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Android Installer simplifies installation on Nokia N810 {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2008 11:01AM I'd sure like it if someone could get Android to run on my languishing Nokia N770...
FCC chairman's support for XM-Sirius deal "leaked" {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 10:58AM @John Ward it does when your business requires one of the 2 licenses required to operate. Last I checked, neither Heinz nor Hunts took up one of the two government-allowed licenses to make catsup.
FCC chairman's support for XM-Sirius deal "leaked" {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 10:57AM @s The thing about that is the market has built-in remedies for this. (Here's the simplified version:) If one of the SDARS licensees failed, then they would sell their license to a new purchaser, presumably at a price lower then the licensee's current market value and infrastructure. The purchaser would enter the market, therefore, at much lower price point with much lower costs of entry than the original licensee. As such, it would be easier for the purchaser to make a profit.
At this point, the SDARS license stays in use, the service continues uninterrupted, and a profit is made. Lather, rinse repeat.
The market was not given a chance to work the way it's supposed to, and legal actions such as this lead to violations of the Law of Unintended Consequences.
FCC chairman's support for XM-Sirius deal "leaked" {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 9:28AM Hey, remember the last time you drove through an area that didn't quite have any radio programming that you wanted to hear? Were the radio programming choices in that area really competition for SDARS? Would you not have preferred to listen to your favorite SDARS channel? Maybe hear a new artist or comic that you liked (but don't have on your iPod)? Ever get tired of the stuff that's on your iPod?
While an iPod does give me the ability to hear all the music I've gone through the trouble of ripping from CD or purchasing online and then transferring to it (and, remember, some people may not be so savvy), it fails to expose me to new artists, comedians, or talk shows not available in the area through which I am traveling.
So, is there really anything out there like SDARS, which can give me consistent programming from coast to coast and expose me either to new stuff or stuff I've heard before but don't have on my iPod?
The answer is 'no' and if the merger goes through I will have 1/2 the choices I had before and, yet, will be subject to the pricing whims of the SDARS monopoly in the face of no competition.
Samsung stops teasing, brings SpinPoint M6 500GB Stateside {Engadget}
Jun 10th 2008 1:25PM Ack. Where did you hear this?
I just ordered one of the stupid things and setup my installation appointment.
Samsung stops teasing, brings SpinPoint M6 500GB Stateside {Engadget}
Jun 10th 2008 1:24PM Finally. After emailing the people who put out the Samsung "now shipping at retail" press release in March four times, I was eventually responded-to on May 28th by one of them with:
"The item is not available yet ... We have supplied units to one or two OEMs and that is all at this point."
That irritated me so much that I strongly considered never buying this drive... But there's just nothing else like it out there for 15" MacBook Pros.
The "missing" iPhone ringtone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Apr 30th 2008 10:34AM Sorry, Dave, but while somewhat similar, that's not the commercial iPhone ringtone. The Apple loop mentioned in this article is jangly and sort of "sweet" sounding. The ringtone from the commercial is a higher pitch, faster, and has a pronounced harsh "picket fence" sound to it.
But it sounds like people here like the Apple loop, so, nice tip.
Safari 3.1.1 released {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Apr 16th 2008 8:24PM It appears that Safari 3.1.1 also remedies the the iPhoneSafari bookmark syncing (or lack thereof) issue. Hooray!!
Oh, @blinkcowz182, 1Password 2.6b6 works fine in Safari 3.1.1.
Photoshop CS4 64-bit in Windows, only 32-bit in OS X {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Apr 3rd 2008 11:59AM Regarding the final comment in the article about Boot Camp: those Mac Pro users won't find solace in attempting to run CS4 for Windows' 64-bit variety. Boot Camp only supports 32-bit versions of Windows XP & Vista.
iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks firmware 2.0... before it's out {Engadget}
Mar 12th 2008 12:00PM Sorry, but this is ridiculous on the face of it. The title of the post on Engadget is misleading, as is the title of the post on ModMyiPhone.com. They didn't jailbreak 2.0. They claim to have jailbroken 1.2 beta. Then they make the leap of logic that 1.2 beta "will be released as 2.0." That is, on it's face incorrect. For those of you who have read-up on this subject, you know that 2.0 will contain a brand new kernel that will **only allow signed code to run.** 1.2 beta does not contain this new kernel, thus is not proof that the iPhone Dev Team has circumvented the 2.0 kernel's requirement for signed code whatsoever.
I have no doubt that some attack vector will be discovered eventually once 2.0 is actually in the hands of intelligent folks like the dev team. But, jailbreaking 1.2 beta ain't it.
