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Comment Re:A serious black eye (Score 3, Insightful) 152

by Giranan on Sunday November 29, 2009 @06:06AM (#30260030) Attached to: iPhone App Store Rejects Find a New Home

Certainly, they should have quality control, but I think that one of the biggest issues that is plaguing the iPhone and its developers is the sheer arbitrariness and inconsistency of the app approval process. Recall, if you will, that issue with the dictionary app getting rejected because it could be used to look up curse words, while other apps were allowed through that had far more potential to be offensive.

Comment Re:Government-granted monopoly leads to no alt. IS (Score 1) 268

by Giranan on Thursday November 15, 2007 @12:21AM (#21359389) Attached to: Comcast Sued Over P2P Blocking

"The real problem here isn't just that Comcast is doing the filtering."

Yeah, but isn't Comcast contracting them? It's not like they don't know what's going on with their own networks.

Submission + - MST3K...THE 'BOTS ARE BACK! (third down) (mst3k.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 31, 2007 @01:46AM

An anonymous reader writes: Beginning November 5th, BBI will be launching its very own website at MST3K.com. The site will feature brand-new animated adventures of Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy. We're told the goal is to have one new adventure each week (though "some settling may occur with shipping," they added). The Web site will also feature work from the original series (which BBI is now calling "the legacy series"), behind-the-scenes footage and other material culled from the BBI vault. Also on the site will be BBI's first online store, featuring all new merchandise. (This means that the BBI merchandise section of our site will be taken down. ) The new adventures of the 'bots are being produced by BBI President, MST3K series writer and the returning voice of Gypsy, Jim Mallon. He will be joined on this new experiment by veteran MST3K series writer and performer Paul Chaplin (who will be on the writing team and will be providing the voice of Crow) along with new writing and performing talent.

Submission + - Google phone platform due out in mid 2008 (macworld.com)

Submitted by dnormant on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @05:19PM

dnormant writes: Google will come out in mid-2008 with a mobile phone platform that incorporates a variety of Google online services and lets outside developers create applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

The goal is to make Google applications and services as easily accessible on mobile phones as PCs, so that the company can extend its advertising business to cell phones and other wireless devices. Google may announce its mobile platform within weeks, according to the Journal.

Submission + - Solar Panel Rips on ISS (cnn.com)

Submitted by

bhmit1

on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @05:15PM

bhmit1 writes: "Nasa's solar panel woes continue with today's discovery, a rip on one of the recently moved panels. From the article: "The astronauts abruptly stopped the unfurling of the second panel, however, as soon as they saw the rip on the edge of the panel. The panel was almost completely unfurled when the rip was spotted. The astronauts beamed down photos of the torn and crumpled section so NASA can analyze them and determine the extent of the damage.""

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