- 2014-03-15 14:45
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: The Verge:
- Replies: 5
- 2014-03-15 04:15
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: The Verge:
- Replies: 5
- 2014-03-15 04:12
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: The Verge:
- Replies: 5
The Verge:
The Times of India reports that Microsoft is waiving the Windows Phone license fee for two Indian phone makers - Karbonn and Lava (Xolo). How long do you think it will be only the two of them? It appears at least one phone maker, Karbonn, will offer a "dual-boot" phone with both Android and Windows...
- 2014-03-10 20:32
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: What I Think of Neowin
- Replies: 2
- 2014-03-08 00:04
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: Warm and fuzzy childhood memories
- Replies: 2
Warm and fuzzy childhood memories
I watched this video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYK2H0ldbo This reminded me of something that happened when I was a kid. I believe it was the late '80s. We had one of those big satellite dishes 8, maybe 10 feet in diameter. Well, back then you could watch the network feeds (before t...
- 2014-03-05 21:57
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: NSA Word Soup and The Cloud
- Replies: 2
Sharing is caring: The FBI report was shared with the law enforcement community. It was also shared with owners and operators of "Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources" that are critical to national economic security. The only non-government agency listed as receiving these reports was the Marce...
- 2014-03-05 04:03
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: NSA Word Soup and The Cloud
- Replies: 2
NSA Word Soup and The Cloud
m Ever since Snowden provided reporters with a trove of top secret documents, we've been subjected to all sorts of NSA word games. The word "collect" has a very special definition, according to the US defence department (DoD). A 1982 procedures manual says: "Information shall be considered as 'colle...
- 2014-03-04 00:01
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: Stick a fork in it
- Replies: 2
Stick a fork in it
It's over. Any belief that Mr. Nadella might have half a brain can be abandoned: m On Monday, the company confirmed a number of executive changes, most notably the elevation of Mark Penn to the role of chief strategy officer. Penn was the brains behind Microsoft's "Scroogled" ad campaign, ...
- 2014-03-02 17:44
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: Microsoft cuts Windows price 70% on low end devices
- Replies: 17
I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but something was bugging me about the ad that I posted above other than the fact it was running Windows 8. I finally figured it out. This things are supposed to be portable. It seems that once you get above the size of an average clipboard, that you've de...
- 2014-03-02 00:50
- Forum: The lounge
- Topic: Forum fools
- Replies: 3