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The Cortana feature was only officially called "Cortana" after the codename leaked during development—another early suggestion was "Alyx," and then-CEO Steve Ballmer tried to name it "Bingo" as a "parting gift" before handing the reins to current CEO Satya Nadella. Ballmer had "poor product taste," says Paruchuri, in what we in the tech biz call "an understatement.

Paruchuri ultimately blames a loss of focus and "dilution" for Cortana's decline. Microsoft eventually used the "Cortana" branding for such a wide range of different technologies that "the name ceased to stand for anything at all.

The interview is also interesting as a snapshot of a crucial period for Windows Phone's development. It is the exact same thing. I guess one could ask, well, you said all this when you started, you sound like a broken record. The truth is we fans know it and well…. What we have been presented with are deals that will weaken us. To quote Paul Maurice, breath, people breath. What is he supposed to say here? No, I have no interest in being competitive? He has said what a GM should say.

What he means is that f he can trade for a guy who can strengthen the team he will do it as long as the deal makes sense. Whether Toronto is an attractive destination yet for those guys remains to be seen. We intend to be ready. We have cap space and money to spend. With Burke here, and Wilson in tow and a whack of dough, they will have the ammunition they need. Some times you have to say the right things because to do otherwise would look ridiculous.

You can read the Globe article here. Leave a comment. Tagged Brian Burke , globe and mail , maple leafs , playoffs , tom kurvers. I am not one who likes to slag something for the sake of it, as others do. I will say however that an article in NorthJersey. The players rarely throw a body check and barely pay attention to defense.

The time has come to scrap the entire weekend. To me one of the problems is that the game used to be for the fans now it is for sponsors. The league can build the outdoor game into an even bigger event and use it to showcase the sponsorship deals that usually are highlighted on All-Star weekend.

What makes the Winter Classic work is that, unlike the All-Star game, it is a real game that counts in the standings and the players play it that way.

I agree one hundred percent. I had a real interest in watching the Winter Classic, it was a novelty, it was cool, it brough back memories from my childhood and made my son want to play a game outside. Ditch this sham of a game and let the sponsors hob nob around this event. Invite the fan favorites to a a golf outing or the award show for the sponsors to enjoy…. The NHL has a head start on the other sports, though, because it already has another regular-season event that it can shift its focus to.

Scrap the All-Star game. In time, no one will miss it. Which leads me to the next thought. Not sure how many of you who have caught this but, there are rumblings that they NHL may move the award ceremony to Las Vegas. Come on folks. This is not worth the time to even debate. The award show is a joke. Seriously, would anyone care if they did what the other sports did and just announced the winners?

Hell stretch it out like baseball does and announce one every 3rd day so it lasts a month! Raise your hand if you have ever gone to the event. Would anyone go more or less if it were in Vegas? Ok, all we need is another excuse and we are off to Vegas, but you know what I mean. Would more unrelated stars to the game attend the event because it were in Las Vegas??? Would better or more sponsors be drawn to hockey because the award snoozer is being held in Las Vegas?

Who cares! Put it in Timbuktu for all I care if you think that works. As long as I hear who the winners are I am really not interested and I am an avid hockey fan. I sometimes think the fuss is nothing more then reacting to change. Tagged nhl all star game , nhl awards ceremony. He got his land.

But now the NHL is supposed to bail out the franchise? With the players taking the hit that they are, the count should expect long and hard questions about the league finances and the propping up of teams who do just enough to qualify for large revenue sharing payments. The ethical appearances of the league this day are all wrong.

What is it about going to work in a suit and tie rather than in illegal pads that has turned Snow from an insightful, candid fellow into a suspicious, uptight individual? Nothing like good old fashioned blackmail. Poney up Charles and build your own building your fans deserve it. I agree. This we suck thing is going to get very stale in the locker room sooner rather then later.

Coaches want to be part of the us vs. Kind of hard to establish that when you slaughter your guys in public all the time.

Take shots at the media, bash your players in private, man stand up for your guys just a little bit. Well, consider this: The top 10 ranked teams in the NCAA have only 15 Ontario players of the or so on their rosters.

It used to be parents dreamed about the NHL. But he had nothing to do with getting them tickets. Turns out, Mike Zigomanis of the Penguins, as a goodwill gesture to his former junior team and knowing nothing of the Gilmour ceremony, bought 34 tickets for the Fronts players to watch the Pens play.

The owner of the popular House of Chan and longtime coach will be missed by all who have sparred with him and been charmed by him.

Tagged donny lyons , Doug Gilmour , garth snow , house of chan , kansas city , kingston frontenacs , Larry Brooks , maple leafs , mike zigomanis , New York Islanders , phoenix coyotes , pittsburgh penguins , Ron Wilson , steve ellman , Steve Simmons , Wayne Gretzky. Now you are starting to enter the realm of hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… Bouwmeester will be 26 in September.

He is due to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. This is an old fashioned game of poker. Also, if he is going to resign, this debate is over. Jay Bo is a westerner, so I guess if Calgary came a knocking he may re-up early. Other then that why bother? So the question becomes do you take the chance. The answer is NO. Then the question is, do you assume whomever he gets traded to he will re-up with? He is particularly interested in physical computing and ways to democratize hardware design and production.

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