Comment No wonder Robert Redford couldn't decode their nam (Score 1) 46
He was spelling it wrong! Citec Astronomy, then. Now, what does that decode to...?
Comment Re:How Ironic (Score 1) 350
And scorched earth. And GORILLA.BAS. And Planet Wars.
Comment Re:Open Platform? (Score 5, Insightful) 459
You mean T-Mobile needs Samsung's permission. I can run 2.2, 2.3, Cyanogen or another variant, without anyone's permission. I just don't get the support level they would promise. That's been the issue from day one. If I don't need support, why follow the rules?
Comment Re:The Wheel (Score 4, Insightful) 466
HAH! 'Tired' -- good pun!
Comment Re:I hope they name it CURRY (Score -1, Redundant) 466
Yeah, and make it available cross-architecture. Those people put CURRY on everything!
Microsoft Behind Google Complaints To EC 346
justice4all writes to share that some of the recent complaints to the European Commission about Google have apparently been coming from Microsoft. "A lawyer for Microsoft confirmed that the software giant told the US Department of Justice and the European Commission how Google’s business practices may be harming publishers, advertisers and competition in search and online advertising. [...] 'Google’s algorithms learn less common search terms better than others because many more people are conducting searches on these terms on Google. These and other network effects make it hard for competing search engines to catch up. Microsoft’s well-received Bing search engine is addressing this challenge by offering innovations in areas that are less dependent on volume. But Bing needs to gain volume too, in order to increase the relevance of search results for less common search terms.'"
Comment Good for them (Score 1) 391
I find myself surprisingly on the side of the convictors in this case. I don't care if every stupid video of some cretin doing something nasty gets posted publicly; free speech is a great thing, but it should not be Google's position to blindly defend it. Providing a place for this kind of media results in a gray area for the behavior depicted.
Copyright belongs to the person behind the camera, admittedly. However, responsibility for showing to the world mistreatment of living beings does fall to Google for *not* screening it privately first.
There can be other places to post videos of cruel behavior; Google does not to staunchly defend people's rights here, and unless they mean to, they should admit responsibility and discontinue allowing inappropriate media to be posted. If they don't want to provide the resources for financial or other reason, fine. Stop allowing posting altogether and get out of the video-hosting business. If they want to provide a place for people to show their true selves, however, they should be prepared to defend them or accept punishment on their behalf.
Comment Quiet in here... (Score 1) 79
Not many comments yet, so I just thought I'd say "Huzzah!"
I'm a teacher for a catholic school on a tight budget with laptops with dying hard drives. Edubuntu has been a major lifesaver for me. I'll be checking out the improvements in the new version!
Comment Re: Google.cn Still Remains in China (Score 4, Funny) 103
Well, yeah...
Where else would you put it?
With New SDK, VoIP Over 3G Apps Now Working On iPhone 171
silverpig writes "Yesterday marked the announcement of the Apple iPad device, and with it came a new version of the SDK. In this new version, Apple has lifted the VoIP over 3G restrictions that limited VoIP traffic to wifi only. This morning, Fring announced that its iPhone app is 3G-capable starting immediately. No update is needed as apparently the app had 3G capability all along, but a server-side block prevented its use. Furthermore, apparently a 3G-capable version of Skype has been ready for some time now, and has been waiting for this restriction to be lifted."
Comment Quiet on the post front... (Score 3, Insightful) 289
Am I the only one with a CPU lacking virtualization?
Comment Software for a unique interface for mobile devices (Score 1) 199
Samsung does have a line of netbooks (mostly same spec as everyone else, but oooh! colors!) and presumably regular laptops, but I can't believe no one's pointed out on this thread that enlightenment is meant for mobile devices, and since Samsung currently has a meagre Android lineup, apparently replacing their Instinct line with the Moment, this sponsorship could finally lead them to market dominance in one area, when they have spread themselves thin trying to be an everything company. This is their one foothold on making a unique and great interactive experience.
Being an Android and Enlightenment fan (and current Instinct S30 owner), I will be following this closely -- and trying OpenGEU, since someone mentioned it earlier.
Comment Re:Didn't we see this slashvertisement before (Score 1) 91
Sure, until one of the posts decides to sleep with his buddy's wife...
Comment Re:This is not like OS X! (Score 1) 505
And also: "We hope Boot Camp users will find it easy to install!"
Comment Poor guy is behind the times (Score 1) 383
Anyone want to inform him that a cell phone + $15/mo is all you need to twitter?
