Maybe you mean Total Entertainment Network service offered PC game players a place to play DOS and Windows-based games online with and against other players, to chat, to download game-related content, and to compete for high scores and to win tournaments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Entertainment_Network The service was bundled with many PC games....Kali featured an Internet Game Browser for TCP/IP native games, a buddy system, a chat system, and supports 400+ games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(software)
The reality is these services have been around at least since 1996, so I'm not sure what you mean by copy. They are simply part of modern gaming I can name at least 7 such services that operate today.
This is great news, but so late to the party similar social platforms include Heyzap, Plus+, Crystal, Gameloft Live, Scorelp, Geocade, Scoreoid, agon and Apple's Game Center...and the now discontinued openfeint.
Everybody recognise there is a need for a social gaming platform, many games leverage Facebook to do this, so I'm expecting better organised G+ gaming extension in future.
The only question is when Steam for Android will happen.
This is two topics in one, and I suspect everyone who looked at the Nexus 4 is of the mind. Thought that it did not have enough local storage, compounded by having no expandable storage...on a device that was sold out so quickly because of its amazing price. It just pissed people off.
People buy the Nexus range for regular updates of stock android, running on great, but good value hardware. Whether its 4" or 6" I couldn't care less...or whether it contains IR/Waterproof/Wireless Charging etc etc I don't even care who manufactures the phones (I would love to see a Lenovo Nexus), but local storage and Distribution issues need to be solved. I skipped the Nexus 4, hopefully the Nexus 5 will offer me what I want.
Wozniak also notes that his former question about California Lakes now brings up lakefront properties while his question about prime numbers now displays information about prime ribs
Microsoft's popular Security Essentials anti-virus software has failed to gain the latest certificate from the AV-TEST institute. http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/17/3885962/microsoft-security-essentials-fails-anti-virus-certification-test "In antimalware testing against a range of products, AV-TEST failed to certify AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0, Microsoft Security Essentials 4.1, and PC Tools Internet Security 2012 out of a total of 25 different vendors. Microsoft's own anti-virus software failed to adequately protect against 0-day malware attacks, scoring an average of 71 percent vs. the industry average of 92 percent."
Nobody cares whether its original they care if it works.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen a virus in a decade.
...or maybe as http://eugene.kaspersky.com/2013/03/25/one-in-twenty-is-the-sad-truth/ "Even those who care nothing for their health still get sick – it’s just that the infection goes undiagnosed" as much as you may find it comforting blaming users, 1 in 20 infected machines implies there is something wrong. Its no wonder users are not buying PC's anymore.
here how it ended "An awkward silence ensued. The blue suits did not even confer among themselves. They just sat there, stonelike. Finally, the chief suit responded. "OK," he said, "maybe you don't infringe these seven patents. But we have 10,000 U.S. patents. Do you really want us to go back to Armonk [IBM headquarters in New York] and find seven patents you do infringe? Or do you want to make this easy and just pay us $20 million?" "
As fashionable as it is to hate Microsoft and gripe about how badly Windows 8 sucks
People aren't emotional over Microsoft they just recognise that Microsoft is not a good company, and Windows 8 is single handedly killing off Desktop industry (4 Aticles!? on here in one week). They are simply buying there products from companies that deliver.
Hey guys, I did my own non-GAAP numbers for my income, and I made a net profit of $23 billion dollars last year! And I can prove it, I used Enron's old accountants to do it!
To quote "Non-GAAP Net earnings is defined as Net earnings excluding certain gains, losses, expenses, and their related tax effects, that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing results and further adjusted to exclude stock based compensation expense and its related tax effects.
Non-GAAP Operating income is defined as Income from operations excluding certain gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing operating results and further adjusted to exclude stock based compensation expense.
It is what it says it is; a way of *comparing* like with like around the core business. Is Motorola's restructuring costs a sensible way of measuring Googles search business? How about nokia selling off its HQ anything to so with its smartphones? How about Microsoft paying of the EU routine thing?
