westlake - Slashdot User

Submission + - The all-TIME List of 100 Best In PC and Console Gaming (time.com)

Submitted by westlake on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @11:58PM

westlake writes: It's the season for lists and Time's Matt Peckham looks back on forty years PC and console gaming. There are some odd choices and missing pieces, of course. You can't hope to please everyone. Grim Fandango, for example, must stand for all the Lucas Arts games. The geek will find the inclusion of Net Hack cheering and a nod to the Indie gaming community.

For those who are finding the net a little slow this long holiday weekend, here is a dirrect link to the full list and Index page: All-TIME 100 greatest video games. [Index]

Submission + - Images from the banned Apple/Foxconn game (appadvice.com)

Submitted by westlake on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @04:20PM

westlake writes: Benjamin Poynter "In a Permanent Save State" imagines the afterlife of seven Foxconn workers who committed suicide, based on Buddhist traditions. It was pulled from the Apple App Store after narely an hour this weekend, but beautiful and haunting images and video from the game survive and have been posted to the web. In A Permanent Save State Fills You With Wonder And Sadness, Images from the banned Apple/Foxconn game

Submission + - Apple Retreats On EPEAT Environmental Standards (apple.com)

Submitted by

westlake

on Friday July 13, 2012 @02:48PM

westlake writes: "Apple's Senior VP for Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield, has posted a brief announcement of Apple's return to the EPEAT "green hardware" program:

We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system. I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT.

It’s important to know that our commitment to protecting the environment has never changed, and today it is as strong as ever. Apple makes the most environmentally responsible products in our industry. In fact, our engineering teams have worked incredibly hard over the years to make our products even more environmentally friendly, and much of our progress has come in areas not yet measured by EPEAT.

For more information on this breaking story: Apple moves products back on EPEAT environmental standard"

Submission + - Apple Exits "Green Hardware" Program (cnet.com)

Submitted by

westlake

on Saturday July 07, 2012 @04:21PM

westlake writes: "From CNETreports that Apple is turning its back on the EPA supported EPEAT hardware certification program.

One of the problems EPEAT sees are barriers to recycling. Batteries and screens glued into place. That sort of thing.

There is a price for Apple in this.

CIO Journal notes that the U.S. government requires that 95 percent of its electronics bear the EPEAT seal of approval; large companies such as Ford and Kaiser Permanente require their CIOs to buy from EPEAT-certified firms; and many of the largest universities in the U.S. prefer to buy EPEAT-friendly gear."

Submission + - Upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 (windowsteamblog.com)

Submitted by

westlake

on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @03:30PM

westlake writes: "It's official. The promotional upgrade price for Windows8 Pro will be $39.99 as a download from Microsoft and $69.99 retail. The offer expiring January 31, 2013."

Submission + - Encyclopedia Britannica Goes "Out of Print" After 244 Years of Production (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by

westlake

on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @07:25PM

westlake writes: "The Guardian is reporting that the 2010 edition of the Brittanica will be the last in print, The DVD edition and on-line subscription service will continue. The Brittanica's great strengh historically was in its signed contributions from men like Freud and Einstein. It was the quality of the writing as much as the content that made browsing these massive and often unweildy sets such a pleasure."

Submission + - USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage (npr.org)

Submitted by

westlake

on Sunday March 11, 2012 @12:12PM

westlake writes: "The AP is reporting that world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise is being retired after fifty years of active service — the longest of any warship in US naval history. The big ship had become notoriously difficult to keep in repair. The only ship in its age and class, breakdowns became frequent and replacement parts often had to be custom made. Despite its place in naval history and popular culture, Enterprise will meet its end at the scrap yard and not be preserved as a museum. Famed USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage"

Submission + - One stretcher, one sat phone (wsj.com)

Submitted by westlake on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @11:51PM

westlake writes: The WSJ paints a disturbing porttait of disaster planning for the Fukushima nuclear complex, in which the fax machine was the primary means of enertgency communication, and the worst-case scenarios never to be seriously considered.
Japanese Plant Had Barebones Risk Plan

