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Submission + - Windows Mobile fansite closes over iPhone row (winmobile.se)

Submitted by antiseptic_poetry
antiseptic_poetry writes: Sweden's top Windows Mobile site winmobile.se has decided to close it's doors, after Microsoft demanded the main site admin stop using an iPhone. Microsoft Sweden first contacted the site to offer help and money for a "Metro" style re-design; however, they took issue to the editor's "sent from my iPhone" email signature and told him to stop using the rival device even for private use, via a series of emails and in person.

Submission + - Windows Mobile fansite closes after Microsoft tell (winmobile.se) 4

Submitted by antiseptic_poetry
antiseptic_poetry writes: Sweden's top Windows Mobile site winmobile.se has decided to close it's doors, after Microsoft demanded the main site admin stop using an iPhone. Microsoft Sweden first contacted the site to offer help and money for a "Metro" style re-design; however, they took issue to the editor's "sent from my iPhone" email signature and told him to stop using the rival device even for private use, via a series of emails and in person.

Comment Re:35,000 apps (Score 1) 584

by antiseptic_poetry (#37944726) Attached to: Apple To Require Sandboxing For Mac App Store Apps
Wait - so figures show there are more WP7 developers paying a yearly subscription fee than there are apps in Windows Marketplace?! Considering most mobile dev companies pump out multiple apps, that means a substantial number haven't released anything. This doesn't make any sense..

Are you positive they're "voting with their wallets" and not being given free subscriptions by MS?

Comment Re:What the fuck is a "Gringotts"? (Score 1) 147

I own a WP7 running Mango, It's a pretty decent device, which is fairly easy to use (i came from IOS). However, it's still a new OS with a few glaring omissions (no way to backup for example) and a not very full app-store. To answer your questions:

- Wifi works fine, though it switches off when you lock the phone. No you cant change this.

Getting pics off the phone is done by syncing with Zune via USB or over wifi. Bluetooth file transfers are not supported in the OS, so forget BT.

My girlfriend can use the phone fine and she's extremely non-techy. However, she finds the IPhone easier to use.

Comment Asian fonts (Score 1) 308

by antiseptic_poetry (#36645652) Attached to: Chrome Hits 20% Share As IE Continues Slide
Chrome still can't display Asian fonts correctly. Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean Hanja are all rendered the same, even though they're all written differently.

This bug was first reported in 2008 and keeps getting pushed back; I literally can't believe this still hasn't been fixed, it completely breaks Asian support and means this browser can't be .

Oh a related issue; You can't choose fonts per encoding type, which means if you want to read English AND any Asian font, you can make one of them nice and readable but it breaks the look of the other.
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TSA Worker Jailed In Body Scan Rage Incident 352

Posted by samzenpus from the checking-out-your-package dept.
A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for aggravated battery after he attacked a co-worker for making fun of the size of his genitals. Rolando Negrin walked through one of the new body scanners during a recent training session and a supervisor started making fun of his manhood. From the article: "According to the police report, Negrin confronted one of his co-workers in an employee parking lot, where he hit him with a police baton on the arm and back."
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Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times 106

Posted by samzenpus from the get-your-face-out-there dept.
Geoffrey.landis writes "Terry Southgate discovered that his wife Wendy appears on the Google Street View of his neighborhood not once or twice but a whopping 43 times. From the article: 'It seems as if the Street View car simply followed the same route as Wendy and Trixie. However, Wendy was a little suspicious that the car was doing something on the "tricksie" side. Several of the Street View shots show Wendy looking with some concern towards the car that was, well, to put it politely, crawling along the curb. "I didn't know what it was doing. It was just driving round very, very slowly," Wendy told the Sun.' The next best thing to being a movie star — a Street View star!"
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How Nintendo's Mario Got His Name 103

Posted by samzenpus from the can't-wait-for-the-origin-movie dept.
harrymcc writes "In 1981, tiny Nintendo of America was getting ready to release Donkey Kong. When the company's landlord, Mario Segale, demanded back rent, Nintendo staffers named the game's barrel-jumping protagonist after him. Almost thirty years later, neither Nintendo — which continues to crank out Mario games — nor Segale — now a wealthy, secretive Washington State real estate developer — like to talk about how one of video games' iconic characters got his name and Italian heritage. Technologizer's Benj Edwards has researched the story for years and provides the most detailed account to date."
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Final Fight Brings Restrictive DRM To the PS3 240

Posted by Soulskill from the let's-blame-ubisoft dept.
Channard writes "As reported by Joystiq, the PS3/PlayStation Network version of Final Fight Double Impact features a rather restrictive piece of digital rights management. In order to launch the game, you have to be logged into the PlayStation Network and if you're not, the game refuses to launch. This could be written off as a bug of some kind except for the fact that the error message that crops up tells you to sign in, suggesting Sony/Capcom intentionally included this 'feature.' Granted, you do have to log into the PlayStation Network to buy the title but as one commentator pointed out, logging in once does not mean you'll be logged in all the time. Curiously, the 360 version has no such restrictions, so you can play the game whether you're online or offline. But annoying as this feature may be, there may be method in Sony's madness. "

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