If you are looking at performance measures...you compare like for like otherwise its simply stupid, which is why unusual of non-business relates expenses/income should be ignored.
they sprinkled some fairy-dust and powdered-unicorn horns and some shredded nauga-hide on their statements and came up with a magical "with better-than-expected (non-GAAP) earnings of $420 million, or 38 cents per share".
I don't think your not being fair to Yahoo, many (most) companies resort to "window dressing" to make figures look more attractive, but GAAP is more useful for *comparing companies* (but poor at comparing itself...to itself). In this instance the non-GAAP results discount gains and losses that aren't really part of their core business (and stock based compensation expense). In fact Google did the same last quarter...it took out things like 500Million one off restructuring of Motorola, because it makes no sense as a metric when comparing itself to prior (and future) financial statements.
If you scan through the Income statement, and look through its operating expenses the big change is a decrease in "Traffic Acquisition Cost" which explains most of the decrease in expenses about 80% of it (and the decrease in revenue too). It looks like they cut back on deals that were costing more than the revenue they were getting (or focuses on more profitable traffic etc).
The leading technical companies are considered to be Apple; Amazon; Google and Facebook. They are sometimes also referred to as the "Gang of four" or "the four horsemen". The original reference I know is from Eric Schmidt http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/11/3487634/google-eric-schmidt-interview-apple-vs-google-ecosystems In context of this article "Schmidt notes the larger battle is between what he calls a "gang of four" consisting of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google, which are "all different, all competitors, [and] all making enormous investments." When told that Microsoft wasn't on that list, Schmidt called the omission "deliberate."".
Andoid dominant because its on more phones than Windows is on PCs....
No..not for a second. Pre Windows 8 I would have perhaps argued that smartphones and tablets replace most of the functionality of a desktop machine, Post Windows 8 I argue since Windows 8 is simply another tablet OS, it should be compared directly with Android/iOS [I simply use convenient Numbers] which ironically exactly what Microsoft wants...its just not working out too well
But if they had a big success in the mobile world maybe (and only maybe) people would have swallowed the Metro interface on the desktop as well. They're betting the company on Metro on the desktop and my theory is that a failure in the mobile market makes that bet hopeless. They still have some time to turn the tide but it's not easy.
If something is failing, it never becomes a success. That does not mean Microsoft has not been able to outlast its competition, outbribe, buyout, bully...but its competitors are Google and Apple, and Microsoft offering is not good enough.
The reality is though is Metro a suitable fit for the Desktop PC [With Metro its just a tablet]...and everybody is unanimous in saying No...and people love touchscreens.
Were do you get that number from? The latest predictions were 7% down (IDC) and 7% up (Garter), so they are probably staying the same in traditional computers.
Ho wait vista (the microsoft total failure OS) is still more used to surf the web that all mobile devices together
Ignoring the fact that Windows 8 is now a mobile OS...part of the problem, the mobile market is larger than the PC market. To put that in perspective there are about 1.2 Billion PC's to 6 Billion phones, and phones are now computers. Android is set to overtake Windows as the dominant OS this year.
Saying that "windows is over" is excessively optimistic. It's going to take decades to die out. What is over though, is Microsoft's monopoly power. Their ability to push the hardware makers around is history.
-jcr
Except Microsoft is still a monopoly the Desktop, all that has happened is Mobile is suddenly smart, and replaced a lot of the functionality of the Desktop. Microsoft is turning the Desktop computer into a poor locked down tablet [Which is bad for Linux on the Desktop], Which is losing to better Tablets from Android and Apple, but that is very different news to success of GNU\Linux on the Desktop, although nice to see its market share creeping up.
MS has a habit of releasing expermintal/dud releases that we all skip. Eg = windows vista, ME, etc. Just skip windows 8 and wait for the coming "regular" OS.
