This Old MS-House

from the quite-a-job dept

theodp writes "Jonathan Cluts is Microsoft's Bob Vila, constantly remodeling the Microsoft Home, which celebrated its 10th birthday Tuesday. In the software giant's House of the Future, a palm scan opens doors, there is no music piracy, teenagers depend on RFIDs and magic mirrors to get dressed, the musician Jewel can remotely control the images shown on the walls, and pizza magnets help decide what gets displayed on the bulletin board. "
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    Anonymous Coward, 29 Sep 2004 @ 3:19am

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    You know that a one-word name attempt has failed when you are referred to as "the musician Jewel".

    Madonna, Cher, and Bono succeeded. They crested the one-name hill.

    The musician Seal and the musician Jewel (and others) just didn't quite make it.

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