Comment: Funding (Score 1) 366
I wonder where they get their funding from? Too bad John's not around to provide "out-of-the-box" strategic fundraising ideas.
Comment: Re:Live Long and Please End Raw Nerve (Score 1) 226
And don't forget his psychotic atonal pleadings: "Mr. tambourine man? MR. TAMBOURINE MAN??!!!!!"
SPAM: Duke Nukem Forever Shipping May 3rd
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JoelWink writes "After 14 years game that wouldn't die finally has an official launch date. Come get some!"
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Comment: Self Assembly (Score 0) 117
So in just sixteen hours it assembled itself? Cool!
Comment: Re:Lesson (not) learnt by music and games industry (Score 1) 304
I sometimes wonder how much market research the music and book publishers have (not) put into their pricing models. If they sell 1,000 copies at $10/each or 3,000 copies at $4/each, then tell me, at which price point do both the publisher AND consumer benefit?
BTW, I think we're seeing this with iOS and Android apps. There are a lot of promising apps out there for two or three dollars that I am very willing to take a risk on. A lot of app developers are obviously going for volume sales.
Comment: Re:Nook Color (Score 1) 396
Mine has been rooted now for about two weeks. It is an extremely low-risk process, does not remove any of the Nook functionality, and is completely reversible. I have been extremely pleased with the performance. I think the only reason you wouldn't choose the Nook Color would be if you wanted something larger.
Comment: Re:Amazon Kindle Store - Periodicals (Score 1) 184
Yeah, it's sort of mind boggling to me. I can get Vanity Fair for $12 per year delivered in print to my mailbox. Or, I can get the Nook Color edition for $35.88 per year, or $4.99 per issue individually. It really makes no sense at all.
Comment: Re:It was a dumb idea (Score 1) 184
I just got the Nook Color. I love it. It's a great platform, especially when it is rooted/liberated/emancipated.
However, I experienced frustration shopping for graphic novels last night on through it's native shopping applet. I assumed there would be some Will Eisner, etc. "Color Nook Edition" versions of his books. I really couldn't find anything. That's a disappointment. I'm not sure why they haven't leveraged that functionality. Maybe the screen is too small? I'll have to test it out with some Android CBR apps when I have a chance.
ITC Investigates Xbox 360 After Motorola Complaint 71
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from the papers-please dept.
from the papers-please dept.
FlorianMueller writes "The US International Trade Commission, which is increasingly popular as a patent enforcement agency, voted to investigate a complaint filed by Motorola against Microsoft last month. Motorola claims that the Xbox infringes five of its patents. In October, Microsoft complained against Motorola, alleging patent infringement by its Android-based smartphones. Apple, Nokia and HTC are also involved with ITC investigations as complainants and respondents. A new one-page overview document shows the ongoing ITC investigations related to smartphones and the products that the complainants would like to have banned from entry into the US market. The good news is that any import bans won't be ordered until long after Christmas. The ITC is faster than courts, but not that fast."
Comment: Re:What about CD to .mp3 converters and so on? (Score 5, Funny) 367
The Sony music division should sue the Sony computer division for putting CD/DVD burners on their Vaio laptops. Sony Music should also sue the Sony media division for selling blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs.