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Comment Re:What is the point? (Score 1) 1713

by DrShoe on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @07:17PM (#30927104) Attached to: Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open

With an iPad version of iWork, if you could email PDF's of the documents, print them and use a projector for a presentation. This could be a very useful device for a sales force.

Comment Isn't this old news? (Score 1) 572

by DrShoe on Saturday January 09, 2010 @11:14PM (#30712176) Attached to: Why Programmers Need To Learn Statistics

This looked familiar, then I remembered that I read this years ago.
http://haduken.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=934&sid=ccd988ac3fa9146e94124c1228c4ac35

Comment This could give monitor damage a new meaning! (Score 1) 245

by DrShoe on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @12:12AM (#29893165) Attached to: Companies To Invade Your Retinas As Soon As Next Year?

If they're going to start beaming an image directly in the eye, I want to make sure that the xorg.conf file is correct.

Comment Re:August (Score 1) 1146

by DrShoe on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @11:04AM (#28957843) Attached to: Navigating a Geek Marriage?

I would also add that when you're wrong, admit it. When she's wrong, just keep your mouth shut.

Toyota Demands Removal of Fan Wallpapers 594

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 16, 2008 @10:16AM from the see-what-sticks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak reports that Toyota's lawyers have recently contacted computer wallpaper site Desktop Nexus in a blatant example of DMCA abuse. Toyota issued a blanket request to demand the immediate removal of all member-uploaded wallpapers featuring a Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicle (citing copyright violation), regardless of whether Toyota legally holds the copyright to the photos or not. When site owner Harry Maugans requested clarification on exactly which wallpapers were copyrighted by Toyota, he was told that for them to cite specifics (in order to file proper DMCA Takedown Notices), they would invoice Desktop Nexus for their labor."

Microsoft Working On Its Own App Store 195

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 08, 2008 @07:00PM from the goes-around-comes-around dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft is working on a software distribution scheme along the lines of Apple's iPhone App Store, CEO Steve Ballmer said yesterday at a developer's conference in Sydney, Australia. 'There's not much money being made, but the general concept of giving developers a way not only to get their code distributed, but to really get visibility for the code, is a good idea,' Ballmer said. Ballmer hinted that something similar would be coming soon from Microsoft. While he said Micrsoft was not ready to detail the works in progress, he said '... fear not, we're hard at work, and you'll see some of the benefits [of that] with some of the concepts, particularly Facebook's.'"

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by masumph on Monday May 14, 2007 @07:53PM

Comment Re:Microsoft would have made more money (Score 2, Insightful) 291

by DrShoe on Monday April 24, 2006 @03:56PM (#15192279) Attached to: The 360 Is Too Cheap?

Unfortunately, that's not necessarily correct. Component prices are based on estimated purchase quantity. By raising the price so that fewer were purchased, you're also raising the price of the parts to make it. So it could turn out that you make less. Fewer customers at a smaller profit isn't a very good corporate policy.

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