Comment WUPHF (Score 1) 57

by hoferbr on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:49PM (#60976578) Attached to: Pebble Founder Says His New App Brings iMessage To Android With a Little 'Trickery'

WUPHF! (.com) https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Submission + - Viacom Closes MTV Games (escapistmagazine.com)

Submitted by eldavojohn on Friday February 04, 2011 @10:23AM

eldavojohn writes: Both The Escapist and Joystiq are reporting that the MTV Games division of Viacom is being closed. After selling off Harmonix for an alleged equivalent of a single Red Lobster Gift Card, it turns out that Viacom's division known as MTV Games has little left on its plate. There's some bickering over missed performance based payments and MTV Games failed to secure a publishing deal for all the Rock Band games in Europe — which appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for them.

Comment Re:Kissinger and Obama got one (Score 2) 495

by hoferbr on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @04:03PM (#35082962) Attached to: WikiLeaks Nominated For 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

Well... Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, José Ramos-Horta, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa... The list of great people who won the Peace Nobel goes on and on. You have to look at the big picture here, instead of focusing on United States petty politics.

Comment Re:It's NOT SPACE (Score 1) 162

by hoferbr on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @12:34PM (#35080278) Attached to: Low Budget Air Space Photography

Actually, it's space. It's just not outer space. But the news never claimed that they reached outer space.

Submission + - Microsoft makes Chrome play H.264 video (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by nk497 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @12:03PM

nk497 writes: Chrome users will be able to play H.264 video — thanks to Microsoft. The software giant today unveiled the Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome, which will let users of the Google browser play H.264 video after it was dropped from Chrome over licensing issues. "At Microsoft we respect that Windows customers want the best experience of the web including the ability to enjoy the widest range of content available on the internet in H.264 format," said Claudio Caldato, Microsoft interoperability program manager.

Comment Re:Time for us westerners to wring our hands... (Score 1) 236

by hoferbr on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @09:49AM (#23311370) Attached to: Windows in Brazil Costs 20% of Per Capita Business Income

There are so many wrong things with what you just said. The Brazilian government offers many services to the middle-class. For instance, the federal universities are the best ones. And besides, one of the reasons people pay taxes is to transfer the wealth from the richer sections of society to poorer sections. It's like that in almost every country in the world, even USA.