Journal Journal: Eco-disaster! HP uses Vista to enforce product obsolesence.
HP Printer and Scanner owners should beware of buying a new Vista PC or upgrading to Vista.
Douglas Adams had it wrong when he predicted that the alien archaeologists would find a shoe layer, they are more likely to find a Vista induced Printer and Scanner layer! A large number HP printer and scanner owners that have chosen to upgrade to Vista will receive the following message when attempting to download Vista drivers for their Scanners and Printers:
"We are sorry to inform you that
Douglas Adams had it wrong when he predicted that the alien archaeologists would find a shoe layer, they are more likely to find a Vista induced Printer and Scanner layer! A large number HP printer and scanner owners that have chosen to upgrade to Vista will receive the following message when attempting to download Vista drivers for their Scanners and Printers:
"We are sorry to inform you that
Submission + - Half-Life 2: Episode 2 delayed to end 2007
Wowzer writes: "EA and Valve today announced the naming and product configurations of Half-Life 2's The Black Box and The Orange Box, while at the same time confirming another worldwide release date delay from summer 2007 to winter 2007. From the article: "The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PS3 & Xbox 360, and includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One." If you thought the delay was the only bad news, then artwork fans haven't seen the ugly new boxart yet."
Submission + - It's What's for Breakfast
Crash McBang writes: Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to
this article: "There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning," said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets Slashdotters going after waking up?
Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?
Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"
Submission + - Sega to Discontinue GDroms - Death of Dreamcast
Croakyvoice writes: The Dreamcast games Last
Hope , Karous
and Trigger
Heart Exelica will the last officially licensed Sega games for the Dreamcast
because from february Sega Japan are to stop production of GDRoms, the death of GDroms will mean no
more Dreamcast or Naomi Arcade games. The Dreamcast Community have sent emails
to Sega Japan to ask for a rethink on this issue.
