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Desktops (Apple)

Journal Journal: Where is iWork '12?

It's been some time since the latest iWork refresh. iWork '09 was released nearly three years ago, which is a long time in computer business. Several events were suggested as a reason for Apple to delay the release of the next version of their Office suite: the new iPad, Lion, and lately the release of iCloud was accused to be the reason to further work on Pages, Keynote and Numbers to work seamlessly with the service.
All those events came and went, yet a new version of iWork is still not

Comment Homocentricity (Score 1) 239

What I liked about the original Planet of the Apes is that it was told that the monkeys started to say "No!" if I remember correctly. I always imagined it as some kind of evolutionary development. Nature fought back! This one gets it all wrong. Why must it always be mankind that is responsible, even for the rise of the apes? This is ridiculously homocentric.

Comment It's more like an arsenal (Score 1) 716

Apple's secret weapon is the product itself. And with the product“ I don't mean the iPad alone. It's the whole iPad experience. It all begins with the buying experience in the Apple Store (like it or not), goes on with their perfect minimalist design, the quality of the software, the software update process, the iTunes/AppStore infrastructure, and, not to forget the fact that the iPad is the gadget you want to own if you want to be part of the in-group. It almost seems unbeatable for the ex-hippie silverback generation and not so individualistic younger consumers alike.

Comment Nuclear power is a threat (Score 0, Troll) 752

I hope this disaster let some people come to their senses. I mean those who said in the last year that a equilibrated mix of energy production, including nuclear power“ is the way to go for the future. This technology is _not_ safe, nor is it clean. It's a threat to people and we need to push hard for renewable energy as soon as possible! I live in Germany. We had a sound exit strategy for nuclear power that would have allowed us to get nuclear-free in the foreseeable future. Conservative politicians, like Angela Merkel (CDU) and neo-liberals, like Guido Westerwelle (FDP), alike have recently diluted this sound strategy, because they thought it to be the work of crazy left-wing politicians and ecologists. It's not. We need to get out of nuclear power and we need to do it fast.

Comment Re:They force you to lease software (Score 2, Informative) 1016

Everyone is allowed to remove the catalytic converter and muffler from his car. The car is not allowed to be used after that though. The same goes for removing seat belts. Rolling back an odometer is forging, a completely different topic. I cannot understand why changing some kind of hardware you own, or changing hardware of other people can be illegal. The use of unlicensed games on a modified device could be, but not the modification itself. In that way, your remark was very much to the point, although to be read without sarcasm.
Cellphones

Submission + - Common charger for mobile phones coming in the EU (europa.eu)

buchner.johannes writes: "The EU Commission and companies agreed on common charger for mobile phones:

Incompatibility of chargers for mobile phones is a major inconvenience for users and also leads to unnecessary waste. Therefore, the Commission has requested industry to come forward with a voluntary commitment to solve this problem so as to avoid legislation. As a result major producers of mobile phones have agreed to harmonise chargers in the EU.

Discussed before here and here. The text continues:

Industry commits to provide chargers compatibility on the basis of the Micro-USB connector. Once the commitment becomes effective, it will be possible to charge data-enabled mobile phones from any charger compatible with the common specifications.

"

Software

Submission + - Top 5 firefox plugins (techarraz.com)

chinmoykanjilal writes: "For those interested in heavy SEO, here are 5 SEO plugins for your firefox browser which will help you to make a complete analysis of the site you are visiting. This way, you can get an idea of the keywords, the competetion from the site and the traffic generating factors for the site and the reason for the popularity of the site in it's niche. 1.Alexa With only one daily updated ranking service available, we cannot really ignore it. So, alexa sparky is the first plugin as well a rank increasing tool as it acts as the Alexa toolbar as well. 2.SEO QUAKE SEO Quake is like the one stop spot for all the rank-wise analysis you need. It shows ranks from GooglePR, Alexa, SEMRush, Compete besides other data like the backlinks from google blog search, yahoo directories, yahoo siteexplorer, SEMRush traffic value and price along with keyword density and much more. 3.Rankquest Rankquest plugin is integrated into your firefox as a toolbar once you install it. This toolbar offers a keyword tracker, html validator, link checker, text ratio, keyword density comparision, meta tag analyser, traffic analyser and index status in major search engines including social bookmark. 4.Quirk searchstatus Shows live ranks from GooglePR, Alexa, Compete and MozRank beside your menubar. Has an option to highlight nofollow links and keywords, display a detailed link report, sitemap data, domain data. Is fast and opens a new window as a popup. Very effective for a quick scan. 5.Foxy SEO Foxy seo tools offers detailed information from major search engines as drop-down lists along with data from social bookmarks, rank analysis sites, domin tools and page text analysis and link checking. It also has options for various client sided script validations. With all these 5 tools integrated into your browser, you will never need to open another website to analyse your domain. It is just another day that firefox makes the internet easy to use."
Medicine

Submission + - Swine Flu Vaccine now Available (blogspot.com)

ravjen writes: "Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said that they successfully produced a swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of their expectations. The vaccine was made in cells, rather than grown in eggs as is usually the case with vaccines."
Windows

Submission + - Why Microsoft is innocent with Internet Explorer (tomshardware.com)

Crazzaper writes: "With the EU breathing down Microsoft's back in regards to including Internet Explorer with Windows 7, Tom's Hardware took an interesting point of view on the subject and says that Microsoft is the victim. The article made draws up some interesting points about users who install their OS find that there's no browser. What's also interesting is that comments are comparing the EU's move to McDonald's selling KFC or Coke bundling one can of Pepsi with every six-pack of Coke. The article argues that the EU's restriction on Windows will ultimately be an inconvenience for the user."
Portables

Submission + - Laptops linked to Male Infertility 1

OlRickDawson writes: According to Science Daily, "the heat generated from laptops can impact sperm production and development making it difficult to conceive down the road." This could be a problem for extensive computer users, such as slashdot users. Yet another problem for the geek lifestyle.

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