Microsoft celebrates with Mozilla

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

This is a piece of class. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has sent the Firefox pack a congratulatory cake to celebrate the launch of Firefox 3. Say what you want about their browser and Microsoft as a whole but it’s a grand gesture between two extremely fierce rivals.

It’s not the first time they’ve done it, either. The Microsoft team sent Mozilla a cake after the Firefox 2 launch [pictured], though it has to be said the new one is nicer – follow this link to go and see the Firefox 3 celebration cake.

MacBook Air: the world’s most expensive cake slice

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

We’ve heard of footballers bathing in champagne and Bernie Ecclestone’s lovely leather carpets, but now it seems the computing industry has its own purveyor of grotesque extravagance.

This is Rahul Sood, the founder of VoodooPC and now CTO of HP’s gaming business, cutting his birthday cake with a MacBook Air:

“I assure you no Macs were harmed in the taking of this photo,” Sood claims on his blog. The same can’t be said for HP’s reputation, however. After all, had he attempted to do likewise with a HP laptop, there probably wouldn’t be a cake left.