Comment Re:Writing on the wall (Score 1) 295
Those greenhorn fools should have realized that Due Diligence means running the acquisition past some AC on a message board.
Comment Re:What the fuck (Score 0) 295
Those two are not technically software companies.
Apple is a hardware company that makes great software.
Google is an advertising company that makes great software.
Microsoft is a software company that makes shabby software.
Apple is a hardware company that makes great software.
Google is an advertising company that makes great software.
Microsoft is a software company that makes shabby software.
Comment Re:Lots of good reasons not to buy Apple (Score 1) 251
If it wasn't for that "low budget shit", you would still have a half-assed notification system. Stop pretending it isn't a two way street. Competition pressures the vendors and benefits the consumers. This is great for everyone, except dumbass fanbois.
Comment Re:Bose (Score 1) 448
Thanks.... interesting link.
I had a few pairs of ER4P's. Fantastic sound, but I found the build quality was no match for my daily use (wire would eventually fracture - mono no fun).
I got sick of replacing them at such high cost, and found that Klipsch X1's gave me 60-70% of the fidelity at a fraction of the cost... so no biggie getting replacements from Amazon if something broke.
Comment Strange analysis... (Score 1) 214
'Consider the Kindle Fire example: Just like Amazon picked the Android lock, Samsung could grab the Android Open Source code and create its own unlicensed but fully legal smartphone OS and still benefit from a portion of Android apps, or it could build its own app store the way Amazon did,'
I wouldn't call forking an Open Source project "picking the lock".
The Kindle Fire has no camera, GPS, or core Google apps (Maps, Gmail, Talk, Voice, Google+, etc)
Samsung's success has been through shipping flagship devices, not crippled ones at rock bottom prices.
Comment Re:SHOULD "Apps" Cost Something? (Score 1) 523
No, you'd have 15 minutes to take a sip and decide whether you want an unconditional refund for the coffee.
Comment Re:Doling out power (Score 1) 349
Uh, I think you mean 'aides'.
Comment Re:patent shield (Score 1) 578
Absolutely.
Just looked at the Motorola site. They have 24,500 patents granted and pending in 2G, 3G, 4G, H.264, MPEG-4, 802.11, NFC.
With the codec ones, there could be some benefit for WebM too....
Comment Re:Chicken/Egg Problem (with NoSQL) (Score 1) 152
We want to jump on the NoSQL ship
These comparisons might be of interest...
Submission + - Eric Schmidt: Apple's lawsuits because of jealousy (digitizor.com)
kai_hiwatari writes: "Today, at Google’s Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo, Google Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt made an attack on Apple and its litigious way. He said that Apple’s lawsuits against Android are a result of their lack of innovation and jealousy because of Android’s success."
Submission + - Nortel patents go to Apple, MS, RIM and others (techcrunch.com)
tcr writes: A consortium that includes Apple, Microsoft, RIM and Sony has been successful in its bid for the Nortel patent portfolio. The winning bid was $4.5 billion.
Unsurprisingly, TechCrunch predict this could result in a slew of lawsuits directed at Android, but also report that the auction result is likely to undergo scrutiny from the US courts.
Unsurprisingly, TechCrunch predict this could result in a slew of lawsuits directed at Android, but also report that the auction result is likely to undergo scrutiny from the US courts.
Comment Re:People still buy blackberries? (Score 2) 197
It's worth noting that companies like VMware are working on virtualization technology for Android. This would allow handsets to switch between work and home OS images, allowing consumer handsets to be used during work time as secure corporate handsets.
It's possible this could become attractive to the enterprise... no BES, and you can repurpose equipment the employee already owns.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Is facebook the new AOL?
elPetak writes: Think about it... AOL had it's own mailing, instant messaging, pages accessible via keywords and other stuff all in the same interface.
So my questions are:
Isn't that very similar to what Facebook has become?
and more important, will facebook suffer the same fate?
So my questions are:
Isn't that very similar to what Facebook has become?
and more important, will facebook suffer the same fate?
Submission + - Google Doodle Les Paul Homage (walyou.com)
An anonymous reader writes: For those of you who do not know, Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) was one of the pioneers in the development of the solid-body electric guitar. Today’s Google Doodle marks 96 years from the birth of this extraordinary man.
Submission + - A "moral" operating System (youtube.com)
intiha writes: At TEDx Silicon Valley, Damon horowitz (http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~dhoro/) presents an argument that has resonated in my mind for some time: we the tech people, tend to be excited by purely the newness of what we develop build. But that has often proved to be long term detrimental to the human race. He argues that we should think, deeply, about the moral implication of what we are developing and make a decision accordingly. The Manhattan Project and regret by some (Robert Oppenheimer the most notable) points to this conundrum: we (the techies/geeks) are the people who will most impact the future, and yet we donot think about the deep impact of our work. Perhaps we should.
