid read Harry Potter and thought that the Weasley's clock would be cool to have.
Ahhh, my husband is at his mistresses again.
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a penguin's face - forever."
With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
Just like they laughed at my extraordinarily long cords. But who's laughing now?
They don't track you when you pull the battery between calls.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
C'mon, doesn't anyone READ the announcement?
They explicitly said the technology would track your LOVED ONES. If someone WASN'T *your* *loved* *one*, then I think the implication is very clear -- the software simply wouldn't work at all for a person like that! And surely by now they have enough other dirt on you to know if someone is your loved one or not.
A fair go for your loved ones at M$ is all that I'm asking...
Yeah, I learned this the hard way! Turns out a "restraining order" isn't a kinky S&M thing that she wanted me to do to her, involving rope and a bullhorn. It's actually some stupid court thing where I can't get within a certain number of feet of her.
Boy was my face red!!