Comment Re:Cart before the horse??? (Score 1) 120
Both.
Comment Re:Boot time vs. actually doing something useful (Score 1) 221
My 2009 intel Atom netbook with a 5400 RPM hard drive goes from GRUB to being usable in about 10 seconds. Arch Linux.
Comment Re:Cart before the horse??? (Score 1) 120
The Beta works a lot better than the stock browser for me.
Comment Re:I have an idea. (Score 1) 120
Not everyone in Mozilla is good at desktop application programming. Don't worry, the same people are still working on Javascript and Gecko. There's just a lot of new kids that only know Java, and they got their new-fangled smartphones and want to try to contribute in that way.
Comment Re:Fitting quote (Score 1) 120
Beta works a lot better.
Comment "Old" :P (Score 2) 120
Reminds me of this: http://www.xpud.org/
Comment Re:Cloud? (Score 1) 111
You have issues with the Internet knowing what music you have? Lots of people spend the time to add their favorite musicians or tracks to Facebook, Last.fm, P2P, etc.
Comment Re:Chicken? (Score 1) 187
Simply changing the version number is also reasonable, and much more simple.
Comment Re:Chicken? (Score 1) 187
Are you suggesting that the consumers should have to wait until, say, 10 total new features are complete before they can use the 4 new features that are already finished?
Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 364
RTFA. Title says Windows.
Submission + - Android 3.1 Comes To The Asus Eee Pad Transformer (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "Today, a little Bumble Bee floated a new Asus Eee Pad Transformer firmware update packing Android 3.1 in all its golden sweetness. Quick on the up-take, Hot Hardware dropped the payload on to a microSD card faster than a hornet zipping around your Memorial Day weekend fruit salad bowl. Android 3.1 is about the little things, as they say. Resizable application widgets are really nice to play with; setting up your favorite home screen just the way you like it, so you can see as much or as little quick-take data as you want in your favorite apps and feeds. However, what's likely more impressive to die-hard Android fans will be the performance enhancements brought on by 3.1, with its significantly more responsive multitasking capabilities and even a slightly more responsive touch interface."
Submission + - HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android phone (winbeta.org)
BogenDorpher writes: "According to a Citigroup analyst report, phone maker HTC is paying Microsoft $5 for every Android smartphone that is made. Apparently, this fee is a result of a settlement reached between Microsoft and HTC over patent claims."
Submission + - Apple named 'least green' tech company (winbeta.org)
BogenDorpher writes: "In a recent report by Greenpeace, Apple's reliance on highly polluting coal power at its data centers that house its servers has given the company the title of being "least green.""
Submission + - World of Warcraft and Information Week deploy IPv6 (gmane.org)
ptudor writes: A post to NANOG mentions the 4.1 software update to World of Warcraft, arriving Tuesday, will support IPv6. Information Week is now serving IPv6 AAAA DNS records for public websites, joining sites like Heise and nixCraft that have already deployed IPv6 well in advance of World IPv6 Day on June 8th. Still notably absent? Slashdot. Lame.
Submission + - Apple: We 'must have' comprehensive location data
An anonymous reader writes: Apple's iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, and iPad models are also keeping track of consumers whereabouts. Mac computers running Snow Leopard and even Windows computers running Safari 5 are being watched. But the question is why? "To provide the high quality products and services that its customers demand, Apple must have access to the comprehensive location-based information," Apple says.
