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What's new in Windows Vista lately?
by Jordan Running Jul 31st 2006 at 4:55PM
Usually by the time a product is in beta, its makers have pretty much nailed down most of the features, with just a few tweaks here and there before shipping. As we have come to learn, however, Microsoft is no ordinary company, and over at the official Windows Vista Team Blog, a developer callled "nwhite" (note to Microsoft: if you have people blogging about your products in a quasi-official capacity, it would be nice to know their actual names) has written up all the changes that have been made to Vista since Beta 2 based on user feedback. The list is long, and though most of the changes are fairly minor, but it's nice to see that Microsoft is listening to users.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Ed said 3:56AM on 8-01-2006
I hope its not delayed again.
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mzbin said 7:58AM on 8-01-2006
"note to Microsoft: if you have people blogging about your products in a quasi-official capacity, it would be nice to know their actual names"
says on the right side of the blog:
"Managed by Microsoft Corp employee Nick White of the Windows Vista Launch Team."
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Jordan Running said 10:35AM on 8-01-2006
Heh. Thanks mzbin. Looks like I've got to get my eyes checked. Still, the same complaint extends to several other Microsoft blogs.
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