Kid wins suit vs. Amazon, Microsoft Store, an exoplanet rains rocks, a (non) Star Trek Communicator and more GeekSpeak news – plus lots of fun calls!
Go ahead and watch this, and shudder with me. Anyone else want to attend a launch party with me and have as many forced conversation as possible?
“Amazon will not remotely delete or modify such Works from Devices purchased and being used in the United States unless (a) the user consents to such deletion or modification; (b) the user requests a refund for the Work or otherwise fails to pay for the Work (e.g., if a credit or debit card issuer declines to remit payment); © a judicial or regulatory order requires such deletion or modification; or (d) deletion or modification is reasonably necessary to protect the consumer or the operation of a Device or network through which the Device communicates (e.g., to remove harmful code embedded within a copy of a Work downloaded to a Device).”
Microsoft is reportedly trying to hire away Apple’s retail employees by bribing them with
You are preparing to leave for work, and shout down the hall to your significant other.
The crew of the classic science-fiction show’s Starship Enterprise wore small devices on their chests that they could tap to communicate instantly with their colleagues. Such communications technology is now closer to reality thanks to a Finnish company which this week demonstrated high-tech clothing that can send and receive messages via satellite.
“The software giant states that any machine carrying the sticker will have to ‘work with all versions of Windows 7’. That includes the 64-bit versions of the operating system […]”
Say this about the folks at Microsoft: they sure know when other people
Lots of stuff.
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