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The FinFisher spyware, produced by the UK-based Gamma Group, has been for years as elusive as it was notorious. Since protesters found FinFisher company records in an abandoned Egyptian state security building last year, security researchers and activists around the world have been eager to get their hands on a copy of the tools in the FinFisher suite, especially the component called FinSpy. FinSpy has been the subject of particular interest because of its ability to wiretap calls made over the Skype network, which is widely used among activists all over the world, often in the belief that it is more secure than other forms of communication. I'd never heard of "booby-trapped" code before. How does that work?
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We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. It's a hedging strategy. I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality. Also, Gabe owns a competing game distribution platform.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: Also, Gabe owns a competing game distribution platform.
exactly. w8 will come with xbox live and ms store...
All the best,
Dan
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Curt Schilling set out to build the greatest video-game company the world had ever seen, and to get rich — Bill Gates rich — doing it. Instead, the whole thing exploded in his face. Drawing on exclusive interviews with the Red Sox legend and his former employees, Jason Schwartz takes us inside the chaos, arrogance, and mistakes that led to the destruction of 38 Studios and the loss of $75 million in taxpayer money. Strike three. Game over.
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Well, here it is: our next developer conference will be this fall, and it's (again) called BUILD. It will be held on Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, from October 30th until November 2nd. Yes, that's right ... it's the week after Windows 8 becomes generally available worldwide. And in addition to Windows 8, we will have lots of other stuff to talk about, too: Windows Azure, Windows Phone 8, Windows Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, and much more. Be there or be tiled.
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Probably not, since Microsoft already told us how it will be distributed (just not when or how much): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2012/jun12/06-18announce.aspx[^]
Quote: Surface for Windows RT will release with the general availability of Windows 8, and the Windows 8 Pro model will be available about 90 days later. Both will be sold in the Microsoft Store locations in the U.S. and available through select online Microsoft Stores.
I don't know about you, but this doesn't look like an online Microsoft store to me.
Though even if this is true, there are other things that people in the US should remember, such as import/export tarrifs, differing cost of living adjustments, shipping costs, etc. So there probably isn't a straight currency conversion on the price.
Be The Noise
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More on the topic: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-surface-dont-believe-every-price-you-see-7000001657/[^]
Quote: TechieBuzz got the Swedish site, Webhallen, to admit that the 32 GB Surface price of about $1,000-plus listed on its site was just a made-up number. Here's what Webhallen told reporter Paul Paliath:
"Our customers are very interested in pre-ordering these products, so we have set a high preliminary pricing for the lineup so that they may be able to pre-order them.
"Just to clarify, we have not recieved any pricing from Microsoft regarding MRSP or purchasing net cost, and any people who have booked the Surface at this high price will of course have their order adjusted before any product is shipped. So we’re not going to overcharge anyone for being an early adopter."
Be The Noise
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The world's largest Internet retailer is ratcheting up its courtship of apps software developers as it pits its Kindle Fire -- and potentially other mobile gadgets -- against Apple Inc and Google Inc. Games and apps are key to that effort, so Amazon is plowing a lot of resources into wooing this increasingly important community. On their Wish List: more devs, more apps, more money.
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Nothing new here. Microsoft has been successful in a large part because is has been wooing developers. While Apple has been emphasising user interface and ignoring the programers, Microsoft captured the business market, and other developers. Thus businesses have depended on the Windows platform, and users have a ton of applications they can run on Windows.
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Apple made big bucks from manufacturing appliances with minimalist/flat looks with sharp edges - what a shame PC manufacturers misses out on this entirely
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Apple has been great at marketing. Use to be a big Mac user, but think Apple dropped the ball because of pricing. In part because of Access and because of pricing, I moved to Microsoft Computers. Since then have not had a single apple device because I thought the price was too high. I really like the designs, but, not at the price.
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Yep. Function first, then form.
I don't care how pretty it looks, if it doesn't do what I want, then it isn't going home with me.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Clifford Nelson wrote: Apple dropped the ball because of pricing
did they ?
Looking at their profits and stable income and their 5 years stock market profile (going up) I would say that they are a succesful company releasing good hardware and selling them with a profit.
So they are good capitalist.
Watched code never compiles.
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yes, i think aesthetic is very important (especially me here in Asia... offending objects/texture/color combination killing me) but I don't think I'd like to part with me money for an iphone (been using Samsung and most likely next phone I'd try one of those made-in-china no brand android phone which looks exactly the same)
I don't mind paying more for designer furniture however - because furniture last, iphone is a toy last no longer than a year or two and you get bored
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Yet, Amazon is notorious for making it hard for overseas developers/authors/ect to get paid.
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So, here’s a quick summary, for those of you that need a cheat sheet. If you’re using C#, arrays start at 0. Unless you’re using C# with an Office application, because then it starts at 1. Unless that Office application is Access, a Data Access Object (DAO), or an ActiveX Data Object (ADO), because then it’s back to 0. Simple, no? I can think of a whole array of reasons.
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Yes, getting hit with legacy issues. If I remember correctly, VB pre .NET was from 1, and so we suffer with this legacy.
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Good timing just before the Games! I'll see every gold medalist raising their index finger as a VB person and those who raise their fist as C,C++... ... anti-legacy!
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Clifford Nelson wrote: VB pre .NET was from 1
Which is strange because arrays in BASIC are zero-based.
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Clifford Nelson wrote: If I remember correctly, VB pre .NET was from 1,
Not really - you had a choice of specifying whether 0 or 1, but the default was 0.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: I can think of a whole array of reasons
Starting from 0 or 1? 
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0 isn't a real number anyway, how can you have zero of something? Oh I have zero cake (and I assure you, I don't).
Next you'll be telling me that I can keep counting backwards : 3,1,0, then ?,??,??.
What kind'o'crazy maths is this?
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Zero is my hero. 
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Look at it this way: when you are born you are zero years old. It's perfectly natural to start with 0
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