From the monthly archives:

September 2007

XP Reprieve: Microsoft Gives OEMs Five More Months

28 September 2007 Microsoft

Microsoft allow OEMs and retail outlets to sell PCs with Windows XP as customers continue to balk on upgrading to Windows Vista.
Microsoft had high expectations for customer adoption of Vista, and claimed the launch would be one of the most successful in Windows history. Unfortunately for the company, those predictions so far haven’t panned out, [...]

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Arithmetic Is Hard–To Get Right

26 September 2007 Microsoft

Yesterday, a nasty little bug was identified in Excel 2007. Try multiplying 850 * 77.1 and Excel returns 100,000. Well the answer should be 65,535! Any calculator should get this right, so why not Excel.
AppScout had the following explanation:
It all boils down to the fact that you can’t represent an infinite group [...]

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over 1k rebates for Fry’s found in dumpster

21 September 2007 Business Excellence

This is a picture of the 1,300 unopened rebate forms a Mercury News reporter found in a dumpster near Vastech, a rebate processor for Fry’s Electronics.
When confronted, the company’s owner blamed it on a lazy employee who no longer works for Vastech and offered to process and sign checks for all of the envelopes in [...]

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Class Action Suit Hopes To Sue “A La Carte Cable” Into Existence

21 September 2007

Tagged as: IPTV

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A new class action lawsuit accuses the cable and satellite industries of acting illegally by only selling channels in bundles in order to milk customers. If Congress won’t do it, this lawsuit might.
read more | digg story

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Cringely: The Puppet Master [Behind Steve J's iPhone Pricing Moves]

7 September 2007 Apple

…that 1999 quote from Bill Gates about Jobs: “He has to know that he can never win.”
I don’t think Steve knows that at all.
read more | digg story

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“We’re sorry” – Early iPhone buyers to get $100 Apple credit

6 September 2007 Apple

A day after slashing the price of the iPhone, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs today promised $100 store credits to iPhone owners who had paid full price and issued a rare apology for “disappointing” some of his most ardent supporters.
read more | digg story

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The Hidden “F” in Your Websites [pics]

1 September 2007 Misc

“A team of scientists engaged in military research recently came to the conclusion that when it comes to reading web pages,most readers read in “F” shaped pattern taking into consideration the eye movements of 232 readers …”
read more | digg story

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Essential Mac Software

1 September 2007 Apple

Essential software to make your Mac more awesome. Not having some of these tools is like having half a Mac. Others are just plain fun. You have a very cool computer… enjoy!
This is the best list of software I have come across.
read more | digg story

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