You're thinking of Mangina.

This raises a couple of obvious questions: Why does a cash register have an e-mail client installed and capable of receiving e-mail? Why does a cash register have Word installed?

Once again, stupidity and incompetence trumps everything.

Mozilla lost the plot long ago. Their combination of arrogance and incompetence has ruined what was once the best browser around.

But at least they forced their CEO to resign because he voted against same sex marriage. They've got that going for them.

But now, they've got Bing's teat to suck on.

I imagine that eventually people will stop giving Mozilla boatloads of free money and Mozilla will have to figure out a way to function like a real business. However, this isn't it:

"they've hinted at plans to start supporting Android apps"

That will kill Firefox OS faster than anything. If Firefox OS runs Android apps then there's no reason for write any Firefox OS apps. There already are a gazillion Android apps out there. And if you think of something new, and you're already experienced at writing for Android, there's no need to learn how to write for Firefox OS, just keep making Android apps. And if there are no Firefox OS-specific apps then there's no reason to use Firefox OS.

Google The Failure of OS/2

How is AdBlock interfering with the functionality of other apps? That makes no sense. Are people running apps whose function is to display ads?

But, this is not surprising, since 98% of Google's revenue depends on advertising being as intrusive as possible,

Yes, there are a few possible solutions, but I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the biggest barrier to implementing any of them:

Trying to connect to 8+ pumps at the same time is going to require running 8+ ethernet cables from a central location to each pump. You're going to have cables all over the place, and unless it is done while the gas station is closed it means people driving over the cables, stepping on them, tripping on them and yanking them out of the socket, etc........

According to the OP, the update process involves "running a manufacturer-provided program that connects to the device and pushes the new software."

I don't think it's too hard to guess what level of software quality is provided by the pump manufacturer.

Because this is Slashdot and it is required that all stories be written as poorly as possible.

If Google is only wrong 4.82% of the time then why is it whenever I search for an image I get thousands of pictures that have absolutely nothing to do with what I am searching for?

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How do you collect $1 a month from each user? The problem isn't so much that people don't want to pay. Most people wouldn't mind paying $1 a month, but will not pay $12 once a year. Yes, that makes no sense, since it's the same amount of money, but that's how people are.

So how do you charge people $1 a month? The real problem is that there is no easy, simple way to charge people a small amount of money.

And then eventually your tribe starts demanding that all the other tribes adhere to your tribe's "beliefs". Immediately followed by attacking and killing all the members of those tribes if they don't accept your tribe's beliefs as being THE ONE TRUE BELIEF®.

In the history of mankind, there has never been a "tribe" or religion which HASN'T done this. Which is why all religion is evil (in addition to promoting fear, ignorance and general stupidity).

You obviously don't have any understanding of business in the real world.

Yes. They are going to learn very quickly that there is no such thing as "outside of U.S. jurisdiction".

They've never cracked the key generating code for Windows 7. They just found ways to work around it.

In late 2001/early 2002 somebody figured out the algorithm to generated Volume License keys for Windows XP, and those don't need activation (so that companies with lots of computers don't have to activate 30,000 units). Starting With Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft changed some things so that those generated Volume License keys wouldn't work any more. So you have to find a legit Volume License key somewhere (not all that hard to do).

Starting with Windows Vista, and continuing on to Windows 7, Microsoft changed things again. Microsoft changed the system for Volume License keys, making them not a viable option for pirates. Windows installed on OEM PCs was now using a system that referenced information in the computer's BIOS. Google "System Locked Pre-activation". So people just started flashing their BIOS with the necessary stuff. Windows thinks my homemade PC is a Dell.