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Submission + - Apple blocks Dropbox-based apps (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by

Barence

on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @03:26AM

Barence writes: "Apple is rejecting apps that use the new Dropbox SDK because they inadvertently allow users to buy extra online storage without Apple taking a cut.

Online storage service Dropbox is commonly used by iOS developers as a way of allowing users to share files created within their apps to other devices.

Dropbox's latest SDK has incurred the wrath of Apple, because users who don't have the Dropbox app installed on their iPhone/iPad are instead pushed to Dropbox's website via the Safari browser. Here, they can click a link to the desktop version of the service, which allows them to buy extra Dropbox storage without Apple taking its usual 30% cut.

"Apple should reject all web browser apps because they can take you to a page that lets you purchase stuff," writes one infuriated developer. "Go Apple! Crack down on all commerce!""

Comment Re:Forget PR (Score 4, Informative) 248

by Raindog on Sunday January 22, 2012 @10:32PM (#38787417) Attached to: Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone

IIRC there was a version of the 386 that was hardened against high levels of radiation...hence their being used quite a bit in space (and presumably nuclear) applications, which would go along way towards explaining such a thing.

Submission + - Comet Lovejoy Plunges into the Sun and Survives (nasa.gov)

Submitted by

boldie

on Saturday December 17, 2011 @04:33PM

boldie writes: "NASA has a Story about a comet Lovejoy's close encounter with the sun.

This morning, an armada of spacecraft witnessed something that many experts thought impossible. Comet Lovejoy flew through the hot atmosphere of the sun and emerged intact.

"It's absolutely astounding," says Karl Battams of the Naval Research Lab in Washington DC. "I did not think the comet's icy core was big enough to survive plunging through the several million degree solar corona for close to an hour, but Comet Lovejoy is still with us."

The comet's close encounter was recorded by at least five spacecraft: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and twin STEREO probes, Europe's Proba2 microsatellite, and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The most dramatic footage so far comes from SDO, which saw the comet go in (movie) and then come back out again (movie).

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught Comet Lovejoy emerging from its scorching close encounter with the sun. [Entrance movie: Quicktime (22 MB), m4v (0.8 MB)] [Exit movie: Quicktime (26 MB), m4v (0.8 MB)]

"

Submission + - Windows 8: full details revealed (pcpro.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Barence on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @12:31PM

Barence writes: Microsoft has released the first full details of Windows 8, with an all-or-nothing approach to touchscreen technology. All versions of Windows 8 — whether used on a touchscreen device or not — will use the operating system's new Metro interface, which was first developed for Windows Phone 7 devices. The advent of Windows 8 sees Microsoft introduce a new style of application, dubbed Metro Style apps, and its own app store. The company also claims to have boosted Windows 8 performance with fast boot/shutdown times, a new Task Manager and the option to Refresh a PC with a clean install of the OS with apps and setting still left intact.

Submission + - World's Oldest Fossils Found on Australian Beach (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Monday August 22, 2011 @10:39AM

sciencehabit writes: Researchers say they have discovered the fossils of 3.4-billion-year-old cells in between the cemented sand grains of an ancient beach in Western Australia , possibly the oldest fossils ever found. Chemical analyses of the minerals near the cells suggest the microorganisms depended on sulfur for fuel. Such a beach might have been life's first breeding ground, one author says.

Comment Good...easy...free software? (Score 1) 99

by Raindog on Thursday May 21, 2009 @08:43AM (#28038051) Attached to: Timeglider Software Outlines Rosenberg Spy Case

I am a teacher (former geek) and I have struggling to find good timelining software for use by both me and my students...my needs are:

A. Must be free
B. Easy to add events
C. Exportable to a file
D. Multiple user support would be nice

Simile Timeline looks nice but is certainly not easy, and probably requires more skill to implement than I am capable of. Plus, I don't have a server to run it on. Timeglider are Timerime look fine as easy to use software, but are ultimately commercial services and I suspect will ultimatly cause problems. Anyone have any suggestions? Non-web based freeware is also fine, but it needs to be free so I can have students use it as well. That would also pretty much mandate Windows as well. An suggestions would be dandy. Thanks!

Comment Re:Possibly... (Score 1) 138

by Raindog on Wednesday July 02, 2003 @12:33PM (#6350700) Attached to: Deep Sea Monster Baffles Scientists

I dont know about squid/octopuses per say...but most marine animals have an ability to sense sound. Fish, for example, have a lateral line running down their sides for this purpose. Its not sonar, but its useful for figuring out if something is moving near you.

I have no idea wether these systems would be impacted by this sonar.

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