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Android

Submission + - GPL Violations Rampant in the Android Market (sharitt.com)

bsharitt writes: Compliance with open sources license continue to be an issue in the mobile app markets. The most recent to pop up is AnDOSBox in the Android market. While the application is based on the GPL license DOSBox source, it's not currently convenient for them to comply with the license at the moment.

Submission + - This is Why the Internet Can't Have Nice Things (bsharitt.com)

bsharitt writes: "Trying to set the work record for a secret santa swap may be and admirable goal, but the addition of a user moderated web site where the "bad santa's" are called out is a recipe for disaster. That's what happened here when reddit tried to do a large secret santa."

Comment Re:iirc (Score 1) 339

I don't have a strong opinion, but I have seen people use calculators as a brain crutch. The point of the homework and test questions is to encourage thought, not to encourage mad calculator skills.

Well you can't use this software on a test, and in the calc class I just finished the homework in merely for practice so you learn how to do it. And WolframAlpha has been quite useful there is a helpful in that there is an option to show steps. So if I'm stuck on a problem, I can put it in and see how it's done. Kind of how you might learn.

Comment Re:Did anyone go to a store... (Score 4, Informative) 283

I don't know if they would automatically get the iPhone versions of pages(perhaps the web developers should target mobile webkit instead), but for sites where you can to the iPhone version via a special URL instead of just the UA(such as Facebook), other WebKit browsers such as Android and Nokia S60(especially the 5800) can usually display the iPhone sites quite well, so the Pre should be no exception.

Software

Submission + - Top 10 Mac Applications

An anonymous reader writes: Junetech has a write up of the top 10 applications no Mac user should be about with short review of each. 9 out of the 10 applications are freely avalible, such as Adium and VLC, with Parallels being the only program you're going to have to pay for. This list should help any new Mac switcher get the most of their Macs, and while most of the applications are probably no brainers for most seasoned Mac users, there may be one or two you've over looked.

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