Submission + - New Hobbit trailer debuts (youtube.com) 1
madmarcel writes: The official trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey! Well...that could've been worse...
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 8 declined, 1 accepted (9 total, 11.11% accepted)
Submission + - Nokia and Microsoft at Last Chance Saloon (stuff.co.nz) 2
madmarcel writes: There's something missing from this article though: Microsoft can just keep throwing money at this problem until they get it right...
"Microsoft and Nokia are loading up for their best — and possibly last — shot at denting a smartphone market dominated by Apple's iPhone and Google's Android mobile software.
If the new Lumia phones do not appeal to consumers when they are unveiled next Wednesday, it could mean the end for Nokia, and a serious blow to Microsoft's attempts to regain its footing in the mobile market, analysts and investors said."
"Microsoft and Nokia are loading up for their best — and possibly last — shot at denting a smartphone market dominated by Apple's iPhone and Google's Android mobile software.
If the new Lumia phones do not appeal to consumers when they are unveiled next Wednesday, it could mean the end for Nokia, and a serious blow to Microsoft's attempts to regain its footing in the mobile market, analysts and investors said."
Submission + - Halfway through the coding part of the Liberated Pixel Cup (opengameart.org)
madmarcel writes: We are halfway through the coding part of the Liberated Pixel Cup. Two weeks left! Are you all busily coding away in your basements or am I the only /.er that has entered?
Submission + - Another fake data compresssion algorithm (stuff.co.nz)
madmarcel writes: Did anyone invest in this?
More here
Another Failed Compression Promise: NearZero
http://www.c10n.info/archives/579
Near Zero businessman arrested on fraud charges
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/592807
$5.3m data compression fraud-accused in court
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3358512/5-3m-data-compression-fraud-accused-in-court
More here
Another Failed Compression Promise: NearZero
http://www.c10n.info/archives/579
Near Zero businessman arrested on fraud charges
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/592807
$5.3m data compression fraud-accused in court
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3358512/5-3m-data-compression-fraud-accused-in-court
