Filed under: Fun, Internet, Productivity, Web services, web 2.0
Filed under: Business, Fun, Web services, Social Software
Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, Microsoft, web 2.0
Is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Seattle to talk with Bill Gates about becoming a billionaire, or are they merely talking about the large rumored investment that could be coming down the pipes?Filed under: Business, News, Microsoft
Boy, just when you thought that Microsoft's horrible naming conventions were all bad, you hear this. A construction company in Seattle (Dexter and Chaney) is suing Microsoft for using the name "Forefront" for a new security software application. Dexter and Chaney have used the name "Forefront" for their own software product since 1988, and say the name would confuse their customers if Microsoft used it. Windows Live Security and Protection Systems Center is a better and less legally problematic name, don't you think? That, and Microsoft will be able to keep up the title as the worst software naming company in the known world.
Wrapping your mind around a simple game like 99 Bricks is harder than you might imagine. The object of the game is to build the highest possible tower using only 99 pieces. Sounds easy enough, but you're playing with Tetris pieces and distinctly non-Tetris physics. If you screw up, you don't just leave gaps that you could have used to score points, you cause your whole tower to wobble and collapse.
Pieces also don't lock to a grid in 99 Bricks, the way they do in Tetris. You can wind up with pieces slanted diagonally, and there's an edge of the board that your toppled bricks can fall off of. 99 Bricks is kind of like Jenga, in that it's almost as satisfying to watch your tower crumble as it is to play seriously. Once you get the hang of the way the pieces behave, it's an addictive little game.
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