Comment: Infinite sadness (Score 0) 310
1979 is an amazing song, not sure why Bill(y) is talking about computers now....
Wait a second, Gates who?
Comment: Coincidence? I think not! (Score 1) 164
Today is also Nerd Pride Day, but that's probably not a coincidence.
Whichever hoopy frood thought of towel day should have been slapped with a Salmon of Doubt so that this never came to be!
Comment: Big Yawn (Score 5, Insightful) 267
Sounds like they don't want any hits anymore. Meanwhile, alternatives like the Piratebay, isohunt & torrentreator are likely beefing up their infrastructure to accomodate the increase in traffic.
There has been speculation on dutch tech sites that they only did this to appease the dutch copyright vigilantes, so they are making a half-assed effort to filter some stuff out. Let's face it, a torrent site without any "illegal" (under dutch law, downloading music & movies is LEGAL!) content is about as useful as a 3-legged, dead dog. With a nasty case of fleas.
Comment: Re:Polish & slickness are buzzwords (Score 2, Insightful) 871
everything simply being where it should be in the user interface.
I think this sentence describes exactly my problem with this kind of "reporting". Not all users are created equal.
Comment: Polish & slickness are buzzwords (Score 1, Troll) 871
What one person perceives as "slick" or "polished" another user will describe as unnecessary or cluttered.
Comparisons of relative slickness are therefor meaningless, especially if you don't provide any SCREENSHOTS, or you know...proof.
Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users 148
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from the rockbox-already-has-voice-guidance-note dept.
from the rockbox-already-has-voice-guidance-note dept.
rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.