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Archive for June, 2009

Tuesday
Jun 30,2009

Si inca una misto de la PRINGLES, tot via bannerblog: SUPER BANNER

Tuesday
Jun 30,2009

Apple se lauda ca a vandut 1 milion de iPhone 3GS in primele 3 zile de la lansare!!! :) Sounds good, right? Performanta este cu atat mai deosebita cu cat lansarea de anul asta a avut loc doar in 8 tari, in timp ce anul trecut iPhone 3G s-a lansat concomitent in 21 de tari.

Punand la socoteala si zvonurile conform carora Steve Jobs a dat o tura pe la munca dupa transplantul de pancreas la care a fost supus, cred ca Apple o duce bine, nu? :D
Si apropo, am dat si peste reviewul facut de TechCrunch noului iPhone. Va recomand sa treceti peste el pentru o opinie avizata pentru cel mai bine pozitionat telefon mobil al momentului. ARTICOLUL COMPLET AICI

Tuesday
Jun 30,2009

Dupa ce acum 2 luni se anunta ca fondatorii Pirate Bay vor face parnaie un an pentru piraterie… dupa ce s-a vehiculat suma de 3.6 milioane usd ca despagubiri pentru producatorii de software… dupa ce au fondatorii PB aparut pe site si au zis ca nu vor sta la puscarie si ca totul este doar o diversiune media…

Se pare ca acum s-au si imbogatit! :)

Global Gaming Factory X AB, which operates Internet cafes and provides software, said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns ($7.7 million).

Se pare ca baietii vor sa bage banii in proiecte online, altele decat download-sites, iar cumparatorul vrea sa schimbe orientarea Pirate Bay catre activitati 100% legale. Un comentariu pertinent zice:

“It looks like they are going to Napsterize it,”

Apropo, a mai auzit cineva ceva de Napster? :)

SURSA: reuters.com

Eroare email in Windows Mobile 6.1

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Saturday
Jun 27,2009

Se pare ca exista un bug in WM6.1 care face ca dintr-o data sa nu mai poti trimite emailuri de pe telefon (din Outlook Mobile), chiar daca setarile sunt corecte.

Simptomele sunt urmatoarele:
- poti trimite email de pe alte dispozitive (alte telefoane, de pe PC, etc)
- poti primi mesaje pe telefon
- primesti eroare la trimitere “The message(s) could not be sent. Check that you have network coverage and that your account information is correct. Then try sending again

Rezolvarea este urmatoarea:
- instalarea unui patch oficial de la Microsoft care rezolva problema (il puteti descarca de AICI)
- reboot la telefon pentru a aplica patchul.

Restul de detalii si alternative le gasiti pe site-ul Microsoft.

Saturday
Jun 27,2009

Un articol din The Guardian prezinta declaratiile lui Steve Ballmer, CEO-ul Microsoft, declaratii facute in cadrul Cannes Lions. Ce mi s-a parut mega interesant:

- nu suntem in recesiune, ci piata s-a resetat, nu vom mai ajunge la nivelele dinainte

“I don’t think we are in a recession, I think we have reset,” he said. “A recession implies recovery [to pre-recession levels] and for planning purposes I don’t think we will. We have reset and won’t rebound and re-grow.”

- in 10 ani media traditionala (contentul traditional) va fi online, totusi publisherii nu au reusit inca sa monetizeze serios

“All content consumed will be digital, we can [only] debate if that may be in one, two, five or 10 years,”
“There won’t be [only traditional] newspapers, magazines and TV programmes. There won’t be [only] personal, social communications offline and separate. In 10 years it will all be online. Static content won’t cut it in the future,”

- cuvintele cheie in evolutia media sunt “context” si “relevanta”

There are problems with digital advertising. Start with content and the website environment and [ask] is it suitable for advertising. [That] question is somewhat in the balance as we move forward.
The old approach of simply trying to replicate a print newspaper online is doomed to fail

Cine este Steve Ballmer?

Steven Anthony Ballmer (born Detroit, Michigan March 24, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000.[2] Ballmer is the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder. In Forbes 2008 World’s Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 43rd richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $11 billion. – Sursa: WIKIPEDIA