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Huh. Turn on "Suggested Sites" and IE8 sends your queries, surfing data, IP address and clicks to MSFT. Read http://www.microsoft.com/windows... closely.
Jaap Willem, Tinfoil 2.0, Mark Edmondson and 12 other people liked this
I couldn't figure out how they show the suggested sites when you visit https://ieonline.microsoft.com/ . They don't use cookies or user accounts.
- Ionut
There are certain scenarios that require user data to be sent in order to make the user experience better, as suggested by http://tinyurl.com/3yue6c. Which if you read closely, discloses that Google collects exactly the same information if the user installs Google Toolbar and opts in particular features.
- Franci Penov
Hi, Franci Penov! Remind me what part of MSFT you work at? I guess I thought that Google's disclosure at http://bit.ly/2Jiwrg with the big red capital letters and disclosure in the first sentence was more clear than MSFT's disclosure, which was buried deep in the IE8 privacy page.
- Matt Cutts
Doesn't it say that it is the search provider which collects this data, and not the browser? That means it's more equivalent to the third bullet on this page. http://www.google.com/intl...
- David Owens
Ah ok, wrong bit...
- David Owens
9 processes are loaded with the browser in Windows (No doubt toolbar type tracking processes). You can turn them off but it's not as easy or obvious as recent efforts by Google and Yahoo to opt out.
- Charlie Anzman
hmm.. well you can find out this much information about visitors to your websites and blogs too. But if MSFT finds out this info, they're blasted?
- Imran Hussain
from feedalizr
Matt, I work on Windows Live Toolbar. :-) I have not seen the big red letter warning you point to, as I have not installed Google Toolbar (exactly because of the product I work on). But you could've just mention that you have a problem with the disclosure clarity. I'll make sure your feedback gets to the IE guys.
- Franci Penov
http://tinyurl.com/6q9vou - Chrome Privacy Policy. Not as obvious as Google Toolbar big red letter warning; I personally had to dig a little bit around before I found it. I'd say about as clear and discoverable as IE8 Privacy policy you complained about. :-)
- Franci Penov
Franci Penov, thanks for passing on my feedback to the IE guys. I don't think Google Chrome has anything to hide (e.g. it doesn't send your browsing info to Google as you surf the web). In fact, I just did a separate write-up on the communication between Chrome and Google. Read it at http://bit.ly/2jnBYZ
- Matt Cutts
Imran, I think it's fair to point out that IE8 gives users virtually no disclosure that their wholesale surfing data (including queries done on other search engines) will be sent to Microsoft if they turn on this innocent-sounding feature.
- Matt Cutts
@mattcutts the Google reputation manager? :)
- Mark Edmondson
ahhh... ok
- WebmasterLMB
What's your geekiest/favorite gadget right now?
David Berrebi, Quang Tran, Gustav Holmström and 11 other people liked this
I'll start. I'm enjoying playing with my Pogoplug, which turns any USB hard drive into a network hard drive that you can access from the web anywhere in the world. pogoplug.com
- Matt Cutts
I am totally addicted to my iPod Touch. I've been using my PC less now, but sadly it's also effected my blogging and productivity.
- Imran Hussain
Predictable answer, I know, but the energy related apps on my iPhone.
- Peter Troast
matt what happened to your hair?!! (ive been on vacation)
- sean percival
My new HTC Magic. Been hacking on it and installing all sorts of ROMs and apps ever since I got it 2 weeks ago.
- Stelian Iancu
from iPhone
HTC G1. changed my life.
- Erez Sonnenschein
He lost a bet ... he he.
- Stelian Iancu
from iPhone
My iPhone has changed my life!
- Peter
It has to Iphone 3G[S] which is my first video camera.
- Ashish
Me too, Stelian: My HTC Magic is so much geek-a-liciousness: rooting, hacking customizing..
- J. David Goodman
Bought the iPhone 3GS 2 days ago, trying to organize the homescreens now. (Also: the move from iPod Touch to iPhone is actually a bit scary.)
- Gustav Holmström
Depends. My heartrate/stopwatch is winning me back. I wish it had GPS and a pedometer.
- Anika
@Gustav: Why is it scary?
- Stelian Iancu
from iPhone
My htc magic...great phone!
- Sufian Siddiqi
from Android
Holy mackerel, Matt!! Your head is shiny! My current favorite gadget is the Blackberry 8900+Google Voice. I feel sorry for those poor iPhone users ;)
- Ron's Home And Hardware
Blackberry 8900, although I cannot wait for the 9700, T-Mobile needs a 3G Blackberry device like yesterday :)
- Nithin Jawali
@Stelian: To use it with the operator I prefer here in Sweden, I have to jailbreak and unlock it. And its always scary to see if you made all settings right, and don't pay per MB of data you use, or roams of another network etc.
- Gustav Holmström
iPhone 3GS - I dumped a BB Bold and I am so happy now!
- Giorgio
the reprap open souced 3d printers http://reprap.org/bin...
