Comment Re:Revoke content? (Score 1) 212
You do realize that nearly all (if not, all) music on iTunes are non-DRMed AAC (a.k.a. .m4a) files now, right?
Comment Re:Nonsense (Score 1) 555
Your logic would be spot on if Microsoft's Mac offering were indeed direct ports of their Windows counterparts. But they are not.
One of the major reasons the MBU exists is because of the horribly ill-fated idea of throwing out the Mac-native Word for Mac 5.0/5.1 and using the Word for Windows 2.0/3.0 codebase to come up with Word 6.0 for both Mac and Windows. (You can read details of this debacle directly from a MBU employee).
The majority of Microsoft's Mac products are complete re-implementations of the features in their Windows counterparts (and the reason why there is not complete feature-parity between the two versions).
I think the reason that the MBU has such high profit margins is that are fewer "cooks in the kitchen" relative to Microsoft's Windows-related projects. It's a small group of dedicated employees who are in the unenviable position of trying to make great Mac software while being viewed by some on the outside as just more drones from the evil Windows empire.
Comment Re:Not very (Score 1) 856
Well, you might get away with charging $130... but only if your name is Apple. ;)
Submission + - SPAM: Pioneer ends Laserdisc production after 29 years
brumgrunt writes: "Pioneer has today confirmed that it is ending production of Laserdisc players, 29 years after the format first launched. Just 3000 more are to be made, and Den Of Geek has the story. [spam URL stripped]"
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Comment Re:Got it although I don't really need this. (Score 1) 268
To all of the righteous "downloading is a crime" types: get some priorities and complain about things that really matter, children.
Wait. What about how illegal downloading effects the children of the intellectual "property" owners (who, by the way are hardly ever the intellectual property creators). My god, at this rate they will only be able to afford 1 italian sports car and not 2 or more!
Submission + - CO Secretary of State decertifies evoting machines
mamer-retrogamer writes: On December 17th, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman decertified election equipment used by 64 Colorado counties, including machines made by Premier Election Solutions — formerly known as Diebold Election Systems. A report issued by the Secretary of State's office details a myriad of problems such as systems not being password protected, having controls that could give voters unauthorized access, and not having a way to track or detect security violations.
Manufacturers have 30 days to appeal the decertification.
Manufacturers have 30 days to appeal the decertification.
Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong? 731
An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au has posted a commentary that attempts to cut away the hype surrounding Boot Camp. From the article: 'Boot Camp will do little to coax Windows XP users into switching to Mac OS X. For this to happen, Apple needs to either license out OS X to all users -- not just Mac owners -- or support a true Mac virtualisation application.'"
