[Fool the feds once shame on you, fool them twice...]
'White Spaces' test device breaks again
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| A Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) device that federal regulators are testing to
| see if it will safely transmit high-speed Internet service over unused
| television airwaves 'unexpectedly shut down' on Wednesday.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24107445.htm
Maybe it's just as bad as that buggy, badly-designed Zune, or those exploding
XBox360s.
They still try to expand onto new areas. Software becomes a commodity. It's all
about services. When someone buys a Mac or a Windows/Linux PC, most
money/effort will be spent maintaining. Acquisition costs of software don't
translate into revenues as large as those from services.
Related:
Microsoft's game division suffers $1.89B shortfall
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| Among the grim financial figures were a few nuggets of interesting news.
| Apparently the EDD is beefing up its staff, since the company's report says
| that "headcount-related costs increased 15 percent [for the year], driven by
| a 9 percent increase in headcount and an increase in salaries and benefits
| for existing headcount, partially offset by a decrease in stock-based
| compensation expense."
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6175367.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews
Design flaws, defects, and faults
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| I don't know if these numbers are anything like the actual situation with the
| Xbox 360. The reality could be better or worse. I can't infer enough from
| Microsoft's behavior; the return rates are obviously high enough to trigger
| this public admission of a problem, yet they apparently aren't high enough to
| justify a recall.
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| But I am quite sure that Microsoft has not said anything to justify these
| claims that all Xbox 360s are "faulty" or "defective," and I think it's
| important to understand the difference between these terms and Microsoft's
| use of "design issue" or CRN Australia's use of "design flaw." The truth is
| important, and words are all we have to explain the truth to each other.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9744783-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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