- Maurice Walshe
@Gustav: Ahh, I know what you mean. I had to do the same here in Switzerland with my 3G. However, you're scared only the first time you do it :-)
- Stelian Iancu
@Stelian: Nah, scared the first days, and really scared to call and check the balance.
- Gustav Holmström
My IronKey. Hands-down.-- find out about it at ironkey.com
- Chris Arkwright
Lovin' my Slacker G2! Cancelled XM subscription months ago and this little G2 is far more enjoyable than any of the satellite radios (and service) I've had over the years.
- Aaron Katz
Palm Pre, ftw!
- .LAG liked that
HTC Magic for sure.
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
iPhone / Palm Pre
- vijay
I've been really enjoying my new Nike+ app with running sensor that syncs with iPhone 3Gs/iTunes. I've been running alot listening to RAGE and tracking all my data. Pretty cool technology that I am benefiting from healthwise.
- Jason Cronkhite
from iPhone
Palm Pre - AKA pocketable Linux server with EVDO, WiFi, Bluetooth, touchscreen, keyboard, and a camera.
- Ken Sheppardson
Favorite is, ofcourse, my lowly Sony Ericsson W580i with the gifted Noise Cancelling Earbuds :D
- Yuvi
cell phone jammer for all you people with no manners!
- Drew
Pogoplug as well but soon it will be my new Drobo NAS!
- Lester Greenberg
the google flashing pin. It's hypnotic.
- Il gareth in Milano
IPhone 3G
- Dave Dugdale
Pedometer.... earlier it was iPod.
- Sudar
Usb coffe warmer
- Melita
Kinda old.. but Wacom tablet
- eapen
DSLR camera :)
- hIpPy
Currently it's my feet. Low tech discovers enabling me to walk/run home all of a sudden. Oh, and iPhone app. Runkeeper to make sure I remember it too :)
- (unknown)
My new netbook!
- Stephanie
http://twitpic.com/9rnso - wearing my favorite tshirt today :)
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Kfir Pravda, Bob DeMarco, Steve Rubel and 3 other people liked this
mantis? what is that
- Allen Stern
i love the color of ur t-shirt
- Imran Hussain
Allen, Mantis is this: http://www.mantis.co.il I love this company, they are really great.
- Orli Yakuel
sending sinofsky a congratulations on promotion card. http://twitpic.com/9rjkn says "you suceeded" on the inside :)
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Imran Hussain liked this
That's a really nice card!
- Imran Hussain
#ces09 Norton Online Family alpha
bcultral, Morton Fox, Susan Beebe and 9 other people liked this
http://www.norton.com/onlinef... nice protection system for families with kids who use the Internet. Lets kids text parents for access to blocked sites. Interesting idea!
- Robert Scoble
from email
Finally Norton has a new product for families. I was disappointed when they ripped the family features out of NIS version 2008-2009.
- Eric
I think Microsoft has had this for awhile now.
- Richard Ashwell
lets just hope it works
- rama mamuaya
interesting idea from a company that was starting to become irrelevant IMHO. I lost a lot of trust in companies like Norton and McAfee, among others, when they started hooking their software so deep into the OS that nothing short of diving into the windows registry to remove it was needed.
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Richard, Microsoft is discontinuing their One Care product and replacing it with a free antivirus product (codename "Morrow") late in 2009. EDIT: though I'm not sure if this covers the "Family Safety" product: http://download.live.com/familys...
- Karim
i will defend norton with NIS 2009. Works fine, not a hog, and Norton Removal Tool does the trick if you need to get rid of all things Norton.
- Eric
Stopped using or recommending Norton years ago. I think they are cruising on pre-installs and legacies. When simple trojans (Antivirus2009) constantly defeat\disable Norton I can't see allowing it to become my family's online protector.
- Alyx
Sad though that Norton AV Gamer Edition 2009 wont work fine with Windows 7
- Imran Hussain
I hope this is a bit more secure than MS' Family Safety - if not, anybody (child or otherwise) who knows how to uninstall a program can surf the web uninhibited!
- Chris Poirier
Chris, hopefully you're not setting up your kids with Administrator accounts. ;-)
- Karim
Patrick, examples? I don't have kids so I'm ignorant of this. The last time I helped someone with kids where the kids "needed" Adminstrator rights, it was because the kids wanted to install some malware :-D
- Karim
Karim, that's assuming of course the user who installed the program was technologically inclined enough to a.) set his or her children up with a limited account, and b.) know the difference between the two. You'd be surprised how many people overlook this. Personally, I think a parent's credentials required on uninstall - just as there is in order to change any other setting in the program.
- Chris Poirier
Chris, new accounts are limited by default, I thought -- and in any event, the New User Account wizard pretty much explains the differences between the two kinds of accounts in plain language. You get no argument from me on the people just being generally stupid point, though :-D
- Karim
Xbox 360 Sales Hit 28 Million - http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article...
Matthew Neale, Imran Hussain, Shey and 2 other people liked this
@foxnews hacked on Twitter on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://flickr.com/photos...
