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Archive for July, 2007
Peter Moore resigns as head of Xbox
Jul 19th
It’s hard to call the Xbox 360 anything but a success, but having missed some sales numbers, ringing up an extra unexpected $1b on the corporate card because of warranty issues, and still generally failing to make a profit, it looks like Peter Moore, who we just sat down with a few days ago, has stepped down from his embattled position as the ringleader of Microsoft’s Xbox group. Successor to his role is Don Mattrick, who is taking over not just Peter’s position as VP of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, but leading the group (including Games for Windows) entirely. Moore’s new job? Prez of EA Sports, down in the SF bay area. Take THAT, Microsoft.
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(No Ratings Yet)World’s Fastest Broadband Connection — 40 Gbps
Jul 19th
“A 75-year-old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been given a scorching 40 Gbps internet connection — the fastest residential connection anywhere in the world. Sigbritt Löthberg is the mother of Swedish internet guru Peter Löthberg, who is using his mother to prove that fiber networks can deliver a cost-effective, ultra-fast connection. Sigbritt, who has never owned a computer before, can now watch 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously or download a whole high definition DVD in two seconds. Apparently ‘the hardest part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt’s PC.”
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(No Ratings Yet)Friends of Men vs. Friends of Women
Jul 19th
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Girls are always incomplete without boys !!!
Jul 18th
- WOMAN has MAN in it
. - SHE has HE in it.
- Mrs Has Mr. in it.
- LADY has LAD in it.
- MISTRESS has MISTER in it!
- MADAM has ADAM in it.
- HOSTESS has HOST in it.
- FEMALE has MALE in it.
- So on the list is unending.
And so girls are always incomplete without boys !!!
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(No Ratings Yet)Story Corner: An American Businessman
Jul 18th
An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while, senor.”
The American then asked, “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, stroll into the village each evening where I play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life, senor.”
The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution.
You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”
“But what then, senor?”
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”
“Millions, senor? Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could play your guitar with your amigos.”
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