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You clearly didn't read the whole article. If you did, you clearly didn't understand the article. Step back a little bit, fanboy. Microsoft wasn't copying anyone here.

2/2/2011 is a prime number day, since 222011 is a prime ;)

I love Python and all, but how is this extension useful? or are people just liking this extension because it is "cool"?

Windows Live Hotmail already does a similar thing with its new Sweep feature.

This also implies that Facebook grills their engineers to the point where engineers would get exhausted so easily. Executing huge features with small teams is very great for the company, but does that necessarily mean it's a great place to work? For instance, recently graduated people would be very suitable for Facebook because they are young and single (as in not married). However, people with families would less likely to work for Facebook.

+1 Viewing code just became much easier, although I always like to open a lot of files :)

Aside from the coolness of these extensions, this is a very good business strategy. Chrome is becoming an enhancer to Google web applications. Users would be more likely to use Google web apps if they use Chrome. If they use Google web apps aggressively already, then they are making users to choose Chrome over other browsers. This is definitely something Microsoft's IE is lacking.

Oh and the PDC session added "compiler as a service", which was very interesting. You should go watch the PDC session on the future of C# and VB. It basically goes through async and compiler as a service idea.

You should have added about what is coming up for C# soon - async: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/async.aspx

It's a very interesting feature.

This wasn't a public announcement. It was an internal email that got leaked.

Honestly, I don't really care about the team page...but the product looks pretty good. I think I finally found a substitute of "Things" for my PC :)

If you are performing well at a company as big as Google, you get 10% raise easily every fiscal year. "easily" as in the company is doing well. (It's a common sense that companies are less likely to give raises if the company is not making much money) If you happen to be asking for a raise, you are either working for a wrong company or not performing well compared to your peers.

Opposite of Google's?

I don't know... Recently, Google's been doing a lot of evil things like... collecting WiFi data "by mistake"

"So a lot of people like to see what their friends are doing and play games that challenge the average sheep's IQ, but what does facebook do that is world changing"

Basically, you just implied what Facebook has done - redefine how we build and maintain relationships. That's a huge social impact.

Now that every single damn website has "Login with Facebook Account" button, I think it's a big deal.

Now that every phone comes out with "syncing with Facebook" feature, I think it's a big deal.

Now that people actually put their credit card info and buy stuffs on Facebook (although it's small right now), I think it's a big deal.

Now that there is a single entity that keeps track of our life/relationship history, I think it's a big deal.

I mean... these are probably not a big deal for you, but many people in the tech industry think so. That is why the valuation of Facebook is so high. It has a lot of potential. It's not all about just.. attracting people to increase traffic and spamming them with ads. It's more about how the social aspect of everyone's lives have been redefined. There was letters, then phone, then emails, then now.. facebook/twitter/etc.

Plus, Lars cannot give Wave "another try" at Facebook. Google Wave is a Google's property and anything related to Wave technology will make a good reason for Google to sue Facebook -- just to worsen the relationship of the two companies. Facebook probably wanted the leader who excels are putting out great products. That's what Lars is great at.

...Okay. IE9, which supports HTML5, is still in beta. WP7 has already been released, and I'm sure the folks in Redmond is working on the next release/updates. Do you get it now?

...Okay. It's not an easy job to align products and release cycles. Microsoft was already late on WP7. They probably missed a cycle and Android kicked in. Microsoft doesn't want to be late anymore. Meaning, they probably couldn't wait for IE9 for mobile to be released (which wouldn't be a HUGE job if you have a working, stable, and RC version of IE9).

In conclusion, Microsoft is being smart that they release the phone and let people dive/absorb/digest earlier instead of waiting for full featured phone OS with a HTML5 supported browser, which is still in beta for desktops. However, this just means..the next release of WP7 will be very interesting. Remember, Android and iPhone OS (which wasn't iOS at the time) weren't closed to feature complete with their first release. I'm an Android user, and I can remember when I first bought my Droid, it went through so many updates software updates. Companies just have to cut things if one or two things will block the entire release.

I'm not sure if Amazon would disclose that number. It can be a sensitive number for a company to make business strategy.

This might help: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/evidence/

www.microsoft.com/cloud/

Microsoft might be a little behind, but they are definitely serious about "cloud". Plus, Windows Phone 7 does not look too bad. It might not be as complete as its competitors in features, but it is definitely a strong ground work.

Let's just sit and watch how those folks in Redmond will monetize better from the cloud.

You forgot Vista, although Microsoft relatively quickly turned it around with Windows 7, which is selling at the fastest rate in the history of operating systems.

Looked around for about ten minutes. Very nicely done. One thing that I would like to see is...how to achieve each badge. I see that some users have already received some badges like "Cook" and "Beta Users". It would be great if you link each of those badges to an actual badge page, where you describe users on how to receive those badges. (I'm sure you already have this in mind if you took stackoverflow as the motivation)

Bookmarked!

It all depends where you live. If you would like to live in the city (San Francisco), one bedroom or studio can go up as much as $2000 per month. If you are considering to move around Palo Alto/Mountain View, the rent becomes around 12-1500s. If you are considering Sunnyvale/San Jose, the rent becomes 1000ish.

If you are going to work at Mountain View/Palo Alto area, I highly recommend to live in Sunnyvale, because the rent isn't as expensive and it's not too far (5-15min drive on 101).

How about MSN Messenger and Facebook? (Don't have my mbp with me at the moment to check)

iChat doesn't support accounts other than AIM and MobileMe, does it? I haven't really checked the updates on iChat for awhile so it might have been updated since the last time I tried to use it. User experience wise..it doesn't bother me at all, or I can't remember the last time I got annoyed by Adium. Also, the customizable (with a lot of external themes that you can download) layout of the buddy list and the chat windows are quite amazing.

I rather have it separately because I rarely open my iChat. Adium FTW :)

It's back up for me (9:55PM PST)

Hm. Don't you remember when GMail was down? :P

I wasn't really asking if it is down. When I submitted the post, I already confirmed that it is down. This is a major problem for the whole internet now that a lot of of websites use Facebook Connect and other APIs. Some businesses run on Facebook. It's a news. Definitely tech related. Definitely interesting for HN aficionados.

And.. why is it down now and not when I was working? At least, it helped me become a bit more productive last time. This time, it's just ruining my night. ;)

Just experimenting. All because people nowadays are bashing on products and services without any clear reason IMHO. Plus, I like to judge on products by myself before I bash on something :)

Don't get me wrong. Chrome works well for me..except the frequent crashes on some foreign sites that use flash intensively. I could be issues in Flash, Chrome, or both. IE9 hasn't crashed..YET.

So... when is Mashable going to post something about "Life After Google" and "Life After Apple" :)

It's interesting to see Valve there.. I did not know that.