Apple doing TV Transformation

     Well, i have been predicting the change, or mutation, of the TV into what would be a TV Computer combo. Steve Jobs, according to LA Times article by David Sarno on the 25th. The article goes on to explain why Apple would get involved in such a competitive market... to improve it. If you seem confused about the improvement that could be done.

UPDATE: as of the second week of Nov. 2011, it seems XBox has beat apple to the first punch with their introduction of their controlling with your voice. They call it Kinect and it has voice recognition. As far as the software itself, I'm not sure if Microsoft developed it or some other party. The reason I said "first punch" above is because Apple has a way about perfecting things.

Microsoft Office neighbors Google Docs

     No longer will Google's Docs be 'alone' on the web. Although, there are a few generic less mainstream alternatives like Thinkfree and ZoHo. Microsoft Office 2010 will be joining it. The surprise here is that it will also be free. Yes, that comes to quite a surprise to me. After all, Microsoft will be losing valuable revenue loss from the project. Although, Google is working on a operating system that could potentially rival Microsoft. Microsoft is adding online support for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Word will apparently be able to edit photos and Powerpoint will include the additional feature of video editing, surprised? ...so am I. Thats as much as I know at this point.

Bingggggo?

     Whats your search engine? ...or decision engine or something along those lines. Microsoft has come out with a brand new one and they have called it Bing. Catchy, easy to remember, and hard to misspell are probably a few main reasons they decided on calling itself Bing. I have no arguments against it, either. So today, and yesterday I decided (without the help of Bing) to explore this new web engine and see how it's runs. To my surprise, I liked it. A lot, even considering I'm not sure how exactly things work to the T. Especially a feature they have similar to Google's shopping, except this is different. This has cashback which pays you back money used for a purchase from an eligible retailer. Cash pay outs are limited to a five dollar minimum payout and a 2,500 payout maximum payout a year. The most important paragraph that was listed in the Terms and Conditions was the following:

     You will not earn cashback savings on purchases where (a) you close your browser or open the store's web site in a different web browser or tab; (b) you click away from the store after clicking on an eligible advertisement; (c) your browser is not configured to accept cookies; (d) the purchase is not completed in the same web browsing session in which you click on the eligible advertisement or listing; (e) the order is later cancelled or the goods or services are later returned; (f) the store does not report the purchase to us; (g) the goods or services are acquired for resale or other business purposes; (h) you use a separate discount or coupon with your order; (i) you exceed the annual monetary cap on cashback savings; (j): you purchase gift cards or gift certificates; or (k) you make a purchase from yourself or from entities that you control or otherwise in collusion with other people.

     Hopefully you took special note of the use of tabbed browsing and eligible advertisers.