An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as a janitor.

The manager there arranges for him to take an aptitude test (Section: Floors, sweeping and cleaning). 

After the test, the manager says, "You will be employed at minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete and tell you where to  report for work on your first day."

Taken aback, the man protests that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies, "Well, then, that means that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to be employed."

Stunned, the man leaves. 

Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his wallet, he decides to buy a 25 lb flat of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells all the tomatoes individually at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And thus it dawns on him that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes. 

Getting up early every day and going to bed late, he multiplies his profits quickly. After a short time he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again so that he can buy a pick-up truck to support his expanding business. 

By the end of the second year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of a hundred former unemployed people, all selling tomatoes.

Planning for the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents 
electronically.

When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned. "What, you don't have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to amass such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? 

Just imagine where you would be now, if you had been connected to the internet from the very start!"

After a moment of thought, the tomato millionaire replied, 

"Why, of course! I would be a floor cleaner at Microsoft!"

Author Unknown

Moral of the story:

1. The Internet, e-mail, and e-commerce do not need to rule or determine your life.

2. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a millionaire.

3. There are much greater connections than the Internet.

4. E-mail addresses are free, and companies are begging you to take one. What does that tell you?

5. Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, are you closer to becoming a janitor than you are to becoming a millionaire? 

If the answer is janitor, then e-mail is obviously not the key to money.

6. If you take what you have, and multiply it each day, not only will you become a millionaire, you will also become a billionaire. That equation works for all things in life.

7. It is far better to be a happy janitor than an unhappy millionaire, but all other things being equal, it is better to be a happy millionaire than a happy janitor. You can help more people.

8. Closed doors are often blocks to the wrong path.

9. Unbeknown to most, the janitor in many corporations, is actually happier and sleeps better than the CEO.

10.It's really not the job that's the bottom line to your happiness. 

REALLY!

And then I considered something.  Nintendo has three main competitors at E3 every year: Microsoft, Sony, and the computer gaming industry.  Microsoft produced its first console seven years ago, releasing the first Xbox to the North American public in late 2001.  In comparison, Sony has been in the business more than twice as long, with the PlayStation being released to Japan in 1993.  Computer gaming arguably started a little bit before that.  Nintendo released the Famicon in Japan in 1983.  They've been doing video games for 25 years now.  So why haven't you heard anything about a "25 year anniversary"?  Nintendo has been around since 1889. They must be doing something right.  But what is it?

If Wikipedia is to be believed, and the list of best-selling video games of all time is true, there are some things that can be gathered here.  As you move down the list you can spot some of the games that have generated a lot of excitement in the past few years.  Halo 2 and Halo 3 sold approximately 8 million copies each, which is nothing to laugh at.  Call of Duty sold at most maybe 5 million between the two console "giants" and the PC.  GTAIV sold 4.6 million between both of the consoles.  Wii Play sold 11.5 million.  Wait, what?

That may sound surprising, but it starts to make sense the more you look at what kind of games are top sellers.  Wii Sports is at 21.56 million copies.  Nintendogs has sold 18.67 million copies.  Even looking at the PC, the most flexible system there is, The Sims dominates the list with 50 million copies of the game sold to the public.  The only game even close to that in the console market is the original Super Mario Bros., a 23 year old game, clocking in at just over 40 million copies sold.  The next highest is Tetris, again a Nintendo offering, 33 million.

What the numbers mean, then, is that Nintendo is in fact far from collapsing.  On the contrary, they're actually rolling in it.  A lot of it.  Nintendo is doing things just as they always have, appealing to a wide audience instead of a core of avid hobbyists.  It's been working for the past 25 years, and they have no reason to change their formula.  The core gamers who have stuck with Nintendo have been rewarded with such gems as Twilight Princess, Resident Evil 4, and Metroid Prime 3 for the Wii, just to name a few.  The DS isn't being left out either, getting its own offering of Call of Duty 4 and rumours of a GTA title lined up for it as well.

