Comment Re:APPLE STILL MAKES 90% OF SMARTPHONE CASH !! (Score 2) 601
'coz the Steve Jobs effect is not over (yet).
But time will tell
Comment Re:Privacy (Score 1) 69
/me thinks you weren't really thinking of the book scanner design when you made that comment
Note that there's absolutely no relation between Book Scanners and Phone Design.
Comment Chair throwing ability (Score 0) 278
There's something only Microsoft can patent on their Surface. It's the chair throwing application. Works like a charm. This patent can be used to attack both their competitors, if they (Microsoft) lose on the legal side.
Submission + - Windows Predent Steven Sinofsky to leave Microsoft (microsoft.com)
lord_rob the only on writes: "From Mricrosoft press "Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company and that Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering." Sinofsky has been with Microsoft since 1989, and has been responsible of big projects like the release of Office 2007, Windows 7, and of course Windows 8."
Comment Controlled Country (Score 2) 156
And this is what remains from the cold war.
I'm so lucky not to be born there
Comment Re:Software next (Score 1) 100
To lose the viagra patent ought to deflate their profits in Canada (still can't stop).
Yes of course, if there are more generics made to inflate people's penis, but it's a risky market.
Comment Non US Slashdot readers (Score 1) 707
I'm quite surprised there are so many non-US Slashdot readers (I'm one of those).
Comment Start flamewar in 3,2,1 ... (Score 1) 2
:)
Comment What the story doesn't say (Score 2) 200
A client (we'll call him Tim C. for anonymity) is said to have thanked the barman for having prevented a bad guy from stealing his new iPhone prototype.
Comment The Goatse Game (Score 1) 338
A 3-year-old boy still cannot crap correctly, resulting in bad accidents
Comment Well if they want ... (Score 3, Insightful) 178
Well if they want to be independent from Samsung, that's the way to go of course.
This thing is a new reaction to this trial which bothers both of us, normal people vs Apple fanboys
Comment Re:Virtualization (Score 3, Informative) 308
I've installed and run Windows 8 correctly in VBOX on my Debian SID. I mean Win 8 final (RTM, not the CTP this version doesn't work).
It was just a glance at the OS though because I was expecting a real crap, and I wasn't deceived
Comment Re:Screenshots? (Score 1) 178
Comment Site was taken down, will be back "soon" (Score 1) 3
TorrentFreak reports that the Pirate Bay websitde has been taken down because of a power outage.
Comment Re:Better Android (Score 2) 111
Well, if you were on chans like #cyanogenmod or #revolutionary on freenode, you'd see a lot of n00bs comments like "I've screwed my phone trying to root it".
I'd rather say stupid people don't manage to install CM on their phones.
I suppose it's stupid to say that here on
