July 2012
4 posts
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Steam Comes to Linux, Stallman Not Enthusiastic;... →
At least he isn’t outright hostile:
“This development can do both harm and good. It might encourage GNU/Linux users to install these games, and it might encourage users of the games to replace Windows with GNU/Linux,” he wrote. “My guess is that the direct good effect will be bigger than the direct harm. But there is also an indirect effect: what does the use of these games teach people...
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Google Fiber Is The Very Best Of Google →
parislemon:
Milo Medin of Google:
It’s easy to forget how revolutionary high-speed Internet access was in the 1990s. Not only did broadband kill the screeching sound of dial-up, it also spurred innovation, helping to create amazing new services as well as new job opportunities for many thousands of Americans. But today the Internet is not as fast as it should be. While high speed technology...
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Nintendo Reports Operating Loss Of $132M →
parislemon:
When I read news like this, I get sad because I love Nintendo.
But not too sad, because I hold out hope that this somehow leads to Nintendo games coming to Apple devices.
Losses like these make me sad for the big N, but I don’t think releasing on Apple hardware would help them. Take a look at how Sega and Atari are doing. Both still exist but are very pale shadows of their former...
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Well, there goes Sparrow →
Google just picked up Sparrow. This could mean good things for the Gmail client on iOS, and probably will, but most likely this just means the death of Sparrow; which is sad.