So, are us core gamers really that important in the big picture?  No, not at all, and while Nintendo does try to make ends meet for core gamers, they have made the right decision to target the broader audience.  Should we be bitter towards the gaming giant for assigning core gamers to second fiddle?  Probably not, and our effort could be better directed towards thanking the corporations such as Microsoft and Sony, as well as the countless developers and publishers out there, that continue to target the core despite the potential for so much more.

- Mike

All in this list appear to have been manufactured by Foxconn, although possibly sold under different brands, they all appear to be using a Foxconn-customized American Megatrends BIOS, these boards will only effectively work with Microsoft Windows and are therefore defective.

I am the one who discovered and reported the issue, it is described in detail here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/251338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456352

http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/foxconn-bios-sabotaging-linux-change-of-plans/

Foxconn:

G33M

G33M-S

MSI:

MSI P965 Platinum

ASUS:

P5E WS PRO

Computer Manufacturers/Model numbers to avoid:

Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP Pavilion dv62xx/63xx (RJ637AV) (Also sold as d6230br)

Submitted by C.Pinheiro

Comment: I'm the not-so-proud owner of an HP Pavilion d6230br notebook (it has a Foxconn motherboard) and it has its problems with ACPI support. I followed the steps you've done to disassemble the DSDT and found similar problems, with apparently a specific code to point to another completely different table if the OS is Linux. Recompiling the dsdt.dsl file without modifications generates two warnings. The code is similar to your motherboard's BIOS', but not equal, and as I'm not knowledgeable enough about DSDTs I'm stuck. Could you help me to find out what's wrong?

If you are using any of these motherboards/computer systems, please contact the company that sold it and demand either (1) A BIOS fix. or (2) A full and complete refund or exchange.

-and if this does not happen-

Contact the Federal Trade Commission and your state's attorney general, and let them know that you were sold a computer motherboard, under the false pretenses that it supported the ACPI standard, which it does NOT.

http://www.ftc.gov

Listing of Attorneys General by State:

http://www.naag.org/ag/full_ag_table.php

File a complaint against the company that branded the board with the Better Business Bureau:

http://us.bbb.org/

Email the Electronic Frontier Foundation and ask politely for this to be an action alert:

Remember that the board maker is essentially telling you that you must run an operating system from an abusive monopoly, who has consistently betrayed the trust and privacy concerns, indeed their own policies on privacy matters, locks the user down with digital handcuffs, and is actively racketeering, this may be a point to bring up in your correspondence with the Attorney General's office, the FTC, and the Better Business Bureau:

http://www.eff.org/about/contact

European Consumers, please file a consumer complaint with the European Committee:

http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/redress/compl/cons_compl/acce_just03_en.htm

If anyone else wants to add bad motherboards, please contact me and describe, what version of what OS you are using, and how the board fails to properly work with said board, I intend to grow this list, I want it to be an eyesore for companies that make bad boards.

If you are a vendor of one of these products and wishes to dispute your inclusion, please leave me a comment.

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My job is to develop strategies and tools that make the job of deploying and adopting our software as clear, simple, and inexpensive as possible.

Cranky takes this poor soul to task, decrying at the end of her post "They call this guy a Product Manager?":

The Cranky Product Manager calls bullshit. This guy is in post-sales, not PM. What, do they give out Product Manager titles like they are soy sauce packets in Redmond? To fist-pumping morons who can't even open their laptops? Something tells me he wouldn't make it through the Google interview process...

So a couple of things. While the CPM has the right (in fact an obligation given her persona) to be Cranky -- she once wrote on this very blog -- "the CPM’s blog is 'The CRANKY Product Manager', not the 'I-Love-Everyone-And-Everything Product Manager.' -- this time, it's not really warranted.

