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Motorola C139: ~60 million
This tiny phone was one of the simplest, easy to use and basic phones on the market. There was nothing particularly good about it by today's standards but it was incredibly cheap to buy and was sturdy in design. It was claimed to be the cheapest unlocked GSM handset on the U.S. market during the mid-2000s.
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Apple iPhone 4S: More than 60 million
This was the highly anticipated 'iPhone 5.' After numerous rumors and speculation, those who held out realized there wouldn't be another iPhone for a while jumped at the chance to buy the iPhone 4S, with Apple selling a record four million handsets in the first weekend. There were grumbles, however, that the device wasn't enough of an update to 'wow' the wider consumer market. Then again, they said that about the actual iPhone 5 when that was finally released.
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Nokia 5130 XpressMusic: ~65 million
Nokia's 5130 handset was the first music-oriented feature phone out of the Finnish phone maker, and went on to sell in the region of 65 million, based on earlier figures from Nokia. It was particularly popular in emerging markets, thanks to the inclusion of the Opera Mini browser, allowing users to conserve data on the go. But equally, it was popular among Westerners who found the device to be a cheaper 'iPhone' like device — with a mix of high-quality audio and cellular features — albeit without the range of apps, and despite the fact that the iPhone hadn't even been invented by this point.
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Local government groups oppose the bill, saying city and county officials know their communities best.
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How did
you get involved specifically with SPIRAL
I had just finished doing the Ewoks cartoons for LucasArts (I played
Wicket). Wed had a great season. I got a call from the folks
at the production company (Brave Little Company, I think) and they
asked if Id like to be part of the show. They were very pleasant
to work with. They scheduled the sessions on the same day every
week so I could fly into Los Angeles (a flight from SFO to Burbank
in those days was as low as $29.00) and do my work and be back in
San Francisco by 6:00 PM.
me some fond memories you have of working on SPIRAL
The whole experience was a treat. Working with all the great talent
made the recording sessions a breeze. We all knew what was required
and we all performed very well together. And in between, we shared
stories and jokes and generally enjoyed each others company. A friend
of mine in the VO biz many years ago said of our business, If
you work with someone a lot in this business, you see them once
a week. If you like them, you look forward to seeing them, hearing
what theyve been up to and so on. If you really hate their
guts, you only have to see them once a week. I liked this
bunch, and really looked forward to seeing them.
I also remember
the company was trying to save some money, and they wanted to take
some already drawn sequences, and match new dialogue to the action,
thus creating some new episodes. Normally we record the audio first,
and the animators draw to our sounds. Well, the mouth motions of
the characters were not synched to the script or vice versa. I think
we all went a little crazy trying to make the words fit the mouth
moves, so it didnt look like one of those 1960s Italian
gladiator movies that were badly dubbed into English. Look,
Hercules (flap, flap, flap), the Gorgon!
Do you
have a favorite episode?
I am bad with the names, but I recollect one that was set in Mexico
or another Hispanic country. I got a real work out on that one.
I think I may have done as many as five voices. Kept me on my toes.
Why do
you think SPIRAL ZONE wasn't a huge
success, financially?
As I recollect, it was syndicated. I do know that it did not have
a very good time slot in San Francisco. That may have been part
of the problem. And that was a period of time when some folks were
starting to complain about violence in childrens entertainment.
Heck, it wasnt as violent as Popeye.
Even though SPIRAL ZONE wasn't a financial
success, do you personally regard the experience as successful and
Oh, I had a great time. I enjoyed working with a great cast a couple
of whom I am still in touch with occasionally. I have a bunch of
action figures of my characters on my Shelf of Fame,
and a couple of cells hanging on the wall. If they suddenly wanted
to do a bunch of new episodes, Id be there in a heartbeat.
Its nice to know that there are people who still remember and enjoyed
our efforts.
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The best time to start thinking about life as a senior citizen is when you're young. That's according to journalists at the Wausau Daily Herald, newspaper partner of Newschannel 7.
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Recent reports reveal that over two billion dollars are wagered on online social casinos every year and this is expected to continue rising with more people continuing to join the social networks, particularly Facebook and Twitter. Again, with the online gaming community being one of one of the most extensive online communities in the world, it was a matter of time before the two massive worlds came to a collision. Currently, online casino operators are incorporating social network applications into their websites and there have been many stories of success.
One of the most famed social networking apps by Bwin is ShoutBox, and by allowing online players to converse among themselves while playing, it has become very successful. This app enables the gamers to invite their contacts to try the game and take part in online tournaments such as poker and slots.
There are many more ways that online social casinos can take advantage of the social networks. First, the casino operators do not have to launch their own apps and they can choose from a number of software developers who are specialized in developing gaming for social sites. Additionally, the online casinos operators can choose to create their individual communities at the social networking sites and establish a forum out of the casino where members can play and interact.
Facebook Fan pages and Twitter accounts are also good ways in which online social casinos operators can extend their reach by advertising and attending to member inquiries. Operators can use Zynga Poker and other games on Facebook to increase interests in their particular sites.
We are familiar with stories f men and women who went to casinos and gambled away fortunes. Now, all the games available in a casino in Las Vegas is now available online and people can play from the comfort of their homes at any hour of the day or night on a pc, laptop, iPad or any smart phone. People do get addicted to these games and may have lost large sums of money.
A new and fast growing segment of online casino games is called Online Social Casinos. However, players cannot win real cash in these games. These games leverage social networks like Facebook and players soon get their friends hooked on to these games. The hustle and bustle of the present day leaves little time for friends to get together and these games provide an alternate way for friends to spend time together. So youngsters, as well as people of all ages, can get hooked on to these Online Social Casino games and end up spending countless hours some of these games has not end and players can continue indefinitely by achieving different goals or completing increasingly complicated tasks.
Since money cannot be won when playing on Online Social Casinos, this industry is not hampered by legislation while online gambling, with real winnings, suffers with tough laws and penalties. So players of Social Casinos are largely unprotected. In addition to the danger of one wasting endless hours playing games in the Social Casino, there is a risk of the player spending inordinately large amounts of money. While Online Social Casino games are free to play, the player can spend real money to obtain various privileges, or reach certain goals or enjoy more powerful gaming experiences. Already stories are trickling in of young, under-age players spending recklessly while playing these games. It is hoped that the industry itself will put in some self identified restrictions and protections so that players can enjoy this exciting world without losing one's shirt!
