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Download Firefox, Feed a Red Panda 90

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @11:27AM from the have-a-sandwich dept.

KenW writes "Mozilla has launched a new marketing campaign to promote Firefox: adopting red pandas and putting them on live webcams. The company wants to underline the fact that the red panda is the mascot for its open source browser via a new section on its site called Firefox Live. It's clear that Mozilla is trying to think of new ways to promote its browser ahead of the launch of Firefox 4. The company has been struggling recently as Firefox steadily loses share to Google Chrome."

Sony Finally Turning a Profit On PS3s 117

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 01, 2010 @03:51AM from the catching-up-with-moore dept.

When the PS3 launched in 2006, estimates pegged the price of producing the consoles to be as much as $250 more than the price at which they were sold. Production costs have dropped since then, but there have been several price cuts as well. Now, almost four years later, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida says they're finally turning a profit on the hardware. "This year is the first time that we are able to cover the cost of the PlayStation 3,' Yoshida said. 'We aren't making huge money from hardware, but we aren't bleeding like we used to.' In May, Sony began shipping new PlayStation 3 consoles with smaller and more cost-effective graphics chips. Now, Yoshida said, Sony is looking at replenishing retail stock that has been running on empty since January rather than cutting the price. 'When we bring the cost of hardware down, we are looking at opportunities to adjust prices if we believe that will increase demand,' he explained. 'At the moment, we are trying to catch up our production.'"

Funeral Being Held Today For IE6 194

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 04, 2010 @12:44PM from the good-riddance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "More than 100 people, many of them dressed in black, are expected to gather around a coffin Thursday to say goodbye to an old friend. The deceased? Internet Explorer 6. The aging Web browser, survived by its descendants Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8, is being eulogized at a tongue-in-cheek 'funeral' hosted by Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver, Colorado."

Comment Re:"Official Response" (Score 2, Informative) 527

by Armarius on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @04:19PM (#28270969) Attached to: Comcast Intercepts and Redirects Port 53 Traffic

I can confirm that ComcastBonnie is an authorized Comcast rep. I've dealt with @comcastcares on Twitter (Frank Eliason) and Bonnie is part of that team. Frank helped me cut through some BS with my local Comcast office about a year ago. They look on the Internet for folks with complaints about Comcast, such as my blog post as year ago, and are pretty quick with the Twitter responses these days. And apparently Slashdot responses as well. @LibraryMonk

New Food-Growth Product a Bit Hairy 243

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @03:06PM from the what-can-your-grow-from-fingernails dept.

MeatBag PussRocket writes "An article from Marketplace.org reports, 'A Florida company has developed an all-natural product that it says could revolutionize how food is grown in the US. It's called Smart Grow, but it might be a tough sell. It's inexpensive. It eliminates the need for pesticides, so it's environmentally friendly, but it's human hair. Plant pathologists at the University of Florida have found the mats eliminate weeds better than leading herbicides and can also make plants grow up to 30 percent larger.'"

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