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Submission + - GrooveShark Pulled from Android App Market (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by maczealot on Thursday April 07, 2011 @11:51AM

maczealot writes: Following Apple's removal of the GrooveShark app from their App Marketplace Google has followed with removing it from the Android Marketplace. The app is still available from the company's website for Android devices that allow sideloading and iDevices that are jailbroken. GrooveShark contends that they are like YouTube and as long as they comply with all DMCA takedown notices are within the confines of current law.

Comment Re:Was Microsoft Riight? (Score 1) 716

by fidget42 on Monday April 04, 2011 @10:28AM (#35707854) Attached to: Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars

I see your assumption, but the Xoom has had quality issues (mostly thanks to Google), so I would not consider them to be equivalent. It may very well be that Google does not understand the "real public need." The 16:9 aspect ratio of the screen makes it too difficult for me to use. While it may be good for reading, the text is just too darn small for me.

Comment Re:Was Microsoft Riight? (Score 1) 716

by fidget42 on Monday April 04, 2011 @09:05AM (#35706832) Attached to: Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars

Could you explain your logic here? If seems as if you are saying "if a == b then c == d"

Submission + - Enterprise-friendly Cell Phones Lose Market Share (techtarget.com)

Submitted by

rsmiller510

on Monday April 04, 2011 @07:49AM

rsmiller510 writes: "Android and iPhone continue to make significant market share gains, as RIM and Microsoft continue to bleed market share. IT seems to have stopped buying cell phones and is letting end users decide. From a support perspective, that means IT has to be prepared to deal with iOS and Android, and probably sooner than later."

Comment Re:Oh stuff it (Score 2) 98

by fidget42 on Thursday March 31, 2011 @05:06PM (#35682712) Attached to: After Japan's Quake, Taiwan Helps Fill iPad 2 Supply-Chain Gaps

You don't have a job, do you?

If companies waited until Japan can back to production then they would have to lay people off, which would have a severe ripple effect in your local economy.

Submission + - Firefox 4 More Than Doubles IE9's Market Share (techspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 28, 2011 @09:43AM

An anonymous reader writes: Internet Explorer 9 was released on March 15, 2011. On that day, it had 0.88 percent market share. Firefox 4 was released on March 21, 2011. On that day, it had 1.40 percent market share.

On March 26, 2011, IE9 had 1.57 percent market share while Firefox 4 had 3.66 percent market share. In other words, Firefox 4 already has more than double the market share of IE9.

Submission + - Samsung Galaxy Ad Misleads With Fake Interviews (pcworld.com)

Submitted by unassimilatible on Sunday March 27, 2011 @07:15PM

unassimilatible writes: A Samsung ad campaign for the latest Galaxy Tab is misleading, to say the least. Actors pretending to be real people in fake interviews in a fake magazine misquoting a bad first-gen Galaxy tab review, are exposed — by the actual review writer. Netizens "are having fun pointing out other curious things about the interviews, such as the fact that "leading New York real-estate CEO Joseph Kolinski" raves about the 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab even though the only 8.9-inch Tabs that Samsung itself had on hand at CTIA were non-working models." Kolinski is actually an actor, not a CEO, Jim.

Submission + - Could rooting Android devices become mainstream? (npr.org)

Submitted by grahamsaa on Sunday March 27, 2011 @11:06AM

grahamsaa writes: NPR's Weekend Edition aired a story today on how rooting the Nook Color can turn it into a full fledged and relatively inexpensive Android tablet. The story claims that the process takes about half an hour, and only requires the purchase of a Nook and a microSD card, and points listeners to a YouTube tutorial on how to root the device. Could this signal a change in how mainstream users see devices like this? Could rooting Android devices like the Nook ever become mainstream?

Submission + - Firefox 4.0 (Final) Now Available For Download (conceivablytech.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: It isn't officially announced yet, but the download link for Firefox 4 (final) is already live. If you have downloaded Firefox 4 RC2 (released last Friday), you already run the final code, according to Mozilla. The official launch of the new browser is still scheduled for tomorrow, March 22.

Submission + - Age of the E-Book Upon is Upon Us (komonews.com)

Submitted by The Installer on Friday March 18, 2011 @10:14AM

The Installer writes: To no one's great surprise, January saw a huge spike in e-book sales. Undoubtedly due to all those lucky folks who got a Kindle(or other e-reader) for the holidays.

From the Article:

The e-book boom has reached new heights, but not high enough to boost book sales overall.

Helped by millions of Kindles, Nooks and other digital devices given for holiday gifts, e-book sales jumped in January and surpassed purchases of hardcovers and mass market paperbacks, according to a new survey. The Association of American Publishers reported Thursday that e-sales more than doubled from $32.4 million in January 2010 to $69.9 million in January 2011.

Hardcovers sales fell from $55.4 million to $49.1 million, and mass market paperbacks, a format that's declining as baby boomers seek books with larger print, fell from $56.4 million to $39 million.

Total sales, which include the education and professional markets, were $805.7 million in January, slightly below the $821.5 million reported last year.

Submission + - What Does the iPhone 5 Look Like? (9to5mac.com)

Submitted by

srwellman

on Friday March 18, 2011 @09:29AM

srwellman writes: "According to a report from an source at Foxconn, iPhone 5 looks remarkably similar to iPhone 4. One major change, the report claims, "Apple has decided to move away from the back-glass enclosure found on the fourth-generation device and move to something similar to the back of the first-generation iPhone from 2007.""

Submission + - Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Final Coming March 22 2

Submitted by Krystalo on Friday March 18, 2011 @01:33AM

Krystalo writes: Mozilla plans to launch Firefox 4.0 on March 22, 2011. The news comes straight from the horse's mouth: the new release date was posted on the Mozilla Wiki and on mozilla.dev.planning.

Comment Re:What the heck? (Score 1) 292

by fidget42 on Thursday March 17, 2011 @02:58PM (#35520434) Attached to: Does Android Have a Linux Copyright Problem?

As a programmer, I have to disagree with this. The header files should be very interesting. They should provide all of the information that I need in order to properly use the C code or library. I really hate looking through an implementation in order to figure out how to use a function (and these functions do not have 'man' pages).

Some header files described in the articles contained inline function calls. This makes them a bit more than a standard header.

Submission + - What I Learned by Going blind (hipolitix.com)

Submitted by

Dixie Passion

on Thursday March 17, 2011 @11:09AM

Dixie Passion writes: "I found this to be a very touching article about a young woman with a family who has learned she is going blind."

Submission + - Steve Jobs sends email to Apple employees in Japan (edibleapple.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 17, 2011 @10:46AM

An anonymous reader writes: In light of the ongoing crisis in Japan, Steve Job sent the following email to Apple employees in Japan offering the company’s support to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

"To Our Team in Japan,
We have all been following the unfolding disaster in Japan. Our hearts go out to you and your families, as well as all of your countrymen who have been touched by this tragedy.
If you need time or resources to visit or care for your families, please see HR and we will help you. If you are aware of any supplies that are needed, please also tell HR and we will do what we can to arrange delivery.
Again, our hearts go out to you during this unimaginable crisis.
Please stay safe.
Steve and the entire Executive Team"

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