The Apple reference is justified here - MSN spokesman claims new project will benefit Zune, but the two are not closely tied. Summary then cites an example of where a strong tie between device and service has benefited another company in a comparable situation.
Seems like a desire to attack Apple/Slashdot/both has clouded your reading comprehension.
I left Ubuntu at the start of the year after 4 relatively happy years - PulseAudio was one of my biggest complaints.
Even if I could have got it working properly, I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get my computer to play sounds.
Sounds great to me - obviously you wouldn't call it that though!
Consider gmail "labels" vs traditional email/imap folders - labels are both easier to use for novices and more flexible for capable users.
YMMV, as ever.
Most phones I've seen, except the iPhone, stores it's maps locally. They should even work with no GPS _or_ data reception (if you just want to use the map for setting up favourites, plan routes etc.)
This is Europe, as usual with mobile stories there are likely wild differences between EU and the US on this.
The market for Flash is huge. That there is a need (perceived or real) is self evident, MS are simply trying to get in on this.
Players will feel like clones out there, so they'll buy things so that they can stand out.
How life imitates art...
Doesn't matter if he "enjoyed" it - ANY attention is bad. Please don't feed the trolls.
How does that help prevent people impersonating you?
You don't consider social security or healthcare "useful"?
Doesn't work that way. Even if they didn't appeal, the Swedish prisons are full -- you actually have to queue to serve your sentence, and violent criminals always skip ahead of the queue.
Could you provide a source for this? I had a quick Google, but I'm not sure I'm even searching for the right thing. Thanks!
Yes, apparently you can now use it on the Google App Engine!
It's astonishing how many people in my office (intelligent folk) can't cope with using Google. My manager will frequently ask me to google something despite having the same facilities I do.
She also regularly asks me to spell words which could easily be found by searching Google with something resembling the word and selecting "did you mean..."
Weird.
Slashdot ID, not linked to any other persona, certainly nothing real (i.e. non-Internet). That's anonymous enough for most purposes.
2) It is cheaper for the merchant. Cash = no merchant fees.
Depends. Often large stores want to get rid of cash as over a certain point the handling fees become prohibitive. Ever noticed how they always try to offer cashback?
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