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thanks for mentioning that. I just use imap and would never have 
known anything about it

Is it?  I logged into Gmail and it asked me if I wanted to use Buzz 
or not .. I declined

so did i when I went in justnow . But sure enough it is still there 
at the bottom of the page "turn buzz off"

they seem to take that declining to mean  ... not at the moment

to providing them with more data  and not  F*ck off and die as it 
may have been meant

is google new evil empire?

been hedging for a couple of years

I see it as benevolent dictator :)

Declining prevents Buzz updates from showing up in the Gmail inbox, 
it doesn't turn Buzz off

it's much worse than that... http://fugitivus.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/fuck-you-google/

Is there an alternate, for those with no Wordpress account? (it's 
asking me to log in)

here is a copy http://zichi.blogspot.com/2010/02/fck-you-google.html
and here is google taking actions http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporateering/articles/?storyId=32731

google has become a malevolant  liberator.... like the US in Irak. 
 we will free you from others... then remove your free will.


Buzz should NEVER have been forced upon me.  I am VERY pissed off. 
 I don't give a SHIT about buzz... I never will.  its a stupid idea 
in the first place.  

mail is a private thing.  Something to which I SPECIFICALLY DO NOT 
WANT to add a social experience to.


I mean, can you imagine people learning that you have subscribed 
to a porn site or some private agency (medical, govt, etc), because 
a very obvious mail address is listed as someone you correspond with 
often (cause you receive automated mails)?


then when any robot visits the url, it gets cached and you can't 
EVER remove that information from the net.  its freakin insulting 
to intelligence.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/13/google-buzz-privacy-update/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=FaceBook

Free Kindles http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/amazon-wants-to-give-a-free-kindle-to-all-amazon-prime-subscribers/

My favorite quote about the whole Google Buzz issue:  

This whole buzz thing is the first time I’ve seen google look desparate. 
It’s like watching Jennifer Aniston get old.

Gregg: strange, it did not ask me to log in, and I do not have a 
wordpress account. Maybe this was changed after I posted the link?

It must have...  I remember reading your link, and now it also wants 
me to log in (Cookies blocked both times)

Windows Mobile 7 unveiled. First reactions are rather critical, many 
ppl claiming to leave the platform. Most ppl don't like UI, which 
dismisses the reason why they liked WM in first place:

http://www.windowsphone7series.com/

It doesn't look particularly organized (surprise). I wonder if they 
made the simple test: Walk up and down a staircase while using the 
phone.

UI is nice from the typography point of view. Othere than that - 
still no answer if there is multitasking, or not :-)

Something to keep an eye on:  http://gizmodo.com/5471902/two-dozen-telecoms-unite-to-form-apple-app-store-rival

http://www.osnews.com/story/22875/Nokia_Intel_Merge_Moblin_Maemo_Into_MeeGo

got mosquito problems - microsoft has an app for that: http://intellectualventureslab.com/

Facebook opened its chat system to 3rd clients. Now it is clear it 
is based on Jabber's XMPP protocol. Now who does Jabber protocol 
for REBOL? :-)

I thought Paul did one years ago

View Jabber client http://www.rebolfrance.info/org/telechargement.html

I didn't do Jabber, I built an MSN messenger clone in REBOL years 
ago.

That was way back when we all communicated/collaborated on the REBOL/IOS 
Developer server.

win7 phone UI... OMG... so many Interface design flaws wrapped into 
one package... I do think MS will replicate its excellent vista track-record 
with this.

When you make things smaller, you compact all the bad design into 
one high yeild place :)

MS IE9 - interesting plans - http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/03/16/html5-hardware-accelerated-first-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx

Wow, nice to see just how much IE8 SUCKS!

Taken from OS News (credit: Kroc Camen):


Google's Native Client (NaCl) is a browser technology to deliver 
native x86 binaries to users on Windows, Mac and Linux. Whilst this 
bridges the gap between modern JavaScript speeds and native binaries, 
portability is limited and that's especially important on the web 
where there's greater device diversity than on the desktop. Google 
are announcing that NaCl now also supports x86-64 and ARM. In addition 
to this Google are also announcing the ANGLE project, an open source 
compatibility layer to map WebGL (OpenGL ES for the web) to DirectX 
calls for Windows systems without an OpenGL library.


http://www.osnews.com/story/23021/Native_Client_Portability_Almost_Native_Graphics_Layer_Engine

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/windows-phone-7-series-the-complete-guide/
 Windows 7 Phone actually looks very nice (I am not a MS fan, but 
some things of them still suck much less as people give them credit)

and innovative, with this Android is starting to look like a poorer 
try because of less design centric development

http://blog.cubeofm.com/why-im-investing-in-windows-phone-and-skippin
interesting blogpost about it

I wonder if this is a trend... I just saw a demo of Ribbon Hero for 
MS Office. Instead of having Clippy, you have a scoreboard and a 
list of "challenges" shaped like little games to help you use various 
features in Word, Excel and Powerpoint. You can share your scores 
on facebook just like any other game. It's very game oriented, but 
I wonder if this will help or hinder Office users in the future.

http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero

Haha, it seems MS over-engineered WM7 .... that happens, when marketing 
guy dictates system features :-) Info from MIX 2010 conference ....


- no real multitasking, apart from few exceptions you are left with 
a push-notification system

- only way of how to get your app to the device is marketplace. Devs 
will have exception, probably for testing purposes

- you will not be able to set 3rd party browser or mailer as a default 
one
- devices will most probably not  support storage cards
- system will not support 3rd party UIs

- system files will not be user accessible. Each app will be able 
to handle only its own directory
- no copy&paste

I thought the mail and browser _could_ be overriden - at least in 
the Engadget article is says this:
We can tell you that there won't be any silly 

duplication of functionality" rejections: Microsoft says it won't 
reject a Google Maps or Google Voice app, or replacement email clients 
-- or even browsers, if some dev manages to code one up in Sliverlight 
or XNA."

but I agree that they're making it lame - seems they think this is 
the winning formula as defined by Apple

$100 tablet prototype http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/marvell-teases-with-100-tablet-for-students/

Interesting touch keyboard assist http://www.thickbuttons.com/

it predicts the next letter you want to type and not the whole word

4x the sensitive performance of CCD and CMOS chips? http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10032201quantumfilm.asp

again, MS is following Apple and not realizing that Apple isn't MS. 
 ;-)

Python gets JIT for X86 32  bit - http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-March/098360.html

...again. There's a few Python implementations with JIT. This is 
just announcing that PyPy's JIT has become practical :)

Cool nosql blog article:  http://stu.mp/2010/03/nosql-vs-rdbms-let-the-flames-begin.html