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Steve Ballmer didn’t say too much at D8 that we haven’t heard him or others at Microsoft say in the past, but he’s always an entertaining and interesting interview, and All Things Digital is upping the videos of Walt’s session with Steve and Ray Ozzie now. Up first is a clip of Steve talking about how Microsoft is getting back into the mobile game and how RIM and Nokia are still formidable competitors, followed by Ray and Steve riffing on the potential of the cloud and how things can get even better for Microsoft. We’ll add more as D’s video people get them up — check back!

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Steve Ballmer at D8: the video highlights (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We start low this week with a sad story about Foxconn and more specifically, Foxconn’s employees. We achieve a disposition that’s definitely humorous, but respectful. I hope.

Dong laments Apple’s ascension over Microsoft to the top of the …

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Need a bit more evidence that Apple has some new Mac minis on the way? Then look no further than Apple Insider, which says that it has “verified four times over” that current Mac mini supplies are running dry, and that new models are all but a certainty. Adding further weight to the story is the fact that these aren’t simply reports of delays here and there, but reports from large buyers like educational institutions who say that they’ve either been advised not to place bulk orders for Mac minis or had their orders pushed back — in one case to an exact date of June 14th. Needless to say, that all seems to line up nicely, and sounds more than a little familiar. Maybe too familiar?

Mac mini supply said to be dwindling, world wonders ‘why?’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T’s Executive Response Team certainly caused a little controversy yesterday after it warned reader Giorgio Galante that sending another email to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson would result in a cease and desist letter, but apparently it was all just a mistake — Giorgio tells us that he’s received a sincere apology from an AT&T senior VP, who took responsibility for the mixup. Apparently the cease and desist warning came about due to bad reading of AT&T internal policy — Giorgio was told the rep who made the call is “not having the best of days today” — and AT&T tells us it’s reviewing its procedures to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

As for Giorgio, he says AT&T’s rep sincerely listened to his concerns about the new data plan pricing schemes and that he’s accepted the company’s apology, but ultimately he’s decided to switch over to Sprint and the EVO 4G anyway. That’s to be expected, we suppose — and we’d say next time Randall might do well to use up a few bytes of his 2GB limit and write back to a dissatisfied customer. Here’s AT&T’s official statement on the matter:

We are apologizing to our customer. We’re working with him today to address his questions and concerns. This is not the way we want to treat customers. From Facebook to significant customer service channels, AT&T strives to provide our customers with easy ways to have their questions addressed. Because of this incident, we are reviewing our entire process to ensure a situation like this does not happen again.

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Sound familiar? That’s right: Adobe’s looking to move some of the same technologies it developed for Flash-to-iPhone app compilation over to Android, where we imagine the company will be meeting a much more receptive audience. AIR — part of the Flash portfolio of products — now has a native Android app feature in beta, letting you pump out .apk files from code written in ActionScript 3. Adobe’s targeting a release “by the second half” of the year, so this shouldn’t take too long to go gold… not to say there aren’t perfectly good ways of pumping out Android apps in the meantime, but this should make it a little less painful for seasoned Flash guys to port their stuff.

[Thanks, bono]

Adobe AIR getting native Android app compilation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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