Nemilar - Slashdot User

Submission + - Amazon in Talks with HP to Buy Palm (venturebeat.com)

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Nemilar

on Friday September 30, 2011 @09:01AM

Nemilar writes: "Who will save what’s left of Palm from HP’s bumbling? It could be Amazon, as the online retailing giant is in serious negotiations to snap up Palm from HP. No other company seems as fitting a home for Palm and its webOS software. It’s worth noting that former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, who now holds a vague “product innovation” role at HP’s Personal Services Group, joined Amazon’s board late last year."

Submission + - Apple’s iAd: What Developers Think (wsj.com) 1

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Nemilar

on Saturday July 10, 2010 @06:11PM

Nemilar writes: "It’s been about a week since Apple rolled out its new advertising platform, and developers of iPhone apps are watching the earliest returns to see how much money they can expect to make from these ads. One developer reported Thursday that he earned $1400 in one day for his flashlight app. The amount iAds pay is “a high number when you get it, but you don’t get it very often,” said Dave Yonamine, the director of marketing at MobilityWare. The article discusses revenue potential in relation to the only other mobile ads platform, AdMob for Android, and claims that iAd paid $148 for the same number of ads as $1 on AdMob. What's Apple up to?"

Submission + - Does the Internet Make Humanity Smarter or Dumber? (wsj.com)

Submitted by Nemilar on Saturday June 05, 2010 @10:52AM

Nemilar writes: The Wall Street Journal is running a pair of articles asking whether the Internet is making humanity smarter or dumber. The argument for "smarter" is that the internet is simply a change in the rules of publishing, and that the bad material is thrown away; the second story critiques the "information overload" aspect of the internet, claiming that we have traded depth of knowledge for velocity and span. What do you think? Does the internet make you stupid?

Submission + - Preload Boosts Linux Performance Drastically (techthrob.com)

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on Monday February 25, 2008 @01:39AM

Nemilar writes: "Preload is a Linux daemon that stores commonly-used libraries and binaries in memory to speed up access times, similar to the Windows Vista SuperFetch function. This article examines Preload and gives some insight into how much performance is gained for its total resource cost, and discusses basic installation and configuration to get you started."

Submission + - Hardy A4: A Glimpse into the Future of Ubuntu (techthrob.com)

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on Saturday February 02, 2008 @02:02AM

Nemilar writes: "Ubuntu's Hardy is set to release soon, and a look at its current state shows how well it progressing, including many of the applications that are now included by default and the major changes that will improve stability and usability. Among these are the addition of Firefox 3 and Remote Desktop on the applications side, and a new method for systems control known as Policy Kit, which enables the administrator to unlock certain functions for normal users."

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