Comment Is it just me? (Score 2, Funny) 268
Or does the anchorwoman have a head shaped like an onion?
Comment Re:Windows 7 Rap (Score 0, Redundant) 236
Flamebait? It was supposed to be funny!
Comment Windows 7 Rap (Score 4, Funny) 236
Delighted to see MS squirmin'
But they ain't wrigglin'
Cause they leaked 7 on the Bay
Seen sunshine and made hay
Now bloggers are talkin 'bout
That the new OS is out
But I see a frown
Cause their computer is down!
But they ain't wrigglin'
Cause they leaked 7 on the Bay
Seen sunshine and made hay
Now bloggers are talkin 'bout
That the new OS is out
But I see a frown
Cause their computer is down!
Comment Bad Economy (Score 1) 194
Could it be that because of the bad economy those things on the farther ends of the tails which were more cheap and more available before aren't so anymore?
Comment The Title (Score 0, Redundant) 331
"The Wall Street Journal asks How Apple Could Survive Without Steve Jobs
That's not a question. It's a statement - or a hypothesis at best.
Comment But does it fix the critical vulnerability? (Score 3, Insightful) 271
Does it fix this?
Comment Re:No, this is typical for virtually anyone sellin (Score 1) 463
Apple should really be slapped for repeatedly misrepresenting [brej.org] their products
Who doesn't? Went to Wendy's the other day and got a #2 combo because it looked pretty awesome on the order board. Got back to the office and opened it up to discover something pretty gross looking, a mash of squashed bun and grey meat. Yum. This isn't a rare case, and is pretty much the norm of advertising.
Lol, reminds me of the first time I came to the US. I saw these Taco Bell ads on TV with their mucho cheesy, huge taco leaving you full for just $2.99! I went to the nearest Taco Bell only to encounter these measly looking tacos and horrible service. I believe I went fast food restaurant hopping that night from Taco Bell to Wendy's to Burger King to McDonald's.
Let's just say I learnt my lesson well.
A Decade of OSS, 10 Years After the Summit 132
Jacob's ladder writes "Ten years ago this week, the Free Software Summit arguably marked the beginning of today's OSS movement. Ars Technica interviews many of those in attendance when the revolution began. John Ousterhout, creator of the Tcl scripting language and Tk toolkit and founder of Electric Cloud was there, and notes how much the landscape has changed. 'When I made my first open-source release in the early 1980s (VLSI chip design tools from Berkeley), there were probably less than five open-source projects in the world. By the time of the first O'Reilly conference, there were dozens; now there are probably thousands. Also, open-source software has received substantial mainstream acceptance. 10 years ago, people were suspicious or afraid of it; now it is widely embraced.'"
Comcast Blocks Web Browsing 502
An anonymous reader writes "A team of researchers have found that Comcast has quietly rolled out a new traffic-shaping method, which is interfering with web browsers in addition to p2p traffic. The smoking gun that documents this behavior are network traces collected from Comcast subscribers Internet connections. This evidence shows Comcast is forging packets and blocking connection attempts from web browsers. One has to hope this isn't the congestion management system they are touting as no longer targeting BitTorrent, which they are deploying in reaction to the recent FCC investigations."
Submission + - The cause of Skype outage
Van Cutter Romney writes: "A post on Skype's website has detailed the cause of last Thursday's outage. It seems that a Windows Update trigged a large number of computers to reboot within a short timeframe resulting in a flood of login requests. This combined with a lack to P2P network resources caused the disruption. The outage brings to question the reliability of VoIP and its ability to replace POTS."
Submission + - Google Adds StarOffice to Pack software bundle
Van Cutter Romney writes: "Google quietly added StarOffice to its freely available Google Pack software bundle. StarOffice is the commercial version of Sun Microsystems' office suite. While StarOffice is available for Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms, the version being offered through Google Pack is only for Windows XP or Vista users. Even though it is bundled with the Pack, StarOffice is not integrated with Google Docs and Spreadsheets, Google's online office productivity suite."
Submission + - Microsoft releases Home Server to manufacturing
Van Cutter Romney writes: "After lengthy beta testing in which more than 100,000 users participated, Microsoft finally released Windows Home Server (WHS) to manufacturing. Products built on WHS could hit market as soon as September this year. Microsoft has released WHS directly to end users which means users will be able to use their old machines provided it satisfies the minimum hardware requirements."
Submission + - iPhone sold out across US
Van Cutter Romney writes: "The Apple iPhone has sold out in all Apple and AT&T stores (with the exception of two) across the United States. Not only has it sold out, but there have been more than 1 million phones activated since its launch last week, a goal Steve Jobs had set to achieve only in 6 months time. Truly, a phenomenon?"
Submission + - O2 set to become iPhone partner in UK
Van Cutter Romney writes: "O2, part of the Spanish telecommunication network Telefonica, is set to become the first European mobile operator for the Apple iPhone. This is amid rumors that several operators have pulled out of negotiations because of Apple's demands on guaranteed sales volumes from the telecom companies."
Submission + - The British Steam Car Challenge
Van Cutter Romney writes: "A British steam powered car is attempting to hit the record speed of 200 mph. The car, constructed on a tubular chassis holds four boilers which deliver four megawatts of power producing 300 bhp. The current record of 127.659mph is a 101 years old."