Any serious enthusiast of online gambling might have heard about the emergence of online social casinos. They have not been in the market for a very long time, but their popularity is quite remarkable. It could be that the huge demand for the services of online social casinos is simply because of the love people have for new things in the market, and that it might fizzle out soon. Who is to tell?
As the world has embraced the developments brought about by trends such as social media networks, it has become necessary for the world of casinos not to be left behind. This is where the emergence of online social casinos have been considered a god-send by a large chunk of enthusiasts. These casinos have been seen as a good way to respond to social media revolution.
Lovers of social media are now able to combine two passions into one. They are able to share their gaming experiences with their friends while they move from one level to the next one on online social casinos. As their friends see their progress, they also become interested in these casinos and sign up in order to try their luck. Online social casinos are therefore considered quite trendy in many aspects.
There are several companies running successful online social casinos. This has created a situation where it cannot be said that there is a single company which enjoys monopolistic status. The speed, at which the online social casinos have developed since the earlier days, is nothing short of impressive. Successful ventures are being created or established on a daily basis.
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This is a function where contemporary poets perform in front of audience from different parts of the world. These poets read poems, play string instruments and share folk songs with the guests in attendance.
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Citrus is the main cash crop in Turkey. In an effort to promote Mersin citrus and its tourism prospects, the festival is held in November. I t was established in 2010 and held annually. A parade of citrus products of different sizes is conducted. Fashion shows and dance shows are some of the main activities done with the festival going on for even two days since it is held on weekends. Foreign participants from countries like Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Greece among others also take part in these activities.
· Mersin International Music Festival
This festival is conducted by private companies and the ministry of tourism in Turkey. Started in 2004 and has grown to popularity as of now. The main venues include Mersin cultural centre, Congress and Exhibition centre in Mersin, Mersin University Amphitheatre and St.Paulus Church away from Mersin in the town of Tarsus.
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This is a competitive sport where athletes are lathered in olive oil and then they compete to flip each other over or wrestle. A session goes for 30 minutes after which a referee selects a winner. This sport is done on grass and at a moment several matches take place. This sporting activity takes place only once a year and due to its popularity attracts many tourists.
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What. A. Week.Friday, January 20, 2012
I am sitting at my desk with a glass of wine, unwinding after a very long week. After Rue went live, my apartment was featured on Coco + Kelley, CasaSugar and sfgirlbybay! I have seen lots of photos pinned on Pinterest, including a pin of my office by West Elm. Sharing my home was a little scary. I didn't know what anyone would think. All of your comments, tweets etc have been so sweet. Thank you!
I also shared a tour of my home on my blog.
I played with my shelves a little bit this week and my Serena and Lily Pandan bin/ Buddy's new toy box arrived yesterday! I absolutely love it. And sometimes a long day requires a glass of wine or two.
I finally launched my new pre-made templates and have more to install as soon as I can! $10 off for my blog readers today only. Jump on it.
Alaina and I will be working on The Everygirl this weekend. Follow us on Twitter for updates! We are expecting a few inches of snow and it's freezing outside. Literally. Freezing.
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You are doing so many incredible things right now! It's so inspiring. I don't live in Chicago (I'm in Minneapolis) but I wish I could intern for you! I would in a heart beat!ReplyDelete
Lady, you are one hard worker! You deserve more than a few glasses of wine :) Both tops are adorable, love the pops of neon!ReplyDelete
Nobody deserves success more than you, Danielle! You've worked so hard for it and it is paying off in a big way. Side note, that gap neon sweater is just too cute! I wish I would've known about it yesterday when it was 30% off. Ugh.ReplyDelete
Gah that is a lot to handle! It looks like you're doing it successfully and with grace, but every now and then a good cry is just what the doctor calls for.ReplyDelete
Have a happy, productive weekend!
Enjoy the wine- definitely deserved after all of your hard work!!! Just look at all the fabulous that is happening though- very happy for you.ReplyDelete
That is definitely SOME week you had! Congrats on all of the excitement... hopefully you can find some time to relax and take it all in this weekend.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the the excitement this week! I'm ordering a blog template today! So excited :)ReplyDelete
I am from Chicago as well and we went to cantina laredo for dinner last night and almost froze to death waiting for valet!! So over the cold! Congratulations on all the success! So exciting!ReplyDelete
You had an amazing week (and it was much deserved- your apartment is gorgeous). I snagged up that gap striped shirt too! Have a great girls night & try to stay warm! :)ReplyDelete
So many exciting things happening! And you're NOT kidding about the freezing temps. eek.ReplyDelete
whew! what a loaded post -- so excited for THE EVERYGIRL!ReplyDelete
I have those Kate Spade earrings...I love them! They go with everything!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing your home with all of us and for being an inspiration to us designer gals! I would be your intern in a heartbeat! Just kidding. Kind of.ReplyDelete
Take it easy this weekend!! Celebrate your amazing successes and exciting things ahead! And as for the weather... even I don't know what to do with myself.ReplyDelete
Congrats on all your accomplishments! I've loved reading your blog and am excited to see you'r home pics too! Again, congrats!ReplyDelete
Danielle - a HUGE congrats on the Rue spread! Your home is beyond beautiful and you deserve each and every accolade coming your way!ReplyDelete
Funny you mention that a pop of color can brighten your day. We must have had the same type of day/week. Yesterday after work I went to get a manicure and got a BUBBLE GUM PINK color just because I felt like I needed something happy! It's amazing what colors can do :) Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Is your tagline new? I don't remember seeing it before. I love it! Congrats on the spread, your home is gorgeous and you should definitely be proud!ReplyDelete
Just discovered your blog and I'm in love! Going to grab a hot cocoa and spend my afternoon perusing.ReplyDelete
ps. I love the pic of your sofa even better with your little pup all cozy. sooo adorable!
