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Apple, RIM, Google All Bid On Palm 117

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 15, 2010 @06:00PM from the face-palm-apple dept.

imamac writes "It seems HP was only one of many bidders for the struggling Palm. The others included Apple, RIM and even Google. You may now commence speculation on why the various companies wanted Palm."

Ubuntu LTS Experiences X.org Memory Leak 320

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @03:25PM from the like-it-when-windows-crashed-more dept.

MonsterTrimble writes "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 is experiencing a major memory leak due to patches for X.org. 'An X.Org Server update that was pushed into the Lucid repository last week has resulted in the system being slower and slower as it is left on, until it reaches a point where the system is no longer usable. ... In order to make the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS deadline, the developers are looking at just reverting three of the patches, which brings the GLX version back to 1.2. Ubuntu developers are now desperate for people willing to test out this updated X.Org Server package so they can determine by this Friday whether to ship it with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or doing an early SRU (Stable Release Update). Right now this X.Org Server that's being tested is living in the ubuntu-x-swat PPA.'"

Comment Re:Not so much... (Score 5, Insightful) 532

by Alphab.fr on Saturday February 21, 2009 @03:04PM (#26943011) Attached to: Ballmer Pleads For Openness To Compete With Apple

"Remember, succes in the consumer market is never decided on technical merit. It is about usability, interface and perception" Usability is a technical merit, the one that matters most!

Comment No way to choose what to upgrade to iTunes + :( (Score 2, Informative) 1079

by Alphab.fr on Tuesday January 06, 2009 @02:41PM (#26347165) Attached to: Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes

I can't believe I can't pick the songs I want to upgrade to iTunes plus ! All or nothing! I have tons of songs purchased on iTunes... when the previous label went DRM-free, I could choose which ones to upgrade and what not. This is not the case anymore, it's all or nothing, all upfront. I have LOTS of iTunes songs, so upgrading all would be VERY expensive. Some of them I listen continuously and they could user the higher bitrate, some other I never listen or are fine at 128k AAC. There's no other word: this SUCKS!

Comment Re:great answer (Score 1) 573

by Alphab.fr on Saturday April 05, 2008 @08:07PM (#22976500) Attached to: Vista is Slower, But XP Is Still Dying

>Bohooo! Bitch to Blizzard, they are the ones who didn't port their games to non-windows OSs. Well, not really they just don't port to linux. They've always been great with the mac, releasing mac version the same day (and often on the same cd!). And they've been wonderful for long term support: I'm currently installing Starcraft on my mac under OS X.5. This game was released TEN years ago, for Mac OS 7, but blizzard took the pain to provide the patches for continued compatibility.

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