It is a 13-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Logic Board.
It comes with its own thermal grease.
Steve Ballmer to Retire as Microsoft CEO
The news broke in the morning of Friday August 23, 2013 that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has decided to retire within the next 12 months.
From Ballmer’s internal email:
I am writing to let you know that I will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months, after a successor is chosen. There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time. My original thoughts on timing would have had my retirement happen in the middle of our transformation to a devices and services company focused on empowering customers in the activities they value most. We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction.
It is also clear that Microsoft at this point does not have a succesion plan.
From Microsoft Press Release:
The Board of Directors has appointed a special committee to direct the process. This committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board’s lead independent director, and includes Chairman of the Board Bill Gates, Chairman of the Audit Committee Chuck Noski and Chairman of the Compensation Committee Steve Luczo. The special committee is working with Heidrick & Struggles International Inc., a leading executive recruiting firm, and will consider both external and internal candidates.
So, who would be the next Microsoft CEO? Let’s the speculation begin!
Under Ballmer’s helm, Microsoft has been a generally profitable company with some notable exceptions such as the first few years of XBox project and Surface RT. Notably, Microsoft is actually making profit off Android.
In addition to that, Ballmer had failed to see the competitive threat from Apple.
- Ballmer: iPhone has “no chance” of gaining significant market share
- Ballmer Laughs at iPhone
- Steve Ballmer on the iPad: The transcript
Malware Alert: System Care Antivirus
Yet another Malware sighting, and this one disguised itself as “System Care AntiVirus”. I use both Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Microsoft Security Essentials to get rid it. Internet Explorer seems to be the entry point of this Malware on this particular computer.
Apple Seeds OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 6
Many sites report that Apple seeded OS X Mavericks Developer Preview 6 on Wednesday August 21, 2013.
Theres a growing consensus that OS X Mavericks will be released sometimes in October with new lineup of MacBook Pros.
Angry Birds Toons: Gate Crasher
Episode number 23 of Angry Birds Toon is now playing at the nearest Angry Birds Apps nearest you. “Gate Crashers” features Chuck, Red, the Eggs and the Pigs.
Stay Tooned for the next episode.
Plants vs. Zombies 2
The highly anticipated sequel to Plant vs. Zombies finally released worldwide. Plants vs. Zombies 2 retains the same gameplay mechanics from the original and adds a few more. Unlike its predecessor, Plants vs. Zombies 2 is free to download and offers In-App-Purchases from the get go; this has drawn a lot of criticism from gamers. At a glance, it seems that the game requires players to buy certain plants with real money. In reality, the game offers impatient players a chance to buy the plants instead of earning them.
The initial release of Plants vs. Zombies 2 includes four different themes in “Crazy Dave’s Time-Space Taco Map”.
- Ancient Egypt
- Pirate Seas
- Wild West
- ??? (Mystery theme that might as well be set in the future or space)
Plants vs. Zombies 2 is a worthy sequel to a really fun game.
Firefox 24.0 Beta 3
Mozilla Firefox 24.0 Beta 3 is now available.
In addition to that Adobe have also released another Flash Player 11.8 Beta.