Microsoft use to do this dirty trick all the time and it looks like their at it again. They try to undermine someone else's product announcement with some vaporware. First time I remember this was with some company that came up with the first ever pen based computer in the 90s. On the same day, Microsoft made a press release to show their own pen features which did eventually ended up becoming the Tablet PC but it was totally vaporware at the time. Needless to say, they killed that Pen OS before it ever got out.

The thing is that Microsoft Research is working on so many ideas but they have no sense how to make any product consumers would want. A perfect example is Surface. Apple announced the iPhone which was really the first consumer multi-touch device. Microsoft looked into their Research division and low-and-behold, some random researcher was working on a multi-touch table. So they tried to make some hype around that.

Recently they're really at it again. I think Courier is the same thing. Apple Tablet hype is really increasing and Microsoft needs a way to undermine it. So they do the same, thing...anyone in Research doing anything? Well there's this project (that Engadget digged up), Codex...let's rename that and make some cool video presentations and make it look really amazing.

It's exactly the same with these multi-touch mice. Rumors are pointing to an imminent Apple multi-touch mouse. Any coincidence that Microsoft is showing off their Research mice exactly at the same time as these rumors?

Just listened to your podcast. I think your outrage over Apple "censoring" apps does not compare to the outrage I as a parent of small children have with the kind of garbage that media puts in front of our kids. I'm all for freedoms and liberties like you are but that kind of freedom also extends to the right of parents to protect small children (who like sponges absorb everything in their environment) from inappropriate content that is way too easily accessible to them with today's technology. The only effective way for me to do this is with ratings. If a movie is Rated R, it's probably not a good idea to take my 6 year old. If I don't want my 8 year old saying certain swear words, maybe I can elect to turn off Apps with 17+ ratings. If I'm a parent that doesn't care, I can elect not to use parental controls. I applaud Apple for supporting this when so many others in media and technology couldn't care less. I always enjoy listening to your podcasts but I think you guys are really not come at it from a full perspective of parents trying to raise children. By the way, I'm also an App Developer and I've had my fair share of frustrations with the approval process.

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The is probably the best give-away you've had!

I don't think I could design anything uglier if I tried.

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Looks like the screen is cracked!

To be or not to be

Love the 8bit music tracks. Glad their back!!!

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