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New format, same trash content. Still, it's a major success on Apple's part that they've been able to convince large media outlets to actually pursue a new business model, specifically one dependent on Apple. This is quite possibly bigger than Ap…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacTripper So taking their word for it, that the LCD panel is glossy, is confirming what I suspected. It's the LCD panel makers that are opting for glossy finishes, as it saves them a step of applying a matte finish to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by tundraboy This is Microsoft's trajectory. They need to find their Ross Perot but unlike GM they have to listen to him. But you and I know this will never happen. They're too arrogant and too busy slapping each other…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee I believe that when the historians look back on this early computer period they will see Microsoft, and specifically Balmer as exactly that. Business focussed "hucksters" that actually held back the developme…
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Quote: Originally Posted by allblue I find it difficult to understand how such a huge corporation can be so badly run. Short answer: Poor organization and lack of top-down direction. Long answer: When Microsoft started expanding into every …
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Let the competition begin.
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Quote: Originally Posted by alkrantz Meh, think what you want I guess, clearly I am not going to convince you of anything and I don't actually care anyway. I just enjoy conversations about web trends because it's what I do for a living but your k…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mazda 3s Skype president responds: http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009..._move_att.html Note to Skype: the government isn't going to legislate you a market. Unless you give enough money to the right politician…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alkrantz There are many web users who visit flash sites that would disagree. Beyond Newgrounds, YouTube, and Gametrailers, I can't think of very many sites that absolutely must rely on Flash to deliver specific cont…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sympleton C'mon bro' tell the truth. Look, the kind of hatred you see for Flash comes about for only one reason - being threatened. My experience with it - is it's usually an HTML'er that either doesn't have the aptit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Andy_McDonald Furthermore, I just don't get why there is SO much anti-Flash sentiment in the comments. Simple: Flash is a resource pig. It consumes CPU and battery life at a high rate, and the tasks it performs is n…
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Little bit of an overreaction, IMO. ClickToFlash (and BashFlash, which this article didn't mention) is basically a Webkit version of FlashBlock for Firefox. It's not really leading an "assault on Flash," but it does help with battery life on noteboo…
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I'm glad that Apple has principles, but they're being silly on this particular issue. But that's for a political thread... which this will undoubtedly become. Bailing before that happens.
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Quote: Schmidt also denied tension between Google and Apple, saying outright: "We love the iPhone." Of course Google loves the iPhone: Google is the default search and map source. Google is pretty much the gateway through which iPhone users acce…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dagamer34 You want to remove the branding of the most well known mapping software in the world and replace it with an unknown solution as the default on the iPhone? I hope you realize that every time Apple talks abo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B iTunes 9 is not Cocoa-based, so it can't be 64-bit. N'est-ce pas? Thus why I mention the hope of a full rewrite, ala Finder. iTunes 9 has to have been in the works for quite a long time. I'm sure the iTun…
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To the AI writers: when you mention iTunes 9, I get that you want to reiterate the rumors of social network integration. But with the launch of Snow Leopard, there are other questions that should be investigated. Is iTunes 9 64-bit? Does it hook int…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The reason to retain Quicktime 7 is that you can't do any proper editing with QTX, you can only trim the end points, which is pretty much useless. Good thing Snow Leopard retains your QT7 Pro install, then. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Turns out you are wrong, I think. I looked into it. Could be many reasons really. I uninstalled Flip4Mac and Perian and still I see it for this one. Only this video however. For any other video I see the new em…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland We have a case Holmes! Great find. No problem. You should be able to still install QTX or set it as the default media plugin for Safari, while still retaining your QT7 install. Why you'd want to retain QT7 i…