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Submission + - Skype now available for the Nokia N800 (schronce.net)

Submitted by

unix guy

on Monday July 09, 2007 @11:04AM

unix guy writes: "After several months of anxiously waiting, Skype suddenly joined Gizmo and Google Talk as VOIP options in the latest Nokia N800 build. For those of you who are not familiar with the little Linux based "internet tablet that could", perhaps you'd like to read the 10 Ways the Nokia N800 is Better than Apple's iPhone"

Submission + - The best digital comics for your PSP (pocketgamer.co.uk)

Submitted by

marcellizot

on Friday July 06, 2007 @09:06AM

marcellizot writes: "The PSP harbours a dark and geeky secret. The PSP is a closet comic fiend, devouring page after page of speech bubbled frames, savouring every luridly coloured image with its huge high resolution cycloptic eye. Portable gaming specialist Pocket Gamer has decided it's high time the PSP was outed as the gift to comic lovers it really is, with a run down of the best PSP comics and graphic novels out there."

Submission + - Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition reviewed

Submitted by

Might E. Mouse

on Friday July 06, 2007 @08:14AM

Might E. Mouse writes: "Matrox has made some refinements to the original TripleHead2Go and has released a digital version of the device. Bit-Tech has a review of the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition up today and on the whole it fares pretty well, but like the older version there are still some drawbacks. From the article: "On the whole, I am very impressed with the TripleHead2Go but there are some definite drawbacks that you might want to consider before taking the plunge. Not every game is supported and you can't guarantee that games you're wanting to play in the future will have support for the super-wide resolutions that the TripleHead2Go can handle.""

Submission + - Red Hat and MS in Partnership Talks? (eweek.com)

Submitted by

sjvn

on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @09:00AM

sjvn writes: "Guess who's talking partnership deals with Microsoft now? The answer: Red Hat. Red Hat and Microsoft both confirmed that they're talking about talking about making a technology deal according to Peter Galli in eWEEK (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2154521,00.a sp). Red Hat doesn't want a patent deal, but Microsoft wants some kind of IP protection. so the two are trying to edge around their differences to make a deal. And, why is Red Hat, formerly the loudest of Linux companies when it comes to objecting to making deals with MS doing this? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols proposes in eWEEK sister publication Linux-Watch, that it's really very simple (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5620044582.html ), it makes good business sense even if will make some Linux fans see red... and we're not talking about the color of hats here either."

Free the iPhone from AT&T 314

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @08:55AM from the well-it-is-the-fourth-of-july dept.

Acererak was one of several readers who noted that DVD Jon has released information on unbricking an iPhone. You sacrifice all cel phone functionality of course, but you have an iPDA that will work on your WiFi. Currently the hack is windows only but it doesn't look very complicated.

Submission + - Auto Assault Runs out of Gas (gamasutra.com)

Submitted by

Brian Damage

on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @08:51AM

Brian Damage writes: "After barely a year of operation the scantly populated post-apocalyptic MMORPG Auto Assault is slated for termination this coming August 31. Despite NCsoft's failure to make back the game's initial development investment this news comes as a surprise as it is contrary to developer Net Devil's recent announcement declaring a new retooled version to be in the works. Auto Assault's monthly subscribers will not be billed beyond the cutoff date, and for those who have purchased time cards "NCsoft will reconcile these accounts appropriately."

From the article:

"In August of last year, NCsoft said it saw quarterly losses of 200 million won ($207,000), which it explained was due to a write-off of some 12.6 billion won ($13.1m) in costs related to the flagging title.""

Submission + - Steve Wozniak: Open Source good, DRM dying (10zenmonkeys.com)

Submitted by

destinyland

on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @08:31AM

destinyland writes: "Steve Wozniak just weighed in on DRM, saying "it doesn't make much sense if these things are going to have DRM forever." In this great new interview, he complains that even now, only six songs on his iTunes playlist are DRM-free. He applauds the Open Source Movement, saying "it's very honorable and it's very good for the customers." He's even considering publishing the hand-written code for the Apple II as a manuscript. He's also surprisingly non-commital about the iPhone. ("Will word of mouth kill it or make it a hit? Who knows?") He also talks about his favorite pranks, and reveals that "he Secret Service read me my Miranda rights once."

