Comment Alternatives... (Score 0) 136

by yddod on Friday December 28, 2007 @03:29PM (#21841962) Attached to: Wal-Mart Closes Online Movie Download Service

As interesting as these movie download services are, it seems as though most have had trouble picking up enough steam to stay around. I run a few swapping sites and one them is specially for DVDs. (swapadvd.com - Shamless plug) There are other sites that compete in this same space but with slightly different models, peerflix.com, titletrader.com and switchdiscs.com. I would love to hear what the Slashdot crowd thinks about the swapping of media, books, CDs and DVDs.

Journal Journal: AT&T ramps up EDGE for iPhone

Journal by mr100percent on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @11:11PM

Electronista and Gizmodo are reporting on AT&T's Operation Fine Edge, where they are increasing EDGE coverage and speeds on their network and lowering latency, in preparation for the rollout of the iPhone by the end of the month. Gizmodo reports it

Feed Google acquires programming toolmaker PeakStream (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @09:52PM

The start-up sells tools for writing software that can take advantage of multicore processors as well as graphics and gaming chips.

Feed Sex In The Morning Or In The Evening? (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Sunday May 27, 2007 @09:13PM

Hens solicit sex in the morning to avoid sexual harassment in male-dominated groups of chickens, shown in a new study. In the animal kingdom, males more often than females can increase their reproductive success by being promiscuous. This in turn can result in males imposing high numbers of copulation attempts and sexual harassment on females.

Submission + - Put a price on switching jobs.

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Anonymous Coward

on Monday February 26, 2007 @12:43AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "I've been out of school for little more than a year and I have only good things to say about the job market! So far, there doesn't seem to be any lack of demand for a good .NET developer. I've got to admit, though, I feel a little disloyal at this point. Several great job offers have come my way and I've taken them. My resume is starting to make me look a bit restless and it worries me. Until now I've just chalked it up to "I'm just settling in," but now another opportunity has been dropped into my lap. Would I be digging my own grave by taking this job? It'd be my fourth job in 16 months but each offered a promotion and a 30% to 40% raise. I know better than to put a price on job satisfaction but I'm pretty certain I'd be happy there. Is being branded as a "hot potato" enough to keep you from switching? What's your price on this stigma?"

Journal Journal: Steve Ballmer, infringement claims, and an open letter

Journal by Quixotic Raindrop on Sunday February 25, 2007 @09:17PM

Here recently on /., there was a news item about an open letter to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, essentially calling Microsoft out on their claims that Linux infringes several patents that Microsoft claims to own. I like the idea; in fact I think it's vitally important that if there is a question of trademark, patent, or copyright infringement in Linux or other OSS/Free Software that it be identified and resolved. After reading the letter, t

Journal Journal: Microsoft's Real Plan?

Journal by TemporalBeing on Sunday February 25, 2007 @06:09PM

What's Microsoft's real plan? With the advent of .Net, the Microsoft/Novell deal, the splitting of Microsoft into three major groups internally, and the impossibility of Windows being developed the same way that Vista was for the the generation of Windows it becomes quite possible that Windows as we know it - with an NT Kernel and all - is no longer the future of Windows. Just how might Microsoft surive? Check out my full blog describing

Journal Journal: Dell to Pre-install Linux on the Desktop (again)? 340

Journal by aileanmacraith on Sunday February 25, 2007 @09:24AM

In response to Dell's Idea Storm, Dell is looking at options to install Linux on desktop systems. From the article:

Mr. Ballmer, Show Us the Code 462

Posted by kdawson on Saturday February 24, 2007 @08:56PM from the open-letter dept.

DigDuality writes "A new campaign, Showusthecode.com, requests every leader in the Linux world, and companies invested in Linux, to stand up and demand that Steve Ballmer show the world where Linux violates Microsoft's intellectual property. He has been making these claims since the Novell-Microsoft deal. If Microsoft answers this challenge — by May 1st — then Linux developers will be able to modify the code so that it remains 'free' software. If such infringing code doesn't exist, we will have called Microsoft's bluff. And if the campaign garners enough attention and if Steve Ballmer maintains silence, then the community and companies behind Linux can take the silence for the admission that it is."

Journal Journal: Tips and tricks to get listed in directories

Journal by tdz on Saturday February 24, 2007 @05:48PM

Everyone should know how important it is to get listed in directories, however, just because you submit your website does not mean that your website will be accepted. In fact, many websites are turned down on a daily basis for one reason or another.

The very first thing you need to learn when it comes to tips and tricks to get listed in directories is how to submit your website properly. Your website should be ready before you even consider submitting it to directories.

Feed Mercedes: Terrorist-Proof Limo (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Saturday February 24, 2007 @04:12PM

The Mercedes-Benz S 600 Guard Pullman armored limo that "resists military-standard small-arms projectiles" is not coming out until 2008. Waiting for government budgets to kick in? In Autopia.

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