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Google Working On Siri Competitor Majel
judgecorp writes "Google is working on a competitor to Apple's Siri voice input system. It's an extension to its existing Voice Actions offering with a name that should ring bells. Majel is named after Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who was the voice of most of the Star Trek on-board computers, as well as playing Nurse Christine Chapel in the first series and being Gene Roddenberry's wife."
To be honest, this site skews pro-Google and anti-Apple at nearly every opportunity. Once upon a time, you could get away with being one of the few contrarians making some good points about the competition--there even used to be rational Microsoft defenders--but you can't do that anymore without getting attacked by rabid Google/Android fanboys, who in my opinion have become the most annoying fanboys on the Internet. It feels as if many of the sane posters left for other tech communities like Reddit and Hacker News, and so Slashdot's remaining readership is becoming more extreme and closed-minded on average. I mean, it always had that streak, but it was balanced out by high-rated comments expressing opposing viewpoints. Now, I see troll comments get modded up all the time. Hell, I risk my karma just for posting this. You can barely even get pity moderation anymore just for making an unpopular but valid point.