Submission + - Apple pulls 1,000 apps in US Store ratings scam. (iphoneography.com)
ACKyushu writes: Apple has just pulled over 1,000 apps from the App Store in what appears to be a ratings scam by a single publisher.
Submission + - Single atom transistor discovered. (www.tkk.fi)
ACKyushu writes: Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, whose active region composes only of a single phosphorus atom in silicon. The results have just been published in Nano Letters.
The working principles of the device are based on sequential tunneling of single electrons between the phosphorus atom and the source and drain leads of the transistor. The tunneling can be suppressed or allowed by controlling the voltage on a nearby metal electrode with a width of a few tens of nanometers.
The working principles of the device are based on sequential tunneling of single electrons between the phosphorus atom and the source and drain leads of the transistor. The tunneling can be suppressed or allowed by controlling the voltage on a nearby metal electrode with a width of a few tens of nanometers.
Submission + - Accidental discovery of near-perfect blue pigment. (labspaces.net)
ACKyushu writes: An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan cultures and more – the creation of a near-perfect blue pigment.
Comment I am surprised I have not heard this argument yet. (Score 0) 738
I have gone through three Xbox 360's. With all the uproar over people getting banned, how come no one here is talking about the failure rate of the console itself? It is criminal what MS has gotten away with this time around, and believe me cheating on Live has nothing to do with modded consoles. I play online on both services (Playstation Network and Xbox Live) and there is no requirement for your console to be modded for you to glitch in an online video game.
You can cheat just fine with a lag switch and no chip in your Xbox.
The first time my Xbox 360 failed, (RROD) I sent the box in with no argument. The second time I sent it, I got an Xbox belonging to someone else that RROD'd after TEN MINUTES of play. Ten minutes out of the box and it was useless. The third time it happened, I started to think how this console has over a fifty percent failure rate. Guess what? It is cheaper to have it repaired and modded at the same time. The last time I called Microsoft about the repair, I asked them to send me a new unit out of the box, or I was going to have it repaired by a competent technician and have the console modded. They sent me a cardboard box with an address label, I modded the console. Nothing has yet happened, I have a modded console and play online all the time.
Why are people here defending a company that put out something as badly designed as an Xbox 360? I have yet to hear this part of the argument and I am pretty damn sure most people who have one have either had this happen to them or know someone who does. To be completely honest, I pirate games all the time and could care less if I got banned or not. If I truly like a game, I buy it for Playstation. I simply will not support Microsoft after all the frustration and feel just fine about that decision. Has anyone here had to go through one RROD or more and had to deal with calling up the Microsoft Voicemail Helpline only to hear, "Well, to be honest, even though our failure rate was scraping 85 percent when we first shipped them, the numbers are significantly less now. If you want an extended warranty, that is $49.00".
"Well, If I got it modded...." Before anyone starts in on me. I have a lot of games I bought legitimately and play often, I never cheat and still use Xbox live primarily for private matches with just a close circle of friends and the Xbox for streaming media from my computer. When Microsoft starts using single use codes so legitimately block you from selling your disc back to a brick and mortar store a lot of people might see my side of the argument.
It's on it's way.
Submission + - Microsoft and T-Mobile lose all user data. (techcrunch.com)
ACKyushu writes: T-Mobile and Danger, the Microsoft-owned subsidiary that makes the Sidekick, has just announced that they’ve likely lost all user data that was being stored on Microsoft’s servers due to a server failure. That means that any contacts, photos, calendars, or to-do lists that haven’t been locally backed up are gone... And guess what? They didn't have a backup. Microsoft/Danger is describing the likelihood of recovering the data from their servers as “extremely low”.
Submission + - Apple quits the US Chamber of Commerce. (thinkprogress.org)
ACKyushu writes: There has recently been a âoebusiness backlashâ against the Chamber of Commerce over its refusal to accept the science of global warming and lobbying against climate change legislation. The New York Times reports today that the latest company to join this backlash is Apple, which wrote in a letter to the Chamber that it has been âoefrustratingâ that the business federation has been fighting efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Comment Re:Sad (Score 0, Troll) 86
First thing that pops into my head is lawsuit. Crazy country.
The first thing that pops into my head is "How are people on raids are going to snarfle down their Twinkies, Dual flavor Doritos and "Gamer Fuel" branded High Fructose Corn Syrup laden piss-water with both hands occupied?!?!" Hmmm, Yeah, I am pretty sure this is not going to be a hit down at the Guild Hall. *sigh* Looks like the Wiimote is not the answer to laziness after all.
