[TmEE]

So button, but no menu... where's the facepalm icon ?

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Microsoft busy making Windows 8/8.1 »

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The image that CharlotteTheHarlot posted was spot on!

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

An oldie but goldie made long before Windows 8 and Metro were even thought of.

But somehow they anticipated it perfectly ...

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As I always say, Microsoft is dead. They just don't know it yet. This is what happens when you cannot innovate and hire politicians instead:

Microsoft's 'Scroogled' efforts against Google now include t-shirts.

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I can't believe they knocked out a 'Keep Calm' clone t-shirt. Just when that meme has become so passé and overused, Microsoft make some marketing materials out of it. I think that pretty much sums up Microsofts marketing efforts, frankly.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

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Yey! Waste even more of your life watching crap...

Xbox One to introduce "media achievements" for watching advertisement video.

Earning Achievements for playing Xbox games? That's so passé. The newest thing is earning achievements for using media apps on your Xbox One, according to a vague announcement from Microsoft.

In a description of the Xbox One's TV and media apps in a blog post this morning, Microsoft let slip that app makers will be able to include "Media Achievements... offering everybody the opportunity to achieve badges or rewards for the media they consume in addition to gaming." The company went into more detail on the new Media Achievements in a statement provided to Ars, noting that customers will be able to unlock achievements "for watching TV shows and movies or rating content" on apps including "Netflix, Hulu Plus, Crackle, Amazon Instant Video, and Redbox Instant."

...idiots.

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[Steven W]

This reminds me of a trip to Kroger's (Super Market in the USA). I have to use the Kroger's-likes-the-smell-of-my-ass-card to get better prices on groceries. They had commercials suggesting buying gift cards to other retailers, so you earn more points to save money on gasoline/groceries. Steve Jobs took this idea to iOS. Microsoft became so jealous as to make there own and thought they could get away with throwing it on a PC. Pretty soon Windows/Xbox/Windows Phone will have just one icon to click on that takes you to the Windows/Xbox Store. You'll pay per phone call, per minute of gaming, per character in email, but will be able to get a discount by shopping at Amazon. The circle of ass-sniffing will be complete! What a sick fucking world.

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Indeed! That's where they are headed with all these locked-down devices (Entering the invisible prison, feudalism in IT).

By the way, I always found it interesting how they manipulate morons... "buy more to save money" Hilarious!

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Microsoft's "Scroogled" smear campaign is getting out of hand.

It's not like companies don't sometimes launch "anti" ad campaigns where they sandbag the competition and point out all the other guy's flaws, but it's a risky tactic that can backfire. That may be happening with Microsoft's rather bizarre anti-Google "scroogled" campaign, which is getting a little out of hand.

The latest attack from Microsoft is levelled at chromebooks, and it takes the form of a video the company made and posted that shows the "Pawn Stars" guys mocking a woman for trying to get some money for a chromebook.

"Because chromebook applications are web-based, when you're not connected, it's pretty much a brick." Rick goes on to note that it doesn't have Windows or Office and that it's not a real laptop. Then he accuses Google of targeted advertising, but the company isn't particularly trying to hide the fact that it engages in the practice.

Aside from how awkwardly Microsoft is swinging at Google here, they're mixing in facts with half-truths. For example, it's true that Chrome OS is browser-based and relies on an Internet connection for most of its functionality, but it's not true that it's a "brick" without one. There are many applications that run offline, including Google Docs. (We have a more detailed assessment of Chrome OS coming in a review soon. Stay tuned for that.)

Further, the fact that it's a woman in the video who's clueless about technology, whose mom is even more clueless, is a quietly insidious dig that I could have done without.

Not that I like Google but well, I'm not surprise. After all, Microsoft is no longer a technology company but just a sales/politics company shoving junk down peoples' throats. When you hire former politicians instead of brilliant tech people, that's what you get.

Of course, Microsoft acts like Kinect doesn't exist.

They can both fuck off.

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Another xbone loveliness... why do people buy this crap? *LOL*

How does the Video and Music app collection works? I see the SpongeBob and Last Airbender that I bought in the collection, but, I have Family Guy which I didn't purchase, and it also ask me to buy it, but, I don't know how to remove it from my collection.

Then, music collection shows bunch of music that match my collection in my PC, but, those are converted from my CDs, not digitally purchased. How does it magically get all my songs???? It is some voodoo magic. But, what I am confused is, do I own them on the Music store???

(http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeeh ... es-it-work)

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