For consumers, the choice of mobile computing devices used to be a duel between Apple's i-products and Google's Android. It's no longer the case.

We've been seeing so many powerful contenders very quickly assemble onto the scene. Microsoft is the one with the most potential, I think. However, I'm not sure how many consumers will be capable to appreciate the alleged excellent values of Windows 8 and Windows Phone operating systems, and perhaps more critically, how many developers will be willing to follow the leading of Microsoft platforms. And that's the most difficult problem for MS, as well as the factor of how well Google will perform with its formidable arrays of deep products and services. Besides, Apple's fanboys will always be there and be highly influential.

Gratitude is one of the characteristics which distinguish between good people and those who're not good enough, I think.

"White space" has become such a widespread biz jargon.

But what're the differences between it and the well known and well worn "Blue ocean" jive?

What's the moat around your business?

You want to be thrifty, but you don't want to be frugal.

Compared with Google the formidable innovator, Microsoft has been releasing key new products at a glacial pace.

Sigh.

They both are long-time friends for me as a consumer. But the latter is always apt to be greatly more trusty than the former, IMHO.

For the past a few days and nights, my wife, toddler daughter, and myself have been plagued by gastroenteritis.

I used to keep forgetting the right spelling and pronunciation of the word "granularity".

Ontario's Premier, Dalton McGuinty, prorogued Ontario's parliament.

And that has caused even more criticism against him.

Gigantic is the industry of making and selling knits and wovens.

Do nearly all the "he" (high efficiency) detergents suds less than regular ones?

The Trudeau family name carries so much cachet in Montreal and Canada.

Does living in the country in Canada infer frugality?

Almost, I think.

Many youngsters in Montreal are not thrifty.

That life habit will cost them handsomely down the road.

Well, I didn't know that the English word "cereal" can roughly equal to "grain".

Rice, wheat, barley, and rye all belong to the category of cereals. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal .

And granola is normally considered to be one type of breakfast cereal.

If one wants to understand the reasons behind the great concerns of the U.S. over Iran and the Somalian pirates, he must understand the strategically important choke points of Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
and
http://maps.google.ca/maps?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D0&qscrl=1&q=the+Strait+of+Hormuz&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x3ef7184c25840e51:0x3d7b86ccdd367e5a,Strait+of+Hormuz&gl=ca&sa=X&ei=vPWFUP0Zk7_RAf6IgKAC&ved=0CJ8BELYD .

I saw a U.S. Air Force jacket, which is of the sort that bikers often wear, last night.

The style of that jacket looks good, with Chinese words on the back.

Montreal's mafia mogul, Vito Rizzuto, had been arrested for racketeering, loan sharking, and murder some six years ago, and then was released from a U.S. prison lately.

He had been considered to be the most powerful mafia boss in Canada. And he's returned to Canada.

It has profound consequences on Quebec's society, considering the ongoing police investigation into the close links among Quebec's construction industry, mafia, and some Quebec politicians.

Facebook isn't very satisfying. Which social networking website is gonna whup it?

Who can mollify the Americans who've seen their prosperity dim?

A president who can create decent-paying jobs.