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AIM Blast: finally, you can IM multiple buddies at once {Download Squad}
Dec 3rd 2008 6:52PM Just now? Wow. I think this has been a new features on Live Messenger too. I thought AIM had this for a long time. I'm quite astonished.
Microsoft adds similar images feature to Live Search Images {Download Squad}
Dec 3rd 2008 6:45PM I can't be the only one that likes Live Search Images. The clean layout works great, and just hover if you need more info. I did notice a change, but didn't recognize that it was this. Pretty cool.
Samsung's X360 ultraportable reviewed: cheaper than competition, but not as good {Engadget}
Nov 28th 2008 10:08PM Um, it's actually Sony's chiclet keyboard. They had it before the MacBooks did.
Frengly does translation, but does it beat Babelfish? {Download Squad}
Nov 28th 2008 12:53PM I love how Frengly does it's auto-detection, well except when I typed "I love candy", it auto-detected 'MS' (which I'm sure is not English) and also couldn't translate it because it was 'probably too short'. Kinda weird...
The choice of languages is great though and it's simplicity is awesome.
However, I'd like to suggest using Windows Live Translator for translating websites. It offer 4 view of seeing a page (inc. side-by-side view), much faster to access language options, and the text hover translation comes quicker. Just wanted to share that tidbit.
http://windowslivetranslator.com/
Apple's US Black Friday sale now live {Engadget}
Nov 28th 2008 10:10AM I guess I'll be buying non-Apple products this year :)
Meizu M8 unboxed before December 8th launch {Engadget}
Nov 28th 2008 10:05AM It's not Windows Mobile. It's based on Windows CE 6.0. Either way, WinMo once you get used to it.
Peek CEO: buy two Peeks, your next iPhone or G1 bill is on us {Engadget}
Nov 26th 2008 2:41PM No love for Windows Mobile users?
Confirmed: Google was naughty, broke App Store rules with iPhone app {Engadget}
Nov 26th 2008 2:37PM Luckily, I can still continue to use voice search for Live Search on my WinMo phone with no problems :)
Microsoft working on its own Tegra-powered superphone? Doubtful. {Engadget}
Nov 26th 2008 10:56AM @Quix : Say what?
What's to say the ZunePhone will be closed? Do you seriously set you mind on rumors? The iPhone pretty much IS closed. Zune's barely been existing for 3 years, and it's not like the iPod transformed into an iPhone that fast either. It's going to take some time, but "if" Microsoft made a ZunePhone, it'd probably be much more open than the current iPhone. Zune also has XNA : http://zuneinsider.com/archive/2008/02/20/xna-studio-and-zune.aspx
Microsoft has a generally more open attitude, than Apple. I mean, you don't see WinMo restricting what applications you can install. Do you? Or how about all the API's they allow with their Windows Live and VE stuff? There's some other examples too, but I think you already got the hint.
PlayForSure IS a failure, at least to me. It was bound for failure, because the stores didn't have enough content going for them, and the devices were pretty much similar and appeared rather meager to the iPod or other devices. So that's one of Microsoft's failures. Apple has had failures too, and that hasn't stopped Apple, has it? Zune is very different from PlayForSure, and has the actual potential to succeed in the market. That's why there's Zune lovers, because Zune has a lot of good reasons for being liked. Obviously, tech companies can change dramatically, and if you're going to continue to base your opinions solely on past failures, and not look at the other parts that show the potential, then you're giving yourself a limited vision of what a company can do.
