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  1. Will probably ship in late 2012 on Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development · · Score: 0

    'Cause you know that's the world-wide disaster the Mayan's were really talking about.

  2. I'm guessing on Resort Attracts Men With Virtual Girlfriends · · Score: 1

    Love Plus hand lotion and tissues are the biggest sellers at the gift shop.

  3. Patterson did it first on Stieg Larsson Is First Author To Sell 1M E-Books · · Score: 1

    The title is incorrect. Larsson is the first to sell 1 Million Kindle ebooks. James Patterson was the first author to sell 1+ Million ebooks across all platforms.

  4. 90% on Contextual Ads Based On Images · · Score: 2, Funny

    will be contextual adds about boobies.

  5. Higher prices, worse service.. on WSJ's Mossberg Calls For a Tougher Broadband Plan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hooray for laissez-faire capitalism!

  6. Back in the day on Has Any Creative Work Failed Because of Piracy? · · Score: 1

    Back in the 8/16-bit days there were always claims by game producers that they were no longer supporting this or that market because of piracy. And fairly, piracy was pretty rampant on all the platforms.

  7. Re:ePub on Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format · · Score: 1

    All you need to do to convert an unprotected ePub for the Kindle is to open it in Mobipocket Reader. A Kindle compatible .mobi file is automatically generated. I don't think that's much of an obstacle even for the most casual user.

  8. Re:ePub on Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format · · Score: 1

    Apple uses its own proprietary DRM scheme on the iPad, which makes its ebooks inoperable with any other reader.

  9. Re:ePub on Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format · · Score: 1

    Sadly, a universal format means nothing when each corporation implements its own DRM scheme.

  10. Re:Amazon sucks anyway. on Authors' Amazon Awareness · · Score: 1

    Have to disagree. Amazon carries far more titles than all my local and chain stores put together. Also, I'm perfectly happy with browsing through books at the computer, downloading samples and making my choices that way. It's quick, convenient, relatively cheap and doesn't kill trees.

  11. Re:Amazon attempts to use their monopoly power on Amazon Surrenders To Macmillan On eBook Pricing · · Score: 1

    "Amazon was fighting this one because if the publisher wins, it hurts their profitability because it pushes prices down."

    It's pushing prices up not down.

  12. Re:Seriously? on Slovak Police Planted Explosives On Air Travelers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >How about we realize that we are far more likely to be killed by our car or the food we eat then by terrorists?

    That's hardly the point. Terrorism, as the name implies, is all about terror.. It's largely inconsequential to terrorists if they pile up a body count or not, it's the fear even aborted or foiled attempts instill that matters. So, the actual chance of being killed by terrorists is irrelevant really.

  13. Re:Does Kurzweil get the idea of an e-Reader? on Kurzweil Takes On Kindle With "Blio" E-Reader · · Score: 1

    I do carry around a dedicated e-reader. It is far superior to any phone or netbook for ease and comfort of reading. So, while a smartphone might be good enough for you it definitely isn't for me or a lot of other people.

  14. Re:Basic Requirement on Motorola's Rumored Android Phone Focuses on Screen Size · · Score: 1

    HTC Touch Pro 2

  15. Security is the NEXT great challenge? on Security In the Ether · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't it have been the FIRST great challenge once things were up and running?

  16. Re:Meanwhile, Rome burns on Dark Matter Particles May Have Been Detected · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The country that falls behind in basic research is the country that falls behind in history.

  17. Re:From Mark: on Facebook Founder's Pictures Go Public · · Score: 1

    Was Matt Drudge involved in the pantsless egging?

  18. Re:list on NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List · · Score: 1

    Just make sure your kid doesn't have access to real guns first.

    http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/boy_killed_mom_and_shot_dad_ov.html

  19. Re:Yet Another Format on Five Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format · · Score: 2, Informative

    ePub is an ebook format. What they're talking about is more of a multi-media format.

  20. Re: Wait on Adobe Takes On Microsoft Role In E-book Market · · Score: 1

    Also, there are a lot of books that publishers give away to build readership. Amazon's Kindle store shows about 60-65 non-classic books being offered for free.

  21. Re:No problem on Novelists On the E-Book Experience · · Score: 1

    "The lack of ePub could be a frustration if a good DRM-free ePub store appears"

    So far all the non-DRM ePubs that I've tried have converted over to mobi format flawlessly using Mobipocket reader, Calibre is supposed to do as well.

  22. I'm still against this apprpriation of rights on Google Files a Revised Books Settlement Proposal · · Score: 1

    but this version seems marginally better.

  23. Re:I'm fairly surprised, actually... on BlueHippo Scam Collected $15M, Only Shipped One PC · · Score: 2, Informative

    barzok's post is correct, that's basically what Madoff himself admitted.

  24. No on Time To Ditch Cable For Internet TV? · · Score: 1

    And not likely to any time soon. The internet isn't nearly good enough to replace cable. Unless you're will to steal content there's not enough decent stuff to watch. Maybe in ten years, maybe.

  25. Window Mobile Please? on Tired of Flash? HTML5 Viewer For YouTube · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd love to see this added to the Opera browser on my TP2. The included YouTube app works okay, but having support in the browser would be terrific.