>Microsoft often "competes" by trying to strangle competitors revenue streams even when outside their core business, where they are happy to lose billions on Bing and their online division if it also reduces Googles primary revenue stream
Err, Microsoft was involved in search in 1999, and Hotmail predates Gmail, so I don't know what you're talking about.
>Microsoft often "competes" by trying to strangle competitors revenue streams even when outside their core business,
You mean like Google with Android(to compete with Apple), Google Apps(Office), Chromebooks(Windows) ? They still make 95% of their revenues with search so all the above are outside their core business designed to hurt competitors revenue streams. They have succeeded quite well with Android, not making much money but stopping Apple's revenues.
How is giving access to the government according to the law of the land the same privacy-wise as data mining personal emails to show ads?
The point of the privacy campaign was that Google mines the contents of personal email messages to show ads and to build your Google ad profile while Outlook.com doesn't.
What's hypocritical about it?
I don't like their campaigns either but lets call a spade a spade and not resort to hyperbole and needless namecalling.
The optical image stabilization is cool, with ball bearings replacing the coils on the Lumia 920. Sample video comparison against the S4(Edit: S3, my bad).
Err, Microsoft was involved in search in 1999, and Hotmail predates Gmail, so I don't know what you're talking about.
>Microsoft often "competes" by trying to strangle competitors revenue streams even when outside their core business,
You mean like Google with Android(to compete with Apple), Google Apps(Office), Chromebooks(Windows) ? They still make 95% of their revenues with search so all the above are outside their core business designed to hurt competitors revenue streams. They have succeeded quite well with Android, not making much money but stopping Apple's revenues.