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From this article in the NYT about new tech Microsoft is exploring to make life ‘more like the Jetsons’. As always, they miss the more important, finer nuances while aiming for that big picture stuff. “The technology behind Laura could cross over into a variety of fields. Mr. Horvitz predicted an elevator that senses when [...]

Expect the Google/Yahoo merger any day now… NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Internet portal Yahoo Inc. In a statement, Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) CEO Steve Ballmer said “After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) do not make sense for us.” via CNN

Our goal in making such a generous offer was to create the basis for a speedy and ultimately friendly transaction. … It is unfortunate that by choosing not to enter into substantive negotiations with us, you have failed to give due consideration to a transaction that has tremendous benefits for Yahoo!’… I think that if Yahoos shareholders gave a shit about Microsoft, they would have expressed that to Yahoo management by now.

Bear with the few seconds of commercials at the beginning, and check out how powerful this tech is…amazing.

Office 2007 is MS’ latest and greatest version of their cash-cow Office suite. They herald it as the best and most user friendly office yet. But still, even 30 years into personal computing, we see stupid crap like this: In order for someone to do so, they have to navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application [...]