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Comment Just *outsourcing* to the 'community*... (Score 1) 320

Hardly anyone really cared about the .NET micro framework and it *failed* to create/capture any big market. So they axed most of the team and and are now releasing the source. Of course they are going to slaughter it for PR-purposes... in the hope someone will get into the Windows ecosystem and develop with it. See:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/dot_net_micro_framework_open_sourced/
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/05/07/microsoft_products_scaled_back/

Comment RNA and the origin of life (Score 1) 264

If you subscribe to the RNA world hypothesis this isn't that much of hot news - at least to me. There was a paper in nature earlier this year where a group of scientists managed to produce uracil, but that wasn't the main point. They also managed to produce more molecules and gave some good arguments for a RNA world. This is not just a repetition of the Miller-Experiment, as some poster suggested. Saying that is basically saying that cars build on assembly lines today are just a repetition of the production of the T-Model...
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world_hypothesis
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7244/full/nature08013.html (abstract only, FA requires a subscription)

Comment P-prefaced jargon you say...? (Score 0) 138

That's a lot of 'p'-prefaced jargon

I can only imagine how it went at AP HQ:
AP CEO: Now, before we adjourn, gentlemen, I have one last matter of utmost importance. I need to protect this precious piece of news from the perils of the interwebs or else our business model from the past will fail - anyone who wants it absolutely, positively _has_ to properly pay per line for it!

Comment Re:Queer eye for the linux desktop? (Score 1) 542

Another one:
http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/screenshots/rb-auto-playlist.png
Why do I have to click on the speaker icon to adjust the volume? This is GNOME with all their HIG and make everything simple arguments! I know if I had a wheel mouse I could hover over it and scroll BUT why should I have to? Perfectly fine example of not getting it - I mean this is a dedicated music player and one of the most important control elements is sort of hidden.

Definately innovating too much...

Comment From the Bundeskartellamt (Score 4, Informative) 237

For all of you wondering why Microsoft was fined. Linked in the article.. but who reads that anyway?

The product in question was heavily advertised in the autumn of 2008 in stationary retail outlets. Amongst others, a nationwide active retailer advertised the product with financial support from Microsoft. Even before the launch of the advertising campaign in mid-October 2008, employees of Microsoft and the retailer in question had agreed on at least two occasions on the resale price of the software package "Office Home & Student 2007".
Not every contact between supplier and retailer regarding resale prices constitutes an illegal concerted practice within the meaning of Section 1 ARC. However, this must not lead to a form of coordination where the supplier actively tries to coordinate the pricing activities of the retailer and thus retailer and supplier agree on future actions of the retailer. In the present case, this boundary has been crossed. Microsoft has accepted the fine.

http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wEnglisch/News/2009_04_08.php

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