Except this is a shift in direction towards mobile...Vista and ME problems were not related to their interface.
Damn near every article that proclaims the death of Windows/MS has been posted here for years
The death of Microsoft here maybe was due to technical users, using viable [often better alternatives] while seeing the shortcoming of the Microsoft Platform...it just never really happened because of Microsoft's entrenched Monopoly. Now After the rise of the Pack of four...call it Mobile and Internet or Linux if you want, where Microsoft has failed, in a level playing field.
This topic is about Microsoft burning its Monopoly Desktop market in the hope of capturing the Mobile Market by turning their Universal Desktop product into a locked down tablet...Against Apple and Google, and that is being reported in the Mainstream Media, everyone has one.
Windows logo and think about the antivirus running on their PC
This article is not about there failure in mobile...as about them turning Powerful Desktop PC's into expensive, pure screen, tablets for the hope of success in that market. Ironically creating a Windowless environment..but the reason for using Windows is a good brand name.
Ironically in context of this article, Microsoft is trying its best to destroy its own monopoly on the Desktop for the sake of it being a massive failure in mobile maybe and needs to admit the strategy has failed. You may not have noticed but Linux share has been creeping up.
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Maybe you mean Total Entertainment Network service offered PC game players a place to play DOS and Windows-based games online with and against other players, to chat, to download game-related content, and to compete for high scores and to win tournaments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Entertainment_Network The service was bundled with many PC games....Kali featured an Internet Game Browser for TCP/IP native games, a buddy system, a chat system, and supports 400+ games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(software)
The reality is these services have been around at least since 1996, so I'm not sure what you mean by copy. They are simply part of modern gaming I can name at least 7 such services that operate today.
This is great news, but so late to the party similar social platforms include Heyzap, Plus+, Crystal, Gameloft Live, Scorelp, Geocade, Scoreoid, agon and Apple's Game Center...and the now discontinued openfeint.
Everybody recognise there is a need for a social gaming platform, many games leverage Facebook to do this, so I'm expecting better organised G+ gaming extension in future.
The only question is when Steam for Android will happen.
This is two topics in one, and I suspect everyone who looked at the Nexus 4 is of the mind. Thought that it did not have enough local storage, compounded by having no expandable storage...on a device that was sold out so quickly because of its amazing price. It just pissed people off.
People buy the Nexus range for regular updates of stock android, running on great, but good value hardware. Whether its 4" or 6" I couldn't care less...or whether it contains IR/Waterproof/Wireless Charging etc etc I don't even care who manufactures the phones (I would love to see a Lenovo Nexus), but local storage and Distribution issues need to be solved. I skipped the Nexus 4, hopefully the Nexus 5 will offer me what I want.
http://www.inquisitr.com/256025/steve-wozniak-says-apple-ruined-siri-technology-after-acquisition/ Here is Steve Wozniak showing how siri was destroyed by Apple advertising “What are the five largest lakes in California?” and “What are the prime numbers greater than 87?” (91). To which Wozniak replied, “It’s incredible. It’s like it understands ‘greater than.’”
Wozniak also notes that his former question about California Lakes now brings up lakefront properties while his question about prime numbers now displays information about prime ribs
Microsoft's popular Security Essentials anti-virus software has failed to gain the latest certificate from the AV-TEST institute. http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/17/3885962/microsoft-security-essentials-fails-anti-virus-certification-test "In antimalware testing against a range of products, AV-TEST failed to certify AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0, Microsoft Security Essentials 4.1, and PC Tools Internet Security 2012 out of a total of 25 different vendors. Microsoft's own anti-virus software failed to adequately protect against 0-day malware attacks, scoring an average of 71 percent vs. the industry average of 92 percent."
Nobody cares whether its original they care if it works.
Except those are the most common form of malware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Antivirus_(malware) I'm going to skip over active X and Macro Virus or even .asf. In contect of this article Security Essentials anti-virus software has failed to gain the latest certificate from the AV-TEST institute. http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/17/3885962/microsoft-security-essentials-fails-anti-virus-certification-test
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I haven't seen a virus in a decade.
