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PlayStation App Coming To iOS, Android 47

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:17AM from the psphone-looking-more-likely-all-the-time dept.

Sony has announced plans to launch PlayStation-centric apps for iOS 4 and Android devices. While the apps doesn't actually let users play games, it allows them to interact with various PlayStation Network functions. "This includes allowing players to view various trophies they and their friends have won in order to validate their self-worth. Players will also be able to view friends' online status and browse games for the PS3, PS2, and PSP with the app, as well as catch up on news and any relevant hardware announcements. If they see anything they like, the app will integrate with Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail to make for easy sharing." The app will be released for several European countries to start, with more versions and languages to follow.

Comment Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (Score 0, Flamebait) 174

by Mc_Anthony on Friday July 10, 2009 @06:20PM (#28655577) Attached to: DOJ Report On NSA Wiretaps Finally Released

It's sort of clear now why BO backed down on this early.

Comment Re:VX Nano (Score 1) 519

by Mc_Anthony on Thursday April 30, 2009 @04:32PM (#27778275) Attached to: Bluetooth Versus Wireless Mice

I agree. I need small wireless mouse that would work with both my MacBook and my little AcerAspire netbook and the VX Nano fit the bill perfectly. I absolutely love this little mouse.

Judge In Pirate Bay Trial Biased 415

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 23, 2009 @08:48AM from the aren't-we-all dept.

maglo writes "The judge who handed down the harsh sentence to the four accused in the The Pirate Bay trial was biased, writes Sveriges Radio (Sweden Public Radio): sr.se (swedish). Google translation. The judge is member of two copyright lobby organizations, something he shares with several of the prosecutor attorneys (Monique Wadsted, Henrik Pontén and Peter Danowsky). The organizations in question are Svenska Föreningen för Upphovsrätt (SFU) and Svenska föreningen för industriellt rättsskydd (SFIR)."

Comment No so fast (Score 1) 1385

by Mc_Anthony on Friday April 17, 2009 @03:18PM (#27618473) Attached to: Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US

What about the high cost? The additional taxes? The new massive government bureaucracy? Public transportation is a huge money loser.

I would instead prefer tax incentives be use to spur the private sector.

Comment What about cost? (Score 1) 1385

by Mc_Anthony on Friday April 17, 2009 @02:49PM (#27617977) Attached to: Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US

Public transportation in the US is a huge money loser - so I'm guessing this is going to be as well. How much is this going to cost? Are the additional taxes going to be worth it? Do we need another, massive government bureaucracy?

Comment Re:Linux netbooks perfect for schools (Score 1) 833

by Mc_Anthony on Saturday April 11, 2009 @01:22AM (#27539719) Attached to: Linux On Netbooks — a Complicated Story

I also just picked up one of these D150 Acers and I love it. Ubuntu makes a distro with very good hardware support as well as Atom optimizations called Ubuntu Netbook Remix and it's great. http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr

Comment Re:Performance (Score 1) 833

by Mc_Anthony on Saturday April 11, 2009 @01:16AM (#27539683) Attached to: Linux On Netbooks — a Complicated Story

I've been playing with the nightly build of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (a distro that's optimized for netbooks with the Intel Atom processors, and based on Ubuntu 9.04) and I have to say that it's great if you are a Linux user. All of the hardware is supported at the moment except for the built in mic (the mic jack works). http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr

Comment Re:RTFS?? (Score 1) 904

by Mc_Anthony on Thursday April 09, 2009 @03:31PM (#27523011) Attached to: EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush

You mean worse than the old boss.

Comment Re:Biggest problems (Score 1) 205

by Mc_Anthony on Friday April 03, 2009 @06:05PM (#27451985) Attached to: First Look At Fedora 11 Beta Release

Actually, a "live upgrade" is the preferred method for Ubuntu upgrades - and it's perfectly safe to do either over the net or from a cd.

Another benefit to Ubuntu is that they have an LTS version - which is absolutely necessary if you plan on setting up a production machine.

In the end however, if you're a decent admin, Linux is Linux and the distro you pick doesn't make that much difference (in general of course).

Comment We watched it last night (Score 1) 464

by Mc_Anthony on Thursday April 02, 2009 @04:11PM (#27435833) Attached to: Wolverine Film Leaked a Month Before Release

My girlfriend and I watched it last night and sadly, the movie is not very good at all. Besides the unfinished effects, which make the film look like a Saturday morning kids production - or something the BBC would make (Dr. Who production quality) - the acting is dull, the plot is weak and the character development is very poor.

I'm sure the film will look much better in it's finished form - but I doubt cgi will make up for the rest of the movies problems.

The Global Warming Heretic 1190

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday March 28, 2009 @01:14PM from the sphere-of-influence dept.

theodp writes "In The Civil Heretic, the NYT Magazine takes a look at how world-renowned scientist Freeman Dyson wound up opposing those who care most about global warming. Since coming out of the closet on global warming, Dyson has found himself described as 'a pompous twit,' 'a blowhard,' and 'a mad scientist.' He argues that climate change has become an obsession for 'a worldwide secular religion' known as environmentalism. Dyson has been particularly dismissive of Al Gore, calling him climate change's chief propagandist and accusing him of relying too heavily on computer-generated climate models and promoting 'lousy science' that's distracting attention from more serious and more immediate dangers to the planet." Dyson himself wrote about the need for heretics in science not long ago.

Comment Re:Welcome to the Nanny State (Score 1) 685

by Mc_Anthony on Friday March 27, 2009 @08:23PM (#27366045) Attached to: California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars

What I'm say is he's not governing like a Republican. He can call himself whatever he likes.

Comment Re:W-T-F (Score 1) 685

by Mc_Anthony on Thursday March 26, 2009 @05:02PM (#27348209) Attached to: California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars

Don't give them any ideas!!!

Comment Welcome to the Nanny State (Score 2, Insightful) 685

by Mc_Anthony on Thursday March 26, 2009 @05:01PM (#27348195) Attached to: California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars

California is cursed with the worse nanny-state politicians in the country. It's destroying the economy too - the state is nearly bankrupt, businesses are leaving, taxes are on the rise. It's a total disaster. If you want an example of what happens to an economy when Democrats have complete power, just look to California for an example.

And for the record, Arnold is NO republican!

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