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    Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine

    Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)

    Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview

    Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff

    Bing Visual Search Could Be a Great Tool, Maybe, Someday

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Did you say Bing? #wolframalphabing
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    Image of ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Know what I want from Microsoft? An original idea. It seems like the more time goes on, the more companies like Apple and Google come out with neat products like iPods and Microsoft just kinda says
    "Wow, that's neat. Let's steal the idea, we'll call it zune".
    "Google's making money? Hey we should start a search engine"
    "OS 2, huh? Looks neat, we'll call it Windows" #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Brush up on your history a little. MS was in the search engine game before Google ever existed. (sources: [searchenginewatch.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [en.wikipedia.org] ). In fact, there were at least 16 other search engines that predated Google ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). So, one could argue that Google stole the idea from MS, amongst others following your logic.

    The first MP3 player was made by Eiger Labs and was called the MPMan (source: [reviews.cnet.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [boingboing.net] ). In fact, the market had several different MP3 players before iPod came along. Apple rarely innovates technology, they tend to wait and synthesize the best facets of different products together into one user friendly and attractive device and it is something they do very well.

    OS2 was co-developed by Microsoft and IBM ([en.wikipedia.org] ) and was built around MS-DOS, the DOS ( [en.wikipedia.org] ) system created by Gates and Microsoft. Granted, MS-DOS is preceded by Apple DOS by a year ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). The independent Windows OS was antecedent to Apple's OS, but the IBM/MS one preceded it.

    I could go on and on, but don't feel like it. The thing is, tech companies constantly "steal" from one another because they see what customers like or what are good ideas and attempt to utilize them. Call it stealing or failure to innovate if you want, but you'd be flat out wrong. Go troll somewhere else about MS. Do a little research before opening your mouth about something that you don't know about. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of tucker tucker
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    I use Bing. Oh wait. No I don't. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @fucker: Who's got two thumbs and doesn't care? This guy. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I get it... you purposely misspelled his name.... hahaha #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables: Who, me? I would never do something subtle and easy like that. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Well Played Sir... #wolframalphabing
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Personally, I think Wolfram Alpha is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Perhaps even greater.

    The ability to quickly whip up a query to answer some bizarre random question gives me a feeling of Godlike omniscience. It's almost like something out of Star Trek, where the computer was always solving complex problems for the crew and then I'd be watching this on TV wondering why they bothered with the useless meatbags at all, when the computer was obviously the smartest one there.

    But still, I have to wonder... does anybody other than me really use it? #wolframalphabing
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    11/11/09

    @jepzilla: I use wolfram alpha a lot! I'm an engineering student, so I am commonly doing my hw in front of wolfram alpha.
    And I love having it come up with quick answers to other things. And it's a great tool to look at stocks and economic trends.
    It is honestly one of the greatest things on the internet and I think more people use it than you are aware - I am constantly catching classmates on it. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
    Never have I been more tempted to make a "yo dawg..." joke. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of PregoNation PregoNation
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: omg. As in "Yo dawg...I like you...Yo Dawg...I like you too man. Let's get married" #wolframalphabing
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @PregoNation: More like, "yo dawg I heard you like search engines, so we put a search engine in your search engine so you could Bing while you Google" #wolframalphabing
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    Image of PregoNation PregoNation
    09:32 AM

    @Nathan Obbards: Hahaha! Equally hilarious. #wolframalphabing
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/11/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
    If you like the addition to Bing check out Clicker (was part of the TC50). It's a pretty bad ass service to find what you're looking for when it comes to tv shows and what not. I think it's still closed beta, but they kick out the invites pretty quick when you sign up. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/11/09

    @UnderLoK: And if you're a firefox user, the popular GooglePreview app (adds a thumbnail next to every google result) has changed it's name to SearchPreview because it now supports Bing. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/11/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
    mDP is still pretty pointless. HDMI is rapidly moving to replace DVI and has a similar footprint to mDP. The way I see it is soon enough HDMI will be the USB of the visual in/out world. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Assassin_Kensei Assassin_Kensei
    11/11/09

    @Odin: Have you seen a Mini DisplayPort? it is way smaller than HDMI, but i will give you that HDMI in the long run will beat mDP.

    I also think HDMI would have been a sweet addition to the MacBook Pro, too bad i have to buy an adapter to go to HDMI... )-:

    I'm not saying your wrong on HDMI being better, just the foot prints are way different. #gizmodoremainders
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    Odin promoted this comment Assassin_Kensei was starred Assassin_Kensei was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    11/11/09

    @Assassin_Kensei:
    Well vertically there's not a huge amount of difference, it just takes up a little more horizontal real estate. Not that much more than a standard USB though. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Biggest news to me here: the iPhone only has a 2.5% national marketshare? Which nation is that? By my incredibly rough calculations, 2.5% of the U.S. population would be about 7.5 million people. I was almost certain there were more iPhone users than that.

