Want to see how Microsoft views the world in 10 years?  Check out this amazing compilation video that was previewed at the Wharton Business Technology Conference courtesy of Microsoft Labs (if in RSS, click through to see): If you visit the Microsoft Labs, you can also see longer videos for: Retail Future Vision (featured below) Manufacturing Future Vision Banking Future

It seems to be Microsoft day here on Hard Knox Life, but they just made a key new hire that should be getting a lot more attention than it is.  According to the folks at ReadWriteWeb, Microsoft Research has hired danah boyd, who is probably the most famous academic in the world focused on youth and social networks.  As RWW

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZdkHylJ3w] As you would expect, all the Apple Fanboys are hating on the new “I’m a PC” campaign from Microsoft.  In particular, bloggers are pouncing on the fact that the ad was likely created using a Mac.  In my opinion, this is just another example of Alan Wolk’s NASCAR Blindness where the left leaning, Mac loving writers of the online

So apparently I am little slow on picking this up, but I heard about the story of Nathaniel, a passionate Xbox gamer who suffered a serious loss when he sent his Xbox 360 into Microsoft for repair.  You can read the whole story here, including the amazing response by Bungie Studios (Makers of Halo) and the equally cool response by

Lots of talk this morning about AOL buying Bebo for $850MM.  My favorite post was over at Silicon Alley Insider where they made a comparison of the per user cost of Bebo versus other deals.  Here is the snapsot: News Corp (NWS)/MySpace deal, July 2005: $580 million, or $21.80 for each of the network’s 27 million uniques. Hi-Media/Fotolog, August 2007: