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There’s a general assumption that the house always wins I’m not talking about a casino, but Microsoft Store. Forget about the “Smoked by Windows Phone” publicity stunt. There is no way any challengers could win because Microsoft keeps changing the boundary conditions and the rule.
Heads out to Skatter Tech and read the post titled I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost “Just Because”.
Shameless marketing ploy by Microsoft.
If you are a Verizon FiOS customer and happen to hear beeping noise that is not coming form your smoke detector alarm,check your FiOS battery backup.
First you could reset the battery backup unit by unplugging the power and disconnecting the battery. If the “Replace Battery” light still on, then call Verizon customer service or technical support.
Ars Technica reports:
Facebook is trying to expand its trademark rights over the word “book” by adding the claim to a newly revised version of its “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” the agreement all users implicitly consent to by using or accessing Facebook.
The newly revised paragraph:
“You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Facebook, the Facebook and F Logos, FB, Face, Poke, Book and Wall), or any confusingly similar marks, except as expressly permitted by our Brand Usage Guidelines or with our prior written permission.”
Seriously, Facebook needs to go away before it asserts trademark on common words. At least more people should avoid Facebook.
I flew US Airways to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Monday From Phoenix, Arizona. While boarding the Airbus A321 I noticed the “Wi-Fi ONBOARD” sign by the door. I hastily took out my phone and snapped a picture. All I got is a blurry picture.
While still on the ground, I can see the “gogoinflight” Wi-Fi network, but it warned me that it is not available until the airplane is at least 10,000 feet in the air.
Anyway, when the airplane is more than 10,000 feet over the ground the I connected to “gogoinflight” Wi-Fi. I opened a web browser and it immediately prompted me to select a pass. There were different passes such as social networking, music, etc.
Anyway, in a relatively long flight I would definitely pay a few dollars to use the in-flight Wi-Fi.
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta is now available for download.
The minimum system requirements for Photoshop CS6 beta are as follows:
Mac
- Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
- Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
- 1GB of RAM
- 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation
- 1024×768 (1280×800 recommended) resolution display with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended, required for Photoshop Extended) of VRAM
- OpenGL 2.0 capable system
- DVD-ROM drive
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
- Microsoft® Windows® XP* with Service Pack 3; or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
- 1GB of RAM
- 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation
- 1024×768 (1280×800 recommended) resolution display with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended, required for Photoshop Extended) of VRAM
- OpenGL 2.0 capable system
- DVD-ROM drive
For some reasons Adobe requires online registration and activation for Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta.
I’m doing a last minute rundown for a Keynote presentation I’m doing today somewhere in Florida. In 10 minutes, I’ll be connecting the MacBook Pro to the projector.
Tim Cook is really making his mark as Apple CEO.
Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program
Apple stock also breaks $600 at closing today.