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Comment Re:Ron Gilbert (Score 1) 827

by prockcore (#33967708) Attached to: Apple Announces iLife '11, FaceTime Mac, Lion, Mac App Store, MacBook Air

I really can see it. Who can't see Steve Jobs announcing in 2 years that 10.8 will use the app store exclusively? With a giant slide that says "99% of all mac users exclusively use the app store already" and "No more messing with .dmgs" and "automatically stay up to date for all your software".

He'll push getting rid of manual software installation as a feature.
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Red Hat Settles Patent Case 76

Posted by Soulskill from the making-it-go-away dept.
darthcamaro writes "Red Hat has settled another patent case with patent holding firm Acacia. This time the patent is US Patent #6,163,776, 'System and method for exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and relational system.' While it's great that Red Hat has ended this particular patent threat, it's not yet clear how they've settled this case. The last time Red Hat tangled with Acacia they won in an Texas jury trial. 'Red Hat routinely addresses attempts to impede the innovative forces of open source via allegations of patent infringement,' Red Hat said in a statement. 'We can confirm that Red Hat, Inc and Software Tree LLC have settled patent litigation that was pending in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.'"
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White House Correspondent Tweets His Heart Attack 77

Posted by samzenpus from the dedication-to-the-job dept.
Tommy Christopher, who writes for mediate.com, has reporting in his blood, so much so that he livetweeted every part of his recent heart attack. "I gotta be me. Livetweeting my heart attack. Beat that!" and "This is not like the movies. Most deadpan heart attack evar. Still hurts even after the morphine," were among his updates as he was rushed to the hospital. Christopher is now in stable condition after recovering from emergency surgery.

Comment Re:Good grief! (Score 1) 284

by prockcore (#33299720) Attached to: Australia Considering iPhone App Censorship

The fact that there are government game ratings at all. The US has game ratings through the ESRB, but they're not a government entity, and the ratings are just parental guidelines. It's not illegal for a 10 year old to play a game rated M, or see an R rated movie... and it's certainly not illegal for a game or a movie to forgo getting a rating at all.. in fact that's a selling point for a lot of DVDs.

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