As some of the comments by readers of her post have stated, Product Management at Microsoft is really more outbound and marketing focussed. In fact, Microsoft defines Product Management on their website:

As a Product Manager, you have the freedom to run your own business and the resources to make a global impact. The ideal candidate possesses excellent marketing and business analysis skills, well-developed strategic thinking, and the ability to communicate and coordinate with a variety of product development, marketing, sales, and business development teams.

Note the complete lack of any need for "technical" skills.

Now contrast this to Program Management at Microsoft, which is probably more like what Cranky views a Product Manager should be:

Program managers are customer focused, working to ensure that the products Microsoft produces will delight users and enable them to do their best. Program management is also an opportunity to flex technical muscles: your technical decisions and direction are what drive products and features through to completion.

Note that they are "customer focused", and their work and products should "delight customers". Seems more like the traditional Product Management role, though more technically focused than in some companies. I think that MS's Program Managers are really Technical Product Managers, and their Product Managers are more like Product Marketing Managers (in my view of what TPMs and PMMs do).

Regardless of the names, Microsoft has defined and used these roles for many years in their organization. Google, as another example, has a different view of the PM role.

In the end, unlike in the movie Highlander, there can never "be only one" definition of a product manager in a technology company. Some will be more business focused, some more technical. The objective for the larger PM community is to ensure that the business community understands the role and value of the Product Management function and for us to continue to define and hone our profession.

On that note, take a look at this series of articles that I wrote on the subject, and Adam Bullied's post entitled "The Product Management Manifesto".

Saeed

P.S. Oh yeah, please vote for us on the ComputerWeekly IT Blog awards.

1. Batman
2. Sub-Zero
3. Superman
4. Scorpion
5. The Flash
6. Sonya
7. Catwoman
8. Shang Tsung
9. Shazam
10. Liu Kang
11. Jax
12. Katana
13. Green Lantern
14. The Joker

It's supposed to be balanced MK/DC and heroes/villians.  So my guess is that DC will be unveiling villians from here forward since they have already unveiled around 6 heroes...

Al igual que mi post anterior

Primero entrar al site de www.prometric.com (registrarse sino lo esta), luego escoger el examen de certificación Microsoft 71 - 432 o 71 - 448 de SQL Server 2008 y luego en la opción de Code Promotion / Voucher  escoger Code Promotion y poner 943F6 para el Examen 71 - 432 y el B6543 para el Examen 71 - 448.

Disponible desde el 9 de Junio hasta el 31 de Julio!!!!!

71-432 - Promo code 943F6

You are invited to take beta exam 71-432: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance. You were specifically chosen to participate in this beta because of your current Microsoft Certification status or previous participation with Microsoft Learning. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams, when the exam is released in its final form the 70-xxx identifier is used for registration.
By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity to provide the Microsoft Certification program with feedback about exam content, which is integral to development of exams in their released version. We depend on the contributions of experienced IT professionals and developers as we continually improve exam content and maintain the value of Microsoft certifications.

71-432: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance counts as credit towards the following certification(s).

· Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance

Registration begins: June 5, 2008

Beta exam period runs: June 9, 2008– July 31, 2008

71-448 - Promo code B6543

You are invited to take beta exam 71-448: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance. You were specifically chosen to participate in this beta because of your current Microsoft Certification status or previous participation with Microsoft Learning. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams, when the exam is released in its final form the 70-xxx identifier is used for registration.
By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity to provide the Microsoft Certification program with feedback about exam content, which is integral to development of exams in their released version. We depend on the contributions of experienced IT professionals and developers as we continually improve exam content and maintain the value of Microsoft certifications.

71-448: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance counts as credit towards the following certification(s).

· Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

Registration begins: June 15, 2008

Beta exam period runs: June 16, 2008– July 31, 2008

Quisiera compartir con ustedes que esta disponible el Examen Beta para Windows Internals donde aquí encontraran mayores detalles:

Primero entrar al site de www.prometric.com (registrarse sino lo esta), luego escoger el examen de certificación Microsoft 71 - 660 Windows Internals y luego en la opcion de Code Promotion / Voucher  escoger Code Promotion y poner WINT.