Igor Poltavskiy, Joe Dawson, MG Siegler and 79 other people liked this
LOL
- AJ Batac :)
Maybe this isn't a hack!
- Clay Newton
EPIC WIN!
- Michael Forian
Almost makes me like these Twitter phishers (if it was them)
- Matt Frog
priceless! w00t!
- ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ
what if it's a disgruntled employee with access to the account? that would be even cooler
- Nathan Chase
ZOMG - take it to the Really Gay Room. On second thought, we don't really want Bill O Riley - keep him here on the home thread.
- Sparky, lurking
41 minutes and counting. It's on TC now. You think somebody's home at Fox News?
- Jared Smith
I think it's a fake account. I saw one the other day for 20th Century Fox talking about how no one wants to see the Watchmen movie and how "great" some of their crappy movies have been. There's also a fake Michael Bay one floating around.
- James Ferguson
Hurry! Someone tell Olbermann!
- Brad Williamson
Britney's account has been hacked as well: http://twitter.com/britney...
- Fats Leroy
And Rick Sanchez. http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Jared Smith
oh the liberal media!!!
- Tate
Heard that @BarackObama got hacked too
- Imran Hussain
i don't know about him being gay, but he sure does love him some falaffel
- Cee Bee
hahahahhahahaha
- Mona Nomura
I wonder what the password was?
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
password
- FFing Enigma
Oh gees that is bad~
- Susan Beebe
man. I'm loving this.
- Anant Shiva
oh there's nothing funnier than the thought of papa bear o'reilly gettin it up the rear from some big hairy queeny guy...i love it :-)
- Cardeen winedrunk
Oops, sorry Sparky, I reshared to the Really Gay room before I read your comment ...
- Laura Norvig
ای بابا. اکانت توییتر فاکس نیوز هم که هک شد که =)))))))
- 1Fathi
OMG.
- Pedram
so was obama: event:http%3A%2F%2Fredtape.msnbc.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fhackers-embaras.html
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Different new power saving options in Windows 7 | ithinkdiff - http://www.ithinkdiff.com/differe...
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Imran Hussain liked this
In Windows 7, Microsoft has already reduced the memory footprint and processor usage of the operating system significantly.
- Umair Khan jadoon
So We Cost Twitter $1,000 Per Year? Why Do They Still Refuse to Charge Us? - http://profy.com/2008...
sean percival, A. T., Imran Hussain and Mike Fruchter liked this
Why don't they just put Google Ads to cover some of the cost ?
- Imran Hussain
Imram, simply because neither you nor I will click those ads when on Twitter and they will earn almost nothing.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
I'd pay for a pro acct
- sean percival
guess why jaiku had been sold to Google while they had _much_ better price on SMS (my assumption, not necesserily fact) and adsense in right column? ;)
- A. T.
Sean, that's exactly what I'm talking about - they should have given the users an option to pay if they wanted instead of simply cutting everything out.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
@silpol: Actually Google's purchase of Jaiku is still a mistery to me, I don't think it was done for profit, really.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
@Svetlana, I guess it may have something to do with Android, it's being moved to google's app engine, and I read somewhere it will be the default messaging service in android or something.
- Hassan Ibraheem
@Hassan: That was my guess as well, though I have nothing to prove it. But it was not for profite, that's the main point.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
Svetlana, Google Ads are just one of the many options available. They could do so much to monetize Twitter.
- Imran Hussain
Yes, that's what I wrote the post for and I've seen quite a number of options for monetization offered to Twitter but they still seem unwilling to listen and that's strange. It's just that adsense is the worst option they could use, in my opinion.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
actually jaiku deserves separate posting, but my main hypothesis is simple - Google bought it for geo-data (already available) , relatively simple collection and update, and stealing it from competitors. The only missing component was community around of it - there was (and still is) only very small, compared to Twitter. And I guess they were already closer to black ink - Finnish business environment is hard, those who survive are strong.
- A. T.
silpol: You could be absolutely right here. Google is well-known for collecting all the types of services that seem to be trendy. And the community in Jaiku hardly has chances to grow in private beta so it's obvious.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
An observation: while some folks here are advocating an ad supported twitter SMS service many net users complain about online advertising and take measures to block it. There is no free lunch of course.
- Ian May
@Ian May: True, and every blogger often faces complains from readers about us having to show blogs to the eyes of our readers. The war seems to be never-ending and while some people complain about ads, others want to have evrything free and ad-supported instead.
- Svetlana Gladkova
from twhirl
@imhassan lol.. u guys made me eat two big subway sandwiches.. wht do u expect? i'll win the next round!! (refering to Bloggers United #2)
Imran Hussain liked this
@DjFlush dont tip this term "Bloggingophobia" to ghaus.. he 'll try his best to register it :P
Imran Hussain liked this
Ghauss would register it, and keep it for years, while researching on it!
- Imran Hussain
Brandice, imabonehead, Adam Turetzky and 18 other people liked this
I hear you
- jered reynolds
from feedalizr
Those are great pictures! Definitely turned out better than mine.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Ya, wonderful camera!
