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Acer buys Gateway, market share
Gateway, whose classic startup success story and moo-cow-fashioned packaging materials bolstered its position in the late 90's as a dominant computer manufacturer, just got bought by Taiwan-based Acer for $710 million. That means the third-largest PC maker is now Acer. Can't say that we would've ever predicted that back when Gateway was flying so high, making acquisitions of its own, and experimenting with its own retail distribution.Not sure if the name Gateway will survive this one, but we suspect it will. Acer is just such a forgettable brand. Indeed, first reactions included, "They bought Gateway? I thought Acer made cheap laptops!" Add Gateway PCs to the list of things Acer makes, along with a marked increased in market share (and cheap laptops).
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, ...