See you tonight my dear! :)ReplyDelete
Love your apartment Danielle. You are an inspiration in many ways. Glad to have found you in the blogosphere.ReplyDelete
Enjoy some rest and relaxation this weekend... and stay warm! I totally want to watch Midnight in Paris very soon (maybe this snowy weekend is the perfect time!). Sounds like you have lots of inspiring stuff in the works!ReplyDelete
Oh girl, stay warm!!!!! And yes, as many have mentioned it before...I love your apartment!!!ReplyDelete
You have so many great projects going on, it can be a little overwhelming at times I'm sure! I hope my signing up for your graphic design services yesterday wasn't what pushed you over the edge! :). Sounds like you have a great weekend lined up, and seriously your apt looks like the most relaxing place to unwind. I know you're awfully busy but if you ever decide to go into interior design I would be your first client-I'm just obsessed with your apartment. Your pictures totally made me want to redecorate!ReplyDelete
Enjoy the weekend! You'll like Midnight in Paris -- such pretty scenery & I loved the styling.ReplyDelete
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Danielle - I didn't think you had enough to do so I just order a pre-made template. :-) I've been eyeing them since you launched the new ones last week, and the $10 off sealed the deal. I can't wait until the Everygirl is active; it will definitely be on my list of daily reads. Hope you have a fabulous, enjoyable, extremely productive weekend!ReplyDelete
awwww I totally get it when someone asks how you're doing and you start crying. I'm often not even upset or feeling particularly emotional, it's just being asked and knowing that I haven't even slowed down enough to ask MYSELF that question in weeks. You're doing a lot and DEFINITELY deserve that glass of wine. I read your blog all the time and look forward to each and every post... the pics of your home were lovely, and I know you're such a good mom to Buddy :) things will settle down, be SURE to make time for yourself!! ps - I love those new earrings!ReplyDelete
You deserve a glass of wine or two :) It always amazes me how fast whirlwind weeks/days catch up with me, even when they're great and exciting! I hope you have a lovely weekend!ReplyDelete
You are extremely entitled of a relaxing weekend-hope you have so much fun with the ladies! I know I've said it before but huge congrats on all you have done! You are so deserving of all of the love not only this week but just in general! xoReplyDelete
I hope you get the chance to relax and unwind this weekend — you deserve it! Congrats on the features and good luck with the Everygirl work!ReplyDelete
Me! Me! Pick me! I will be your intern!! You know how much I love working with you... ;) Hope you have a productive weekend and that you do find a way to balance.ReplyDelete
I have no doubt you'll figure out how to balance it all. But I remember thinking it was a light bulb moment when I realize that no matter how hard I work, there will always. be. more. So I learned to work hard while I was working, earning myself some relaxation time. Good luck :)ReplyDelete
Oh my, you're such a pleasure to work with and you're graphic design is spectacular and so is your apartment! You sure can do it all.ReplyDelete
I have the same Kate Spade earrings {in several colors} and I adore them. They make a great gift too!
Stay cozy and warm this weekend! NYC is finally getting snow!
Congrats on only one breakdown! With so much going on it's pretty impressive you're holding it together so well. I know your fun new tops must be helping!ReplyDelete
I love those Kate Spade earrings! You have great home decor taste.ReplyDelete
I just bought those beautiful Kate Spade earrings after you posted them. Thanks! Stay warm here in Chicago :) It was a crazy storm last night!ReplyDelete
busy week. :) loved your house tour! so gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I so know what you mean about balancing everything. That's how I feel right now. But the girls night sounds like so much fun. Still have yet to see Midnight in Paris.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on all of the exciting work you've got going on. I really enjoyed seeing the tour of your apartment- and can't wait to see more of The Everygirl!ReplyDelete


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12 April 2013 15:47
British rider Cal Crutchlow will be Yamaha's representative during a special promotional tour and test session at the new Circuito Internacional Termas de Río Hondo track in Argentina in early July.
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider will fly straight to South America following the Assen MotoGP race in Holland to take part in a special visit to Argentina that includes a two-day test at the new track, which joins the MotoGP calendar in 2014.
MCN understands that each manufacturer will send one representative, with Alvaro Bautista flying the Honda flag and Italian Andrea Dovizioso attending on behalf of Ducati. Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez will not attend.
Three CRT teams are also believed to have committed to send one rider, with Forward Racing, Avintia Blusens and Came Ioda Racing involved in the on and off track promotional activity.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team boss Herve Poncharal confirmed to MCN this morning that 27-year-old Crutchlow will make the trip, and he will test his YZR-M1 1000cc machine at the new Circuito Internacional Termas de Río Hondo and not a production model.
Poncharal told MCN: "There is huge enthusiasm in Argentina for MotoGP. All three factories will be represented and Cal will go on behalf of Yamaha. Cal is a very popular figure now in MotoGP and it is going to be good to be involved in such an important promotional activity for a key market like South America.
"Technically we won't be able to learn a lot apart from the gearbox and some other data but it is a significant trip for the promotional activity.
"The people in Argentina are very keen to see the bikes and talk to the riders and it is going to be a very good promotion for MotoGP where there is a lot of enthusiasm and expectation for the sport."
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I think its more to do with riders can only to so many tests in the year and the works teams don't want to waste them going to a track that's not in this years calendar
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well you don't want to put the title contenders at risk if you don't have to ;)
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proud once again cal is not only representing the uk at top level motorcycle racing but also yamaha reconising him a little more than usual, a beating mr jorge or rossi could well be the key for factory parts?
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8:00 PM: Winter Springs (Florida) High School track & cross country coach Ocky Clark has begun a 260-mile walk to Tallahassee to help raise funds for a new fieldhouse & track at his school. Clark's walk was inspired by his grandfather, who once walked in the opposite direction in 1917 looking for work.
7:45 PM: TNT NBA reporter Craig Sager, who was diagnosed with leukemia in April, appeared in a videotaped message during TruTV's coverage of the Coaches vs. Cancer basketball tournament.
7:30 PM: Lauren Hill, the Mount St. Joseph University women's basketball player with terminal brain cancer, scored in her second college game with a jumper against Bethany College at the Baldwin Wallace Invitational Friday night.
7:15 PM: Paid attendance for Saturday's 150th meeting between Lafayette & Lehigh at Yankee Stadium was 48,256, a sellout & the second-largest college football crowd at the new ballpark. The Leopards defeated the Mountain Hawks 27-7.