- Felicia
I look forward to killing you all soon, now that I have the Ninja Handbook! http://flickr.com/photos...
Sarah Perez, Rob Diana, Naor Mark and 7 other people liked this
I am calling 911 as we speak. But how will they understand what I'm talking about? "Yeah, this woman cross-Tweeted to Friendfeed that she was gonna kill people." .... "Uh, cross-who-now?"
- Eric Geller
Just kill me softly...
- Jason Wong
bring it.
- Sean Oliver
Microsoft's new ads make me realize that its marketing is as clueless as ever.
Chris Messina, Mike Fruchter, Matt Cutts and 28 other people liked this
I thought it was clever.
- John Denver
I think this is a beginning of a series to get people talking. Seems to be working so far!
- Paul Reynolds
I just saw shoe circus, sorry.
- Robert Scoble
Its way to early to judge the campaign, we have no idea what direction they will take with the future ads. I think the first ad was interesting, crap on its own but as part of a larger campaign it may be alright
- Arthur Guy
It's not about Apple, it's not even about us (even though we think the world revolves around Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) It's about connecting with consumers again. And as pointed out already here in the comments - this video is just the start. My thoughts Microsoft - a Consumer Brand? http://tinyurl.com/5kap2w
- Dave Isbitski
I like Jerry Seinfeld. The jokes weren't clear. the sound on some of Bill Gates' lines was muffeld. I like Jerry.
- Steve Garfield
from twhirl
I wouldn't even call them ads, they are more like Microsoft branded entertainment. It has nothing to do with a product, more just "hey that Bill Gates isn't such a mean guy, he's funny, and look it's Jerry Seinfeld!"
- Chris Stevenson
Did someone in that crew think that the old Taster's Choice ads were especially clever
- Laurie Sefton
from twhirl
For years Microsoft never even had a marketing campaign (at least not one noteworthy enough to reach the average user), and now, they have adopted a shoot from the hip strategy that is sure to keep them as clueless as ever.
- JCunwired
Marketing doesn't always have to be about shoving products and taglines down people's throats. No commercial will ever convince people that Vista is awesome and at least they realize that. These commercials appear to be aimed at MSFT's real problem which is their brand image, and I think this one did a pretty good job at reframing people's image of the company.
- Devlin Dunsmore
from twhirl
i thought it was great. the first of many. and +1 Devlin
- Morgan
It was a funny commercial but in no way is going to help Vista sales IMHO
- David Ward
Marketing is about positioning your brand in the mind of the consumer. I thought they were dreadful, but then marketers always hate each others ads ;-)
- Sally Church
i agree david - but i don't think the goal is to help Vista sales.
- Morgan
I had a group of 12-16 year old Boy Scouts in my home for that, and not a single one of them could figure out what that was an ad for, neither could the adults, non-techies, that were in the room. (and neither could I, the techie) It wasn't until I read it on blogs later that I realized it was a Microsoft ad.
- Jesse Stay
The ad is neat. But I think they need more than neat. I think they've overestimated the esteem of their brand and underestimated the damage of those Mac ads.
- timedalkat
It was pretty subtle. They're trying to say "we get it, we know what you want, and we know we haven't done it yet" but it's a little on the wink wink nudge nudge side. Then again, if they just came out and said "we're going to stop making lousy operating systems" nobody would believe them, so indirect and implicit is probably the best they can do. I don't envy Microsoft marketing and the position they are in.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Seinfeld's show was about nothing. But you had to watch a lot of it to really appreciate it. If Redmond can create that sort of viewing behavior, they have a shot at conveying a message. It's an expensive way to go, but that doesn't seem to be a problem.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Jason, what are they trying to say they get? Shoes?
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Of course all of this presupposes that the people who matter even watch commercials anymore. I certainly don't. I've got better things to do with my time...
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I thought it was slow, boring, confusing, "insider", and denigrating to both of these talented people (Jerry and Bill)
- Roxanne Darling
from twhirl
The interesting thing for me were the Hispanic influences in the commercial from the family wondering who they were to churros at the beginning and ending
- Tomas
from Alert Thingy
I didn't love the ad, but I think this is a long term campaign to put a human face onto Microsoft, something they desperately need. They don't need to sell more vista with this one ad, they need to change everyone's perspective on MS as a company. If they can do that, they'll sell more everything.
- felix
i think CEOs (or former CEOs) make lousy actors - esp. in *ads* for *their* company. bad move.
- MikeAmundsen
Did somebody get a talking points memo about this? I keep seeing comments about "putting a human face" on MS. Whatever.
- Patrick Beard
from twhirl
Nope. Didn't work for me either.
- Jorge Escobar
Sorry I should have been more clear. To me it said that they know their operating systems aren't "easy as cake". Meh, it's an ad. Whatever.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Robert, given your insider knowledge of MS culture, what do you think they need to do?
- Sprague D
Microsoft explains Seinfeld/Gates Ad....http://www.rlslog.net/microso...
