Windows Live Messenger 2009 has changed lots since version 2008. Here are some of the biggest new changes. The interface has changed allot, it now has a new fresher look than before:
It now looks much cleaner than pervious versions. The new look takes a while to get used to but soon you will get used to it.
Rogers Canada and Apple both say the iPhone will be released in canada before theend of 2008. Rogers couldn’t make any more comments due to agreements with Apple. This is great news for Canadians. Rogers says stay tuned for more information
After, weeks of research and thinking I have finally came out with my technology forecast. Personally I think the most difficult thing to predict is games. Gamers are changing their minds all of the time about what are “killer games”
Things are looking good for Sony for the next twelve months, but not so good for Nintendo and Microsoft. Due to expected price cuts for the Playstation 3 I’m expecting a huge increase in Playstation 3 sales. I also expect lots more games to come out for the console. You can expect Wii sales to decrease due to less games going to come out for the Wii and because people are finding better consoles for the Wii. The Xbox 360 will have sales starting to drop because of the amount of problems with the console and very little desirability right now. PSP sales will continue to increase, due to price cuts and lots of games said to be coming out. Nintendo Ds sales will just simply drop by June because of NO good games planed for the console. Playstation 2 sales will drop because of not many good games coming out for the console. Sadly 2008 may be he last year of life for the Playstation 2. All good things must sadly come to an end.
Mac os x Leopard sales will increase just because Leopard is a great operating system. Vista sales will slowly increase because just about all the bugs have been fixed. The reason Vista sales will be slowly increasing because some people will be waiting for Windows 7 that may come out in late 2008 or early 2009. I also expect more viruses to be made for Leopard because so much people are using it.
I expect iPhone sales to increase because of huge demand and because it will come out in Canada before the end of 2008.
That’s all I have to predict about 2008 and like all years it will be a exciting year for all computer users.
While watching Global National today I discovered that Facebook was hacked. Apparently a guy (whose name was not mentioned) hacked Paris Hiltons Facebook account due to a small bug in the servers. The person was able to view Hilton’s private Facebook photos. Facebook promptly fixed the problem though the person claims that he can still view Hilton’s photos. Facebook warned that if you have sensitive information just keep it off the internet. Even if it in a private folder. Hilton has not said anything about this most likely because, the guy said that he would not give the photos to anyone. But than again you should not trust strangers and someone can hack his computer if they wanted to. We just have to wait.
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Today I finally decided to give Windows Live Mail a try. Windows Live Mail is basically a copy of Microsoft Outlook. Like all Windows Live programs this one has the Vista look and feel for Windows Xp users. There’s a very minor problem with Windows Live Mail scrolling bar, it tends to switch from the Vista scrolling bar to the Xp scrolling bar.
If you are used to using Windows Live Hotmail you will view images with no problem. This is not the case it Windows Live Mail. Flash images can’t be viewed unless you change one of the settings, the average user would just delete Windows Live Mail because of this. One of the greatest features of Windows Live Mail is that you can view two e-mail accounts at the same time. This comes really handy if you have a work and personal e-mail. This great feature is not limited to passport users, you can also view Gmail and Yahoo! accounts. Windows Live Mail also manages your feeds. That is another useful feature that people wanted in Windows Live Hotmail. In Windows Live Mail you can also launch Windows Live Messenger and view newsgroups but those features are not to important. To download Windows Live Mail and to try it for your self click here. I would reccomend Windows Live Mail. It does take some getting used to though.
So Jerry Yang’s latest lower-case missive to his besieged staff explains
that the board rejected Microsoft’s offer because it undervalued the firm. It didn’t take into account the global audience, recent investment in Panama and in advertising acquisitions and the improved cash flow predicted for 2008.
He went on to talk about mobile and other growth markets in China and Japan – in fact there wasn’t much he didn’t mention.
“You deserve the credit for the tremendously valuable business we have built,” said Yang.
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All of us in management, as well as the members of the board, deeply appreciate and respect what you have done and continue to do in order to maintain and enhance Yahoo’s leadership position in the online world.”
Translation: please don’t leave. As if things weren’t uncertain enough, today is supposedly the day when Yahoo starts laying off those 1,000 staff. There’s no confirmation on which departments will be worst hit, reports paidContent, but they will be the lowest priority parts of the firm’s business.
• Microsoft’s response was to call Yahoo’s decision unfortunate, but they sounded resolved to battle on: “The Yahoo response does not change our belief in the strategic and financial merits of our proposal.
“As we have said previously, Microsoft reserves the right to pursue all necessary steps to ensure that Yahoo!’s shareholders are provided with the opportunity to realize the value inherent in our proposal.”
Translation: we’re looking at a proxy battle for shareholders.
• Analysts all share the opinion that the deal will go through, with the most likely scenario that the two sides sit down and hammer out a new price – likely to be around $35 per share. A ‘white knight’ is unlikely – no-one has come forward yet and few firms have the resources, particularly in the current financial climate, to stump of $44bn for the firm. Source: paidContent
• Assuming the bid for Yahoo goes through eventually, Microsoft is planning to create both a combined giant search portal and a combined advertising platform across the two companies, says Kara Swisher. Source: AllThingsD
• One source who says that Yahoo will sell at $36 per share – above the $31 Microsoft offer but below the $40 goal that had been reported. Negotiation tactics, anyone? Source: Valleywag
• Investors are starting to stack up against Yang, reports the New York Post, saying that Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has hired the specialist proxy solicitation firm InnisFree. Source: New York Post
• More spies have reported that Yang has hundreds of employees working on secret revamp plans which include overhauling the homepage, consolidating the various social networks (which could include Flickr, Delicious and Upcoming.org), introducing a Facebook-style develop platform for the whole Yahoo network and reviewing Yahoo’s network infrastructure. Yang had planned to launch those this month, so Microsoft’s bid was bad timing for him.
Microsoft finally decided that they wont take the ad’s from apple any longer and lanched a new tv ad for vista and windows live. They are going to air very soon. They also are creating a pc v mac tv ads that makes pc’s rock.
The iPhone sucks so bad. There are many reasons why I hate the iPhone.
1-The first reason is if it drops the screen brakes.
2-The second reason is it crashes too easy.
3-The ringtones suck.
4- The phone only works on at&t.
5- The browser sucks and the links are hard to click.
6-The touch screen stops working after a year or two
The iPhone sucks so bad. There are many reasons why I hate the iPhone.
1-The first reason is if it drops the screen brakes.
2-The second reason is it crashes too easy.
3-The ringtones suck.
4- The phone only works on at&t.
5- The browser sucks and the links are hard to click.
6-The touch screen stops working after a year or two
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