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• On the post: The Killer Feature I Would Design Into An Apple Tablet

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2010 @ 08:17pm

  "If I were Jobs, I'd launch a tablet that used the iPhone OS, had access to the app store"
  
  I just wonder if people are willing to have a computer that is limited to the high walls of the app store? Would you really want every program on your computer to have to go through apple?

• On the post: HTC Sends Cease & Desist To Developer Who Made Similar Android Widgets

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2009 @ 09:48am

  They aren't "ditching" the widget.

  The developer has changed the look of the widgets and they are back in the market.

• On the post: Lord Mandelson Wants Students To Get More Tech Education; Can We Start By Educating Him?

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 05 Nov, 2009 @ 10:02pm

  Are these going to be **AA sponsored "technical skills training" courses?
  
  
  
  Sadly, that's probably not as far fetched of a question as it should be.

• On the post: Is The Kindle's Antisocial Nature Holding It Back?

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2009 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: It was simple to see, too

  He was referring to the protected version specifically more than the actual audio format which was very restrictive in what you could do with it.

• On the post: Is The Kindle's Antisocial Nature Holding It Back?

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2009 @ 02:16pm

  books

  As has been mentioned, the ipod/itunes had the same type of very restricted format early on and still became a hit because it was a great way to carry thousands of songs around with you easily.
  With books, I don't think there is really as much of an interest in having all of your books with you at all times because they aren't consumed constantly and repeatedly like music is.

• On the post: How Does Offering Free Content Insult Those Who Pay?

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2009 @ 08:40pm

  Re: Cost of Cable

  "Also, why would ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and so on offer content for free online if they can't sell commercial time during television broadcasts?"
  
  Who says they can't sell commercial time?
  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=atKGiQOMco.Y

• On the post: Surprise, Surprise: Canadians Aren't Interested In ISP Levies

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2009 @ 07:53am

  Re: Re:

  @DS78: Inflation... It would technically be possible to make a copy of the money without removing it from the bank. Most of your "money" in the bank is just a number on the computer and not physical dollar bills. Making copy would just involve changing the number on your account.

• On the post: Australia The Latest To Look At Having Artists Paid Multiple Times For The Same Work

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2009 @ 10:05pm

  Re:

  Some of these comments seem off topic...this article is about the resale of physical pieces of art (paintings, sculptures, etc) and has nothing to do with music.

• On the post: New Innovations Show How Mobile Devices Can Be Helpful To Learning… Just Not In Pennsylvania

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2009 @ 04:46am

  Occasionally misused?

  "just because the devices might also be occasionally misused."
  
  
  I think it's more than likely that they will be highly misused unless they are somehow restricted which would mean most kids are still going to have a regular phone that can do regular texting and stuff. In that situation, I doubt any kid is going to want to have a second phone that they can use just for school stuff.

• On the post: About Damn Time: Phone Makers To Standardize Chargers

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2009 @ 05:24pm

  Thought this sounded familiar....

  Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG have already agreed to use micro usb a year and a half ago: Link
  This just appears to be a much larger group announcing the same thing.

• On the post: The Wii Is Popular, But Wii Users Aren't Buying Many Games

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2008 @ 12:12pm

  The number is 3.6/year for the wii to 4.6 or so for ps3 and 360 so it isn't as much of a difference as the article would suggest. If there are so many "casual" people buying no other games, then there would have to be a lot of people buying a lot more than 3.6/year to get the number even that high.

• On the post: Cablevision Caught Blatantly Lying To Customers About Digital TV Switch

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2008 @ 12:31pm

  prices?

  I agree that they appear to be lieing about needing to upgrade to digital cable, but the prices in the consumerist article look like the price for a DVR box ($6.50) and DVR service ($10.95). At least they appear to be close to what time warner charges for each. The actual cost of a basic digital cable box that does not record is quite a bit less I think.

• On the post: Time Warner's Overage Caps May Be Set Very Low

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2008 @ 08:46am

  heh...

  And TW just announced they will put some HBO (owned by TW) content online so you can use up your monthly limit even quicker...
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/21/business/media/21hbo.html?ref=business

• On the post: VeriChip Kept Quiet On Cancer Link… Yet Were Pretty Vocal On Fake FDA Approvals

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2007 @ 02:34pm

  Re: Re: Huh?

  You could say the RIAA is "winning" most of the cases where people decide to settle.....that doesn't necessarily mean the defendants in those cases did anything wrong.

• On the post: Is Sarbanes-Oxley Forcing Apple To Charge You To Upgrade Your WiFi?

  

  milrtime83 ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2007 @ 07:56am

  Apple

  How is this different than a firmware update on anything offering a new feature?
  
  I'll file this in the category of "Another reason that if Apple had control of the PC Market they would be a bigger monopoly than Microsoft is."