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Submission + - Google Reader Being Retired (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Edgewood_Dirk on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @07:39PM

Edgewood_Dirk writes: According to the official blog, Google Reader is being retired on July 1st, 2013. The main reasoning seems to be its decline in usage over the last few years. Users and developers will be able to retrieve their RSS data using Google Takeout.

Submission + - Google removing ad-blockers from Play (androidpolice.com)

Submitted by SirJorgelOfBorgel on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @05:53PM

SirJorgelOfBorgel writes: It appears Google has begun removing ad-blocker apps for Android from the Play store, citing breached of the Play Store Developer Distribution Agreement. The apps would be welcome back as soon as they no longer violated the agreement, though that doesn't seem possible while keeping the apps' core functionality intact.

Submission + - TMS9918A Retro Video chip reimplemented in FPGA with VGA out (atariage.com)

Submitted by

acadiel

on Saturday February 11, 2012 @03:58PM

acadiel writes: "Matthew H from the AtariAge.com TI-99/4A forum> has finalized a design of a TMS 9918A replacement (with VGA out) for classic computer systems such as the ColecoVision, TI-99/4A, SpectraVision, MSX1, SpectraVision 128, and Tomy Tutor Home computers. This hardware project replaces the native video controller on these classic systems and enables them to have VGA output for the first time."

Comment Motorola has been doing this for years. (Score 1) 757

by acadiel on Thursday July 15, 2010 @01:40PM (#32916202) Attached to: Droid X Self-Destructs If You Try To Mod

Motorola has been doing this with devices, even pre-cell phone revolution. Look at their old pager lines - i.e. the Pronto, Bravo, etc. They used to let providers "lock down" the pager with a programming PIN. Want to change the capcode? You need the PIN. Put the PIN in too many times, and you have to replace the code plug, which meant factory service. (Essentially, you had a dead pager.) See here: http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/pager/pagerpw.txt

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