Disponible desde el 21 de Julio hasta el 5 de Agosto!!!!!

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Update 7-21-2008: When registering, there is no need to use a credit card.  Be sure to instead use the following promotional code listed below when registering for the exam: WINT. If you have already been charged for this exam, please contact Prometric and request a refund, and reference ticket number 3711938.

Hello Windows Debugging Community,  We are super excited to announce a new certification.   With the help of industry partners, including some of our very talented community members,  we have developed a new Windows Internals Certification.   This Certification targets developers and IT professionals that require knowledge of Windows Internals as part of their profession.   Chance are if you are reading this blog post you are part of the target audience.  I encourage you to register and please take the Beta exam.  Please help us to improve the exam by providing feedback during the beta exam.

Register for Beta Exam 71-660: TS: Windows® Internals

You are invited to take beta exam 70-660: TS: Windows® Internals. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form.
By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity to provide the Microsoft Certification program with feedback about exam content, which is integral to development of exams in their released version. We depend on the contributions of experienced IT professionals and developers as we continually improve exam content and maintain the value of Microsoft certifications.
Please remember that participation in the beta process is completely voluntary and Microsoft makes no promises or guarantees regarding the beta exam process. You can expect to receive your score on the beta exam within 12 weeks of taking the exam, although in some instances, beta exams may take longer to score and your results may be delayed.
70-660: TS: Windows® Internals counts as credit towards the following certification.

· Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows® Internals

Availability

Registration begins: July 17, 2008

Beta exam period runs: July 21, 2008– August 5, 2008

Receiving this invitation does not guarantee you a seat in the beta; we recommend that you register immediately. Beta exams have limited availability and are operated under a first-come-first-served basis. Once all beta slots are filled, no additional seats will be offered.

Testing is held at Prometric testing centers worldwide, although this exam may not be available in all countries (see Regional Restrictions).  All testing centers will have the capability to offer this exam in its live version.

En esta ocasión para comentarles que el CONEIS en su edición 2008 será realizada en mi Universidad - UNFV.

Habrá importantes conferencias, talleres, mini cursos, ferias, etc ; esto se realizara en la semana del 11 al 16 de agosto en Lima - Perú.

Habrán importantes Speaker Nacionales e Internacionales donde nos impartirán todo lo referente a informática, también tendremos sesiones Microsoft donde contaremos con reconocidos especialistas entre ellos uno muy conocido (El Guille, Jorge Aguinaga, Joel Francia, Ronald Armas, Cesar Fong, Enrique Alban, entre otros); donde también estaré presente en algunos talleres de tecnología Microsoft :)

Espero que la mayoría de los estudiantes de las carrera de Ciencias de la Computación puedan asistir y de estar forma poder inter - relacionarnos  y aprender alguno nuevo que de seguro nos dejara este CONEIS.

http://www.xviconeis.org/

While Microsoft has only just begun fighting the perception problems surrounding Windows Vista, the company is already thinking and planning way beyond its latest operating system. We all know that Windows 7 will build on top of the foundations laid by Vista, and that it will include a fancy multitouch framework (and a mysterious new taskbar). According to Microsoft, Windows 7 is still on track for January 2010, and in a memo to his employees, CEO Steve Ballmer outlined some interesting new approaches the company might try with Windows 7 - including being just a little more like Apple.

It is a more or less generally accepted fact that Apple 'has it easy' when it comes to developing certain parts of its operating system when compared to Microsoft. While the former needs to address a mere handful of hardware configurations, the latter has to provide support for a more or less infinite amount of possible hardware combinations. Apparently, Steve Ballmer agrees with this, and notes in his memo that Microsoft's commitment to providing choice (when it comes to hardware, I assume) interferes with the company's ability to provide a decent user experience.

