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Panasonic Invites Gamers To the Jungle 74

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:01AM from the it's-all-fun-and-games dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "In a move that will instantly conjure up memories of the infamous 3DO failure, Panasonic has once again decided to throw its hat into the gaming ring, unveiling an online-focused handheld called the Jungle. It features a high-resolution display, a D-pad, a touch pad, and a full mini-keyboard in addition to standard gaming shoulder buttons. Wireless support is a given, as Panasonic is talking heavily about the console's online features, but whether that's Wi-Fi or 3G remains unclear. M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon said, 'The Jungle is a highly specialized dedicated portable for a non-existent market. This is an unprecedented hardware strategy, and probably for good reason. If MMO players want to go more portable than a laptop, I guess this would be the way to go. Frankly, this looks like a non-starter.'" An anonymous reader notes comments from NetDevil's Ryan Seabury, who thinks the decision to have the device run Linux is a mistake.

Google Makes Apps Script Available To All 61

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 14, 2010 @10:49AM from the come-one-come-all dept.

theodp writes "Formerly only available to Apps Users, Google has made Apps Script available to everyone (sample script), including you Google Docs low-lifers. Apps Script lets you automate actions across spreadsheets, sites, calendars, and other Google services. No spamming, kids!"

Comment Re:Never mind the sourcecode (Score 1) 325

by penultimatepost on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @05:27PM (#30529312) Attached to: The Nuking of <em>Duke Nukem</em>

I am currently dating a girl that put herself through undergrad architecture school as a dancer. She has since quit and moved on to Grad school. I know 3 other girls that are doing the same: One goes to FIT in NYC for design, the second recently received her EMT license and the other hasn't picked a major yet but likes teaching. I know, I know this is slashdot blah blah... I'm not supposed to know pretty girls let alone girls who are pretty AND smart. Bollocks

Feed Competing, the Microsoft way(s) (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @12:13PM

Blog: I have to confess that the longer I cover Microsoft, the less I understand about the software giant. This morning, the company...

Feed Childhood Obesity Has Risen Significantly, Especially Among Girls (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @12:13PM

Obesity levels among Swedish children aged four and ten have shown a signficiant rise over the last 20 years, according to a recent study of more than 1000 children.

Feed Grandparents Relate To Adopted Grandchildren The Same As Biological Grandchildre (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @12:12PM

Grandparents of adopted grandchildren relate to them as an integral part of the family -- just as they relate to their biological grandchildren. This research is unique in the field in that it evaluated adoptive relationships from the viewpoint of grandparents. Previous research examined relationships from the viewpoint of parents and children.

Feed Scientists Induce Cell Death In Leukemia (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @12:12PM

Scientists report on preclinical research suggesting the potential of a new combination treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Feed Xbox 360 scratching discs? Maybe, says Microsoft (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @12:12PM

Filed under: Gaming, Storage

So far the Xbox 360 has had its fair share of hardware problems, both large and small, and while Microsoft has dealt with most of these challenges by extending warranties and offering up free fixes, it usually takes its own sweet time to come around, which seems to be the case here. After completely ignoring a minor public outcry over what appeared to be a problem with a decent number of the 360s produced in December 2006 -- where a missing part in the drive caused the Xbox to scratch the disc it was reading -- Microsoft is finally confessing that there might actually be a problem and promising to look into it. This statement comes after Dutch TV show "Kassa" gave the movement some PR and ran its own tests on the 360, proving it to be the scratching culprit. Microsoft's still pretty wishy-washy about the whole thing: "We are not able to respond in detail on the results. It is possible that scratches on discs originate from frequent use. However, we have no indication that the results of the tests from Kassa are a large scale problem." But at least now Microsoft is willing to hear out customer complaints on the matter, and recommends that affected users contact support to deal with the issue. We're not quite sure what kind of pyrotechnics it'll take for Microsoft to actually run its own tests on these things, but at least things are moving in the right direction.

[Via gadgetzone.nl]

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