7:00 PM: BYU's defense set a new school record by giving up only 63 yards total offense in Saturday's 64-0 win over Savannah State. Meanwhile, the Tigers finish their season 0-12 and have gone 4-53 since 2010.
6:45 PM: Video of Florida State QB Jameis Winston trying to shove the referee out of the way while trying to snap the ball during Saturday's game against Boston College. Winston was not called for a penalty on the shove.
6:30 PM: Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari responded after tweeting happy birthday to his daughter Megan one day early: "It's hard enough remembering the two platoons; I've also got to remember four birthdays!"
6:15 PM: 1966 photo from the Los Angeles Times of angry UCLA students blocking traffic on the 405 freeway after USC was selected to play in that season's Rose Bowl, despite the Bruins beating the Trojans two days earlier.
6:00 PM: The owners of a Muncie, Indiana house near Ball State University found a passed-out teen on their toilet when they returned home early Saturday morning. The 19-year-old was arrested on underage drinking charges.
5:45 PM: Columbus Cottonmouths goalie Shannon Szabados got her first professional win in Friday's 5-4 overtime victory over the Fayetteville FireAntz. The game also featured female referees Erin Blair & Katie Guay working the SPHL contest.
5:30 PM: Author Royce Bowles is asking the Green Bay Packers to stop selling a book he wrote about Vince Lombardi because the book contains a foreword from Bill Cosby, who has been accused of sexually assaulting numerous women.
5:15 PM: Lionel Messi became La Liga's all-time leading scorer with three goals in Barcelona's 5-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday. Messi broke Telmo Zarra's record of 251 career goals which had stood since 1955.
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Fertilizer Use in African Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Good Practice Guidelines (Agriculture and Rural Development Series)
In every region of the world, the intensification of crop-based agriculture has been associated with a sharp increase in the use of chemical fertilizer. Given the generally low levels of fertilizer use in Africa, there can be little doubt that fertilizer use must increase in Africa if the region is to meet its agricultural growth targets, poverty reduction goals, and environmental sustainability objectives. For this reason, policies and programs are needed to encourage fertilizer use in ways that are technically efficient, economically rational, and market-friendly. Including this introduction, this report contains eight chapters. Chapter 2 sets the stage by discussing agriculture's role in the overall economic development process and explaining why agricultural development often leads to patterns of growth that are strongly pro-poor. Chapter 3 briefly recounts the history of fertilizer promotion efforts in Africa. Chapter 4 outlines the reasons for low fertilizer use in Africa. Chapter 5 examines factors that influence fertilizer demand and identifies entry points at which public interventions can strengthen effective demand at the farm level. Chapter 6 examines the factors that determine the supply of fertilizer and identifies entry points for public interventions to improve fertilizer supply. Chapter 7 identifies potential entry points at which public investments may be effective for fostering desirable change in a country's fertilizer sector. Chapter 8 summarizes the main points made in the report and concludes the discussion.
Fertilizer Toolkit: Promoting Efficient and Sustainable Fertilizer Use in AfricaThis Toolkit is an interactive guide to assist you evaluate if a fertilizer promotion program would be an appropriate tool for meeting either welfare or economic growth objectives and, if so, design the type of program that would be most appropriate in a given context.
Africa's Growing Soil Fertility Crisis: What Role for Fertilizer? (ARD Note)This note was prepared by Jonathan Agwe, Operations Analyst in the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank, with input from Michael Morris, Lead Agriculture Economist for the Africa region of the World Bank, and Erick Fernandes, Land Management Advisor for the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank. This Note is based on four Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Papers linked below.
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This paper examines a number of financial, economic, social, and political arguments that have been made in favor of promoting increased fertilizer use in Africa. The cases for and against fertilizer subsidies are discussed in some detail.
Factors Affecting Demand for Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa (ARD Discussion Paper)
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about the factors affecting farm-level demand for fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Technical, economic, and policy options for strengthening demand are reviewed.
Increasing Fertilizer Use in Africa: What Have We Learned? (ARD Discussion Paper)
This paper summarizes the proceedings of an e-forum organized by Imperial College London and NR International on behalf of The World Bank and DFID as part of a wider Africa Fertilizer Strategy Assessment Exercise. The e-forum took place from February 15th to March 8th 2005.
Factors Affecting Supply for Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan (ARD Discussion Paper)
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FORT MYERS, Fla.- The Dean Park neighborhood in Fort Myers is trying to make the National Register of historic places. The community, one of the oldest in the city, features a variety of architectural styles of homes, and a 100-year history.
"This is such a good neighborhood with the houses and the different styles. I look at the houses and I see the people who built them, I see a history of 90 to 100 years," says Kathryn Wilbur, a homeowner in Dean Park and a leader of the historic preservation effort.
Dean Park became a local historic neighborhood in 1997, and made the state register just a month or so ago. Now, it's going for the Natonal Register.
Some owners, though, worry about the possibility of more regulations on their rights.
"You do lose a lot of control in a historic district. They tell you what you can do with the exterior of the house, both front and even the back. You want to replace a window? You have to get the okay from the commission. So yes, I worry about a possible new layer of bureaucracy and what that might mean to me as an owner," says Steve Roff, who is re-habbing a home in Dean Park.
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"National designation does not mean more regulation. It is an honor more than anything," she tells WINK News.
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ICANN creates 'UN Security Council for the internet', installs itself as a permanent member
Because the UN Security Council works so well...
At the UN, the primary qualification to being on the Security Council seems to be the fact that you possess lots of nuclear weapons.
I'd imagine in this scenario the "nukes" would basically amount to access to lots of wealth. Eg the "World Economic Forum", the true champions of the commonfolk!
Spyware-for-cops Hacking Team faces off against privacy critics
Black Hats, White Hats
It must be so reassuring to live in a world where all the regimes on "our" side are good, and all the regimes on the "other" side are bad.
Why solid-state disks are winning the argument
Data Recovery
A monkey could tell you that performance on most things improves with an SSD. That's the easy part.
The less obvious part is what happens when an SSD fails. As others here have mentioned, with HDDs you often get some kind of warning, and that can be in the form of SMART statistics, slower performance or just good 'ol "funny noises" emanating from the vicinity.
