Comment Re:"Planing?" (Score 1) 227
Rarely used?
I've never heard anyone in Britain use any other form of the word — "spelled" sounds incorrect to my ears.
Google Patents Browser Highlight All Button 150
An anonymous reader writes "Google has picked up another patent on a technology that you might think basic to the web: the highlight all button for searches in browsers. The patent will backdate to 1999 and presents an interesting problem for such software as the Firefox browser and FeedDemon RSS reader. And, in an interesting twist, Microsoft uses a similar mechanism in Windows Explorer. But Microsoft itself said that browser technology can't be separated from the operating system. Does that mean the company owes a royalty to Google for all those copies of Windows?"
Submission + - ChevronWP7, WP7 JailBreak Tool Discontinued (wmpoweruser.com)
suraj.sun writes: After discussion with Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone 7, the ChevronWP7 team, who created a free Developer Unlocker, ChevronWP7 discussed less than 24 hours ago right here on Slashdot ( http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/30/1622244/Windows-7-Phone-Gets-Jailbreak-Tool ), have decided to pull their tool, effective immediately.
"Through this discussion, we established a mutual understanding of our intent to enable homebrew opportunities and to open the Windows Phone 7 platform for broader access to developers and users. To fast-track discussions, we are discontinuing the unlocking tool effective immediately."
The great news is that some official home brew is coming to Windows Phone 7. "To pursue these goals with Microsoft’s support, Brandon Watson has agreed to engage in further discussions with us about officially facilitating homebrew development on WP7. "
WMPowerUser: http://wmpoweruser.com/breaking-news-chevronwp7-discontinued-official-home-brew-may-be-coming/
http://www.chevronwp7.com/post/2057541126/pursuing-the-future-of-homebrew-on-windows-phone-7
"Through this discussion, we established a mutual understanding of our intent to enable homebrew opportunities and to open the Windows Phone 7 platform for broader access to developers and users. To fast-track discussions, we are discontinuing the unlocking tool effective immediately."
The great news is that some official home brew is coming to Windows Phone 7. "To pursue these goals with Microsoft’s support, Brandon Watson has agreed to engage in further discussions with us about officially facilitating homebrew development on WP7. "
WMPowerUser: http://wmpoweruser.com/breaking-news-chevronwp7-discontinued-official-home-brew-may-be-coming/
http://www.chevronwp7.com/post/2057541126/pursuing-the-future-of-homebrew-on-windows-phone-7
Submission + - NASA to Announce Finding Life on Titan? (nasa.gov)
ChazeFroy writes: NASA has set a time for a press conference for Thursday at 2 pm ET on an astrobiology finding. Based on the scientists participating in the conference, there is speculation that NASA has found evidence for life on Saturn's moon Titan. If this is true, this is one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time.
Submission + - Curious NASA Pre-Announcement (nasa.gov) 2
CrtxReavr writes: 'NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.'
Comment Re:Fire Sale! (Score 1) 717
VLC == VideoLan Client
Comment Re:Let The Confustion Begin (Score 1) 324
If you had R'ed TFA, you would have seen that system builders can (and presumably will) choose to put a sticker on the front that omits the AMD branding altogether and simply says "Radeon Graphics".
The branding shift is also specifically towards the chips just being called "Radeon", with the fact that AMD are the manufacturer as a second thought.
Comment Re:This is my shortcut to learning chinese... (Score 1) 508
It's available as an input method for all Macs with multi-touch trackpads.
Regular trackpads, like my MacBook are SOL though.
Comment Re:This is my shortcut to learning chinese... (Score 1) 508
You mean, exactly like the one available in iOS?
Comment Re:Or... or... or... or... (Score 1) 267
Command-[ on a Mac has the added benefit of breaking free of any keyboard captures a flash applet may have induced.
Comment Re:Perspective (Score 4, Insightful) 306
up until this year, my Orange ADSL2 connection had a supposed cap of 2GB. Thankfully, it wasn't enforced as far as I could tell.
Submission + - Apple's Dev Site Down for an Entire Week
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
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
Kexts, not ktexts. Kernel EXTensionS.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors 1012
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."
