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Off Topic / Bing **GOOGLE KILLER**

« on: June 13, 2009, 09:12:59 PM »

Is anyone using this search engine yet? Its results blow Google's out of the water, and the live video previews are especially nice for research

I don't know about you guys but I've already switched. Never looking back.

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Off Topic / Microsoft will soon unveil FREE anti-virus software **NORTON/MCAFEE KILLER**

« on: June 13, 2009, 08:38:51 PM »

http://www.reuters.com/article/CMPTRS/idUSN1044924620090610
 

* Microsoft prepares to unveil free anti-virus service
* Will soon put beta version on website
* Company employees testing it internally
* Shares rise 2.1 percent (Adds Symantec comment, updates shares)
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON, June 10 (Reuters) Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) and McAfee Inc (MFE.N).
A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world's biggest software maker is testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Microsoft would "soon" make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website, he added, but declined to provide a specific date.
Symantec shares fell 0.5 percent on Nasdaq and McAfee fell 1.3 percent on the New York Stock Exchange, while Microsoft was up 2.1 percent. The Nasdaq composite index .IXIC was down 0.47 percent.
Investors are closely monitoring the free service, code-named Morro after Brazil's Morro de Sao Paolo beach, amid concern it could hurt sales of products from Symantec and McAfee, which generate billions of dollars of revenue a year protecting Windows PCs from attacks by hackers.
"It's a long-term competitive threat," said Daniel Ives, an brown townyst with FBR Capital Markets, though he added that the near-term impact was minimal.
Microsoft has said that Morro will offer basic features for fighting a wide range of viruses, which would likely make it comparable to low-end consumer products from Symantec and McAfee that cost about $40 per year.
Their top-selling products are security suites that come with features including encryption, firewalls, password protection, parental controls and data backup.
Three years ago, Microsoft entered that market with Live OneCare, which turned out to be a commercial flop. It announced plans in November to kill that product suite, saying it would launch the free Morro service by the end of 2009.
brown townysts said they are looking forward to Morro's beta to see exactly how its features compare to those in products from competitors.
Microsoft has said it will provide protection from several types of malicious software including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.
Officials with Symantec and McAfee have said they do not see Morro as a threat. Continued...

I don't know about you guys but that sounds like a pretty good deal. Thoughts?

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Drama / haters

« on: June 13, 2009, 07:06:26 PM »

Why the hostility over something so simple? This kind of attitude is exactly what's wrong with these forums. To get angry over different colors (and I'm not trying to be cool, I just like being different) seems really dumb to me. Anyone agree?

-cambiogris

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Suggestions & Requests / Keyboard Controls for Vehicles

« on: December 21, 2007, 11:49:49 AM »

Controlling jeeps with the mouse can be really difficult at times, and controlling planes often seems to be near-impossible. Holding down C, as I found when I searched for this subject, doesn't really seem to help.

I recently played with a bunch of friends, and their most frequent complaint was the vehicle controls.

Are there any plans to implement keyboard controls for vehicles? I noticed that there's going to be a tank in v9, will the keyboard control the base? It seems logical to me that for both minifigs and vehicles, WASD should move/steer, and the mouse should look.

It would be nice as an option, at least.