Shadow7789 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Mobile website development?

Submitted by Shadow7789 on Sunday March 16, 2008 @02:02AM

Shadow7789 writes: In many other developed nations, the concept of the "Internet on the Go" has taken a much larger foothold than it has in the United States. Go to Japan or South Korea, and it seems like few pages do not have mobile counterparts, but come to the United States and many notable sites (Slashdot included) do not have any mobile formatted pages available. Should website developers be taking larger strides to ensuring that their content is available to mobile clients, or is the effort not worth the rewards?

Submission + - HTC refuses to fix defective, misadvertised device (engadgetmobile.com) 6

Submitted by Shadow7789 on Wednesday January 23, 2008 @12:21AM

Shadow7789 writes: After months of complaints by customers, claiming poor video performance on a plethora of recent devices (which were advertised as multimedia devices), HTC has decided to announce that it will not be providing fixes for the affected devices, instead claiming that the "overall value of its devices based on their combination of functionality and connectivity exceeds their ability to play or render high-resolution video."

Submission + - Driver issues plague HTC handhelds (htcclassaction.org)

Submitted by on Tuesday January 15, 2008 @11:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: The latest and greatest HTC SmartPhones and PocketPC's, including the TyTN II, are plagued with driver issues, namely missing or grossly underperforming video, touchscreen and camera drivers. After months of complaining to HTC and them hardly even acknowledging the issue, there is now even talk of a possible lawsuit to get HTC to fix the problems.

Affected devices include the "PDA of the year" HTC TyTN II (Kaiser, AT&T Tilt, T-Mobile MDA Vario III, Vodafone v1615), the "iPhone killers" HTC Touch / Touch Dual / Touch Cruise, the HTC Titan (Sprint Mogul, Verizon XV6800) and several other less known devices.

Submission + - Gmail IMAP Problems? (google.com)

Submitted by Shadow7789 on Saturday January 12, 2008 @06:15PM

Shadow7789 writes: It seems there are some problems over at Gmail HQ today. It seems that IMAP support has been randomly disabling and enabling itself on my account today. I have been periodically checking the Google Blog today and scanning through their press releases today, but I can't seem to find anything to hint at a cause of what I am experiencing. Fortunately, Web UI still works, but it is annoying when my desktop client and mobile device stop syncing my email. Worth mentioning is that when I access the Web UI while my IMAP is out, the option has mysteriously disappeared from the settings. Has anyone else experienced these difficulties, or does anyone know what is going on? Maybe we are getting some sought after IMAP improvements.

Submission + - Lenovo delivers SUSE Linux-based ThinkPads

Submitted by angryfirelord on Saturday January 12, 2008 @05:28PM

angryfirelord writes: PC vendor Lenovo has promised ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for some time now; however, Lenovo will deliver the goods the week of Jan. 14. Lenovo will release pre-installed SLED 10 on its Intel Centrino processor-powered ThinkPad T61 and R61 14-inch-wide notebooks. In February, Lenovo's pre-integrated Novell Linux offering will expand to include some Penryn-based ThinkPads. The starting price for this system will be $949, $20 less than the same laptop with Vista Home Premium.
Patent deal or not, I'm happy to see that another major PC manufacturer is putting the effort to pre-install Linux.

Submission + - Vista named year's most dissapointing product (pcworld.com)

Submitted by Shadow7789 on Monday December 17, 2007 @06:45PM

Shadow7789 writes: No surprise here, but to complete its humiliation, PC Magazine has named Windows Vista the most disappointing product of 2007. From the article:
'Five years in the making and this is the best Microsoft could do?...No wonder so many users are clinging to XP like shipwrecked sailors to a life raft, while others who made the upgrade are switching back. And when the fastest Vista notebook PC World has ever tested is an Apple MacBook Pro, there's something deeply wrong with the universe.'

Submission + - Linux patent infringment found (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by Shadow7789 on Sunday November 04, 2007 @07:57PM

Shadow7789 writes: The Inquirer published an editorial today that suggests a new spin on Linux's alleged infringements on Microsoft's patents. Instead of infringements in code, The Inquirer claims that Microsoft's claims stem from similarities between GNOME and KDE with the Windows GUI. While it is doubtful that anyone will ever truly know Microsoft's motives, this is certainly an interesting theory, and it does raise questions about the level of innovation in the various Linux GUIs.

Submission + - Carnegie Mellon wins DARPA Urban Challenge

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angio

on Sunday November 04, 2007 @04:22PM

angio writes: "Carnegie Mellon University's Tartan Racing team won the DARPA Grand Challenge, narrowly beating out competitors Stanford and Virginia Tech in a closely-watched race. Eleven finalists started the race on Saturday, with six finishing. The top three winners received $2 million, $1 million, and $500 thousand, respectively. Blow-by blow blogging of the event was covered by the register, Wired, and Popular Mechanics."

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