CableTechTalk (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this week, we were invited to submit something to Ars Technica on the hot topic of the SOC waiver, addressed previously here. The following day, they followed up with a counter to our thoughts. We’re grateful for any opportunity to continue a meaningful dialogue, so we’re posting our response back. First, I appreciate [...]
Jerz's Literacy Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Part of an Ars Technica review of Google's new operating system.Longtime Ars readers may be familiar with my periodic rants about the increasing disutility of the "volume/directory/file" metaphor for modern networked machines. Saving files, copying them, syncing them--this is all...
Bob Sutor's Open Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Open Source Good Karma: An In Depth Review Of Ubuntu 9.10 Ars Technica / Ryan Paul Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, was officially released last month. In this comprehensive review, Ars takes you under the surface for an in-depth look at the new features and major architectural changes. Obama Team Challenges Web Developers InformationWeek / J. Nicholas Hoover In developing WhiteHouse.gov [...]
Switched (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple still hasn't officially commented on its rumored development of a Tablet e-reader, but that silence hasn't stopped other professionals from spilling. The Executive Editor of the New York Times already revealed knowledge of the gadget's existence , and Conde Nast, publisher of magazines like GQ and Wired, has now claimed that it will...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
After epic Snow Leopard and Windows 7 reviews, Ars Technica has posted an 11-page look at Karmic Koala . They say it's one of the best Linux experiences available, but some new software additions still have room to mature. [ Ars ]
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
After epic Snow Leopard and Windows 7 reviews, Ars Technica has posted an 11-page look at Karmic Koala . They say it's one of the best Linux experiences available, but some new software additions still have room to mature. [ Ars ]
Gizmodo Australia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
After epic Snow Leopard and Windows 7 reviews, Ars Technica has posted an 11-page look at Karmic Koala . They say it’s one of the best Linux experiences available, but some new software additions still have room to mature. (more…)
TechEnclave (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The ghost of the PS2: God of War Collection reviewed - Ars Technica Also the screenshot comparison http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/...ollection.html
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Filed under: App Store There are two arrivals in the App Store of note. First, after a three month wait, the multiservice IM client Trillian is now available in the App Store [ iTunes link ] for iPhone and iPod touch. We previously discussed the fact that Trillian was sitting in approval limbo with no word from Apple as to why the app was being delayed. As of today it is available for US$4.99. Cerulean...
Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Internet Explorer 9 promises speed and standards compliance, Google could be toying with a data-only phone that's not really a phone, and Firefox tightens its code against rogue add-ons. Microsoft Announces IE9: Focus on Standards and Speed No release date or alpha builds, because it's only been in development for three weeks, but Microsoft said IE9 is already scripting almost at par with Firefox...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
It's being widely reported that Activision's highly anticipated new game, DJ Hero, undersold in it's first weeks on the market. Ars Technica has a pretty...
DV Hardware (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
ARS Technica reports Microsoft's "MinWin" project is starting to bear some fruits in Windows Server 2008, you can check it out over here . With these problems in mind, Microsoft assembled a team of core operating system architecture experts that were tasked with mapping out the many interdependencies between the 5,500+ components of Windows, and devising a plan to separate them into “layers.”...
MacDailyNews (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
VMware has released the latest version of the popular Mac virtualization package...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Ars Technica has allowed the cable industry lobbyists' top lawyer to explain why the cable industry supports breaking your DVR in a misguided effort to add more windows to movie releases. Not surprisingly, he simply repeats the MPAA's flat out lies and misrepresentations on this particular issue. For example, he claims that the movie studios need this or they won't get content out to the industry early...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The videogame sales results for the month of October are in, and DJ Hero was the flop it was predicted to be: it sold only 122,300 copies across four platforms (Wii, Playstion 2 and 3 and X-Box 360), the biggest sales coming from 62,000 copies sold on X-Box 360. ARS Technica has a piece up now that tries to dissect what happened with the game, which given Activision's track record, the positive reviews...
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