Except this is just what happened in real life in a deal between IBM and SUN back in the 1980's
http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html
here how it ended "An awkward silence ensued. The blue suits did not even confer among themselves. They just sat there, stonelike. Finally, the chief suit responded. "OK," he said, "maybe you don't infringe these seven patents. But we have 10,000 U.S. patents. Do you really want us to go back to Armonk [IBM headquarters in New York] and find seven patents you do infringe? Or do you want to make this easy and just pay us $20 million?" "
As fashionable as it is to hate Microsoft and gripe about how badly Windows 8 sucks
People aren't emotional over Microsoft they just recognise that Microsoft is not a good company, and Windows 8 is single handedly killing off Desktop industry (4 Aticles!? on here in one week). They are simply buying there products from companies that deliver.
Hey guys, I did my own non-GAAP numbers for my income, and I made a net profit of $23 billion dollars last year! And I can prove it, I used Enron's old accountants to do it!
To quote "Non-GAAP Net earnings is defined as Net earnings excluding certain gains, losses, expenses, and their related tax effects, that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing results and further adjusted to exclude stock based compensation expense and its related tax effects.
Non-GAAP Operating income is defined as Income from operations excluding certain gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing operating results and further adjusted to exclude stock based compensation expense.
Non-GAAP Total operating expenses is defined as GAAP Total operating expenses excluding TAC and certain other expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing operating expenses and further adjusted to exclude stock - based compensation expense" http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/YHOO/2426873689x0x653799/c2ef68a1-49db-4bad-8e44-1f4f75bc81d4/YHOO_Q113EarningsPresentationFINAL.pdf
It is what it says it is; a way of *comparing* like with like around the core business. Is Motorola's restructuring costs a sensible way of measuring Googles search business? How about nokia selling off its HQ anything to so with its smartphones? How about Microsoft paying of the EU routine thing?
If you are looking at performance measures...you compare like for like otherwise its simply stupid, which is why unusual of non-business relates expenses/income should be ignored.
they sprinkled some fairy-dust and powdered-unicorn horns and some shredded nauga-hide on their statements and came up with a magical "with better-than-expected (non-GAAP) earnings of $420 million, or 38 cents per share".
I don't think your not being fair to Yahoo, many (most) companies resort to "window dressing" to make figures look more attractive, but GAAP is more useful for *comparing companies* (but poor at comparing itself...to itself). In this instance the non-GAAP results discount gains and losses that aren't really part of their core business (and stock based compensation expense). In fact Google did the same last quarter...it took out things like 500Million one off restructuring of Motorola, because it makes no sense as a metric when comparing itself to prior (and future) financial statements.
If you scan through the Income statement, and look through its operating expenses the big change is a decrease in "Traffic Acquisition Cost" which explains most of the decrease in expenses about 80% of it (and the decrease in revenue too). It looks like they cut back on deals that were costing more than the revenue they were getting (or focuses on more profitable traffic etc).
"Pack of four" but you can't define it.
The leading technical companies are considered to be Apple; Amazon; Google and Facebook. They are sometimes also referred to as the "Gang of four" or "the four horsemen". The original reference I know is from Eric Schmidt http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/11/3487634/google-eric-schmidt-interview-apple-vs-google-ecosystems In context of this article "Schmidt notes the larger battle is between what he calls a "gang of four" consisting of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google, which are "all different, all competitors, [and] all making enormous investments." When told that Microsoft wasn't on that list, Schmidt called the omission "deliberate."".
Andoid dominant because its on more phones than Windows is on PCs....
