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Roku Finally Gets a 2D Menu System 80

Posted by samzenpus on Friday March 29, 2013 @04:06AM from the new-look dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Many of us have griped for years about Roku's retro one-dimensional user interface. Finally, in conjunction with the release of the new Roku 3 model, the Linux-based media streaming player is getting a two-dimensional facelift, making it quicker and easier to access favorite channels and find new ones. Current Roku users, who will now begin suffering from UI-envy, will be glad to learn that Roku plans to push out a firmware update next month to many earlier models, including the Roku LT, Roku HD (model 2500R), Roku 2 HD, Roku 2 XD, Roku 2 XS, and Roku Streaming Stick. A short demo of the new 2D Roku menu system is available in this YouTube video."

Canada Election Result Bad News For DMCA Opponents 311

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 19, 2008 @07:47PM from the wrong-direction-up-north dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For those with a stake in the opposition of Jim Prentice's C-61, the Canadian DMCA, this previous week's election results will be displeasing. The Conservative Party, which promised to reintroduce the DMCA if elected, gained 19 seats this election, mostly at the expense of the flagging liberal party, a mere 12 short of a majority government. The increase in Conservative representation, as well as the relatively low profile of this issue amidst other, more pressing concerns, increases the likelihood that the son of C-61 will come to fruition. On a positive note, the number of MPs supporting Geist's copyright pledge has increased to 34. Given the Conservative Party's historic disregard of public opinion, however, the efforts of the copyright-pledge MPs will have to rally the full opposition across three major parties in order to defeat the bill. A mere 12 MPs now stand between the Canadian public and the MAFIAA's hungry maw."

Comment Re:Microsoft is more than just Microsoft (Score 1) 597

by Tim Stadelmann on Sunday July 28, 2002 @10:26AM (#3967388) Attached to: Microsoft's Big Stick in Peru

A free market economy doesn't create joblessness. What it creates is an unequal distribution of wealth, resulting in poverty. Joblessness is due to measures put in place to alleviate this problem, which tend to directly or indirectly raise the price of unskilled or currently not profitable labour above its market value, thereby creating a surplus.

Note that this is not necessarily a bad thing, as there is nothing in the free market system that is preventing unprofitable labourers to die from starvation. Quite the opposite, this is usually considered a feature of the system when it happens to companies instead of individuals!

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