Microsoft Stores Are Very Sad Places – Forbes – StumbleUpon. Has anyone you know been in one? I haven’t ever been anywhere that had one. I will visit one if they become convenient, but I won’t go out of my way for it.
This is shocking isn’t it? Read the part in bold emphasis. Looks like being rich means less life, not more.
This study provides the first evidence that money impairs people’s ability to savor everyday positive emotions and experiences. In a sample of working adults, wealthier individuals reported lower savoring ability (the ability to enhance and prolong positive emotional experience). Moreover, the negative impact of wealth on individuals’ ability to savor undermined the positive effects of money on their happiness.
via Money Giveth, Money Taketh Away.
Microsoft Expands Effort to Protect Nonprofit Groups – NYTimes.com. What a nice goal. I wonder if Apple would do this?
Microsoft Proposes Each PC Needs A Health Certificate or No Net Access Allowed NetworkWorld.com Community. Hmm. What is the difference between this and a regular certificate? Can’t anything that is software be faked/cracked?
The eternal antitrust case: Microsoft versus the world. Interesting how Google seems to be taking the anti-trust heat lately and MS is rarely mentioned in the general press.
Review: Microsoft Hohm and a whole-house power monitor. I don’t think the average person would do the work this requires.
