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Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 322

by B47h0ry'5 CuR53 (#30332302) Attached to: Why Open Source Phones Still Fail

You cannot however create an app that is truely native..

What is "truely" native? What are the other kinds of native code? NDK allows you to build native applications that execute directly on the processor, as opposed to inside Dalvik, that's native in my books. Moreover, if you make your UI in OpenGL you don't even have to use Android UI elements.

Comment Re:Apple's activity is criminal here, Palm's is le (Score 1) 656

by B47h0ry'5 CuR53 (#29630625) Attached to: Palm Ignores USB-IF Warning, Restores iTunes Sync
I would hardly call making available an XML file with a list of songs and playlists, as means of interoperability with iTunes. Maybe you're confusing it with iPhoto, which actually does allow interoperability with various cameras and devices. Like iPhoto, Mac OS X's default music management application, iTunes, too needs to be device neutral (especially when it can be achieved by simply NOT blocking devices based on USB vendor IDs).

I think, this type of application behavior only makes Apple look insecure. People will still buy iPods and iPhones, regardless of whether iTunes allows syncing with other devices.
PlayStation (Games)

The PS3's "Yellow Light of Death" 292

Posted by Soulskill from the doesn't-have-the-same-ring-to-it dept.
Xest writes "More and more reports are appearing about PlayStation 3 consoles failing in a similar way to the earlier models of the Xbox 360, except for Sony, it's the 'Yellow Light of Death.' The BBC has an interesting article which suggests the problem could be almost identical to that which caused the Red Ring of Death — poor soldering connections. From the article: 'Several of those businesses have told Watchdog that the vast majority of consoles they see with the "yellow light of death" can be repaired by heating up specific parts of the circuit board. This process is called solder re-flow. By heating the connections between the components and the circuit board to temperatures in excess of 200 Celsius, the metal solder joints melt, just like they did when the device was first assembled. Console repairers say that this process method is commonly used to repair fractured connections, or dry joints.' But that's not the only rule from Microsoft's playbook Sony has been following; while they have admitted 12,500 out of 2.5 million systems have failed (a convenient 0.5%), they refuse to release full figures of failure rates, citing them as being 'commercially sensitive.' Unfortunately, Sony does not appear to be following Microsoft's lead with regard to an extended warranty, stating that if a PS3 fails after 12 months, it is not their problem. In the UK at least, the Sale of Goods Act would disagree with that statement."
First Person Shooters (Games)

ZeniMax, Parent Company of Bethesda, Buys id Software 147

Posted by Soulskill from the elder-scrolls-5-will-have-rocket-launchers dept.
CelticLo writes "ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and its upcoming title, Rage. In an interview with Kotaku, John Carmack said, 'We're really getting kind of tired competing with our own publishers in terms of how our titles will be featured. And we've really gotten more IPs than we've been able to take advantage of. And working with other companies hasn't been working out as spectacularly as it could. So the idea of actually becoming a publisher and merging Bethesda and ZeniMax on there [is ideal.] It would be hard to imagine a more complementary relationship. They are triple A, top-of-the-line in what they do in the RPGs. And they have no overlap with all the things we do in the FPSes.' The press release confirmed that id's projects will remain under Carmack's control."
PlayStation (Games)

Interview With a Prolific LittleBigPlanet Content Creator 27

Posted by Soulskill from the games-as-hobbies dept.
SlappingOysters writes "Ole-Marius Lakselv is going to be making games for a living, sooner or later. Under his PSN moniker of Geosautis, he has become arguably the most popular and famous LittleBigPlanet level maker in the world. His works, such as World of Colour and Haunted Mansion, are shining examples of what a talented user with a bit of time on his hands can build using LittleBigPlanet's powerful creation tools. Gameplayer has just interviewed him to get the full story on being an amateur developer making waves in LittleBigPlanet. The site has also awarded the game The Best Exclusive of 2008."
United States

US CTO Choice Down To a Two-Horse Race 284

Posted by CmdrTaco from the i-swear-i'm-qualified dept.
theodp writes "Barack Obama apparently didn't return CmdrTaco's call. BusinessWeek reports that the choices for the first US CTO have narrowed, and it's now a two-horse race between Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's CTO, and Vivek Kundra, who holds the same title for the Government of the District of Columbia. Two very different resumes — which would you advise Obama to pick?" I just know I was #3 on the list.
Media

XBMC Running On an Atom-Based MID 97

Posted by timothy from the to-watch-programs-made-by-other-acronyms dept.
reborn writes "Someone's got XBMC running on one of those MIDs. This one is a Compal Jax10. It runs Linux and is powered by an Intel Atom processor clocked at 800Mhz along with Intel's GMA500, which is basically a licensed PowerVR SGX GPU. Except for the better GPU (and its screen and keyboard, of course), it is similarly specced as some of the lower-end netbooks. XBMC would make a great portable media player, given its ability to play media off the network and virtually all file formats, but in the end it depends on the price-point of these MIDs. Here's the video."
Intel

Submission + - Intel's Atom MID running XBMC

Submitted by reborn
reborn writes: Someone's got XBMC running on one of those MIDs. This one is a Compal Jax10. It runs Linux and is powered by an Intel Atom processor clocked at 800Mhz along with Intel's GMA500, which is basically a licensed PowerVR SGX GPU. Except for the better GPU (and its screen and keyboard of course), it is similarly spec-ed as some of the lower end netbooks. XBMC would make a great portable media player, given it's ability to play media off the network and virtually all file formats, but in the end it depends on the price-point of these MIDs.

Here's the video.

Comment Re:This is just how Apple works, why keep complain (Score 1) 135

by B47h0ry'5 CuR53 (#25890179) Attached to: Inside Safari 3.2's Anti-Phishing Feature

By that logic, Apple software should come with no EULAs or Terms of Use as well. Far more people would read (and comprehend!) a dialog message informing them about phishing security than the 10,000+ word EULAs that many Apple applications come with.

Which hindrance of the two do you think is more useful and has better usability? It's pretty obvious that this omission has absolutely nothing to do with usability.

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