    Then again, I live in geek land, where dumbphones don't exist, if you're running anything less than Win7/Snow Leopard, you're behind the times, and location-aware services are the norm. Also, apparently CDs are dead? #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of TheRiseOfRoy TheRiseOfRoy
    11/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: no there is only about 6.3 million iphone users. so your spot. #gizmodoremainders
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    11/11/09

    @TheRiseOfRoy:
    How does that work when their is 40 million according to apple's financial results. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of DirtyDogg DirtyDogg
    11/11/09

    @Kerfudle: : 40 Million sold worldwide over the 3 versions. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    @TheRiseOfRoy: @DirtyDogg: Thanks, guys, for clarifying that.

    Thanks everyone else for obfuscated statistics. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of TheRiseOfRoy TheRiseOfRoy
    11/11/09

    @Kerfudle: : its talking about the US. not worldwide.

    [i31.photobucket.com]
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    11/11/09


    @OCEntertainment: One other part of that figure is that it also includes the iPod touch. 40Million iPhone OS Devices. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The more and more I see of Bing, the more and more I like it. It was a hard sell, but it's growing on me. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/26/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview
    I feel like the title should read:
    "Balls-out with Balmer." #steveballmer
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    10/26/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview
    Can I do naughty things whilst watching? #steveballmer
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/26/09

    @rcast1986: Knock yourself out. #steveballmer
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    Image of jriga jriga
    09/25/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
    His voice, his appearance... just everything about him creeps to the deepest level. HE IS A PC.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/25/09

    @jriga: I hope so. A hipster haircut and snarky t-shirt wouldn't look good on him,
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    Image of jriga jriga
    09/25/09

    @Xeno: So true...

    Did we just find Giz's next Photoshop contest!? Dress Ballmer as a "mac"!!
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    Image of beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid
    09/25/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
    Nope, not something bigger like "the fucking cellphone industry" or better yet the niche market of "smartphones".

    That guy is a blithering IDIOT!
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/25/09

    @beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid: By every modern measure of intelligence and success he is not. When you run a multinational company that has products in every country in the world I'm sure he'll care what you think.
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    Image of MTBVibe MTBVibe
    09/25/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
    Media players is a niche category? Doubtful. I don't think I know a single person of any age now who doesn't own a PMP of some stripe...and a good half of the people I know own at least two.
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    Image of ester ester
    09/25/09

    @MTBVibe: I don't own one. You now know someone. I can introduce you to numerous more people too, if necessary.

    Media players is a dying market, with the integration into smart phones, especially as online streaming of music (last.fm, pandora) gains popularity.
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    Image of dogcow dogcow
    09/25/09

    @ester: crap, what about this Zune HD I just ordered?
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    Xeno promoted this comment dogcow was starred dogcow was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/25/09

    @dogcow: Acording to Balmer it would be a niche product. It's not a bad term. It just means it is focused on you.
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    Image of snathanb snathanb
    09/25/09

    In reply to Steve Ballmer Up Close, Sipping Coffee, Talkin' Bout Phones and Stuff
    And just what exactly does his drinking a giant iced coffee from Starbucks explain?
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment snathanb was starred snathanb was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/25/09

    @snathanb: That he has lousy taste when it comes to coffee..
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    09/25/09

    @snathanb: I was thinking maybe how hyper, ADHD, and spaztic he is.
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    Image of snathanb snathanb
    09/25/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: It was nothing more than a low class passive aggressive swipe at a man, who like him or not, has achieved more in his career than Matt Buchanan could ever aspire to.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/25/09

    @snathanb: I see. And you've never made a smarmy comment about anyone, in your entire life? Oh wait, I think you just did. I guess you're no better than Matt. Welcome to the low class land of snark and make-believe..
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    Image of Daniel Grinton Daniel Grinton
    09/25/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Except that his comment was hardly passive-aggressive and really leans more toward the aggressive front.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Daniel Grinton was starred Daniel Grinton was unstarred
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    09/25/09

    @Daniel Grinton: You think Matt's statement was aggressive because he posited that Ballmer's coffee consumption might account for his displays of hyperactive behavior?
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    Image of Daniel Grinton Daniel Grinton
    09/25/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: I... I was talking about snathanb's comment
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/26/09

    @Daniel Grinton: Ah, ok.
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