Comment Re:apple (Score 1) 271

by webgrappa on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:09AM (#33237162) Attached to: Google Introduces New Android Features

No one complained because no one uses it, I suppose. I have a Nokia E71 and people every time can't believe my phone has such a feat.

Comment Re:Linux on the desktop (Score 1) 515

by webgrappa on Friday January 16, 2009 @11:07AM (#26481855) Attached to: Ubuntu Download Speeds Beat Windows XP's

I have a new term for it! Pr0nformance!

Comment Re:Need I say more? (Score 5, Funny) 381

by webgrappa on Monday December 29, 2008 @07:52PM (#26263349) Attached to: Resurrecting Old Games, What Works?

Is that an HD version? (-:

Ubuntu Dev Summit Lays Out Plans For Hardy Heron 261

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, 2007 @08:36AM from the hee-such-humorous-names dept.

Opurt writes "On the first day of the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Boston this week, a roundtable session focused on the vision for the upcoming Hardy Heron Ubuntu release. Unlike Gutsy Gibbon, which brought a handful of experimental features along with some new functionality, the focus with Heron will be on robustness as it will be supported on the desktop for 3 years. 'The Compiz window manager, which adds sophisticated visual effects to the Ubuntu user interface, will be a big target for usability improvements. Keyboard bindings and session management were noted as two areas where Compiz still needs some work.' PolicyKit and Tracker will also be significantly tweaked, while Heron is also likely to see a complete visual refresh."

Comment Re:HA is an IT thing (Score 1) 207

by webgrappa on Thursday August 23, 2007 @04:03PM (#20334957) Attached to: Learning High-Availability Server-Side Development?

I also think that the developers should not focus too much on HA, but this is thanks to the Virtualization, the bright future of HA. Need more performance? Just add another Blade to the Vmware Infrastructure!

Microsoft Invents Split Screen PC 348

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 06, 2007 @12:35PM from the let-me-have-less-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New technology from Microsoft Research India in Bangalore could end the waiting game in offices with limited computers. Researchers are developing software that splits a computer screen in two halves, each side with its own operating system, desktop, applications, cursor and keyboard." Mom! Timmy is on my side of the screen again!

Wikipedia Wars -- Lake Express Ferry 176

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 28, 2006 @02:26PM from the go-jump-in-the-lake dept.

vhfer writes "Wikipedia Warfare has become the latest tool in the battle between rival lake transport systems. The Lake Express Ferry, which links Milwaukee and Michigan, bypasses Chicago traffic. The competing SS Badger runs from Manitowoc, an hour North of Milwaukee, to Ludington, Michigan. The article in the Milwaukee Journal details efforts by SS Badger supporters to highlight some of the delays and problems experienced by the Lake Express, in an apparent effort to divert some traffic to the Badger. Numerous edits to the article added links to news articles critical of the Lake Express, and some derided presidential candidate John Kerry's 2004 ride and the political value of it. The operators of the SS Badger deny responsibility for all the postings, and also say they aren't Internet savvy enough to alter a Wikipedia article."