- Tim Vo
@livecrunch I love Chrome so far. It's definitely getting my browser attention. It starts faster so I'm more likely to start it than FF.
Vasanth, Daniel Schildt, Czar and 19 other people liked this
Chrome is probably the most efficient browser I've seen to date. But maybe that's coz I'm not that old to have seen every browser to date. :)
- Imran Hussain
Started Chrome before FF, in fact I don't even have FF open yet.
- Roberto Bonini
i am digging it too. weird thing happened to me this morning though. i was in facebook and only certain major nav links were working. I had to revert to firefox.
- Don Martelli
from twhirl
I haven't launched Firefox since Chrome came out.
- Akiva
I'm using Chrome on 2 of my PCs as my primary browser -- it's faster and feels better. Still using Firefox on my Mac, because, well, it's a Mac. :)
- Thomas Hawk
Running Chrome on the PC's and Omniweb on the Mac.
- Richard Peat
feels like I run into more and more crashes tho..that's kinda a bad thing
- Pascal
I've been using Chrome off and on. It doesn't support NTLM so at work I use FF, because I don't want to login to every site. @Imran, lynx was probably the most efficient, but then it was text only.
- Shawn McCollum
think twice before using: http://tinyurl.com/6njsjv
- Caleb Easterwood
A lot of spin out there that seems to conveniently ignore the fact that this is Chrome 1.0. You think its just going to go away or something? They'll fix the bugs. And Google has quietly encircled Microsoft, and can now slowly choke off their bloodflow. Lots of users (think parents) can now turn on a computer using a non-MS OS, use a Google browser, to read their Google mail, surf the...
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- Indio Apache
from twhirl
Glad Google didn't just release a desktop client, then.
- Akiva
Yeah starting is much faster. only takes a few seconds even with other apps loading, Firefox takes forever. :-( Shame there is no ad-blocking with Chrome, hope that'll come in future versions
- Kol Tregaskes
from twhirl
Startup time is only relevant if you actually close your browser once in a while. I can't remember the last time I did that.
- Eric P
why why why name your tech blog LiveCrunch... :(
- Zee.
History is accessible by either right-clicking or hold-left-clicking the back arrow. Took me a bit to find that. Like it so far.
- Andrew Smith
it's now set as my default browser.. even though FF is still better for developing currently
- Stefan Hayden
chrome 对google 业务支持非常好，而我几乎70% 时间是耗在这上面的
- qian
- love it too. Just miss the bookmarklets and add-ons the fox gives you!
- JA Castillo
It is just so quick to anticipate the website I am typing. It usually gets it after two letters. Fantastic!
- Barak B
I've been using it almost exclusively. Even with some Sharepoint sites I use for work and a fantasy football draft.
- Brian Newman
I no longer really remember the Chrome startup time, because we've not stopped/quit Chrome since it was installed, nor have we had to. I'd have killed/restarted Firefox a couple dozen times (at least) over the same time period, and IE probably a few times, too. Opera...hard to say, but it doesn't matter anyway. ;)
- abacab
I like the feature of 'task manager' for browser, and thats helps keep me running chrome forever, wont have to kill it if some site creats an issue
- Veetrag
from Alert Thingy
Has anyone noticed a lag when loading javascript/ajax call heavy pages? It seems that the javascript/ajax call has to completely finish before the page will show, FF and IE don't lag but chrome does.
- Shawn McCollum
now if it only have a plug-in for friendfeed
- Dave Hodson
+1 Eric... I only "stop" Firefox when I am updating an extension.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
have they said when they will introduce the mac version?
- Johnny Sewell
it has a long way to go but I still enjoy using it. For some odd reason it doesn't like to scroll with my trackpad so I can't use it on my laptop. Certain sites it just won't work with and I've run across a few PNG and font rendering issues. I look forward to seeing how it develops
- Zach Chisholm
"Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up" http://blogs.zdnet.com/securit...
- Karim
I'm still waiting before I even test it because it's bad to be early adopter these days. ;)
- Daniel Schildt
Seinfeld / Bill Gates Microsoft Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Grey Drane, Bertrand Doux, Imran Hussain and 21 other people liked this
What?
- Zee.
from Bookmarklet
seriously...what?
- Zee.
Totally awesome.
- Akiva
Uhhh...
- Ron
NO WAY!!!
- Josh Haley
That's the best they can do. 10 MILLION DOLLARS it apparently cost for Jerry....
- Zee.
Not bad, not bad...
- Chris Rivait
@Zee, I'm sure this is just the beginning of a string of ads.
- Josh Haley
@Josh, yeah true...but what a 1st impact eh
- Zee.
that was fast!
- Anthony Farrior
First off Zee FTW with the post, second, amusing ad, but my Mac will eat your chewy windows!
- michael sean wright
I thought it was funny
- Eric Schoonover
funny for sure Eric...but surely not the 1st step to masses flocking to buy their products. If this is the 1st ad of many, fair enough - but i predict fail.
