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'Hulu For Magazines' Relies On Users' Data 41

Posted by Soulskill from the much-easier-to-ignore-one-object-than-a-rack-full-of-them dept.
Toe, The writes "In an interesting twist on the free/closed mobile platform debate, Apple's closed platform appears to be at least nominally on the free side when it comes to magazine distribution. Magazines have always relied on the demographics of their subscribers to sell ad space to companies who would want to reach that demographic. This apparently has been a sticking point between publishers and Apple, because the latter is unwilling to allow its tools to expose the vast wealth of data that can be tapped from a modern mobile device connected to a purchasing account. For that reason, the so-called 'Hulu for Magazines,' Next Issue Media, will only be available on Android. Still unanswered: do people even want digital magazines?"
Apple

Old Apple 1 Up For Auction, Expected To Go For $160,000+ 156

Posted by Soulskill from the doesn't-run-flash dept.
vanstinator was one of several readers to point out that Christie's is holding an auction for one of the original Apple 1 machines, complete with a manual, the original shipping box, and the letter from Steve Jobs to the owner. The invoice says the computer was purchased on December 7th, 1976, with an Apple cassette interface card, for a total price of $741.66. The auction house expects it to sell for over $160,000.
Transportation

Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life 486

Posted by kdawson from the delta-vee dept.
scottbomb sends in this feel-good story of an engineer-hero, calling it "one of the coolest stories I've read in a long time." "A manager of Boeing's F22 fighter-jet program, Innes dodged the truck, then looked back to see that the driver was slumped over the wheel. He knew a busy intersection was just ahead, and he had to act fast. Without consulting the passengers in his minivan — 'there was no time to take a vote' — Innes kicked into engineer mode. 'Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together,' Innes explained."
Transportation

Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty Black Ops Edition 102

Posted by samzenpus from the put-down-the-controller dept.
gadgetking writes "When I first saw this I thought it was a joke — the Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition. Seriously? I mean I like my COD first person shooter game as much as the next nerd but this really shows how mainstream video games have become. From the article: 'The Jeep brand today announced it has been named exclusive automotive partner by Activision for Call of Duty: Black Ops, and that they're making a COD Jeep. Hitting show floors next month, this limited-edition Jeep Wrangler will be available for a MSRP of $30,625 for the two-door model and $33,500 for the four-door. The 2011 Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition comes standard with "aggressive 32-inch tires, unique military style and Call of Duty graphics."'"

Comment Re:transferring Window license? (Score 1) 606

by Bujang Lapok (#33958268) Attached to: Generic PCs For Corporate Use?
I work at a small OEM, and what you say resonates strongly...well, except for the part where OEM=crap...we use Intel desktopboards exclusively and they're rock solid almost to a fault (we probably get replacement cycles of 4-5 years, with the old boxes being repurposed with linux/bsd). That said, NBD is std on most business class PCs and is included in the price anyway. What you get with that is a body with fingers that comes to the cust's location and swaps hardware until it works. If you build it yourself, that's you and a few hired help (you do have a few on standby all the time right?)...so what does that cost?

There is a reason not to re-invent the wheel. If quality is your main concern, you should not be even looking at Dell/Acer/Lenovo etc for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Find a vendor that can do the quality you need, at a cost far lower than yours. And take the flak if they can't deliver on it.

Comment Re:transferring Window license? (Score 1) 606

by Bujang Lapok (#33933708) Attached to: Generic PCs For Corporate Use?
You're preaching to the choir pal. In fact, I wonder how the hell the OP got a quote for usd1k/PC, unless it's a full set with office & win7 pro. OEM margins for bog standard PCs are *not* 40% (to use your costing of usd580/pc), Fellas like Dell will be happy to make 5% on a volume deal, and they'd have to factor in NBD or 8x5x4 support. Plus they need to keep spares for the duration of the warranty. Either someone's math is off, or there's some additional pieces to the puzzle.
Businesses

Linux To Take Over Microsoft In Enterprises 237

Posted by samzenpus from the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race dept.
shougyin writes "For years, Linux has enjoyed much of its success as a replacement for Unix. Companies turned to Linux to replace Unix servers, or for new deployments within a Unix-heavy environment. Linux is still king there, but it's starting to encroach on Microsoft as well. Big companies are planning overwhelmingly (76.4%) to add more Linux servers in the next year, and less than half (41.2%) of the companies are planning to add Windows servers in the next year. Even more interesting, nearly half (43.6%) are actively planning to decrease use of Windows servers in the next year."

