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Hands-On Account of Amazon's Upcoming Color Kindle 156

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 03, 2011 @02:51AM from the nook-nook-who's-there? dept.

jcgam69 writes with a description at TechCrunch of what's claimed to be an all-but-finished version of the upcoming color Kindle. "It's called simply the 'Amazon Kindle.' But it's not like any Kindle you've seen before. It displays content in full color. It has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen. And it runs Android." That last part inspires sharp words from some of the TechCruch readers, because the GUI described is an older version of Android wrapped so thickly in Amazon livery that it's hard to recognize. The author speculates that this new Kindle might be sold with a tempting sweetener — a free subscription to Amazon Prime.

Dev Booted From App Store For Inflated Reviews 178

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:47PM from the built-in-garbage-collection dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Molinker, a Chinese developer of iPhone apps, has been booted from the App Store after being caught trying to game the App Store review system. It seems reviewers were being paid off with free apps in return for 5-star reviews." This means the removal of over 1000 apps, described in this article as "knock-offs of existing applications."

Comment Re:So technically (Score 1) 554

by rixkix on Monday November 23, 2009 @01:51AM (#30199676) Attached to: Is That Sushi Hazardous To Your Health?

Let's call it 'embrace and extend.'

Comment Re:Slashdot achievements (Score 1) 1582

by rixkix on Thursday April 02, 2009 @05:56AM (#27427985) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

That's possible...

Submission + - NFL Calls Foul on Church Superbowl Parties

Submitted by Kahlil in Virginia on Friday February 02, 2007 @11:55AM

Kahlil in Virginia writes: This article (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID =/20070201/LOCAL/702010431/) from Indiana describes how the NFL is using its lawyers to intemidate and ban churches from hosting Superbowl parties. The NFL claims it is copyright infringement and that the churches are to refrain from hosing a party where the words Superbowl are used. The also cannot use a screen larger than 55". However, bars and other places are able to continue showing the program. This strikes me to be a fairly blatent abuse of a power the NFL does not have. Where is the law that says we, as a people, have a contract with the NFL to host parties and show the prgram? As long as the church is not receiving income from this and redistributing the program the NFL should have no leg to stand on. The NFL also blaims ratings and advertisement revenue as part of its decision.

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