Whereas not only is it less likely you'll get any advance warning of an impending SSD failure, when it does fail, what do you do? There is likely no expensive practitioner to send it off to to replace the controller board or swap the platters into another HDA and read the imperiled data that your hardware suddenly became incapable of interacting-with. If the NAND goes bad, I'd imagine in most cases you are simply SOL.
In the course of my work I have had many cases of data on failed HDDs being recovered in precisely that way, so this is not a theoretical question for some of us in the biz.
At the very least, I think it is more critical than ever to have an effective and tested backup strategy in place, if one is storing important data on SSDs.
Good grief! Have you SEEN BlackBerry's SQUARE smartphone?
Some clarifications
No, it doesn't bridge with the Playbook (device was end-of-lifed last year) but it does BLEND with either an Android or iOS tablet, as well as Windows or OS-X desktops. (I've personally been waiting for Blend for a long while as among other things I really want to have a desktop client for BBM, which I believe it will provide)
And to the person who claimed OS 10.3 is running "ICS" - no actually, it runs 4.3, which is a version of Jellybean, and has one feature that even newer Android builds like KitKat do not: "App Ops", which allows selective revoking of Android app permissions - one of my longtime serious gripes about Android. (It's a 'hidden" feature but various tools exist in the form of free Android apps to enable this functionality)
Vendor mouthpieces promise to stop spamming Wikipedia
"More from wikipedia than shame"
So what was that particular PR hack expecting, a nice fresh cookie on his pillow for being a fraudulent, deceptive twit?
I suppose when you've been covered in excrement for such a long time, your sense of smell stops working.
Watch out, Yahoo! EFF looses BADGER on sites that ignore Do Not Track
What I particularly "enjoyed" was how these charitable advertising organizations developed a system to "opt out" of their industry's tracking.... but only by setting cookies in your browser, requiring cookies to be enabled, of course.... :D
Right now technology is running a couple of decades ahead of brain-dead politicians, who are either clueless about how they are allowing technology to invade traditionally-sacred personal/political liberties, or in such service to the monied interests that the result is the same.
Re: Armor up
@Joe Zeff:
Did you just touch down from 2002?
Free software and lack of malware (even if only an illusion) does not have anything to do with website activity tracking.
Angela Merkel: Let US spies keep their internet. The EU will build its own
Merkel's compromised phone not a BlackBerry
I believe the device she was using at the time was a Samsung, and a very poorly-secured one at that, it is rumored.
Not too smart.
Just as we said it would: HP clamps down on server fixers
Whitman lives up to her reputation. Hello Lenovo...
HP has steadily become a stupider and stupider vendor for commercial products, and this is the final straw for me.
Most of the businesses I support are smaller businesses who inevitably have some hardware in use older than 3 years old, and who don't see the value in paying half the cost of a server every year for support which is mediocre at best. With the older stuff, we can just keep a used spare and swap it out if need be, far cheaper than buying a whole raft of new hardware every 3 years and re-configuring everything.
As soon as I saw the new generation of Proliants were designed with "pretty faceplates" like Dell used to do, I figured it was only a matter of time before Whitman completely ruined the enterprise products division. That day has come in my opinion.
This is exactly what Oracle did when they took over Sun's hardware division, and Oracle has been driving customers away from almost all of Sun's product lines ever since. I only wish I had seen the Reg article about this back in December.
Yes, companies like Cisco and Juniper do this, but they have outstanding products with unique technology that cannot be obtained anywhere else, and they do an excellent job of support if you're paying for it. But they also are not draconian about things like firmware updates, the restrictions are not designed to be bulletproof.
Excellent timing though - may as well light a bigger fire under Lenovo's rocketship, after their recent announcement about taking over IBM's x86 business.
I've never been much a fan of Dell or IBM servers, Dell because there's no engineering behind them to speak of and because its a stupid organization, IBM because of their convoluted and arcane bureacracy.
I was skeptical of Lenovo's buyout of IBM's consumer PC division but as it turns out they have done an excellent job with it. I think Lenovo has gained an early adopter of their new server products.
Lenovo haggling with IBM over price of System X... AGAIN
Lenovo is not a One-trick Pony
Among other things, I believe that Lenovo is now one of the largest smartphone vendors in the world, though we in the West don't see much of their products in that area because their target market is mostly in China.
But in a nutshell - I don't think Lenovo is quite as "wholly reliant" on the PC market as the article suggests.
MS Word deserves DEATH says Brit SciFi author Charles Stross
Re: Concur with Stross. With a couple caveats.
And how much time do you spend writing, debugging and maintaining those scripts?
And when you don't have control over the nature of the input data, or the "automagic HTML converter thingy" creates some kind of HTML that modern browsers don't like?
This is like the software vendors who gush "Just press one button..."
Yes, after you've pressed 22 other buttons before, twiddled some knobs, moved various things around, scratched your head for awhile, did some test printouts, discovered a display incompatibility with your video driver, scratched your head some more..."
Wikileaks FAILS to start Twitter bitchfight with Guardian hack
Re: I like Wikileaks. I think it serves an important function.
"Megalomaniac sociopath" eh? You been reading the script of "The Fifth Estate", have you?
Someone recently suggested that Assange is a "known disinformation agent". Which really got me LOLing, because regardless what you think of their methods, I have yet to see the US government (or any other government for that matter) dispute the genuineness of the material that wikileaks has published.
If publishing true facts in what we now call "disinformation", then Orwell was definitely right.
Forget phones, PRISM plan shows internet firms give NSA everything
Carnivore II
Re: "no access to our servers":
The infamous "Carnivore" system operated by the FBI which got so much bad press about a few years back, was simply a "black box" network sniffer that sits on the wire behind the ISP/corporate firewall and potentially sniffs and records every packet on the wire.
No need for "access to their servers" to do that.
Now if the traffic was not decrypted until it reached those servers (increasing amount of email is now sent via SSL/TLS), then they will have to invent a new set of weasel-words to cover up that snooping architecture. ;)
Neither is there any reason why the spooks would reveal their internal "project name" to Apple or anyone else, all they are going to do is say: "Give us access to this thing here, right now." Prism schmism.
