Comment I've switched to RSSOwl (Score 0) 335
... and so far it's working great for me (RSSOwl).
I also tried The Old Reader, and quite liked it except for its inability to mix all feeds into one continuous timeline.
Comment Be careful! (Score 0) 519
I said something negative about iTunes on Windows a few years ago and have been labeled a troll here ever since. Just saying.
Comment NOT duplicating research seems reasonable (Score 0) 307
I think that's what you meant to say. Otherwise much of what follows makes no sense.
Comment This has to be a joke! (Score 0) 215
The alternative is too ridiculous to contemplate.
Comment More importantly, (Score 0) 325
why does soulskill use his FIST to type with? And why doesn't he ever seem to re-read what he types before posting it?
Comment Annoying (Score 2, Informative) 330
I hate how a lot of this history has been rewritten to make Jobs the genius and Woz just Jobs' partner. Woz built the early Apples, designing some components (like the floppy drive controller) from scratch, and Jobs just did the stuff that no self-respecting hardware guy would want to do, namely marketing and style.
Comment Typo in title: Symnatec (Score 0) 1
FYI
Comment Re:Internet rudeness will stop... (Score 0) 341
Sure, but it's easy to ignore mod points. A punch in the face? Not so much.
Comment Internet rudeness will stop... (Score 0) 341
...as soon as someone invents a way to punch someone else in the face over the Internet.
Comment What do Slashdot editors actually do? (Score 0) 880
Besides fail to edit this jibberish: "Some Linux users think that this is a win-win situation for Linux users as it will brings good game titles on the Linux system that haven't been there and it will protect steam business model from both Apple and Microsoft."
Submission + - How the inventors of Dragon speech recogniton technology lost everything. (nytimes.com) 5
cjsm writes: James and Janet Baker were the inventors of Dragon Systems speech recogintion software, and after years of work, they created a multimillion dollar company. At the height of the tech boom, with investment offers rolling in, they turned to Goldman Sachs for financial advice. For a five million dollar fee, Goldman hooked them up with Lernout & Hauspie, the Belgium speech recognition company. After consultations with Goldman Sachs, the Bakers traded their company for $580 million in Lernout & Hauspie stock. But it turned out Lernout & Hauspie was involved in cooking their books and went bankrupt. Dragon was sold in a bankruptcy auction to Scansoft, and the Bakers lost everything. Goldman and Sachs itself had decided against investing in Lernout & Hauspie two years previous to this because they were lying about their Asian sales. The Bakers are suing for one billions dollars.
Comment Caption problem (Score 0) 1
"No foul play SUSpected." Not "EXpected."
Submission + - Valve Continues Recruiting Top Linux Talent (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Valve Software in their Linux Steam / Source Engine effort, plus the rumored Steam Box, is continuing to hire top Linux developers. So far they have poached the lead developers of the DarkPlaces open-source engine used by Nexuiz/Xonotic, the founder of Battle for Wesnoth, and just yesterday they hired the creator of SDL. According to Michael Larabel, they are still trying to hire more Linux kernel developers, driver experts, and other "extremely talented Linux developers."
Submission + - NVIDIA Kills Online Store In Response to Hacker Claims (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: Following a shutdown of its “NVIDIA Developer Zone,” earlier this week after the online community for developers had been hacked, graphics chip maker NVIDIA on Friday also shut down its online store located at store.nvidia.com.
The group of hackers behind the attack, going by the handle of “The Appollo Project”, made mention of the claimed compromise in its original post exhibiting its successful attack against the NVIDIA Developer Zone site.
While the company has shut down the online store, it has not acknowledged that a successful attack has taken place. “NVIDIA has suspended operation of the NVIDIA Gear Store (store.nvidia.com) as a precaution, following confirmed attacks on several of our other sites,” a statement on the site posted on Jun 13 read.
Commenting on the developer forum hack, the claimed attackers noted, “We aren't acting extremely maliciously, we've used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.”
The group of hackers behind the attack, going by the handle of “The Appollo Project”, made mention of the claimed compromise in its original post exhibiting its successful attack against the NVIDIA Developer Zone site.
While the company has shut down the online store, it has not acknowledged that a successful attack has taken place. “NVIDIA has suspended operation of the NVIDIA Gear Store (store.nvidia.com) as a precaution, following confirmed attacks on several of our other sites,” a statement on the site posted on Jun 13 read.
Commenting on the developer forum hack, the claimed attackers noted, “We aren't acting extremely maliciously, we've used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.”
Submission + - Has the 3-D Hype Bubble Finally Popped? (time.com)
An anonymous reader writes: An article at Time speculates that the recent hype surrounding 3-D display technology has finally peaked and begun to subside. As evidence, they point to comments from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who does not seem particularly enthusiastic about it, and concedes it won't be a major selling point if the company continues to have 3-D enabled products in the future. He said, 'So, now we’ve created the 3DS and 3DS XL and also have some games out there that are really using that 3D effect that we can see, from my point of view, that it’s an important element. But as human beings are this kind of surprise effect wears off quickly, and just [having] this 3D stereoscopic effect isn’t going to keep people excited.' Revenue from 3-D films is also dropping, and while 3-D television sales are rising, only 14 percent of potential buyers think 3-D is a 'must have' feature.
