Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs; iTunes Continues to Choke Windows PCs

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs iTunes Continues to Choke Windows PCs State May Ban Tesla Sales to Prevent 'Unfair Competition' Mayan Pyramid Leveled by Construction Crew Microsoft Reads Your Skype Chat Messages? Hot Comment: "Maybe I can Start loving Windows again" From the Vault: The Most Annoying Software Out There Watch It: Did Internet Sales Tax Backers Bribe Lawmakers? Poll Booth: I typically receive X pieces of misdelivered (postal) mail ... Bill Gates Opens Up About Steve Jobs Bill Gates got a bit emotional when talking to CBS's 60 Minutes about Steve Jobs. The interview was mostly devoted to Gates' charitable efforts, but when the conversation shifted to his relationship with Jobs, Gates--normally so cerebral--got a bit teary-eyed as he described his last meeting with Jobs as "forward looking." Sound Off>> iTunes Continues to Choke Windows PCs AppleMobileDeviceService.exe has been in iTunes since version 7.3 and people have complained on the Apple boards more than two years ago that it was consuming up to 50% of CPU cycles, and thus far it's as bad as it always has been, according to NetworkWorld's Andy Patrizio. He added, "Mind you, Mac users aren't complaining. Just Windows users." Sound Off>> State May Ban Tesla Sales to Prevent 'Unfair Competition' North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prohibit automakers from selling their cars in the state. Although the law would apply to all car manufacturers, the intended target is clear: Tesla. It's the only U.S. automaker whose business model relies on selling cars directly to consumers instead of through a network of third-party dealerships. Sound Off>> Mayan Pyramid Leveled by Construction Crew If an imposing 2,300-year old Mayan temple situated at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was on your list of things to see before you die, you're too late. The monument was essentially destroyed by a construction crew in order to provide gravel for road construction. Sound Off>> Microsoft Reads Your Skype Chat Messages? A Microsoft server accesses URLs sent in Skype chat messages, even if they are HTTPS URLs and contain account information. A reader notified Heise Security, which replicated the observation by sending links via Skype, including one to a private file storage account, and found that these URLs are shortly after accessed from a Microsoft IP address. Sound Off>> Maybe I can Start loving Windows again "Stop saddling me with your damn phone interface and we'll see." --by TWiTfan Read More>>   The Most Annoying Software Out There Five years ago, ZDNet UK posted a very entertaining round-up of the most annoying software, including Java and Adobe Reader. The article notes that the guilty parties "try to do the impossible: to make us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented -- and who very nearly succeed." Read More>> Did Internet Sales Tax Backers Bribe Lawmakers? SlashTV: Senators who voted to legalize Internet sales taxes received 40 times as much campaign donation money from bill supporters as did those who voted against it, according to a study by MapLight. Was this bribery? MapLight Program Director Jay Costa says it's not that simple. Watch the Video>> I typically receive X pieces of misdelivered (postal) mail ... Where X is Zero per year Where X is 1-10 per year Where X is 11-30 per year Where X is 31-70 per year Where X is 71-150 per year Where X is more than 150 per year It all burns at the same temperature, why count it? Cast Your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.