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I showed it to my 5 year old online and he played it for all of 2 minutes then said, "BOOOOOOORINGGGGGG!!!!" Didn't take much for him to slap all my childhood years in the face. That ranks up there with the time I showed him a replica Atari 2600 controller and he says, "Daddy, it only has ONE button!"
- Michael Beck
Lots of folks saying the Google Chrome logo "makes them want to play Simon" - LOL
- Susan Beebe
to me it looks like how a non-computer-using artist type would design a trackball -- either that or they are trying to get a HAL vibe without creeping everyone out
- Mike Taylor
Uh-oh, Google, you've been caught with your hand in the electronics bin!
- MiniMage (FakeLifePerson)
I got my son a travel version of Simon, so there's at least one kid who's seen it. (He needs hand-eye coordination practice.) This does seem very, very similar.
- Kisha
from BuddyFeed
"SAN FRANCISCO — In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser. The operating system, called Chrome OS, is initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. The move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers. “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, in a post on a company blog. “We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds.” Mr. Pichai and Mr. Upson said that the software would be released online later this year under an open source license,...
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- Susan Beebe
from Bookmarklet
@sflaherty haha, yep M$ execs are going to really have fun explaining value to their shareholders in Q3 and Q4