Comment Re:transferring Window license? (Score 1) 606

by Bujang Lapok (#33928446) Attached to: Generic PCs For Corporate Use?
Mod parent up. Any VL purchase for OS upgrade, requires a base OS be present (any Home ver at minimum, except for EDU sector, where Starter Ed. is permissible). So, why bother with VL you ask, when you might as well purchase the OS in OEM licensing. Well, you do get benefits with software assurance, and better pricing for VL+base (as opposed to just going with higher specd base OS). Plus, you don't need to worry about missing CDs.
Television

Huge Shocker — 3D TVs Not Selling 535

Posted by CmdrTaco from the dying-from-not-surprise dept.
itwbennett writes "It comes as no surprise to the vast majority of us who haven't rushed out to buy a 3D TV, but according to a DisplaySearch report consumers aren't doing their part to make 2010 the year of 3D TV, says blogger Peter Smith. And the stats are even worse than Smith imagined they'd be: 'DisplaySearch estimates that 3.2 million 3D TVs will be shipped in 2010. Note, that's shipped, not sold. 3.2 million equates to 2% of all flat panel displays shipped (as far as I can ascertain, that's worldwide shipments). So yeah, there are not many 3D TVs being shipped this year. But wait, that's not the end of the bad news. In Western Europe (the only region where they offered this data point) sales of 3D glasses are less than 1 per 3D set sold. In other words, a lot of Western Europeans who buy a TV with 3D capability don't even bother to buy the glasses to use that feature.'"
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Microsoft Admits OpenOffice.org Is a Contender 480

Posted by CmdrTaco from the first-you-ignore-them dept.
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Microsoft has unwittingly admitted that OpenOffice.org is a rival, by launching a three-minute video of customers explaining why they switched to Microsoft Office from OpenOffice.org. Glyn Moody writes: 'You don't compare a rival's product with your own if it is not comparable. And you don't make this kind of attack video unless you are really, really worried about the growing success of a competitor. [Microsoft] has now clearly announced that OpenOffice.org is a serious rival to Microsoft Office, and should be seriously considered by anyone using the latter.'"
Security

Microsoft Eyes PC Isolation Ward To Thwart Botnets 413

Posted by timothy from the but-you-said-no-malware dept.
CWmike writes "In a paper published Wednesday (PDF), Scott Charney, who heads Microsoft's trustworthy computing group, spelled out a concept of 'collective defense' that he said was modeled after public health measures like vaccinations and quarantines. The aim: To block botnet-infected computers from connecting to the Internet. Under the proposal, PCs would be issued a 'health certificate' that showed whether the system was fully patched, that it was running security software and a firewall, and that it was malware-free. Machines with deficiencies would require patching or an antivirus update, while bot-infected PCs might be barred from the Internet."
Microsoft

Against Apple, Ballmer Floats Microsoft Merger With Adobe 520

Posted by timothy from the natural-building-material dept.
Ebbesen writes "Ballmer had a meeting with the CEO of Adobe, and among other things: 'The meeting, which lasted over an hour, covered a number of topics, but one of the main thrusts of the discussion was Apple and its control of the mobile phone market and how the two companies could partner in the battle against Apple. A possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft were among the options.' Apparently MS has courted Adobe previously, but feared anti-trust regulations. With Google and Apple gaining, Microdobe might be possible."
GUI

Take This GUI and Shove It 617

Posted by Soulskill from the i-ain't-clickin'-here-no-more dept.
snydeq writes "Deep End's Paul Venezia speaks out against the overemphasis on GUIs in today's admin tools, saying that GUIs are fine and necessary in many cases, but only after a complete CLI is in place, and that they cannot interfere with the use of the CLI, only complement it. Otherwise, the GUI simply makes easy things easy and hard things much harder. He writes, 'If you have to make significant, identical changes to a bunch of Linux servers, is it easier to log into them one-by-one and run through a GUI or text-menu tool, or write a quick shell script that hits each box and either makes the changes or simply pulls down a few new config files and restarts some services? And it's not just about conservation of effort — it's also about accuracy. If you write a script, you're certain that the changes made will be identical on each box. If you're doing them all by hand, you aren't.'"

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