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Comment Did you mean Phone Manufacturers not PC? (Score 1) 609

by selex on Monday February 07, 2011 @08:35PM (#35132494) Attached to: An Open Letter To PC Makers: Ditch Bloatware, Now!

PC crapware is really easy to remove. You uninstall it.

Try to remove the crapware from my Android phone or any phone...now thats more problematic. Most you have to root/crack/jailbreak and then go through the file structure and remove the files by hand.

Selex

Comment Does this count? (Score 1) 303

by selex on Thursday October 07, 2010 @04:52PM (#33829506) Attached to: Verizon, 4G and iPhones

Does it count when ATT has no reception, but Verizon does. So I turn on mobile hotspot on my Droid X, and let my friend's iPhone connect to in the internet? Because I had to do it yesterday.

Selex

Man Sues Neighbor Claiming Wi-Fi Made Him Sick 574

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 30, 2010 @10:14AM from the bad-waves dept.

OrangeMonkey11 writes "A Santa Fe man who claims to suffer from 'electromagnetic sensitivities' has sued his neighbor after she refused to stop using wireless devices. 59-year-old Arthur Firstenberg claims his sensitivity can be set off by cellphones, routers and other electronic devices. From the article: 'Firstenberg, 59, wanted Raphaela Monribot to limit her use of the devices. "I asked her to work with me," he said. "Basically, she refused." So he sued Monribot in state district court, seeking $530,000 in damages and an injunction to force her to turn off the electronics. "Being the target of this lawsuit has affected me very adversely," Monribot said Friday in response to e-mailed questions. "I feel as if my life and liberty are under attack for no valid reason, and it has forced me to have to defend my very basic human rights."'"

Sony Joins the Offensive Against Pre-Owned Games 461

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 19, 2010 @07:11AM from the saddle-up dept.

BanjoTed writes "In a move to counter sales of pre-owned games, EA recently revealed DLC perks for those who buy new copies of Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Now, PlayStation platform holder Sony has jumped on the bandwagon with similar plans for the PSP's SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3. '[Players] will need to register their game online before they are able to access the multiplayer component of the title. UMD copies will use a redeemable code while the digital version will authenticate automatically in the background. Furthermore ... anyone buying a pre-owned copy of the game will be forced to cough up $20 to obtain a code to play online."

Gran Turismo 5 Delayed 122

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 14, 2010 @03:01AM from the running-on-fumes dept.

RogueyWon writes "The Times is reporting that Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5, likely to prove a key title for the PlayStation 3, has been delayed indefinitely, despite an expectation that it would be released relatively early in 2010. The delay seems likely to impact Sony's plans to bundle the game with the PlayStation 3 console in time for the important spring sales period in Japan."

Pirates as a Marketplace 214

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 09, 2009 @07:31AM from the marrrrrrrket-share dept.

John Riccitiello, the CEO of Electronic Arts, made some revealing comments in an interview with Kotaku about how the company's attitudes are shifting with regard to software piracy. Quoting: "Some of the people buying this DLC are not people who bought the game in a new shrink-wrapped box. That could be seen as a dark cloud, a mass of gamers who play a game without contributing a penny to EA. But around that cloud Riccitiello identified a silver lining: 'There's a sizable pirate market and a sizable second sale market and we want to try to generate revenue in that marketplace,' he said, pointing to DLC as a way to do it. The EA boss would prefer people bought their games, of course. 'I don't think anybody should pirate anything,' he said. 'I believe in the artistry of the people who build [the games industry.] I profoundly believe that. And when you steal from us, you steal from them. Having said that, there's a lot of people who do.' So encourage those pirates to pay for something, he figures. Riccitiello explained that EA's download services aren't perfect at distinguishing between used copies of games and pirated copies. As a result, he suggested, EA sells DLC to both communities of gamers. And that's how a pirate can turn into a paying customer."

Comment Re:physics problem (Score 1) 312

by selex on Saturday January 26, 2008 @09:35PM (#22197298) Attached to: Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit

My question now is why are we using tinfoil hats? I was unaware of lead foil (until this weeks Mythbusters), granted its poisonous, but a little plastic or paper under that and it should be fine. Lead being very dense would prevent more waves from cooking my brain, or the government finding out the deadly secret to ice cream soup.

Selex

Make Your OWN OMG Ponies SIGNS!!! WITH GLITTER!!! 168

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday April 01, 2006 @04:00PM from the that-is-so-cute-:)-:) dept.

nick125 writes "I've put together a quick guide on making a OMG PONIES!! sign. The howto has 9 simple steps, which, you will get a OMG PONIES!! sign at the end. The howto (pictures included!) is here."

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