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Comment Re:Anger. (Score 1) 764

by Didion Sprague on Friday July 30, 2010 @12:49PM (#33085140) Attached to: To Ballmer, Grabbing iPad's Market Is 'Job One Urgency'

What's with all these Microsoft old guys wearing sweaters?

Seriously. Bill Gates had a sweater. Ballmer has some ratty-ass sweater. Is that supposed to be endearing? If so, to whom -- other old guys on the golf course?

Appearances count, and as long as Ballmer is the pitchman for the stuff -- overweight and dressed in some 10 year old cartigan -- not only will I not take Microsoft seriously, but I don't want to have anything to *do* with Microsoft anymore.

YouTube Muting, Removing Videos Involving Warner Music 202

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 17, 2009 @12:18PM from the responsible-judgment-takes-too-long dept.

notseamus writes "In the past few days, YouTube has started muting videos uploaded by users that use 'unauthorized copyrighted music' in response to Warner Music's threat over royalties, and so far appears to target only Warner Music related videos. Ars Technica also reports that after three DMCA notices YouTube will remove a user account, even when it appears to be fair use. Kevin Lee has had video essays — which he believes are fair use — removed from YouTube, and his account disabled before he could file a counter notice."

Comment Re:DRM (Score 1) 543

by Didion Sprague on Wednesday April 23, 2008 @10:41AM (#23171558) Attached to: MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September

I'd also whack the marketing genius who came up with the "Plays for Sure" label upside the head.

In this case, the marketing gaff is as bad as the DRM itself. (And it also makes one wonder how much DRM and marketing go hand-in-hand. Microsoft seems to have an issue lately with marketing snafus. They've always had issues, yes -- but the idea of "Plays For Sure" and "Vista-capable" makes me realize that marketing [in general] is even more bullshit than I'd always suspected.)

Bookmark Apple iPhone conquires almost 2% of USA market (ifastnet.com)

by a_skripko on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @03:43PM

Feed news.com: Judge: Google can file anti-Microsoft antitrust brief (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @03:32PM

But Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly says she still trusts that Microsoft and government prosecutors have already reached "appropriate resolution" to desktop search competition complaint.

Apple Releases New Touch Screen iPod 866

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @03:31PM from the apple-loans-to-afford-all-the-new-toys-coming-soon dept.

JSM writes to tell us that Apple released a new version of their popular iPod music player today that boasts, among other things, an iPhone-like touch screen and Wi-Fi capabilities. "The iPod Touch will feature the Safari Internet browser and, like the iPhone, play YouTube videos. Apple also announced a new version of its iTunes music store that will allow users to buy songs wirelessly. iTunes will also sell customizable 99-cent ringtones for the iPhone."

Feed Science Daily: Glowing Mice Light The Way To Understanding Type 2 Diabetes (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @03:13PM

With the help of genetically engineered mice whose livers turned into glowing light bulbs, researchers have illuminated the underpinnings of an insidious and growing health concern -- type 2 diabetes.

Comment Re:466914 (Score 1) 98

by kkreamer on Friday April 27, 2007 @09:33PM (#18908147) Attached to: Worrying About Employment Contracts?

Not really that long ago.

Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite 343

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 18, 2006 @12:25AM from the coming-or-going dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "A robotic NASA spacecraft designed to rendezvous with an orbiting satellite instead crashed into its target. Unbeknownst to engineers at the time, DART's main sensor mistakenly believed it was flying away from the satellite when it was actually moving 5 feet per second toward it, investigators found."

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