Submission + - Microsoft uses legacy formats to push OOXML (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by kazade84 on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @08:10AM

kazade84 writes: The BBC reports that we will lose access to data stored in legacy formats as we move to newer standards. The National Archives have made a deal with Microsoft to set up virtual machines running old versions of Windows and Office to access the legacy files to prevent them being lost forever.

The report, although interesting, seems like another marketing attempt by Microsoft to push OOXML as a 'standard' format and makes me wonder why these legacy files aren't just converted to ODF?

Submission + - Medal of Honor: Airbourne Trailer (thegamersource.net)

Submitted by

imSavaGe

on Saturday June 30, 2007 @02:55PM

imSavaGe writes: "Really cool trailer for the newest game in the MoH series. Head into open-ended battlefields allowing for multiple strategies to complete your missions. Check it out."

Submission + - Prince - How dare you give away your own music

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 30, 2007 @02:16PM

An anonymous reader writes: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2114557,00 .html
Hat tip: instapundit.com

For those who claim that the Music Industry/RIAA is "only protecting the copyright owner's rights & fighting piracy", here is an example of what they really believe.

Submission + - Using CAPTCHAs to improve OCR (recaptcha.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 30, 2007 @12:34PM

An anonymous reader writes: reCAPTCHA is a CMU project that makes CAPTCHAs out of words, from printed text, that stumped the optical character recognition program used by the Internet Archive. Each CAPTCHA is composed of an unrecognizable printed word together with a recognizable printed word, the latter for verification. Both words are distorted. When several users respond in the same way to an unrecognizable printed word, it gets "tagged", presumably for use by a supervised learning algorithm.

Submission + - GPLv3 license marks GNU's decline (thejemreport.com)

Submitted by daemonical on Saturday June 30, 2007 @10:56AM

daemonical writes: I've no doubt that this is the beginning of the end for GNU, and it will prove the strength of the larger free software world. The Free Software Foundation has dumped a load of restrictions on us with GPLv3 and told us that restrictions lead to freedom and that it is good for us. That's a little too Bush administration-like for me. In fact I fully expect someone, somewhere, to claim that I "hate freedom" for speaking out about this abysmal license — that would make the irony complete.

Jem Report

Submission + - One-Laptop-Per-Child - 300 laptops, but no power 1

Submitted by

SK

on Saturday June 30, 2007 @10:55AM

SK writes: "Galadima Primary is the first school in Nigeria where each pupil has his own laptop. The school received a gift of 300 laptops unfortunately it has no electricity to power them."

Submission + - Dealing with recruiters and other opportunities?

Submitted by on Friday June 29, 2007 @06:53PM

An anonymous reader writes: I'm currently in an unstable situation. My job could disappear within the next 15 days or so due to downsizing. So I started looking for a new job. I got more than I asked for and the market seems to be really good at the moment. I'm currently working with one recruiting firm even though I think recruiters can be jackals sometimes. One of the opportunities I interviewed with from the recruiter looks like they're going to bite. I also have another opportunity that also could come through as well but it's one that I found and it could possibly be better. However I won't find out for another two weeks about that opportunity. The recruiter is insisting that I drop all other opportunities if the company he's representing wants to hire me. I for one would like to keep it to see what kind of deal I would get. If I accept the job from the recruiter, give my two week notification and within that two week period I'm given a better offer from the other job that I found. Will I be forced to keep the recruiters job? When do recruiters get paid their fee? Will I be liable in any legal way for the recruiter losing his payday? How do you deal with recruiters who insist that you drop all other opportunities? How would you deal with a situation where you were offered a better deal for a job that wasn't from the recruiter?

Submission + - Web 2.0 'distracts good design'

Submitted by

stevedcc

on Monday May 14, 2007 @08:17AM

stevedcc writes: "The BBC is running a story about web 2.0 and usability, including comments from Jakob Nielsen stating "Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design".

From the article:

He warned that the rush to make webpages more dynamic often meant users were badly served.

He said sites peppered with personalisation tools were in danger of resembling the "glossy but useless" sites at the height of the dotcom boom.

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