Comment Re:I've gone back to XBMC. (Score 1) 163
WAF
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Comment Re:world phone coming soon? (Score 1) 568
If they use the same technology as they use for the Google Voice transcriptions then it won't be so useful.
This is largely due to the poor sound quality of voices over phone networks. My experience with my Droid is that if it gets good voice input, I get good text output. The dual-mic hardware on this thing should be very helpful with input filtering.
Comment Re:Newton's AAPL (Score 1) 445
Apple products carry a price premium that nobody can reasonably explain... you just pay more because it's an Apple.
It can be easily explained. Whenever you buy an iPod/iPhone/MacBook you are paying a premium to fund the massive Apple ad campaign.
Comment Re:opengl to directx? (Score 1) 138
From the Boxee blog:
As part of the Beta we also changed the underlying graphic library on Windows from OpenGL to DirectX
Comment Re:No 12" LCD can fit cargo pocket (Score 5, Insightful) 297
Despite what MS would like you to think, Windows XP is not obsolete.
BringIt.com Allows Players to Bet On Console Game Matches 112
eldavojohn writes to tell us of a new service, "BringIt.com," that allows gamers to put their money where their mouth is with respect to their console gaming skill. "BringIt supports the PlayStation 2, the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii. Players challenge each other on the site, but play on their consoles. BringIt holds players' entry fees until the game is finished. After the game is done, it verifies the results and credits the winner, minus the service fee. To attract players of a broad range of skill sets, BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling.
Comment Re:Surveillance (Score 1) 629
That's interesting because that's exactly what the NPR report said Radio Shack is doing well - closing the doors on failing locations.
Comment Re:Surveillance (Score 1) 629
Comment Re:Competition is good, baby! (Score 1) 1089
Seems pretty obvious to me. They're just going to write a new window manager so all window decorations look like those Chrome currently uses. Right now Chrome sticks out like sore thumb on any operating system you use.
Submission + - Google plans a PC Operating System
trjonescp writes: "In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser."
Comment Re:Rational (Score 1) 807
I'm pretty sure the trillions spent on the pointless "Drug War" could have been used to develop some simple test - With billions left over to spend on things like education, national deficit, etc...
Comment Re:What Benefit Does C Have Over Assembly? (Score 1) 207
Turns out that the amount of bugs in a given amount of lines of code is fairly constant, regardless of language.
I'm not sure if this applies to Perl. It's probably one of the few languages, where you can have about 10 different bugs in one single line of code.
Comment Re:$400 a month? (Score 2, Insightful) 591
The associated press reports 12 times the national average, and for the area (cold climate = more heating) and size of the home (its four times larger than the national average and acts as an office space as well as home) it is actually on par. He also pays a premium to get his energy from renewable sources like solar, wind, etc...
Comment Re:This perpetual motion machine just keeps gettin (Score 1) 315
I hope the design can be retrofitted into existing turbines, since there are so many deployed now.
According to the article, it should be possible:
The next step will be to install larger, megawatt-scale generators in existing wind turbines.