- Zee.
i thought it was great.
- Morgan
So... Jerry is old and Bill is a tight-arse trying to hard to be cool... Sounds like Microsoft to me :)
- Johnny
but what did you think was great about it?
- Zee.
you could be right. All i know is that if it this wasn't Bill Gates & Seinfeld and they hadn't spent a fortune on it...i probably wouldn't be sharing or watching.
- Zee.
I like Jerry Seinfeld. (I think. I may actually just like Larry David's writing.) I like Bill Gates, even though I'm not keen on MS. But this? Not so much.
- Marci Maleski
Hmm. Let me watch it again after sniffing some glue. Maybe it will then make more sense.
- Andrew Leyden
But do you want the shoes???
- Lorraine Ball
What exactly are they selling?
- Morton Fox
This is the worst commercial I've ever seen. It's pointless, banal, and does not even mention Windows. How exactly is this supposed to "fight back against the Mac vs. PC ads" like the agency claimed?!
- Sparky, lurking
Unflexible shoes that are uncomfortable at first... so Vista essentially :)
- Johnny
@Fox shoes. Couldn't you tell. :)
- Wizetux
i thought mac's were uncomfortable at first...but then you realise...
- Zee.
So, John, are you saying that I will need to take my Vista into the shower with me?
- Wizetux
Thanks John, I laughed more at your comment than the commercial :-)
- Kevin Cearns
Is this for real? If so what the hell are they thinking? How does any of this apply to tech?
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Wizetux, I usually feel like taking a shower after using it, but if you want to be more efficient...
- Johnny
"You have done your work, and your clean"
- Wizetux
meh.
- Carmen wBabby
right, so I think we're pretty much agreed then...for now, fail.
- Zee.
wat? wat? what did I just watch?
- Richard Lawler
from twhirl
genius. bonus points for the billg arrest mugshot on his clown club membership card.
- Karim
what's this ad about?
- Imran Hussain
from feedalizr
Sparky, I think not mentioning "Windows" by name is the point. The point is to make you smile, then draw a picture in your head of the future of computers being FUN, then sear the logo into your brain. The associative cortex in your brain does the rest.
- Karim
Karim - there is nothing FUN about that advert. It's BillG being awkward. The whole thing made me cringe. Apple is on the attack - MS needs to respond. This kind of thing (same thing they did for Zune) might appeal to a small audience, but it fails to really advance the brand or put the product out there and make the product _sexy_
- Sparky, lurking
I respectfully disagree. The "Get a Mac" campaign ("Hello, I'm a Mac...") doesn't really "put the product out there" or make the product "sexy" -- it basically just trashes the competition in a humorous way. The iPod ads are genius, but they just picture silhouettes of people flailing about on brightly colored backgrounds. The famous "1984" and "Think Different" ads do *NOTHING* to put the product out there or make it look sexy.
- Karim
The best ads aren't trying to drill to the product's feature list into your skull, just as the best propaganda doesn't really get into a lot of boring details. It's all about evoking an emotional response -- either a positive emotion associated with the brand, or a negative emotion associated with failure to use the brand. Danica Patrick doesn't talk about GoDaddy's networking infrastructure.
- Karim
As for humor that makes you cringe, I guess you don't like any film with Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler... :-D I thought it was funny that Bill poked fun at himself, but I'm sure not everyone did.
- Karim
Wordpress Breaks 4 Million Blogs - http://staynalive.com/article...
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I love being on wordpress.com. It's been a great service from the very start and I can't remember last time it was down.
- Robert Scoble
As a new joiner, I'm wondering if I could be #4,000,000. Would that count as fashionably late? I agree, very stable and fast set-up; most of all it's the support and exposure they give to the very new efforts like mine that I appreciate. Never knew so many people would be reading a pretty ordinary blog within just a few weeks. Wouldn't happen stand-alone.
- Andrew Lewin
Wow .. and that doesn't include self-hosted Wordpress blogs.
- Mattb4rd
قابل توجه وردپرسیها
- alireza1356
پرسپولیس سروره استقلاله
- Mil∂d
+1 cmiper lol
- Zee.
Oh! I thought this was awfully low... I was thinking Wordpress hosted. Wordpress.com, yes impressive. ;)
- Jake (aka Jawee)
Just 4 million? I thoght they had more than that. Like 10 million.
- darnell
Jake, I just updated one word in the title to make it a little more clear. :-)
- Jesse Stay
i will never wordpress, never
- adolfo foronda
the title sounds disastrous! although yay for Wordpress, couldn't have seen blogging to be so widespread if it wasn't for Wordpress.
- Imran Hussain
Self-hosted Wordpress blogs FTW. If you're serious about blogging then you should test your installed builds on a dev server before you deploy on production. No-brainer!
- Glenn Batuyong
just tested the wordpress.com to blurb.com integration for blog to book conversion and it's really solid.
- Achim Voermanek
Hmmm in this story context does "breaks" mean "corrupts/destroys/causes-malfunction" or does it mean "surpasses a number"? Guess it pays to click the link and read!
