Comment: Re:It's not worth it.. (Score 1) 354
Besides, they already have a version of Office that runs on iOS and Android or anything else with a modern web-browser, it is called Office Live. Not that I would use it, but MS Office followers can.
Comment: Re:Innovate? (Score 2) 192
I am no fan of Facebook as a platform, but you have to admit their contribution to OSS and open hardware designs has brought much to the tech community.
Comment: Re:why phase out DVI? (Score 1) 704
I would guess it is all about bandwidth speeds and volume with Intel backing closed standard Thunderbolt, while AMD is backing the more open standard DisplayPort1.2
Comment: Re:It feels too heavy and old (Score 2) 242
I agree no ribbon please. Instead, how about being able to print to a printer on 8.5x11 paper without causing the Ricoh printer at my work to think it is a improper paper size (despite all the settings claiming it is: with double checking printer and page-layout settings). At least I can export it to a pdf and print the pdf with any pdf viewer with no problem (I don't even have to tweak the page scaling for it to print properly so it must be some OO.o & LibbreOffice bug) just wish I did not have to do these extra steps for myself, and teach co-workers the work arounds.
Comment: Re:Duh. (Score 1) 897
Is there anyone that actually buying this requirement set so far in the future that it most likely will be changed by some future president over a decade from now, because the auto makers did not have enough time to meet the guidelines they hoped they could ignore. What they really should do is make it so that it goes into effect in one or two years, to force the auto makers info finding solutions and bringing them to consumers NOW. Personally, I don't understand why auto makers have not done this yet, anyway-- think of the advertising advantage of car that most people buy and being able to say, it goes 2 to 3 times further on one tank of gas than anyone else while costing the same sticker price.
Comment: Re:England (Score 1) 264
She does have some power, considering that she has the power to de-solve parliament and bring back the monarchy, plus she is one of the largest land owners' in the world.
Android car radio - there's an Asteroid for that ->
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mikejuk writes "When you think about it even for a moment the idea is obvious and logical. Why bother with a car radio that has extras like a CD player when you can have a complete Android unit installed in its place and with Android in the car why not a new area for Android apps to exploit?"
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Obama: What's Good for GE is Good for the USA 1
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theodp writes "If you doubted that President Obama was going corporate, writes Joe Weisenthal, just look at who's been tapped to replace Paul Volcker as head of Obama's recovery panel. By naming General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as his chief adviser on how to help U.S. companies create more jobs, Obama sent another signal that he wants to work more closely with big business. Joined by Immelt in Schenectady, a city once defined by GE, Obama toasted the creation of an estimated 350 jobs at the site of an under-construction GE battery plant, which was made possible with a reported $25.5 million Federal tax credit, $15 million in state funds, and wage concessions. Turning to Immelt to save the American worker is certainly outside of the box thinking. In 2004, Immelt boasted that 'Gecis [now Genpact] pioneered and set the standard' for offshore outsourcing as General Electric picked up a check for $500 million from VCs anxious to partner with GE in the lucrative global BPO business. Genpact has continued to lay golden eggs for GE — $100MM in 2007 and $300MM in 2010. And last tax season, even Forbes seemed aghast at how GE used overseas operations to pay nothing to Uncle Sam on $10.3 billion in pretax income. So it's no surprise that news of Immelt's appointment has drawn some skepticism. Still, in a 2009 speech, Immelt did do a turnabout of sorts, questioning the conventional wisdom of relying so heavily on off-shoring, which Immelt reiterated in his Washington Post Op-Ed on Friday. But whether Immelt will walk the talk remains to be seen. After all, less than a year ago, now-incorporated-in-Bermuda Genpact announced that GE has re-upped with its BPO creation through 2016, promising that 'Genpact will continue to have the first opportunity to provide new business process management services to GE.'"
How Open Source Might Finally Become Mainstream->
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geegel writes ".The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting article on how autocracies are now embracing open source, while at the same promoting national based IT services. The author, Evgeny Morozov, paints a bleak future of the future World Wide Web."
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Winners of Mozilla Open Data Competition->
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An anonymous reader writes "Back in November, Mozilla Labs and the Metrics Team together launched the first Mozilla Open Data Visualization Competition. While we set out to discover creative visual answers to the open question, “How do people use Firefox,” we really didn’t know what level of participation to expect from the Mozilla and data analysis communities. In fact, we were overwhelmed by both the number and quality of submissions – so much so that we had to give ourselves an extra few days to thoroughly review them all!
In all, we received 32 high-caliber submissions. The “visualizations’ took a number of forms, from tools to easily query the data to interactive web applications. They also covered a broad range of important topics, from plugin memory consumption to user web activities. You can find all 32 submissions here."
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In all, we received 32 high-caliber submissions. The “visualizations’ took a number of forms, from tools to easily query the data to interactive web applications. They also covered a broad range of important topics, from plugin memory consumption to user web activities. You can find all 32 submissions here."
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