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more about #pink more comments → fuchikoma: And the backup tapes? So... assuming that was technically possible, part of the timebomb then looked and functioned like the backup software, but eras... more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: Aha! I see the same folks that wrote the Guest Login Erase bug for Snow Leopard, work at a Microsoft Data Center! more » axiomatic: I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It Ima Set It Straight, This Watergate I Can't Stand Rockin' When I'm In Here 'Cause Your Crystal Ball Ain't So C... more » UnderLoK: As others have touched on; more likely the backups were garbage and they had a failure which they couldn’t recover from. This kind of thing happens... more » DrunkenOstrich: I call BS. A service with this many users and this much historical data would likely be spread across MANY backup tapes. So the timebomb not only wi... more » zaghy2zy: ahuh? erased backup tapes? and how exactly could that happen? as far as i know, backup tapes are to be kept off site once backup is complete. Or at l... more » dimes: Hahahahha, don't ascribe to Evil what you can easily be explained by stupidity and negligence....or however the saying goes. It doesn't have to be so... more » idkmbffc: What the shit do the Beastie Boys have anything to do with this? more » badhatharry: I know somebody on the inside, and he says that the company can't stand it, and that they know they planned it. But not to worry, they're going to se... more » civlyun: Erased the backup tapes? Even offsite ones [what, didn't have any?]? Even the ones at the backup site [what, didn't have any?]? That's a neat trick. more » SegamanXero: Was really hoping that one day a sidekick the size of the LX would come out with a OLED touchscreen or just a touch screen. I could use the touch scre... more » Kayonesoft: This is truly disheartening to me, as the Danger Sidekick Color was one of my first smartphone devices and also the phone I look back on as having the... more » Jimmy1: This is probably a good thing for Microsoft. Investors in the company are likely feeling like they dodged a bullet; this Pink phone project looked li... more » kernel panic: i still don't understand how the backups got killed along with the live servers more » qrius: how long until Roz gets the pink slip? more » -
#nintendo
Nothing Says I Love You Like Pink And Blue Wii Remotes
While announcing its early 2010 software lineup this morning, Nintendo also announced a February 14th North American release date for the pink and blue Wii remotes, giving the significant others of Nintendo fans the perfect Valentine's Day gift idea. [Kotaku] -
#blockquote
The Cause of the Great Sidekick Fiasco? “All Signs Point to Sabotage”
This past week's Sidekick data disaster was so extraordinary, you would think that either T-mobile or Microsoft would issue an explanation. There's one insider who might have the reason why one hasn't come yet: it was an inside job. More » -
#sidekick
Microsoft's Project Pink Probably Killed Off the Sidekick and Itself
The crazy Sidekick data mess might be the least troubling thing to happen to fans of the platform. The latest rumors, which build off of previous Pink rumors, say that the platform is pretty much dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead.
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#rumor
How Screwed Up Is Microsoft Pink? Hint: It's Named After Pink the Singer
Another alleged insider has starting spilling—flinging?—beans about Microsoft's Pink project, enthusiastically piling the hate atop earlier claims that the project was under dire threat of cancellation, for sucking. This time, the rumors come via AppleInsider, and they get personal: More » -
#blockquote
Microsoft On Phone Hardware: "No, We're Not Going To Do That"
Microsoft's been consistently cagey about whether or not they'll make their own phone hardware "like Zune and Xbox," but today at a Windows Mobile roundtable, Robbie "Not Glacial" Bach put it straight: It's not happening. Officially. More » -
#pink
Danger For Microsoft's Project Pink?
A anonymous source told MobileCrunch that Microsoft's Pink phone project might be in trouble. More » -
#rumor
Turtle and Pure Pink Phones May Be Just Next-Gen Sidekicks
Cnet's Ina Fried says the Microsoft Pink phones leaked yesterday are "more the evolution of the Sidekick" using Windows Mobile as the core OS, and in addition to Microsoft's main phone push. What's interesting is the reason Microsoft bought Danger. More » -
#exclusive
The Pink Phone Pictures Microsoft Doesn't Want You To See Yet
Project Pink is Microsoft's secret new phone, their first major phone play since the iPhone. Here are the first pictures of Pink phones, Turtle and Pure. More » -
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#rumor
Microsoft Surface Tablet Along With Turtle and Pure Pink Phones Cooking in Redmond?
Oh hello Microsoft Tablet, Turtle, Pure phones! Rumors about Microsoft's Pink phones are back, along with talk of a shrunken Surface...tablet. Numerous sources are reporting that Microsoft is working independently on the tablet and the phone. More » -
#leak
Leak: Inside the Microsoft Store With Wall-Sized Screens and the Answers Bar
We've been wondering what the Microsoft's retail shops are going to be like. Well, according to a Powerpoint presentation leaked to us, it's going to make the Apple Store look downright boring. UPDATE: Microsoft comments. More » -
#iphone
White iPhone 3GS Overheats to the Point of Discoloration?
We don't know how many people have hit this problem (the Apple support forums talk about only overheating here and here, as a sample), but at least one user claims that his white iPhone 3GS has become PINK with heat. More » -
#gundam
Preeeeetty Pink Gundam Confuses My Masculinity
I love Gundam. Seriously, I really love love love it. But this pink hellokittyzed Gundam makes me have doubts about my sexuality. More » -
#rumor
Microsoft xYz Combines Zune and Xbox?
Team Xbox claims to have sources inside Microsoft who are working on a new device that "sits somewhere in-between the Xbox and Zune platforms." More » -
#pinkrumors
Rumored Hardware Specs for Microsoft Zune Phone
The rumors around Microsoft's Pink—their fabled iPhone competitor—are gaining momentum even after Steve Ballmer repeatedly denied them. Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet has published the hardware guts of this beast. More » -
#smartphones
Microsoft and Verizon in Talks To Develop iPhone Rival
We know Verizon is talking to Apple about taking on the iPhone, and now the WSJ claims they are playing both sides by talking with Microsoft about developing an iPhone rival. More » -
#zunephone
Microsoft's Prepping Advertising for Zune-On-Phone Software
Adweek is claiming that Microsoft's "pink", which was code for the Zune Phone/Zune on Cellphone project, is in the looking-for-advertiser stage. This probably means it's getting pretty close (months, not years) to shipping. More » -
#tinge
Lightning Review: Tinge Razor Massager, Shaver Combo Gadget
A couple months ago, a company asked if I was interested in reviewing their razor/personal massager combo. I said sure, never expecting them to send one all the way over to China. Well, they did. More » -
#pink
Stephen King Confuses Everyone with Pink Kindle 2 that Doesn't Exist
Here is the new Kindle 2 in pink, though it's only available in white. Apparently some marketing genius thought that putting a horridly painted, nonexistent Kindle on Stephen King's novella UR was really something clever. -
#phones
The Pink Furry Phone May Cause Conjunctivitis
Spotted on the floor of CES, if only Anna Nicole Smith were alive to have witnessed this moment, her legacy carried on by Chinese OEM. [Engadget]