In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving. Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often comes with some compromises to the end-to-end experience. Today, we're changing the way we work with hardware vendors to ensure that we can provide complete experiences with absolutely no compromises. We'll do the same with phones - providing choice as we work to create great end-to-end experiences.

What that exactly means remains to be seen, but we can be pretty sure Microsoft wants to at the very least prevent the utter disaster where loads of OEMs created sub-standard hardware that simply wasn't cut out for running Vista, or where Microsoft itself marked computers Vista-capable, while in fact they were barely Vista-possible. Some Apple/Mac websites even go as far as to say that Microsoft will "mimic the experience offered by the Mac maker", but I don't believe we'll see Microsoft coming out with computers themselves, or even reference boards. A firm tightening of a possible "Windows 7 capable" campaign seems a lot more feasible.

And sensible.

This year, it seems as though there are some great games coming out for all three consoles. (Primarily Xbox 360 and PS3)

Here are a list of all the games, and my expectations for some. I also list what I'm interested in.

2K Games
BioShock (PS3)
Borderlands (PC, PS3, X360)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (PC)

2K Sports
NBA 2K9 (PS2, PS3, X360)
NHL 2K9 (PS2, PS3, Wii, X360)

Akella
Disciples III: Renaissance (PC)
Heavy Duty (PC)
Moscow Racer (PC)
Numen (PC)
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea (PC)
Postal III (PC, X360)
Showdown: Scorpion (PC)

Bethesda Softworks
Fallout 3 (PC, PS3, X360)

Capcom
Bionic Commando (PC, PS3, X360)
Bionic Commando Rearmed (PC, PS3, X360)
Capcom Project #2 [untitled] (other)
Dark Void (PC, PS3, X360)
FLOCK (other)
Mega Man 9 (Wii)
Neopets Puzzle Adventure (PC, Wii)
Plunder (PC, PS3, X360)
Resident Evil 5 (PS3, X360)
Spyborgs (Wii)
Street Fighter IV (PC, PS3, X360)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3, X360)

Codemasters
Damnation (PC, PS3, X360)
Dragonology (DS, Wii)
Jumpgate Evolution (PC)
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (PC, PS3, X360)
Rise of the Argonauts (PC, PS3, X360)
Wizardology (DS, Wii)

Crave Entertainment
Defendin' de Penguin (DS, Wii)
Ford Racing Off Road (PS2, PSP, Wii)
King of Clubs Mini-Golf (Wii)
PBR: Out of the Chute (PS2, Wii)
Purr Pals (Wii)
Solitaire & Mahjong (Wii)

D3 Publisher
Bangai-O Spirits (DS)
Ben 10: Alien Force -- The Game (DS, PS2, PSP, Wii)
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS, PC, X360)

Deep Silver
Gravity (DS)
Pet Vet: Down Under (DS)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC)
Secret Files: Tunguska (DS)

Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell (DS)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (DS)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (PC, PS2, Wii, X360)
Pure (PC, PS3, X360)
Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS)
Ultimate Band (DS, Wii)

Eidos Interactive
Battlestations: Pacific (PC, X360)
Just Cause 2 (PC, PS3, X360)
Monster Lab (Wii)
Tomb Raider Underworld (PC, PS3, X360)

Electronic Arts
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC, X360)
Crysis Warhead (PC)
Dead Space (PC, PS3, X360)
FaceBreaker (PS3, X360)
FaceBreaker K.O. Party (Wii)
Madden NFL 09 (PS3, X360)
Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC, PS3, X360)
Mirror's Edge (PC, PS3, X360)
NBA Live 09 (PS3, X360)
NCAA Football 09 (PS3, X360)
Skate It (Wii)
Spore (PC)
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (PC, PS3, X360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PS3, PSP, X360)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play (Wii)
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)

Gamecock
Dungeon Hero (PC, X360)
Legendary (PC, PS3, X360)
Velvet Assassin (PC, X360)

Jagex
RuneScape High-Detail (Webgame)

