According to Microsoft they do, or at least one of their top officials. CNET sat down with Brad Brooks, who happens to be the Vice President of Windows Consumer Product Marketing. First off, take a look at this guy...
In my opinion, he looks like a toolbag. Although looks can be deceiving, after reading his interview, I feel my initial judgment was correct. I pulled a few good questions and answers from the interview, but it's definitely worth reading in its entirety if you're at all a nerd and need a good laugh.
"Q: Where are things at right now with Vista in the market?
Brooks: No. 1 is that we're seeing consumer perceptions in general swinging in a much more positive direction. We're seeing people have an even better experience after SP1, and we also are starting to see people realize the value that has always been inherent in Windows, that is really starting to play out with the economic conditions that are starting to swirl around us today."
Explain to me exactly what you mean about economic condit... Read more
"In an elaborate robbery scheme that's one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.
It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. "A great amount of money" was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.
It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.
But here's the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance ... Read more
"102 people were arrested after fans took to the streets in an impromptu protest march after a Rage Against the Machine concert in Minneapolis Wednesday night.
Before letting out the concert, fans were asked to stay peaceful and to remain above the tactics of the police but were told that they didn't have to be passive.
Thousands poured out of the Target Center and were met by dozens of police on their bikes and in riot gear but the crowd thinned to a few hundred after a relatively short time. The remainder gathered on First Avenue, stopped traffic and began to chant, "Who's streets? Our streets!"
I usually hate lists, but I really liked the topic. Haven't we all known someone who has that Bob Marley poster where he's smoking a huge ass blunt? Here's two of my favorites from the list:
The campaign, which plastered the London subway with posters advertising the charms of South Carolina and five major U.S. cities to gay European tourists, landed with a resounding thud in South Carolina, where the issue of gay rights has long been a political flashpoint.
The advertisements were timed for London’s Gay Pride Week, which ended Saturday. The posters touted the attractions of the state to gay tourists, including its “gay beaches” and its Civil War-era plantations."
