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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09:25 AM

    In reply to Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store
    To be fair, app browsing isn't all that great on *any* phone. In fact, I have yet to use a single mobile device (including the iPhone, thankyouverymuch) that I actually prefer browsing on over a full compy. Fullsite app browsing = generally awesome in my book.

    (Google: I'm talking to you.) #windowsmobilemarketplace
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    Image of Odin Odin
    07:50 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    The level of Apple fanboyism in these comments is off the scale.

    In the end everyone copies from each other at some point. Personally I don't think Win7 resembles OSX much but that's just my opinion.

    Also to pre-empt any snarky Apple fan spinning that opinion into something negative I don't think that it being dissimilar is a bad thing. Windows has its perks over OSX and vice versa, neither is unanimously superior so get over your damn god-OS complexes already. #windows7mac
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    06:18 AM

    In reply to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 Closeup Gallery
    I wish I've waited to buy my 360... well, I'm happy with my wooden faceplate *mutters* #callofdutyxbox360gallery
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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    02:02 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    While anti-Microsofties are going to be quick to criticise this, if you read the patent application, you'll see that it's different from sudo. An analogy would be landlines versus mobile phones. In both cases you dial a number on a handheld device and communicate (voice only) with them over a great distance. Similar interfaces that achieve similar results, but enough of a difference to be patentable. For example, mobile phones combine the keypad with the headset. Trust me, I have no love for software patents (I think they should all be banned), but this patent is not sudo.

    People from Slashdot have already critiqued this to death and the general consensus on the pro-Linux Slashdot is that it's not sudo and this is probably MS filing a defensive patent application so as to ward off potential future lawsuits. #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    01:25 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    Didn't see that one coming. *faux shock* #windows7mac
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    01:23 AM

    In reply to Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store
    Too late M$.

    I love Zune and have all 3 version but you can't help but to think that one day future xboxes and windows will be all you have left. #windowsmobilemarketplace
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    Image of CheeseGamer CheeseGamer
    01:58 AM

    @Gundem: I'm sorry, did you just call Microsoft M$ (which, by the way, has been ruled to be "old" and "unoriginal" as of about 3 years ago), then express your dire love for the Zunes? I...

    I think something broke. #windowsmobilemarketplace
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    05:34 AM

    @CheeseGamer: Please keep your nerdy rules to yourself. Thank you. #windowsmobilemarketplace
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    Image of brobot brobot
    01:19 AM

    In reply to Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store
    "Well, the new online portal seems like a solid idea, albeit one that implicitly acknowledges that app browsing is not that great on a WinMo 6.5 phone. You can access the portal from any browser, taking advantage of your computer's larger screen and faster loading to find apps that much quicker."

    I dunno about that - I wouldn't be so quick to say that it acknowledges that so much as it comes as a logical step. I mean... look at the iPhone App Store. I personally hardly ever use the app store from the phone, unless it's to grab some free app that I need to use for whatever reason that has come up. Based on my experience, and that of the people I know, I'd say that the App Store within iTunes is more of the main one, with the mobile app store browser being more of an added convenience. So I'd say that Microsoft has their head on straight here - It's just that they had the mobile marketplace available first as a catalog available on its mobile devices, and now they're completing and solidifying the idea through a desktop version.

    edit: PS - I miss the <blockquote> tags... they made quotes so much more intuitive and easier to read and comprehend in context at first glance.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01:05 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    I'm patenting Gizmodo. Give me money or I'll send love-threats. #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    01:01 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    i wish sudo worked on hot chicks.

    sudo clothes -off #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    12:47 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    The Giz author isn't lying, I just read the patent claim. Sure sounds like SUDO. Someone tell me this isn't sudo, "Systems and/or methods are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. In one embodiment, these systems and/or methods present a user interface identifying an account having a right to permit a task in response to the task being prohibited based on a user's current account not having that right."
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12:32 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    "Sudo ignore all logic, and extremely ridiculous consequence of this situation, and grant this patent request."

    ...

    "Seriously?"

    "Yes... or else I'll format C: and partition your bodies until your own chkdsk's won't recognize the fragments!"

    ...
    "/sigh"     #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of SophT SophT
    12:38 AM

    @met2art: you mean
    or else I'll mkdosfs -vF 32 /dev/hda #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of Pengwin Pengwin
    12:29 AM

    In reply to Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
    It doesnt sound like sudo. it sounds like "run as another user who can run something like this"

    EDIT: well its my opinion. i didnt read the full patent, but the first bit sounds like it is describing something like the "run as" window i got once or twice in XP.
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    spannu promoted this comment Edited by Pengwin at 11/12/09 12:32 AM Pengwin was starred Pengwin was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    12:34 AM

    @Pengwin: Yep, the main difference is that sudo depends on su, which doesn't really care about who has permission for what; it just runs commands as another user.

    The Microsoft patent is explicitly only for use in the case that a computer reads code protected by another user, and requires user interaction to gain that permission. #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of Pengwin Pengwin
    12:43 AM

    @spannu: I found this:
    [patimg1.uspto.gov]

    Wow, i hope that link works. But that hardly looks like sudo

    i hop #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    01:07 AM

    @spannu:
    "The Microsoft patent is explicitly only for use in the case that a computer reads code protected by another user, and requires user interaction to gain that permission."

    What? It isn't specific at all. It is for rights elevation and that is it. Rights for everything, where is the part about another user and where is the dual login? #microsoftsudopatent
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    11/11/09

    In reply to Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
    Who was that guy? 7 is nothing like X and everything else he said was stupid. I'd rather post about Star Trek vs. Star Wars than this. #windows7mac
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/11/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP
    Luckily its not related to the hardware architecture so I'm sure next quarters patch updates will include programing to improve on processor efficiency. #netbooks
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/11/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP
    I get the same battery life as I did in XP on my Macbook Pro. I can get a little over 2 hours max with wifi off, screen almost off, and doing basic tasks. #netbooks
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