Majesco
Away: Shuffle Dungeon (DS)
Babysitting Mania (DS)
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen (Wii)
Major Minor's Majestic March (Wii)
Marker Man Adventures (DS)
Our House (Wii)
Wonderworld Amusement Park (DS)

Microsoft
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360)
Fable 2 (X360)
Gears of War 2 (X360)
Halo Wars (X360)
Too Human (X360)
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (X360)

Midway Games
Blitz: The League II (PS3, X360)
Game Party 2 (Wii)
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360)
TNA iMPACT! (PS2, PS3, Wii, X360)
This is Vegas (PC, PS3, X360)
Touchmaster 2 (DS)
Unreal Tournament III (X360)
Wheelman (PC, PS3, X360)

Namco Bandai
Soulcalibur IV (PS3, X360)

Natsume
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (DS)
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii)
Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)

Nintendo
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (DS)

Sony Computer Entertainment
Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP)
Buzz! Quiz TV (PS3)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3)
PixelJunk Eden (PS3)
Resistance 2 (PS3)
SIREN: Blood Curse Episode #1 [PSN] (PS3)
SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3)

Sony Online Entertainment
Free Realms (PC, PS3)
The Agency (PC, PS3)

SouthPeak Interactive
B-Boy (PS2, PSP)
Big Bang Mini (DS)
Edge of Twilight (PC, PS3, X360)
Mister Slime (DS)
Monster Madness: Grave Danger (PS3)
Ninjatown (DS)
Two Worlds: The Temptation (PC, X360)

Square Enix
Chrono Trigger DS (DS)
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (DS)
Final Fantasy IV (DS)
Infinite Undiscovery (X360)
Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes (iPod)
Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP)
Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PSP)
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (X360)
The Last Remnant (PS3, X360)

THQ
All-Star Cheer Squad (DS, Wii)
Baja: Edge of Control (PS3, X360)
Darksiders: Wrath of War (PS3, X360)
Deadly Creatures (Wii)
Lock's Quest (DS)
Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC, PS3, X360)
Saints Row 2 (PC, PS3, X360)
UFC 2009 Undisputed (X360)
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (DS, PS3, Wii, X360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC)
de Blob (Wii)

Taito
Exit DS (DS)
The Legend of Kage 2 (DS)

Tomy Corporation
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 (Wii)
Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 (DS)

Valve
Left 4 Dead (PC, X360)

Warner Bros. Interactive
LEGO Batman: The Videogame (DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360)
Project Origin (PC, PS3, X360)

XSEED Games
Little King's Story (Wii)
Valhalla Knights 2 (PSP)

I followed G4 TV's coverage of E3, primarily on On Demand. There's a lot of games that struck my fancy, and looked really, really good.

First off, here's the titles that caught my eye: (In order. And remember, just becuase they caught my eye does not mean that I want 'em)

1. Resident Evil 5- Wow. Another R.E., eh? If it's anything like Resident Evil 4, I'll be blown away. From what I've seen, the game looks amazing, both gamplay wise and gaphics wise. I know that there has been a lot of controversy over the whole "killing black people in Africa". But seriously guys, race shouldn't be an issue any longer. A lot of videogames kill white people, (And RE 4 killed Latin guys), so why is there so much hype? Keep the race issue out of games, and just enjoy 'em. They're not racist, you're just killing mutant zombies in a different country. It keeps the games fresh- new locations are good. And you're not going to have asian people in Africa, now are you?

2. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (DS), High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (PC, PS2, Wii, X360) They're actually making more of this crap? Well, it'll probably sell. But they need to stop making them. The movies were bad enough.

3. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC, PS3, X360)
Now thats what I'm talking about. This looks to improve on the first. (Which was amazing) With more vehicles, weapons, and characters, (Not to mention a giant, fully destructible world) this game looks to be absolutely amazing. It'll be the next game I get, without a doubt. I love free-roaming games similar to Mercenaries, and this one looks to not dissapoint.