BlackBerry Z10: Prices pruned despite eager iPunter interest
Re: Latest firmware update
Many people reported the issue with bluetooth and notifications turning off was resolved in the recent software update. (10.0.10.85 in Canada and some other places, 10.0.10.90 in various European countries. Note those are the software "bundle" versions, the OS version is different and usually ends in a 3 or 4 digit number after the last dot.)
Re: Z10 - Frustration beyond words
The edit cursor/bubble issue was resolved in the software update released over the last week or so.
Various other improvements were included in that update, ie battery-life fixes that for most people have been quite dramatic, improvements to syncing Google calendars, probably a couple dozen noticeable changes all in all.
'New' Canadian BlackBerry security scare emerged in 2011
Inaccuracies and misconceptions
Re: this part of the article:
"The service, most often referred to as BlackBerry Messenger..."
Not true. Blackberry Messenger (or "BBM") is a separate service, a proprietary Blackberry-only instant messaging service. Whereas PIN-to-PIN messaging is basically Blackberry-specific email.
One advantage of these proprietary services is that in many countries (in the developing world in particular) they have been bundled into inexpensive "BIS" (Blackberry Internet Services) data plans, which is a key reason why Blackberry remains popular in countries like Indonesia and South Africa.
There have long been misconceptions about BIS, including the security of services like PIN-to-PIN messaging and BBM. While back in the days when BIS was new, even its low-grade "scrambling" was much better than the mostly completely insecure alternatives, these days encryption (typically using SSL or TLS) is becoming more the rule than the exception for online services, not least due to all the hacks and exploits that have become so commonplace.
The truly secure Blackberry communication system has always been its Blackberry Enterprise Service or "BES", and that remains the case to this day.
Opera joins Google/Apple in-crowd with shift to WebKit and Chromium
"Pointless task" - wha?
Rather bizarre to refer to the act of building/maintaining an independent browser rendering engine as a "pointless task".
Then again I suppose it's trendy these days for everyone to all jump on the same bandwagon for some strange lemming-like reason.
I can't imagine the likes of Tim Berners-Lee would find these developments positive for the ecosystem. Sure there are obvious cost advantages for Opera to take this new path but they've been struggling with the same Catch-22 for years in terms of usage/popularity. The tech press comes in for a good share of the blame in my book because they have been practically criminally ignoring Opera for many years now, despite the fact that many of the most important and innovative features introduced in web browsers over the last 15 years were introduced by Opera first.
I watched Excel meet 1-2-3, and beat it fair and square
Not exactly a slam-dunk
While I give Microsoft credit for doing a decent job with its Office products overall, starting back in the DOS days, it's not all down to their competitors dropping the ball.
I don't know if any of you remember this, but there was apparently an old adage at Microsoft that ran something like this:
"DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run"
I believe there is substantial credible evidence that Microsoft has historically engaged in some highly questionable tactics to make their application competitors look bad or throw roadblocks at their apps running on the OS platforms Microsoft controls. Particularly back in the DOS days and the early days of Windows when vendors of traditional DOS products had a serious developmental disadvantage compared to a competitor who had intimate knowledge of and resources pertaining to this brand-new platform.
Novell had some particularly damning material that they were planning to use in a lawsuit over exactly that - but Microsoft settled that case with a large, secret payoff to Novell literally the day before the case was scheduled to go to trial. I believe Attachmate (Novell's new owner) is apparently interested in reviving either that case or a similiar one, so these very detailed allegations may yet see the light of day.
Astronaut yells FIRE ... from SPAAAACE
Re: Cameras
NASA bought nearly a dozen D3S's shortly after they came out. As well as a bunch of high-end Nikkor lenses, reputedly at least 7 14-24mm Nikkors to add to their other collection of top-of-the-line Nikkors. So I'd guess it's a D3s. Though they'll probably bring D4's up there pretty soon as well.
Which makes sense because at the time (and probably still today), the D3S was the best DSLR in the world in low light conditions, and NASA has been using Nikons for decades. The Russians are apparently using them in space too:
Foxconn calls in the cops over supplier bribes claims
Selective vision
It's rather obvious to me these last few years how the Chinese authorities clamp a hermetic seal on any news of labor disputes or allegations of heinous working conditions when it comes to locally-owned companies, but *strangely* let the spigot run free when it comes to foreign-owned firms like Foxconn.
Samba 4 arrives with full Active Directory support
Stuff should just WORK
Kudos to the Samba team for getting this done, even if it did take some "coaxing" from the antitrust authorities to make it happen.
And while Jeremy Allison's comment about source code availability is important to some people, and there are organizations where the cost of M$ software is not a significant limiting factor, cost is indeed a factor for many organizations. (especially in these economic times)
But to reiterate what someone commented earlier - I view one of the biggest advantages of an OSS solution to be independence from the usual commercial pressures that push organizations to spend lots of time/money constantly replacing things that work perfectly well, with new buggy junk just because you won't get the time-of-day from them if you don't.
I had a Netware 3.2 server at one client years ago that ran 2.5 years without a single reboot. No web/java/flash/complex document renderers/etc etc etc to make the box exploitable, no need to keep patching it, it just sat there and served files and queued print jobs for something like 1,000 days straight. I keep saying basic I.T. stuff should be like a toaster or a refrigerator - just sit there and do its job, leave you to spend time/money on more important pursuits, until such time you decide you truly need something the existing system isn't providing you. Not just because Evil Vendor Du Jour has proclaimed that stepping off the continuous I.T. Expense Treadmill of Doom is prohibited by the EULA.
85% of Windows 8 users wield the desktop on day one
Re: Was there a survey?
"Counting registrations" does not give you information like how long it took before you accessed some particular feature, or how many tiles you added to the Metro interface.
Re: Was there a survey?
This is one of the key reasons I have not been inclined to jump on the Windows 8 bandwagon, besides the fact that I see little technical benefit to it for non-touchscreen users, and actually several steps backward.
In order to use a many of the new features, you have to create/register an account with Microsoft, one of the key purposes of which is clearly to compile all sorts of data on every person using that OS.
I'll pass, thanks.
Nokia RIM shot: Seeks royalties after winning wireless patent spat
No one probably would have cared if it weren't for the fact that analysts have been upgrading their outlook on RIM lately, and WP8 hasn't exactly been taking off like wildfire.
