Comment Re:Make up your mind.... (Score -1) 128
Nobody was talking about Kickstarter the site. He just said he got some money to kickstart the project.
Submission + - Good Old Games Adds Mac OS X Support (rockpapershotgun.com)
SquarePixel writes: The nostalgic games seller Good Old Games has added Mac OS X support to its platform and a catalog of games. "During its much-ballyhooed news-a-thon, GOG drew back the curtain on a new version of its service tailored to Macs, which brings with it 50 games (eight of which you receive free just for signing up) and some rather tempting deals. Speaking of, there’s this insane 32-game pay-what-you-want Interplay special leading the charge in celebration of GOG’s fourth anniversary".
Comment Re:Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally (Score -1) 271
Sort of.. The summary is already behind (when story went live) as the jump is happening at the moment.
Comment Re:Really? (Score 0) 195
They do force people to use their advertising platform, tho. Yes that's right, if you use Adwords you are not allowed to use the same ads on competitors advertising platforms. On top of that outright monopoly abuse, Google displays its own service higher than competitors, therefore undermining them.
Comment Re:Rookie mistake (Score -1) 81
you mad?
Comment Reveals too much? (Score 5, Insightful) 89
Isn't it good that the government is transparent?
Comment Re:But... (Score 5, Funny) 687
The whole thing seems like lots to do. I would just grab a beer and call it a day.
Submission + - Comparing 'Angry Birds' pigs to the 'Bad Piggies' (wired.com) 1
SquarePixel writes: In theory, the pigs of Angry Birds should be no different from those featured in Bad Piggies, Rovio's recently released spinoff. But according to Wired's Rhett Allain, there are some differences — most notably, their size. Using Newtonian physics to calculate their real-world size, Allain determined that each pig in Bad Piggies would have a girth of about 96 centimeters. That's 83 percent the size of the original Angry Birds pigs, which measured at around 1.16 meters wide. The slingshot, in case you were wondering, would stand at about 4.9 meters tall.
Submission + - Google Facing Regulation From Both Sides of the Atlantic (thedailybeast.com)
SquarePixel writes: Over the next few months, Google could find itself in trouble with regulators on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only are European regulators set to decide next week whether to take Google to court over its ranking of search findings, but last week reports surfaced that the Federal Trade Commission soon might pursue an anti-trust case of its own against the Internet search giant.
Linux Forcibly Installed On Congressman's Computer In Act of Terrorism
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fermion writes with news of Windows computers being forcefully liberated: "The campaign headquarters of Michael Grimm, a U.S. House of Representatives member from New York, were vandalized. What has not been reported everywhere is that Linux was installed on one of his computers, erasing data in the process. Is this a new attack on democracy by the open source radicals, or it is just a random occurrence?"
From the article: "'In fact, one officer said to me today they see this as a crime against the government, because I am a sitting United States congressman and they take it very seriously. You know, especially in light of what happened with Gabby Giffords, we're not in the world today where we can shrug things off,' Grimm said. ... [GNU/]Linux, an open-source operating system, was installed on Grimm's computers, erasing the hard drive contents, which included polling and voter identification data. But staff had backed up the hard drive contents hours beforehand. Grimm and his staffers said the vandalism — cement blocks were thrown through the office's windows — is a cover-up for the attacks on the computers."
Comment Re:EU are on crack (Score -1) 292
It's not theoretical, it's the exact reason that companies have been complaining about. Google told companies that they cannot use same ads on competitor services.
Comment Masturbation (Score 4, Funny) 221
It's the most fun a guy can have with one hand.
Comment Adobe tried already (Score 1) 297
Adobe has recently made their full software suite available for a monthly fee. Compared to paying several thousands for the software, you only pay $70 per month. For me that seems much better. If, on the other hand, I would like make longer commitment to Adobe's software, I could buy the whole suite, too!
Can Microsoft Really Convince People To Subscribe To Software? 297
curtwoodward writes "For most consumers, monthly subscriptions are still something for magazines and cable TV. With Office 365, Microsoft is about to embark on a huge social experiment to see if they'll also pay that way for basic software. But in doing so, Microsoft has jacked up prices on its old fee structure to make subscriptions seem like a better deal. And that could really leave a bad impression with financially struggling consumers."
Comment Re:All Phones Ship Unlocked (Score -1, Flamebait) 100
It makes a great difference when you're traveling elsewhere. Oh right, US people...
