Gates on The Daily Show

Well did you see it? No? Don't worry, you didn't miss much :-( What a wasted opportunity and really, it wasn't even funny. Some of the questions were obviously staged and I'm afraid John Stewart really didn't shine as I thought he would. I sort of knew what was about to unfold as Bill seemed supremely relaxed so I figured everything was pre-agreed. No Hodgman, no reference to Apple, just pretty standard stuff. Did no one think to tell Bill to stay seated at the end - cripes! Ah well! I've done a quick search on YouTube and it's not there yet. Soon will be. Please add a comment if you find a copy on the net!

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Installing the Zune... sucked - Engadget

Oh dear! Am I surprised?

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Google Watch : Google to Merge Writely and Spreadsheets to Form Google Docs

Google Watch : Google to Merge Writely and Spreadsheets to Form Google Docs: "Google to Merge Writely and Spreadsheets to Form Google Docs Breaking news: Google will announce tomorrow at the Office 2.0 conference a new product called Google Docs, which will merge Writely and Google Spreadsheets into a collaboration and document management solution, according to sources.The new offering will be available at docs.google.com, although that address produces a 404 error right now. "

(Via eWeek.com Weblog.)

OMG! I've been a long time fan of Writely and recently started to get into Google Spreadsheets. Have to say the Google SS still has a way to go to get close to Excel but for 60% of traditional spreadsheet work it's OK. This is exciting news and chairs will be flying in Redmond today. Is it me or are Google slowly but surely taking over the web? Is that a good or a bad thing? Looking forward to the next Gilmor Gang! UPDATE: 30 seconds after posting this I tried http://docs.google.com/ and wouldn't you kmow it, they've launched it already - the major bummer is it doesn't support Safari. This may be a major issue for Mac users and I know that with Writely that there were some serious issues in Safari that made it impossible to use with Writely. Camino and Flock and Firefox should be OK though.

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Looney Zune

The case is a plastic and the overall fit and finish seem more durable and less scratch prone than the iPod. Three colors at launch, White, Black and Brown. Yep, Brown.

Michael Gartenberg - Today's Zune News - First Take

Brown!

The key differentiator is the sharing feature. I can share any song on the device to any other device in range.

Michael Gartenberg - Today's Zune News - First Take

And why would I do that? I've got an iPod, one of the most popular MP3 and video players on the planet and I've never wanted to share anything with another iPod. To be honest, I've only ever been in close proximity to another 2 or 3 iPods. But then again, I'm probably not the demographic that feature is targeted at :-)

Pricing – Unkown at this time for either device or the store.

Michael Gartenberg - Today's Zune News - First Take

Wow - build up that buzz MS!

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