RIM these days is the primary competitor of Nokia and WP8, they are going to fight for the #3 smartphone spot, so it's no big surprise Nokia is eager to shoot them down any way they can.
What I'm curious about is what they are asking for these ancient patents, and whether they're going to claim RIM has to pay them for every device they've shipped since 2003 or not. Because if it's only for currently-shipping devices, considering RIM's current marketshare, I'd imagine that paying a royalty on a few thousand devices wouldn't be so bad. ;-)
German city dumping OpenOffice for Microsoft
Re: Is there a decent wordprocessor
Office 2003 also is not inflicted with the ribbon. That started in Office 2007.
I thought the email exchange posted by the Reg 1-2 days ago, by the Microsoftie who was arguing w/ Sinofsky about sticking the stupid ribbon onto Windows Explorer, was very entertaining. ;)
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Re: OO and LO - meh, not so much
TBH I put it behind me and moved on and don't remember the details right now.
As far as format compatibility - if you claim to be compatible, be compatible. Don't pretend to open the file, perform a ROT13 on the content and then proclaim "But see, we opened it!"
There were things ie in the spreadsheet or writer app where it says "Do X, and Y will happen", so I do X, and then either Y doesn't happen, or instead I get D(*FUDJFDF.
I will try to find my notes on it.
OO and LO - meh, not so much
Like many other commenters here, I *wanted* to like OO/LO. And I'm not a very sophisticated office productivity user.
But in addition to the disastrous formatting disparities when trying to share docs/files with people elsewhere that are using the MS products, just doing basic tasks was wrought with bugs and peril, in my limited experience. Things didn't work the way they claimed, help was not available, etc. And some tools (like the presentation thingy, forget what it's called) are extremely rudimentary functionality-wise. This was with version 3.4.x I believe.
That said, there are actually tons of other low-priced commercial office productivity suites out there. It's not as if there are only 2 choices, OO/LO and Microsoft.
FWIW, I also keep a copy of LO on one of my laptops, for simple tasks and sentimental reasons, but if I have to do any sort of serious work, I'm afraid I revert to MSO 2010.
Evildoers can now turn all sites on a Linux server into silent hell-pits
Re: Maybe its time...
It's not necessarily a matter of guessing login credentials, it's a matter of buggy software that allows itself to be exploited and give up access whether or not the attacker has valid login credentials.
I assume something like Tripwire or AIDE could prevent evil doers (or at least warn about them) trying to exploit your kernel with malware like this?
Acronis reveals plan to bust out of backup biz, thrust growth sideways
I agree with the comments about Acronis support and lack of transparency.
To me, the A-1 most important factors that would weigh in my decision about a commercial file storage service are the kinds of factors that Acronis has a poor reputation at: reliability, privacy/security and support.
The last time I purchased a server system image product I went with Symantec because even if the product has inferior functionality in some ways compared to the Acronis equivalent, and even if Symantec support isn't the greatest, Acronis support and reliability are the worst. It's great when their stuff works, good luck to you if it doesn't.
And that's not even mentioning the sales team - who remind me of used car salesmen.
Sophos antivirus classifies its own update kit as malware
Re: Easy to fix, even after quarantine...
Tried it, no joy. Same 25010 error. Still no response from Sophos 1.5 hrs after sending them diag report..
It gets better..
Now they're just hanging up on you when you call the support line after entering "4" then "2" for Enterprise Products. Did it 4-5 times in a row to me now.
Re: Easy to fix, even after quarantine...
This sounds tempting to try, but what does it do exactly? Looks like it just repairs "required registry entries" and shortcuts?
I was getting a "25010" with "NoUpdateInProgress" error while trying to uninstall one of 3 Sophos items in XP control-panel, apparently this has been a bugaboo for Sophos for quite a while now, judging by various online comments and kb articles.
What a disaster
It took me around 6 hours to get through to Sophos support on the phone.
I didn't even want to bother after reading about everyone else's trouble reaching them, but I had at least one machine which was stuck in a loop - couldn't remove Sophos Endpoint Protection, couldn't re-install it, wasn't working properly, Windows Installer kept trying to re-install the auto-update thing every few minutes, ugh.
I finally got someone on the line 10 minutes after the UK call center started taking calls from the pitifully overloaded Australian call-center. I've been working on this since ~18:00-19:00 PDT, it's now 02:44 9/20 and still waiting to get a response to my diagnostic report sent to them 40 minutes ago.
I was wondering what was going to happen to Sophos after they got bought by some investor group a couple years back. Perhaps this is our answer.
Crafty cuttlefish mimics male and female – at the same time
New Ubuntu Linux release name
I think Richard Chirgwin just coined the name for the next release of Ubuntu Linux. ;-)
Google makes Opera bloggers an offer they can't refuse: Use Chrome
Re: Chrome
@heyrick: re: how Chrome installs in the user data folder etc:
That is one of the main reasons I have avoided Chrome after my initial experiments with it.
From what I can tell, the primary reason that Google did that was to circumvent limited-user application installation restrictions. I think Google may have even admitted this directly.
In other words. places like businesses which don't want clueless users installing random junk on their PCs to keep them from screwing the company with malware, or bringing the 'net connection to its knees while they download DVD torrents, or uploading proprietary company secrets to Bulgaria - are to be sneered-at and Google wants to make it easier to do whatever the h*ll you want anyway.
Surely it's not because they need to 'help' home users on limited accounts, because as we all know, the clueless home users are all using admin accounts with no password assigned.
I have various other issues with it, like the auto-updates you can't control, the sharing of browsing details with the Googleplex, etc etc.
I won't take away from Google's successes, they've built some nice products and technologies. But it's that megalomania problem...
To the Google defenders, I give you the Swedish Chef..
If Google's claim about incompatibility were actually technically true, one would have expected them to have a dialogue with Opera about it before trying to chase all Opera's users away from their websites.
The fact that they didn't appear to make any such effort, to me, is telling. Especially since no one seems to have actually uncovered a rendering problem with current versions of Opera there.
Perhaps Opera needs to release an update to their "Swedish Chef version", which converts all text on Google properties to Swedish Chef speak.
