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Microsoft Windows Server "Centro" set for Beta
by Grant Robertson Jun 22nd 2007
Microsoft is readying a beta preview of Windows Server "Centro", a version of Windows Server 2008 targeted at organizations with less than 250 users. The invitation only beta will be open to between 300 and 400 customers, with no word on the selection criteria involved -- we'd guess you're a likely candidate if you currently have close to the 250 user mark, a solid IT staff and a good relationship with Microsoft Support staff -- a later Community Technology Preview will be released sometime this year and will see wider availability among the beta testing elite.
Small business is the backbone of the industry but, we can't help wonder; Do we really need all the specialization? Are Mid-sized IT departments screaming for a specialized version of Windows Server or could the Redmond kids focus their efforts in a more efficient way to make the whole product line better. How confusing can the Microsoft product chart get before businesses give up en mass?
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, ...