- Glenn Batuyong
@bibliotech Evangeline, @ContentRobot can help you move your blogspot blogs to WP whenever you are ready
- Karen Jackie
just launched my personal blog with wp and i love it (http://dremer.org
- Nir Dremer
That headline was truly misleading. ;) It reads "Wordpress Passes 4 Million Blogs" now...
- Holger Eilhard
Most bloggers are Mac users. Google was stupid to launch Chrome without a Mac version. Get with it, Google.
Gerd Leonhard, mhmazidi, Sarah Perez and 10 other people liked this
Who says most bloggers are Mac users?
- FFing Enigma
I resent that remark David. ;) Some of us have unfortunate PC fascinations.
- Steve Spalding
I think you're going to have to prove that outrageous statement
- David Knight
i don't think most bloggers are mac users necessarily, but most computer users are not bloggers either.
- Cee Bee
I know this really hurt their chances for me as a mac user to get this when it does actually come out for mac. Firefox=win Firefox add-ons=win
- orionstarr
Dang, bro, did you think before posting that statement? Where's your numbers to back up that statement? How do you define blogger?
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Macs have always been the computers more in touch with a media savy market. It makes sense that most bloggers i'm sure use a Mac. Call me an elitist, I just like high quality products.
- orionstarr
You guys crack me up. Seriously.
- David Risley
Ya, and we all have Parallels or VMware
- Aryeh
You guys take everything so seriously. Wow.
- David Risley
it does seem lame that they chose to launch it without a Mac version.
- Thomas Hawk
David, must be the politics :)
- Bwana ☠
Well being a Mac user/Apple snot myself, from a business perspective it's probably a sheer numbers thing....windows users are easy to tap into because they make up a huge part of the home computing market AND most of the workplace environments in corporate....at least in my experience in tech over the last 12+ years.
- Rich Harris
Not exact an official launch, it is beta after all. Maybe google was too excited to compete. :D
- Ron
Of course its a numbers thing. I'm not an idiot.
- David Risley
Having used a Mac for over 10 years I can give a good testimonial why I think it is a high quality product. No crashes, No Viruses, Doesn't slow down, Interface is lovely. My experiences with windows have been, virus ridden, computer bogs down and the interface is horrid.
- orionstarr
Their are more ants in the world than people, does that make them superior?
- orionstarr
@David I think you were missing the word "smart" - most "smart" bloggers are Mac users (.....ok people, i'm just kidding so RELAX - it's like you are all in a PC/Mac commercial or sumptin')
- leigh himel
Yes, I'm finally proud to have a PC now. Suck it up Mac users!!
- Imran Hussain
from feedalizr
i'm quite happy with the launch - thanks :)
- Morgan
I'll go with most Bloggers are heavier Firefox users, but I serious doubt Apple has gotten to the point where 'most bloggers are Apple users' ?? except maybe in the Bay area :)
- Charlie Anzman
Maybe Google was smart and didn't because they knew no true Apple loyalist would dare use a non apple product. Apple has Safari, why break ranks and use something from a competitor? If it's made by Apple, it's surely the best.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
I am a PC user.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I can use either and like both. But price and being associate with Mac users with self esteem issues keeps me from buying one.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
I use Ubuntu. Maybe they should have launched Chrome on Linux first. The most tech savvy people use Linux or another Unix derivative. ;-)
- roel
not on Mac over here! (but feel free to buy me one)
- Sarah Perez
Students Advised by Professors not to Use Wikipedia - http://profy.com/2008...
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Cloud computing vs. Software + Services; Google Docs vs. Office Live Workspace - http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs...
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Zoho Launches Zoho Docs for Document Management -- http://www.centernetworks.com/zoho-do...
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I've dabbled with Zoho, but I find that, at this time, Google Docs has all the functionality that I need
- Ian May
I can see Zoho dominating in the small enterprise space over time
- Allen Stern
If I were a small company watching my pennies and wanting the latest, i'd go Zoho too.
- Chris Dahl
Now, with Chrome, I can really agree with people who say Zoho is a competitor to desktop Office Suites.
- Imran Hussain
what i like about zoho is their privacy and security - google doesn't even come close
- Allen Stern
the valuations these companies are coming up with are killing me
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Who Cares About Chrome. Internet Explorer 6 Has 25% Market Share - http://www.centernetworks.com/google-...
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Ramadan in IOL Second Life Tent - IslamOnline.net - News - http://www.islamonline.net/servlet...
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"After the success of the first experience in the virtual world of Second Life, IslamOnline.net is launching its second Ramadan tent for the holy fasting month with a variety of activities for both Muslims and non-Muslims."
- Erhan Erdoğan
from Bookmarklet
A different theme in 2007, IOL Virtual Hajj in Second Life. http://www.islamonline.net/servlet...
- Erhan Erdoğan
wow, this is something that's gonna make me check out Second Life after all.
- Imran Hussain
from feedalizr
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Find everything about any website using Quarkbase http://startupmeme.com/find-ev...