The minority IS right
"Robot" wrote:
" In fact, the HP TouchPad does a better job in CSS rendering than Opera. Of course it is possible that Opera is the compliant one, and the others are all non-compliant, but the "minority is right" situation is not necessarily a good thing for web developers."
Actually, the person who invented CSS was then and is now still working for Opera. Opera has historically been the most CSS-compliant web browser in the world.
What would be good for web developers is if they weren't so lazy and actually learned what a W3C standard is.
Computer error triggers mass rocket launch
Advanced WiFi control system
How much you want to bet the person who designed the control system used a $39 WiFi hotspot with encryption turned-off? Maybe it was the same intellectual that designed the retail point-of-sale system for TJX in the States...
Amazon cloud knocked out by violent storms in Virginia
Any professionally-run data center should be capable of riding through a power interruption of any sort, short of a direct hit on the building wiring. Most major data-centers boast of having enough generator fuel onsite for days of off-grid local power-generation, with in many cases contracts with multiple fuel contractors to deliver more if necessary.
The fact that this one could not span even a short interruption tells me that cost-reduction is the #1 priority here. Same goes for the clients who didn't span their instances across multiple EC/AWS zones or different providers entirely - especially since they should have known about the threadbare power infrastructure Amazon is using.
LinkedIn admits site hack, adds pinch of salt to passwords
Re: Epic Fail
I don't have an issue with a site asking a user to change their password via email. It depends on how they do it.
If they have a link in the email that anyone can use to reset the password, umm...
But if it's just a notification, and the user has to prove they have the old credential first, not too bad.
I reserve my highest disdain for the sites that SEND your password/license info/login credentials etc in an unencrypted email..
Re: Nonsensical
6. Security
Personal information you provide will be secured in accordance with industry standards and technology. Since the internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to LinkedIn. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, copied, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Chuck Exchange mailboxes into the cloud... sysadmin style
Re: Dom
Only problem I foresee with that is there's no guarantee that incoming traffic will route through your higher priority MX's just because they're up and running.
Forgetting about MTA idiosyncracies, all it would take is a routing/connectivity issue between the sending host and the receiving primary MX and they would ignore that host and deliver to the secondary, tertiary etc.
Which is normally fine, unless you're in a migration scenario where you're not yet monitoring the mailboxes on the new system.
One little problem
The vast majority of MTAs run by clueful admins these days no longer bother sending or forwarding bounce messages due to the massive queue backlog that results if you're the victim of a large spam run, and also because of the "backscatter" problem.
So don't get your hopes up that many people will actually see bounce messages if you firewall incoming traffic. (Not to mention how many people are either ignorant or paranoid about what a bounce message is - they might for example think it's a phishing attack, or are just too lazy to bother looking.
BlackBerry 10 developer kit aims to unleash application tsunami
Not getting rid of the keyboard
RIM has clarified that they have no intention of getting rid of the keyboard, but that probably the initial BB10 device will be all-touchscreen.
In the tech forums I visit in the USA, RIM gets nothing but criticism. Some of which is warranted of course, but it really feels more like some blinded-by-emotional-fury soccer fans that go killing each other over soccer matches than a discussion about smartphone platforms.
RIM gets constantly savaged for not fielding more battery-sucking giant-screen monstrosities so people can play more games with 'em (though with multiple charged batteries at the ready I'd assume), and then when they finally knuckle under to all the braying and decide to put emphasis on a touch-screen device for once, out come the people savaging them over THAT decision.
Smartphones have long-since become fashion accessories, and people seem to treat them as such. If you don't have what's "in", you're a wanker - no discussion necessary.
Malware-infected flash cards shipped out with HP switches
Procurve switches, for me, have been fabulously reliable.
Unlike the "big C", they also:
Don't charge for firmware updates
Don't charge for support generally speaking
Have a fabulous warranty (covers everything except 'consumable' parts like fans)
Don't have policies explicitly designed to eliminate the secondary market
Are far easier to use than 'that other vendor' (Decent GUI, plus curses-based text menus, plus the rudimentary line-editor sort of thing most people use on that Other Brand)
That said, I never saw this kind of issue prior to HP's absorption of that Chinese company that used to call itself 3Com that makes those cheap and ugly things. :P
I'm leery of the new Procurve stuff. Never liked 3com much, and never wanted much to do w/ Huawei either after learning about their attempts to copy Ciscos IOS into their products without permission.
Laptop computers are crap
Here, butterfly...
I still don't understand why neither IBM or its latest incarnation Lenovo never revived the old "butterfly" keyboard from that IBM Thinkpad of yore. That was a *brilliant* and elegant idea.
Would serve nicely until we're all using holographic UI's...
Dutch firm slams limping RIM with patent lawsuit
Products released in 1997?!?
This whole 'patent wars' thing is ridiculous.
At the very least, there needs to be a limit to how long you can sit on some alleged infringement before you pounce, or else I may as well claim that someone slapped me in the face 40 years ago but, oops, their memory is gone by now, oh well, give me a default judgment anyway..
AT&T profiting from Nigerian scammers, DoJ charges
Re: Any way the wind blows money
This has been my consistent experience with AT&T in virtually every complex dealing I've had with them in either commercial or residential, data or voice services: rotten to the core.
Just last week I was reminded again when attempting to resolve a commercial billing issue. At every turn they fail to follow-through as promised, fail to provide ways to adequately follow-up on committments, and have the most utterly convoluted rats-nest of bureacracy staffed by clueless minions who I'm convinced are hired precisely because it makes it less likely customers will get anything that ATT doesn't feel like giving them.
On the residential side for example, if you go to their website and try to _remove_ a service from your account, you will find that it is impossible. Lots of opportunities to ADD some service that you'll pay extra for, but no way to remove anything. (This was confirmed by the rep I eventually spoke to, who actually half-heartedly apologized for that little sales trick)
I've even had field installers who were onsite to install a circuit for an AT&T "partner ISP" using their local-loop try to talk you out of using that ISP and switch to AT&T's lousy service instead.
Like a zombie army, that organization.
Microsoft cuts back on Windows keys after pirates grab booty
The First Hit is Free
A good drug dealer only gives away the initial sample. Once the quarry is addicted, it's bill-paying time.
MS's market has matured now, the world is thoroughly addicted, so we can expect to see them pulling-back on the freebies.
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