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+ - Windows 7 RTM Support Ending Soon->

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes "Windows 7 users will have install Service Pack 1 if they want to continue to receive security fixes and other support beyond April 9th. With the release of a Service Pack, Microsoft's policy is to support the old version for two years. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 was released on 22nd February, 2011, so the phasing out of support is happening more or less on schedule. In spite of a growing number of post-Service Pack 1 fixes and updates, Microsoft has shown no signs of shipping a second Service Pack. Should Service Pack 1 be the sole major update for Windows 7, it will continue to receive mainstream support — which encompasses both security updates, non-security bugfixes, and free phone support — until 13th January 2015. Extended support — security fixes and paid incidents only — will continue until 14th January 2020."
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Businesses

+ - Why Apple May Die

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Hugh Pickens writes writes "Cromwell Schubarth writes that Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, thinks Apple, Tesla Motors, venture capitalists and most of the nation’s colleges and universities could be killed by less advanced competitors in the same way that many once dominant technology companies have been in the past. Christensen's theory of disruption centers around how dominant industry leaders will react to a newcomer: “It allows you to predict whether you will kill the incumbents or whether the incumbents will kill you.” If a newcomer thinks it can win by competing at the high end, “the incumbents will always kill you.” If they come in at the bottom of the market and offer something that at first is not as good, the legacy companies won’t feel threatened until too late, after the newcomers have gained a foothold in the market. According to Christensen Apple could be on path for a classic disruption because successful innovative products like the iPhone are usually based on proprietary technology because that is how the dominant business carves out, protects and builds its top market position. But at some point as they get better and better, they start to exceed what people actually need or are willing to pay extra for. “When that happens the people who have the proprietary architecture are pushed to the ceiling and the volume goes to the open players. So in smartphones the Android operating system has consummate modularity that now allows hundreds of people in Vietnam and China to assemble these things." As the dominant architecture becomes open and modular, the value of their proprietary design becomes commoditized itself. "It may not be as good, but almost good enough is often good enough.”"
Idle

+ - Meteorite crashes in Russia

Submitted by mvar
mvar writes "Details are sparse now, but apparently several meteorites crashed into Russia earlier today, setting off giant explosions and forcing nearby schools and office buildings to be evacuated. The meteorites, or whatever they were, reportedly landed in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, where witness said the explosions shattered the window of nearby buildings. The regional Emergency Ministry said the flashes and explosions were caused by a meteorite shower, but locals think it might be the result of a jet crash or a missile. There's even a cool video from a passing driver's dashcam."

Comment: Yes, EV's are a good incremental step. (Score 1) 609

by Andy Prough (#42907189) Attached to: NY Times' Broder Responds To Tesla's Elon Musk
And I was being sarcastic about "wants to destroy the earth". However, when most people no longer need nor desire cars - that's when you'll start to see real change. What we need is a fully immersive, 3D (or 4D) online experience that is quicker to access and preferable for the majority of people over sitting in traffic to go to work at some cubicle, to go to a meeting to sit and watch a PowerPoint, to go shopping, to go to school to sit at a desk, etc. And that online immersive experience could be created a lot faster than the time it would take to replace every gas-guzzling car on the planet.

+ - WebKit as broken as older IE versions?->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "It's not everyday that we get to hear about the potential downsides of using WebKit, but that's just what has happened as Dave Methvin, president of the jQuery foundation and a member of the core programming team that builds the widely used Web programming tool, lamented in a blog post yesterday. While most are happy to cheer for IE's demise, perhaps having 3 main browser engines is still a good thing. For those that work in the space, does the story ring true? Are we perhaps swearing at the wrong browser when implementing "workarounds" for Firefox or IE?"
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Comment: Re:Anyone who doesn't like electric cars (Score 2) 609

by Andy Prough (#42906359) Attached to: NY Times' Broder Responds To Tesla's Elon Musk
To be honest, I knew next to nothing about Tesla cars and had never been to their website before this story hit. I'm sure I'm far from the only one. Those are some awesome looking cars - for $52K, I'm sure their base model fits squarely within the luxury-car-budget of Infiniti, Lexus, Mercedes, etc buyers, which is a huge market now.

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