4. Spore (PC)
Now you have to had heard about Spore? Who didn't? I had the trial of the creator alone, and it looks absolutely amazing. 1000's of possible combinations, along with to being able to roam around a world created by you and other users is absolutely amazing. I'd get it, but my PC probably can't handle it. (It couldn't run Oblivion) What a shame. I was looking forward to it. Of course, if it can run the trial, perhaps it can run the real thing.

5. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360)
Being a huge fan of the N64 games, I cannot wait until this one comes out. I practically grew up on Banjo Kazooie! From the little that I've seen, it looks amazingly fun. I can't wait.

6. Gears of War 2 (X360) One word: Wow. This one adds some awesome new characters, and more colors as well. The only problem I have with it is that the game play looks to be the same- nothing new. Oh well, I'll still probably get it.

7. Halo Wars (X360)
Well, it looks as though this may be my first RTS game. I'm not usually a fan, but this looks impressive. Something about controlling people and vehicles from the Halo universe sounds extremely interesting and fun. The controls look good, as well as the game play. I'm definitely putting it on my list of games to get, although it's not coming out in quite a while.

8. Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (X360)
When I saw this, I almost fainted. I am a huge fan of the original, and this looks absolutely amazing. If you say that this game is only for kids, you've clearly never played it. It's one of the most addicting games out there. And with 30 new Pinatas, and several environments, this game looks absolutely spectacular. I can't wait to get it.

9. LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Although I don't have a PS3, this game looks to be one of the most unique and fun games I've ever seen. Being able to create your own little levels and play them with fun little characters is very appealing. Too bad I won't be able to play it.

10. Animal Crossing 2 (Wii, ?)

Although not listed, this game also looks really good. I'm a big fan of the one for the Game Cube, and cannot wait for it to come out. However, it seems a long way away, as we only got a short little video of it. (Along with no release date) So, I'll just have to wait until this one surfaces a little more.

11. Wii Music \

Another not-listed. This looks interesting, although I'm not sure how the controls will work out. Dependent on reviews, I may get it. I suppose I'll have to wait and see.

12. Guitar Hero 4

Rather than Rock Band 2, I decided on GH 4. While RB 2 is sort of samey, Guitar Hero 4 looks to set things apart with custom songs and a new drum set, not to mention many of RB's features.

1. Mercenaries 2

2. Viva Pinata 2

3. Animal Crossing 2

4. Halo Wars

5. Perhaps GOW 2

6. Guitar Hero 4

What games do you want to get?

Backup dulu file: "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msgsres.dll"
kali2 salah hapus ente.

Download program reshack.
buka file "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msgsres.dll"
tadi pakai reshack,
1. CTRL+F (Find)
2. Masukkin <Constrainer layoutpos=top ID=Atom(SSConstrainer) Layout=FillLayout()
3. Ganti dengan <Constrainer layoutpos=none ID=Atom(SSConstrainer) Layout=FillLayout()
4. Klik Compile Script, kemudian CTRL+S (Menu: File -> Save).

Mosha sounds quite excited about it... which, in my mind, makes it all sound very promising :)

Sencillo, arqueado, plegable e inalámbrico, el precio será de 59,95 usd estando en venta a finales del año, pueden ver que también está en color rojo.

Visto en TrendsNow

In addition to the features for developers we showed in IE8 Beta 1, we’ve been working on great new features for consumers and IT professionals (as well as doing even more cool stuff for developers). I’m happy to announce that we’re on track to deliver IE8 Beta 2 this August when you’ll get a chance to see what we’ve been up to in these areas. Furthermore, in order to help us get even more feedback for this global product, we’ll be releasing Beta 2 in over twenty languages within a month of the initial release. This is a big step up from the three languages we released for beta 1 and much more than we ever did during IE7.