No..not for a second. Pre Windows 8 I would have perhaps argued that smartphones and tablets replace most of the functionality of a desktop machine, Post Windows 8 I argue since Windows 8 is simply another tablet OS, it should be compared directly with Android/iOS [I simply use convenient Numbers] which ironically exactly what Microsoft wants...its just not working out too well
But if they had a big success in the mobile world maybe (and only maybe) people would have swallowed the Metro interface on the desktop as well. They're betting the company on Metro on the desktop and my theory is that a failure in the mobile market makes that bet hopeless. They still have some time to turn the tide but it's not easy.
If something is failing, it never becomes a success. That does not mean Microsoft has not been able to outlast its competition, outbribe, buyout, bully...but its competitors are Google and Apple, and Microsoft offering is not good enough.
The reality is though is Metro a suitable fit for the Desktop PC [With Metro its just a tablet]...and everybody is unanimous in saying No...and people love touchscreens.
Were do you get that number from? The latest predictions were 7% down (IDC) and 7% up (Garter), so they are probably staying the same in traditional computers.
http://images.apple.com/pr/pdf/q1fy13datasum.pdf Those are actual result published, by Apple. I've ignored your waffle.
Ho wait vista (the microsoft total failure OS) is still more used to surf the web that all mobile devices together
Ignoring the fact that Windows 8 is now a mobile OS...part of the problem, the mobile market is larger than the PC market. To put that in perspective there are about 1.2 Billion PC's to 6 Billion phones, and phones are now computers. Android is set to overtake Windows as the dominant OS this year.
I'm a Gnome 2 refugee typing this on a Macbook Air, not a MS apologist.
Except in the context of this article Apple is down 22% YOY, while Linux enjoys a steady growth. Real Gnome2 refugees run Cinnamon on a Pixel...like Linux https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/dk1aiW4JjHd
Saying that "windows is over" is excessively optimistic. It's going to take decades to die out. What is over though, is Microsoft's monopoly power. Their ability to push the hardware makers around is history.
-jcr
Except Microsoft is still a monopoly the Desktop, all that has happened is Mobile is suddenly smart, and replaced a lot of the functionality of the Desktop. Microsoft is turning the Desktop computer into a poor locked down tablet [Which is bad for Linux on the Desktop], Which is losing to better Tablets from Android and Apple, but that is very different news to success of GNU\Linux on the Desktop, although nice to see its market share creeping up.
MS has a habit of releasing expermintal/dud releases that we all skip. Eg = windows vista, ME, etc. Just skip windows 8 and wait for the coming "regular" OS.
Except this is a shift in direction towards mobile...Vista and ME problems were not related to their interface.
You hear the same crap every time windows releases a new OS.
Maybe, but this is backed by 3 quarters of dropping sales.
Damn near every article that proclaims the death of Windows/MS has been posted here for years
The death of Microsoft here maybe was due to technical users, using viable [often better alternatives] while seeing the shortcoming of the Microsoft Platform...it just never really happened because of Microsoft's entrenched Monopoly. Now After the rise of the Pack of four...call it Mobile and Internet or Linux if you want, where Microsoft has failed, in a level playing field.
This topic is about Microsoft burning its Monopoly Desktop market in the hope of capturing the Mobile Market by turning their Universal Desktop product into a locked down tablet...Against Apple and Google, and that is being reported in the Mainstream Media, everyone has one.
Windows logo and think about the antivirus running on their PC
This article is not about there failure in mobile...as about them turning Powerful Desktop PC's into expensive, pure screen, tablets for the hope of success in that market. Ironically creating a Windowless environment..but the reason for using Windows is a good brand name.
Are we seriously still doing this?
Ironically in context of this article, Microsoft is trying its best to destroy its own monopoly on the Desktop for the sake of it being a massive failure in mobile maybe and needs to admit the strategy has failed. You may not have noticed but Linux share has been creeping up.
Whatever used to require a PC has been gradually replaced with other, specialized hardware that addresses the shortcomings of a 'universal' platform.
Except this is not the case this is about Windows moving the Desktop into a specialized hardware device [A tablet]