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Kutcher's video on @techcrunch is hilarious! http://url.ie/nhg
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Kutcher is too funny :)
- Imran Hussain
from twhirl
that's absolutely hilarious.
- mjc
For Israeli startups, that should be even funnier....
- Orli Yakuel
The new FriendFeed beta is very nice, but Mozilla's Ubiquity is WOW. Can't believe they did that. Ensures I'll never use IE8.
Joshua Oehler, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Mitch and 68 other people liked this
kinda blows MSFT's 'smart tags' outta the water.
- MikeAmundsen
+1 FTW!
- ~C4Chaos
- just read the VentureBeat article and watched the Mozilla Labs video...amazing! Hope it gets near "live" soon.
- JA Castillo
JA: I'm using it right now and it does, indeed, rock.
- Robert Scoble
Scoble: Have you created your own rules or are you working from what has already been created?
- JA Castillo
For someone who is not code literate and such, how easy/difficult would it be to create your own rules?
- JA Castillo
JA: I am just going with what has already been created so far. I've only had it for a couple of jet lagged hours! :-)
- Robert Scoble
It is the easiest way to search ever!
- Andrew
WOW!!! Ubiquity is awesome. Just the kind of thing I have envisioned.
- Allen Blair
Mozilla just created the killer webapp. Astounding! Thank you Moz
- Keith - @tsudo
indeed, i am amazed no one has come up with this before!
- Justin Long
I dunno, kinda seems like the Activities feature in IE8 Beta 1: http://www.microsoft.com/windows...
- Brandon LeBlanc
from twhirl
Ha, so that's what I read about FF command line... I like it, but he... I like command lines...
- Egon Willighagen
@brandon: yes - activites (i said smart tags before - oops). but i'm not sure they have the same 'angle.' seems like (since i've not tried Ubiquity) is user interface and that activities is a programming interface.
- MikeAmundsen
this is yubnub done right. heck someone can make a simple bridge to yubnub :). What will be "dangerous" about this Ubiquity is its viralness. People will immediately shares commands. Hopefully not worm and viruses.
- Toni @ NavinoT
Just installed Ubiquity and love it. I've not used IE for years and don't plan to.
- Brett Nordquist
I installed it last night and I just love it, go on Moz crew!!!
- Daniele Russolillo
Brilliant! reading the tutorials right now.
- Nir Ben Yona
from twhirl
Jus checked it out and it rocks!
- Vinodh Nandakumar
IE8 makes all the websites I visit look like complete crap. If they're asking developers to use tags in their HTML so that IE8 will think it's IE7, that can't be a good sign.
- Aaron Myers
I've been using YubNub and Slickrun for many months -- I'm not sure yet that Mozilla Ubiquity is a significant step forward.
- Sean McBride
What Mozilla's Ubiquity ? Any link to share?
- Arjun
UbiQ blows my mind away. Have been playing around with it all day. Just hoping that they imprve usability in the coming versions. Tweeting from UbiQ is a breeze, I'm guessing this is going to increase load on Twitter APIs like crazy!
- Vinodh Nandakumar
I installed Ubiquity late last night, and yes, it does have the WOW factor for me as well. I want to see how easy it is to create commands, after viewing the vid. Nice work.
- Henry Burger
from twhirl
It sounds great for power users. I was also imagining a sidebar type app that would be suggesting things to do with stuff. Select an address and it would pop up a map and give you the option to email it. This way no need for new users to know text commands or have to think what might be the word to use.
- John Cooper
Sidebar is a great idea...also "chaining" commands. What if i want to tinyurl something (or two) and insert into a twit (or email..). Also if you don't use gmail (gasp), launching the OS native URL handlers like mailto:.
- Richard Goodwin
Ubiquity looks cool, but is very similar to what can be done with Quicksilver on Mac.
- Martin Añazco
if you like ubiquity you'll be sure to love http://www.humanized.com/enso that's Aza Raskin's work before he joined mozilla, so you can see where the inspiration comes from :)
- Chris Jones
watching the video for ubiquity @ mozilla labs now .... whoa
- John Blanton
I am yet to try out Ubiquity yet but your WOW has convinced me to check it out later ha!
- Joe Dawson
Where do these smart people come from. Very cool.
- Kenley Neufeld
this changes the way I can work... but what motivates me to change this way.
- Stewart Rogers
Anybody found a FF Ubiquity command to subscribe to yet?
- Grey Drane
help me, the editor is making me want to learn code. ARRRRRRGH!
- tehKenny
It's addictive, much like 'Launchy'.
- Vinay | विनय
Just wrote a FriendFeed command for Ubiquity. Check it out! http://bit.ly/3UPXGP
- Brandon Titus
@Martin Añazco ya, it reminds me of Quicksilver and the command-line, too. I really love it!!!! It creates an awesome workflow that leads to inspired power browsing.
- barce
Thanks to your blog post about Ubiquity I began using it and can see how it will enhance my web experience
- Joshua Oehler
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