On behalf of the team, I’d like to thank you all for your help with beta 1. Since we released Beta 1 in March we’ve had over two million downloads so far with lots of good, useful feedback. We’ve been listening to that feedback and making improvements to our work on an interoperable platform that has full CSS 2.1 support, faster script performance, and significantly more capable developer tools as well as our cool new features like Activities and Web Slices. We’ve learned a lot from this first beta – keep the comments coming please!

Between now and August, there are a few ways you can prepare your sites for Beta 2. First, take advantage of Activities and Web Slices on your site. Second, make sure your site looks great in IE8; as you may recall, IE8 will use our new, more standards-compliant layout and rendering engine for strict doctype pages by default. This may cause IE8 to layout pages differently than IE7 did. If you haven’t had a chance to test your pages yet or don’t want to make changes yet, remember that you can have your site tell IE to use our IE7 layout engine for your strict doctype pages by adding the X-UA-Compatible http header to your HTTP headers or on a per document basis. You can learn more about how to ensure site compat with IE8 on our new IE Compat pages.

Tony Chor
Group Program Manager

P.S. In case you’re curious here’s the list of languages/locales we’re planning on for beta 2. We’ll keep evaluating the list based on our progress.

Arabic
Chinese (Hong Kong)
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Swedish

Dau link-ul de mai sus pentru că am observat că mai multe persoane au ajuns să-mi viziteze blog-ul căutând pe Google arbori binari, arbori binari de căutare și alte structuri de date în C# și au fost probabil dezamăgiți pentru că nu am tratat așa ceva aici. Încercați articolele pentru că sunt explicate bine, este și cod, sunt până și desene.

Microsoft tem declarado em muitas ocasiões que não quer lançar ao mercado nenhum telefone com sua própria marca, mas persistentes rumores contradizem esta afirmação. Os rumores voltam agora contando como a gigante de software está buscando um competidor para o iPhone da Apple.

Leia o artigo completo em "Com Mobilidade Total".

Microsoft mostrará publicidad en Facebook

Microsoft podría anunciar planes para expandir su relación con la red social Facebook, al proveer búsqueda Web y anuncios publicitarios.

Esta medida podría basarse en la decisión de la empresa de Redmond de no seguir intentando comprar Yahoo!, y en vez de eso, asociarse con otras empresas para así competir con Google.

Microsoft inventa a "Mojave" para revertir la mala fama de Vista

Mediante un curioso experimento social, Microsoft está realizando en San Francisco un lavado de imagen de Windows Vista.

Se está entrevistando y pidiendo la opinión a cientos de usuarios que han pasado por Vista y han decidido volver a XP por los diversos problemas que han tenido. Luego, se les invita a utilizar un nuevo sistema operativo, con el nombre clave "Mojave". Al usarlo, más del 90% de la gente ha quedado encantada. Después, se les revela la verdad: Lo que estaban usando no era más que Windows Vista con Service Pack 1.

Windows 7 sigue en camino para el 2010

Como había relatado hace ya algunas semanas, la nueva (y verdadera) versión de Windows que sucederá a Vista, la cual por ahora sólo se conoce con el nombre clave de Windows 7, verá la luz a principios de 2010, 3 años después de la disponibilidad general de Vista. Incluso, podría estar completa a fines del año 2009. Así lo ha vuelto a confirmar Bill Veghte.

Steve Ballmer envía un correo masivo a sus "tropas"

El CEO de Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, ha enviado un correo masivo a todos los empleados de la empresa de Redmond, enfocándose en los siguientes puntos, entre otras cosas:

• Un cambio importante en el manejo de la división de Windows y Office.
• El estado de Windows Vista, en donde dice que es hora de revertir la mala fama que tiene, iniciando una millonaria campaña publicitaria.
• La competencia y el estado de Apple, en donde dice que es hora de pelear de vuelta frente a los ataques injustificados de los cuales han sido víctimas.
• Que seguirán luchando contra Google en el ámbito de la búsqueda Web.
• Que ya no están derechamente interesados en adquirir Yahoo! para lograr el objetivo anteriormente mencionado.

Fuente: Bink.nu

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