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Comment Re:Better than Stock. Why isn't it more widely use (Score 1) 248

by ZipR on Friday September 26, 2008 @02:00PM (#25168833) Attached to: After 3 Years, Rockbox 3.0 Released

There has been discussion with a few companies about this. There has also been some work by individuals on creating a couple of DAPs specifically for Rockbox. When the site comes back up, you can find info about it on their wiki.

Comment Re:oh please (Score 2, Insightful) 228

by smallpaul on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @03:47PM (#24104807) Attached to: W3C's Role In the Growth of a Proprietary Web

The web without all this proprietary stuff would be so boring it would be unreal.

Really? Why. The vast majority of what Flash can do is standardized in SVG, SMIL and many other standards that Adobe and Microsoft studiously ignore. What do you do on the Web that is so exciting that it cannot be accomplished with SVG and SMIL? Of course there are things that Flash can do but SVG cannot and vice versa. But in general, all of the major Web app categories would be served just fine with SVG et. al.

Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Merge IM Networks 299

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 13, 2006 @08:29AM from the intarweb-communications-changed-4evr dept.

WinBreak writes "Marketwatch is reporting that, nine months after their announcement, Microsoft and Yahoo! are finally ready to roll out beta IM clients of MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger that will be able to talk to each other." The Windows Live Ideas and Yahoo! Messenger pages have more information; the companies say that the resulting user community will be the world's largest, at around 350 million accounts, and that they'll be using SSL to encrypt the traffic between the systems.

Low Emission Cars Continue to Gain Popularity 744

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @02:36AM from the choosing-which-end-to-pay-on dept.

Rio writes "A company may soon offer American motorists a new option to save on high gas prices -- vehicles powered by lithium batteries. From the article: 'Just plug in these cars for about five hours or so and you'll get about 300 miles on a single charge.' The vehicles cost about $35,000 or about double what buyers would pay for a gas-powered model." Relatedly acidrain writes to tell us The BBC is reporting that a prototype of the new "Clever car" (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport) is starting to make the rounds on European test tracks. The car is one meter wide and less polluting than normal vehicles. It has a top speed of 100 km/h (60mph) and uses a novel tilting chassis to make it safe and maneuverable.

Pay-per-email and the "Market Myth" 295

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 29, 2006 @11:10AM from the if-you-only-read-one-article-today dept.

Bennett Haselton has written a thoughtful piece on the latest developments in the pay-for-email schemes making the rounds from some of the big players in the world of AOL. This one is really worth your time, so please click on and read what he has to say.

Senate Bill To Prohibit Extra Charges For Internet 393

Posted by Zonk on Thursday March 02, 2006 @02:12PM from the down-with-tiers dept.

xoip writes "A report in the The New York Times states that 'Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, will introduce new legislation today that would prohibit Internet network operators from charging companies for faster delivery of their content to consumers or favoring some content providers over others.'"

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