Comment: I heard someone say the other day... (Score 4, Funny) 348
"Angry Birds has changed the way the world goes to the bathroom"
Comment: Hanging ending (Score 3, Insightful) 99
Showbiz types generally hate hanging endings. I'll guess fans will be disappointed with it being "reimagined".
Mobile Phone Sales Rise, iPhone and Android Grow->
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mark0 writes "Gartner reports that mobile phone sales have risen in 1Q2010, up 17% year-on-year. That's good news for iPhone OS and Android, which saw their market shares grow to 15.4% and 9.6%, respectively. Other platforms slipped and ZDNet already proclaims the death of Windows Mobile. They suggest open-sourcing WM could have saved it, but that doesn't seem to be helping Symbian."
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Comment: Re:And CableCARD? (Score 1) 214
If I wanted to watch down-converted recordings, I wouldn't have FiOS.
Comment: And CableCARD? (Score 1) 214
I have FiOS and until MythTV supports CableCARD, it's rather useless. A google of the site just turns up a dry wiki definition of CableCARD and a bunch of forum postings that degenerate into DRM-related poo flinging.
Comment: Road Trip (Score 4, Funny) 90
That's going to be a PITA to fold.
Ubuntu LTS Experiences X.org Memory Leak 320
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timothy
from the like-it-when-windows-crashed-more dept.
from the like-it-when-windows-crashed-more dept.
MonsterTrimble writes "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 is experiencing a major memory leak due to patches for X.org. 'An X.Org Server update that was pushed into the Lucid repository last week has resulted in the system being slower and slower as it is left on, until it reaches a point where the system is no longer usable. ... In order to make the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS deadline, the developers are looking at just reverting three of the patches, which brings the GLX version back to 1.2. Ubuntu developers are now desperate for people willing to test out this updated X.Org Server package so they can determine by this Friday whether to ship it with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or doing an early SRU (Stable Release Update). Right now this X.Org Server that's being tested is living in the ubuntu-x-swat PPA.'"
California To Create Public Animal Abuser Registry 404
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timothy
from the good-fences-make-good-neighbors dept.
from the good-fences-make-good-neighbors dept.
An anonymous reader writes "California legislators are moving forward with plans to create a public, online, animal abuser registry identical in function to the public sex offender registry. Is this the slippery slope to further government mandated lists and registries?"
Comment: Re:Pedantic, but... (Score 1) 324
Indeed. As in, Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sharp Rise In Jailing of Online Journalists; Iran May Just Kill Them 233
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timothy
from the your-ethics-may-vary dept.
from the your-ethics-may-vary dept.
bckspc writes "The Committee to Protect Journalists has published their annual census of journalists in prison. Of the 136 reporters in prison around the world on December 1, 'At least 68 bloggers, Web-based reporters, and online editors are imprisoned, constituting half of all journalists now in jail.' Print was next with 51 cases. Also, 'Freelancers now make up nearly 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide, a dramatic recent increase that reflects the evolution of the global news business.' China, Iran, Cuba, Eritrea, and Burma were the top 5 jailers of journalists."
rmdstudio writes, too, with word that after the last few days' protest there, largely organized online, the government of Iran is considering the death penalty for bloggers and webmasters whose reports offend it.