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Comment Another gadget (Score 0, Troll) 564

by death_metal on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:49PM (#19658429) Attached to: Walt Mossberg Reviews the iPhone

I don't have an opinion on Apple or the iPhone, but I prefer that software innovations come before hardware because they produce less landfill. I had to laugh when I saw how the iPhone's "innovative" interface resembles what Opera, the browser uses for its startup screen as of version 9.22 -- a tactile, tiled favorites menu. In ten years, the iPhones will all be in landfills and Opera will be on version 18, without having contributed any landfill. Can we please stop the waste insanity? My grandchildren will have to survive on this planet and they'd like to have some open, unpolluted spaces.

Feed The Register: The decline of antivirus and the rise of whitelisting (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:32PM

Drumbeats get louder

The recent acquisition of SecureWave by PatchLink was not so much an acquisition as a merger, with PatchLink being the senior partner. With 3400 customers it had about twice the customer base as SecureWave and it also had about twice the staff.

Feed The Register: Europe's banks must inform customers of US snooping (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:12PM

Privacy chiefs impose deadline

Privacy chiefs have given Europe's banks a September deadline for alerting customers that their financial transactions could be tracked by US security agencies. Customers must be warned that even transactions within Europe could be monitored, they said.

Feed Science Daily: Several Tons Of Uranium And The Town Of Colonie, New York (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @10:12PM

Recent research aims to improve understanding of how depleted uranium particulate behaves in the environment. Researchers have identified uranium oxide particulate that has survived more than 25 years in the environment, and depleted uranium contamination nearly 6 km from point of release.

Feed news.com: MySQL innovating toward an IPO, BusinessWeek says (cnet.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:52PM

It couldn't happen to a better set of people. As 'BusinessWeek' reports, MySQL is well on its way to an IPO. The interesting thing is what it's doing to get there. From CNET's Blogs network.

Walt Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 564

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:44PM from the hands-on-early dept.

WSJdpatton writes "Walt Mossberg tested the iPhone for two weeks, in multiple usage scenarios, in cities across the US. His verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is on balance a beautiful and breakthrough hand-held computer. Its software especially sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though the lack of physical buttons can be a hindrance." Digital Daily has a roundup of early iPhone reviews.

Journal Journal: Terrorism? Nah. As always, it's about money.

Journal by iminplaya on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:37PM

Just maybe, someday we might find out what the war in Afganistan is really about. It's something that the Chinese have a bit of experience in. There's gold in them thar hills, and everybody wants a piece of the action. And here we see the most basic of reasons for all wars. So put aside all the mamby-pamby moral crap and open your eyes to why we do the things we d

Feed news.com: Spreading the Apple religion (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:33PM

Blog: Apple enthusiasts can perhaps become a bit too evangelical....

Feed news.com: MIT reverses autism in mice (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:32PM

Blog: Suppressing the activity of a particular enzyme fixed brain cell structure and communication and improved mouse behavior.

Submission + - Internal Microsoft Email about Life at Google (wordpress.com)

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on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @09:32PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "An interesting perspective on Google, from an internal email sent around Microsoft. Basically an interview that provides analysis about how Google compares to Microsoft from an employee perspective. Included are suggestions for what Microsoft might copy in order to stay competitive in the job market and criticisms of Google's "college kid" atmosphere."

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