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Comment Re:Win32 on OS X -- goodness (Score 1) 397

by inferis on Saturday December 01, 2007 @07:38PM (#21547909) Attached to: Native Windows PE File Loading on OSX?

Not the same: Apple's main revenue is hardware based, not software based. I'd bet they'd have more revenue from people buying Macs being able to run Windows apps too, compared to the revenue lost in OSX sales. Also, I don't see how people would not buy OSX? It's clearly the best choice since you can run both OSX apps and Windows apps. Even if the share of OSX apps would diminish, there's always the added bonus of using OSX instead of Windows.

So if this would happen, it's the OSX app developers who are screwed, but not Apple.

Submission + - Is Daylight Savings Shift Really Worth It?

Submitted by Krishna Dagli on Monday March 12, 2007 @05:13AM

Krishna Dagli writes: Two Ph.D. students at the University of California at Berkeley says that Daylight Savings Shift will not do any good or energy saving. We are already spending money for software upgrades in the name of saving energy and after reading following article I wonder has congress really studied the impact of DST shift?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=2938715

Googlebot and Document.Write 180

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 12, 2007 @01:06AM from the ajax-the-foaming-indexer dept.

With JavaScript/AJAX being used to place dynamic content in pages, I was wondering how Google indexed web page content that was placed in a page using the JavaScript "document.write" method. I created a page with six unique words in it. Two were in the plain HTML; two were in a script within the page document; and two were in a script that was externally sourced from a different server. The page appeared in the Google index late last night and I just wrote up the results.

Feed The Hard Drive as Eye Candy (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Sunday March 11, 2007 @11:52PM

Once relegated to a back shelf in the electronics store, external units will soon don brushed aluminum cases, decorator colors and glowing lights.

A 3D Printer On Every Desktop? 426

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @07:03PM from the abs-fab dept.

holy_calamity writes "Two Cornell researchers have designed an open source 3D printer that costs just $2,400. The self-assembly kit is part of what they call the Fab@Home project — they hope it will spark development of rapid prototyping for the consumer market in the same way the Altair 8800 did for personal computing in seventies." Here is a video showing a completed machine constructing a silicone bulb (16-MB WMV).
Update: 01/10 04:02 GMT by KD : The developers of this kit are at Cornell, not Carnegie Mellon University as the original post erroneously stated.

Journal Journal: 2006 warmest year on record in the U.S 2

Journal by whathappenedtomonday on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:34PM

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reports that 2006 was the warmes year on record in the US. "No cause for alarm. Enjoy it while you have it," said Mike Halpert, head of forecast operations at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center. Jeff Masters disagrees and

Journal Journal: Doubling Disk Space on a Mac Book Pro

Journal by gbulmash on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @05:46PM

Just got the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain Hard Drive and put it through its paces on my MacBook Pro. I actually got speeds a bit faster than reported by cNet's review.

Submission + - Gentoo on the PS3 - Full install instructions

Submitted by on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @05:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: My friend Jake just bought a PS3, and he wanted to install Linux on it. Since he didn't know much about Linux, it was my responsibility to help him with it. His requirements — Install a distribution which is easy to maintain and run. He wanted to make the full use of his Linux install, so he needed a distro which wouldn't hold him back with frustrating problems. The only solution was using a distro which had a better package management system, and did its work without bothering you, the end user. Having used Gentoo extensively, I knew that this would be the solution to my problems. What follows is full install instructions, plus personal opinions, on why Gentoo is better than Fedora Core or YDL on the PS3

Comment Re:Vista? (Score 1) 223

by Chicane-UK on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @04:57AM (#17310250) Attached to: 10 Best IT Products Of 2006

I think what bugs me most about Vista being, supposedly, the number one OS is that simply because of the article writers ignorance about whats out there, products such as Ubuntu Linux (which quite frankly have come on leaps and bounds), a product which they will post to YOU for free of charge, doesn't even get a mention.

How can Microsoft be cheered for releasing a product so late, so devoid of promised features, and so much worse than its predecessor? My experience with Vista RTM (obtained through volume licensing at work I might add) has been truely dire.. it lasted all of a week on my PC before I came crawling back to the reliablity of Windows XP!

What a joke.

June Windows Update To Be Biggest in a Year 220

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @08:39AM from the patch-early-patch-often dept.

Supersonic1425 writes "The BBC reports that this month's security update from Microsoft will be the one of the biggest this year. Nine of the patches are for Windows — one classed as critical — two are for Office and one for the Exchange e-mail server software." From the article: "At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers. ... Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also the fallout of a legal case that the software giant lost."

Porn Industry Trials Burnable DVDs 250

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 20, 2006 @10:10AM from the advancing-technology-for-us-all dept.

nukular writes "The LA Times has an article discussing porn giant Vivid following the likes of King Kong in allowing users to download and burn movies to DVD. Unlike in the Hollywood plan, these DVDs will be viewable on other DVD players." From the article: "Despite their obvious differences, adult and mainstream entertainment companies face similar pressures in the Internet age. Both are grappling with how to deliver content securely and reliably to devices in a variety of ways, whether it's prepackaged on DVD for TVs or sent wirelessly to cellphones. Both also want to capitalize on digital delivery methods but can't afford to undercut their retail partners: big-box stores such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for the major studios and mom-and-pop video shops for the porn producers. They also fear online piracy, which the music industry partly blames for its lackluster sales."

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband 572

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 17, 2006 @01:25AM from the luddite-and-lovin'-it dept.

Ant writes "eMarketer has an article on The Yankee Group's analysis on why some Americans aren't feeling the broadband love. It was based on Ipsos Public Affairs. 45% of Americans say it's simply too expensive. 30% say that they just don't want it. 14% say they feel dial-up is adequate for their needs. Less than 10% are not able to get broadband access in their area. Five percent insist broadband is "too complicated". Another 5% aren't even sure why they don't have it..."

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