Submission + - The elephant in the room

Submitted by westlake on Friday October 29, 2010 @06:10PM

westlake writes: Microsoft posts a record first quarter and Slashdot studiously ignores it. No matter that news like this rates some comment on OS News, Ars Technica, and so on. Microsoft thanks Windows 7, Office 2010, Xbox for record first quarter But the bigger story here, I think, is the "death of Linux" as a consumer brand name — to borrow a theme from an earlier post — and perhaps something even more disturbing. Wherever the future of Android and Chrome may lie, they belong to Google and AdSense. The sale of the user, rather than the sale or service of a product. In no country or region of the world and in no market segment do the stats for the traditional "community oriented" Linux distribution look at all healthy. StatCounter Global Stats

Submission + - The Dark Tower Coming To Theaters Near You (nymag.com) 1

Submitted by westlake on Thursday September 09, 2010 @01:05PM

westlake writes: Nothing quite like this has ever been tried before. But Reuter's, The L.A. Times and many others are reporting that Ron Howard will produce Stephen King's The Dark Tower, for Universal as a theatrical trilogy with the in-between stories told through two seasons of an NBC television series. No news as yet on casting — suggestions anyone?

Submission + - Tweet 911 (readwriteweb.com)

Submitted by westlake on Thursday August 12, 2010 @11:07PM

westlake writes: A survey by the American Red Cross reveals that 3 out of 4 social media users expect help to arrive within one hour of their tweet or post to Facebook. More than 1 in 4 expect help to arrive in less than fifteen minutes.
Which is alarmingly naive.
In flat contraction to this, about half are unconvinced that the first responders are listening in at all.74% of Social Media Users Expect Cries for Help to Be Answered Within an Hour

Submission + - The Hotness of Windows 7 (wsj.com) 1

Submitted by westlake on Friday January 29, 2010 @01:01PM

westlake writes: The success of Windows 7 can be seen in the second-quarter numbers. Profits up 60% from December 08. Operating profitability in the Windows and Windows Live Division 78% in the quarter. Operating profitability for the whole company: 44%. It's been a big story in the trade and financial press, but studiously ignored on Slashdot. The Hotness of Windows 7

Submission + - Three Million Windows XO Laptops To India

Submitted by westlake on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @05:52PM

westlake writes: Three million XO laptops, each costing Rupees 11000, will be distributed to rural Indian children entering schools by the end of 2009. "Each XO PC comes with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office pre-loaded, besides many other features." The project funded by organizations including AMD, Bright star Corporation, eBay, Google, Marvell, News Corporation, Microsoft, SES, Nortel Networks, and Red Hat. Each company has donated two million dollars. Microsoft is contributing through its features that are fitted into the XOs. In one stroke, this triples OLPC's installed base — and the story passes by Linux and Sugar with nary a glance. It's an astonishing vindication of the decision to support Windows and Office on the XO platform.US-based outfit to distribute three million laptops to poor Indian rural kids

Submission + - Sunset for Sun?

Submitted by westlake on Sunday April 05, 2009 @07:18PM

westlake writes: According to the The New York Times, IBM is walking away from a bid from Sun. For now,anyway. IBM's last offer was $9.40 a share for a stock currently trading at $8.49. IBM isn't happy about executive compensation. Sun wants iron clad guarantees the deal won't fall through at the last minute.

Submission + - Gas At The Lowest Price In Nearly Five Years

Submitted by westlake on Sunday December 07, 2008 @07:31PM

westlake writes: The Lundberg survey is reporting that the price of gas has fallen 22 cents in the last two weeks. The average price of regular gasoline Friday was $1.75 a gallon. The price of mid-grade was $1.90 a gallon and the price of premium was $2.02 a gallon. The all-time high was on July 11, 2008, when the price peaked at $4.11 a gallon. Of cities surveyed, the nation's lowest price was $1.46 in Cheyenne, Wyo. The highest was $2.54 in Anchorage, Alaska, and the highest in the continental United States was $2.10 on New York's Long Island. Price of gas hits lowest point in nearly 5 years The story sums up s fundamental problem in a market-driven approach to developing alternative energy sources or alternative means of transportation. You are aiming at a moving target, but your lead time is measured in years. Your all-electric car, now in full production, isn't selling, and your credit is maxed put.

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