Jawbox - Slashdot User

Comment What am I missing (Score 2) 79

by Jawbox on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @04:34PM (#49330797) Attached to: Better Disaster Shelters than FEMA Trailers (Video)

Am I missing something? This looks like a high-tech tent with no cooking, cleaning, or living space.

Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 124

by Jawbox on Saturday March 23, 2013 @07:00PM (#43259887) Attached to: Florida House Passes Bill To Ban "Internet Cafes"

Read the article! It's all right there. "Cyber cafes" here are nothing more than unregulated casinos. They answer to no one, have no obligation to any sort of transparency. There places are scum that hide behind an innocent name and try to pass off taking money as charitable donations. Actual cyber cafes are unaffected.

Comment Re:I'm not an expert (Score 1) 313

by Jawbox on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @11:37AM (#41967907) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best 32-Bit Windows System In 2012?

Just go with Server 2003 with PAE support. Same base as XP really with PAE support built in.

Comment Re:For 1 data point (Score 1) 321

by Jawbox on Thursday January 05, 2012 @10:18AM (#38595450) Attached to: Why Freemium Doesn't Work

This! There are no good datapoints in the article, the basic premise isn't backed up, and for Gawd's sake, it's a single blog post about a single Fremium site that didn't work. There's no study, no data, and certainly it's impossible to draw a conclusion about a whole industry based on one developer's experience!

Comment Re:Does this surprise anyone? (Score 1) 178

by Jawbox on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @01:45PM (#37470474) Attached to: HP Begins Laying Off WebOS Developers, Potentially Firing CEO

No, the same Friday night Best Buy Canada started liquidating Touchpads, HP Shopping also lowered the price to $99. That same night HP announced the Firesale and the way they would handle it with their partners. On Saturday night Best Buy finally decided to liquidate Touchpads, and sold out their store stock on Sunday.

Comment The nGage is Here! (Score 1) 425

by Jawbox on Thursday August 11, 2011 @02:26PM (#37059944) Attached to: How Apple Is Beating Nintendo At Its Own Game

It's about time that the nGage finally took off! Sidetalkin' forever yo!

Comment Re:Motorola! (Score 3, Informative) 81

by Jawbox on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @11:17AM (#37044396) Attached to: Wireless Charging On the Droid Bionic?

Sarcasm? Palm\HP's have had inductive charging just like this since the Pre surfaced two years ago, powermats have been out for almost as long.

Comment Re:Not anyone, really (Score 2) 373

by Jawbox on Monday April 25, 2011 @06:32PM (#35935660) Attached to: Steve Jobs: 'We Don't Track Anyone'

No, $25 total. 300 minutes, unlimited text/data.

Prince Says Internet Is Over 450

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @10:18AM from the it-was-fun-while-it-lasted dept.

the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"

Google Stops Ads For "Cougar" Sites 319

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @10:52AM from the here's-to-you-mrs-robinson dept.

teh31337one writes "Google is refusing to advertise CougarLife, a dating site for mature women looking for younger men. However, they continue to accept sites for mature men seeking young women. According to the New York Times, CougarLife.com had been paying Google $100,000 a month since October. The Mountain View company has now cancelled the contract, saying that the dating site is 'nonfamily safe.'"

HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion 271

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @05:27PM from the I-like-money dept.

necro81 writes "Palm, Inc., which has struggled in recent months after making a splash with its Pre smartphone, will be bought by HP, the world's largest computer maker. The deal has been approved by both companies' boards, and should be wrapped up this summer. HP will get Palm for about $5.70/share (about 20% above today's closing price), or about $1.2 billion. That's a pretty good deal, considering that in the months following the launch of the Pre on Sprint's network, Palm's share price topped $16. But marketing blunders hindered the Pre's more widespread adoption on other carriers, and the company's very existence has recently seemed in doubt."

SCO Terminates Darl McBride 458

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 19, 2009 @12:05PM from the end-of-an-era dept.

bpechter writes "Linux Today reports SCO has terminated Darl McBride and linked to the SCO 8K SEC report. The report found also at the SCO site and states: 'the Company has eliminated the Chief Executive Officer and President positions and consequently terminated Darl McBride.'"

Comment Re:For $6.5b (Score 1) 526

by Jawbox on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @01:42PM (#27244255) Attached to: Sun In Talks To Be Acquired By IBM

Service and Tape Drives and Libraries. IBM and Sun combined means that IBM would make all the Enterprise class Tape drives and libraries. StorageTek (acquired a couple years ago) had the Enterprise market for Tapes and Libraries. In addition, this probably fits pretty well with IBM's service market, which also posts some huge numbers. Storage is one of those areas that still has some stupid-huge margins, and IBM gets Sun's share at a firesale discount. IBM's disk + Suns tape = viable competition to EMC.

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