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Comment Re:new form of book burning (Score 1) 273

by kaitou on Friday August 07, 2009 @07:59AM (#28984603) Attached to: Sony Takes Aim At Amazon's Kindle

Well the Sony has no internet connectivity at all, so unlike the Kindle, there is no way at all for Sony to send a remote "delete" command. The two are completely different devices, by different companies. It's like refusing to run Linux because Apple is restrictive in its iPhone app store.

Russia Launches Anti-trust Probe of Microsoft 221

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 04, 2009 @12:48PM from the from-russia-with-love dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Russia's state anti-monopoly service said on Thursday it had launched a probe of Microsoft over cutbacks in supplies of its Windows XP operating system in Russia. The agency said it thought Microsoft had violated antimonopoly legislation by cutting delivery of Windows XP operating system to Russia both separately and pre-installed on personal computers, as well as in its pricing policy on the product. It said it would consider the case on July 24, 2009."

Comment Re:He could have been captain of a bucket (Score 1) 461

by kaitou on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @03:55PM (#28016413) Attached to: Special Effects Lessons From JJ Abrams' Star Trek

Well yes, but isn't his age a big part of that? Don't forget this Kirk is nearly a decade younger then the "old" Kirk was at the start of TOS. That time could easily be what was needed for the shift.

Seagate Acknowledges Problems With 1.5-TB HDD 239

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @06:19PM from the sorry-for-the-inconvenience dept.

AnInkle writes "Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda has been available for a couple months from multiple retailers. But shortly after release, reports of random freezes appeared on several sites. The hang apparently occurs in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Vista when streaming video or transferring files at low speeds. After a couple of weeks of silence, Seagate has finally officially acknowledged the problem. In a response to The Tech Report, they say they're investigating the 'issue' affecting 'a small number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives.' Acknowledging the 'inconvenience' is a start, but most users expect at least average performance and prompt service from the capacity king of data storage." In a related story, reader Lucas123 plugs a ComputerWorld piece examining the question of Seagate's plans to stay relevant at a time when SSDs increasingly capture OEM mindshare.

LucasArts, Bioware Announce Star Wars MMO 346

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @10:38PM from the in-a-galaxy-not-so-far-away-after-all dept.

LucasArts and Bioware held a press conference today to confirm what has been suspected for a long time: they're working on a Star Wars MMO. It will be called Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it will be a continuation of the Knights of the Old Republic franchise. Further coverage is available at Gamespot, and IGN has some of the concept art. An official website for the game was launched as well. "According to the game's official announcement, Star Wars: The Old Republic is set thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader, with the galaxy divided by war between the Empire and the Sith. That's about 300 years after the events of KotOR, a time frame that, according to Zeschuk, 'is completely unexplored in the lore.' Players can take the role of either a Jedi, a Sith or other classic Star Wars characters -- and, as perhaps can be expected from BioWare, Muzyka says story will be a major component, underlying and driving all of the player's actions."

LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court 281

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @07:40PM from the get-your-passport-and-account-numbers dept.

drewmoney writes "According to an article on Groklaw: It's begun in a Nigerian court. LANCOR has actually done it. Guess what the Nigerian keyboard makers want from the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization trying to make the world a better place? $20 million dollars in 'damages,' and an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution in Nigeria."

Comment Re:E-Readers (Score 1) 154

by kaitou on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @09:36AM (#21009445) Attached to: Electronic Paper's Past and Future

No, but if you combine the images into a PDF and run it through PDFRasterfarian, you get a very readable comic out of it

New Legislation Proposed For Nuclear Safety 144

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 09, 2007 @08:02AM from the did-you-say-springfield-vermont dept.

mdsolar writes "Recent problems at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have spurred Congresspeople from Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire to introduce legislation that would allow State governors to request independent safety reviews of nuclear power plants. The reviews would exclude NRC employees who usually work on that plant and include non-NRC reviewers. This review model is based on one that found problems at Maine Yankee before it closed. Problems at Vermont Yankee have included a cooling tower collapse, a SCRAM caused by an un-greased valve, and failure of a safety system during the SCRAM. The plant is coming off of heightened review after shipping nuclear material with insufficient shielding. The plant's application for a 20 year license extension is also currently under review."

Review of Stardock's TweakVista 191

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 09, 2007 @01:41PM from the needs-all-the-help-it-can-get dept.

mikemuch writes "The new TweakVista utility from Stardock surfaces some of Vista's more obscure settings, giving access to diagnostics and making suggestions for services that you should be running. ExtremeTech's review of TweakVista generally likes the software, and though it's called version 0.9, it is for sale — $19.95 — and feels feature-complete. More suggestions on system optimization, however, would be helpful. From the review: 'According to TweakVista, on July 1st, the "Windows Shell Services DLL service took 651ms longer to shut down than usual." That's nice. Other than this stark presentation, there's no digestible information as to why the shell services DLL took over half a second longer to shut down. And there's no hint as to what to do about it.'"

FDA Set To Approve Products from Cloned Cows 480

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 17, 2006 @11:11AM from the mmmmm-cloneburger dept.

phantomlord writes "The FDA is currently set to allow beef and milk from cloned animals onto the market. Further, the products will likely not be branded as such and there is no way to know if we're currently consuming products from cloned animals." From the article: "Farmers and companies that have been growing cloned barnyard animals from single cells in anticipation of a lucrative market say cloning will bring consumers a level of consistency and quality impossible to attain with conventional breeding, making perfectly marbled beef and reliably lean and tasty pork the norm on grocery shelves. But groups opposed to the new technology, including a coalition of powerful food companies concerned that the public will reject Dolly-the-Lamb chops and clonal cream in their coffee, have not given up."

Windows Monoculture Myopia Revisited 319

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @07:19AM from the laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank dept.

round stic writes "eWeek magazine has an interesting look at the effects of the Windows monoculture on IT budgets, even as everyone agrees on the severity of the inherent security risks. The article contains interviews with Dan Geer and others who warned about the risks of the Windows monopoly three years ago. The article coincides with a piece in the Observer that suggests Vista is the end of the Microsoft monolith because of how complex the operating system has become."

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