Sunday, December 8, 2013

Why is Microsoft scared of Chromebooks? | The Verge

Why is Microsoft scared of Chromebooks? | The Verge:

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"It’s pretty much a brick," says Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison as he rejects a Samsung Chromebook brought in by an actor playing a customer. Microsoft really doesn’t want you buying this thing."

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Friday, December 6, 2013

Obama Gets Real - NYTimes.com

Obama Gets Real - NYTimes.com:

"Much of the media commentary on President Obama’s big inequality speech was cynical. You know the drill: it’s yet another “reboot” that will go nowhere; none of it will have any effect on policy, and so on. But before we talk about the speech’s possible political impact or lack thereof, shouldn’t we look at the substance? Was what the president said true? Was it new? If the answer to these questions is yes — and it is — then what he said deserves a serious hearing."

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