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Title: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Kees on January 11, 2003, 08:58:51 PM: It seems that Microsoft won´t settle with being market leader in the computing business, and is now aiming at the watches market.

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced yesterday at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). These first "smart watches," to be created by international watchmakers Citizen, Fossil and Suunto, are built on Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), a new technology platform designed to improve the functionality and usefulness of everyday objects.

Read more at Mircosoft´s site ... (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2003/jan03/01-09SPOTWatches.asp)
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Paul_Gadd on January 11, 2003, 10:17:50 PM: Great stuff, at least M$ delivers the goods.
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Kees on January 11, 2003, 10:25:29 PM: errr ... Paul Gadd is the real name of Gary Glitter aint it ? ... I read in the Paper that Gary Glitter was been arrested ....
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Paul_Gadd on January 11, 2003, 10:30:47 PM: Quote
Paul Gadd is the real name of Gary Glitter aint it ?

Yes

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I read in the Paper that Gary Glitter was been arrested

Yes he did, before christmas, is there some sort of connection with M$`s smart watches and Glitters crimes?
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Kees on January 11, 2003, 10:31:54 PM: Yeah ... you .. :-D :-D
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Paul_Gadd on January 11, 2003, 10:33:52 PM: Rock ON.

http://www.glitterworld.com/
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: KennyR on January 11, 2003, 11:30:54 PM: Quote
a new technology platform designed to improve the functionality and usefulness of everyday objects.

Try my ass, Microsoft.
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Argo on January 12, 2003, 12:20:34 AM: It looks like Wal-mart has similar plans for world domination (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030113-404212,00.html).
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: amigamad on January 12, 2003, 10:31:08 AM: If i want a watch with lots of features ill either wait for casio to release something or ill wait to see if ibm and citizens linux powerd watch comes out for the public but microsoft you can shove it who wants a blue screen of death on a watch this thing would crash just telling the time .
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: odin on January 12, 2003, 06:32:24 PM: *shudder* :nervous:

I hope Suunto won't use any M$ stuff in their diving computers....wouldn't want to trust my life to that :-).
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: mikeymike on January 12, 2003, 06:39:09 PM: I'm surprised someone hasn't commented with the old chestnut "are they sure they can fit a BSOD message on a screen that small?". So I will.

:-)
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Nick on January 13, 2003, 12:06:02 AM: I was reading something about this in the paper the other day. I was thinking "Cool" until I saw the "M" word. After that I was so disappointed. I would like a new watch, but it would have to have something cool to make me buy it. This type of thing would be cool. Stupid Microsoft will be selling SPOT toilet paper soon, a long with their line of SPOT water. Both would still support USB :-D

@Paul Gadd

That site would have to be one very unpopular site :-D
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Paul_Gadd on January 13, 2003, 02:44:09 AM: Quote
That site would have to be one very unpopular site

Far from it, the real Glitter fans are still around worshiping the godfather of glam, i have even signed up for a free glam rocking Gary Glitter email address,

The Glitter phenomenon is back.

(http://www.garyglitter.8m.com/bowieggh.jpg)

http://www.garyglitter.8m.com
Title: Re: Ins´t The World Enough ?
Post by: System on January 13, 2003, 08:56:27 AM: M$ delivers? LOL

The whole Sendo affair was mainly because M$ wasn't able to deliver a bugfree OS for a cellphone (18 months + delay).. And still buggy!
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: System on January 13, 2003, 09:13:01 AM: I initially read the last sentence as
"a new technology platform designed to improve the functionality and uselessness of everyday objects."

Then I re-read it and decided the first way was better.
Title: Re: Isn´t The World Enough ?
Post by: Lo on January 13, 2003, 03:20:29 PM: 1st Hawaiian: "Eh, Brah, what time stay?"
2nd Hawaiian: "Ah dunno.. my watch had change to one blue color?"