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Submission + - Apple's Dev Site Down for an Entire Week

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @07:56AM

An anonymous reader writes: Apple's iPhone development site has been down since just before Christmas and possibly longer. I got a MacBook Pro for XMas and was hoping to download the SDK to begin my life of living large, making millions of dollars a day on an app that says "Oooh yeah" in a random language. Can I sue them for lost revenue?

Comment robots.txt (Score 1) 549

by jbuk on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @05:08PM (#30051442) Attached to: Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches

The guy who is adding a line in robots.txt and getting paid a fortune for 'complex technical measures' is one smart fellow.

Comment Typo in summary... (Score 1) 1012

by jbuk on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @12:31PM (#29964724) Attached to: Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors

Kexts, not ktexts. Kernel EXTensionS.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors 1012

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 02, 2009 @07:49PM from the caveat-hackor dept.

Archeopteryx writes "According to Wired's 'Gadget Lab' blog, Snow Leopard's next update, OS X 10.6.2, will block the Atom processor and will disable many 'Hackintosh' netbooks. It is indeed true that OS X will run just fine on some netbooks if you install the right drivers and ktexts, but Apple's EULA has always specified that the license was applicable only to Apple hardware. There have always been processor types specified in OS X and that have to be worked around now for those who want to use an Atom or similar non-Apple-adopted processor, so this is likely no more than a hiccup on the road for the OSX86 crowd. But, it raises the question: is it time for Apple to sell a license for non-Apple hardware — priced accordingly of course — for those people who want OS X on platform types Apple has not yet adopted, like the netbook? The only reason OS X is not on my Eee is that I want to comply with the licensing terms. I could just pay for a license to use it."

Submission + - Apple backs off DMCA threats against wiki

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Wednesday July 22, 2009 @04:18PM

netbuzz writes: "A wiki operator who was pressured by Apple's legal team into removing anonymous discussions about circumventing the company's music-playback software for iPods and iPhones says he is relieved that Apple has backed off and he'll be able to restore the disputed material. Apple dropped its claims of copyright and DMCA violation against BluWiki only under legal pressure of its own in the form of a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/43762"

Comment Re:In other news (Score 1) 394

by jbuk on Sunday July 12, 2009 @11:32AM (#28667533) Attached to: Outlook Inertia the Main Factor Holding Business From Google Apps

Booting? Is that like when you press the big blue button on front of the Hard Drive?

Submission + - 800 TFLOP real-time ray tracing GPU unveiled (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by wjousts on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @12:33PM

wjousts writes: Ars Technica are reporting on a new real-time ray-tracing (RTRT) system that gangs together nine, 73-core chips into a single system that fits inside a desktop computer form factor.

"The new chip, which is being jointly developed with Toyota and Unisys, is aimed at the auto industry, where designers will use it to prototype body designs and paint combinations. "

Unfortunately, it's unlikely that it will ever make it in to your gaming rig.

Comment Re:And on the minus side... (Score 1) 354

by jbuk on Monday June 29, 2009 @05:36PM (#28520317) Attached to: 13-Year-Old Trades iPod For a Walkman For a Week

On the contrary. I could sync my 6G 80GB classic with Foobar2000 perfectly. I could probably sync my shiny new 6.5G 120GB classic too, but I haven't tried.

Submission + - Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24, 2009 @12:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: A recent Lenovo automatic software update has the great feature of displaying annoying pop-up ads for Lenovo products. Whats worse, it appears that many users are unable to turn the advertisement "feature" off, subjecting them to pop-ups every couple of hours. Gee guys, a note about your 20% off sale in my e-mail wouldn't have bothered me that much, but you really had to pop up over top of my powerpoint slides? I'm sure that all of my office colleagues will be running to order ThinkPads...

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