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Comment The ol' Ringtone game... (Score 1) 144

by swokm on Sunday May 04, 2008 @02:22AM (#23289464) Attached to: Making Free Phone Calls With Google's GrandCentral

I distinctly detect the reek of 'evil'...

Q: GrandCentral users have been able to upload sound files for their own ring back tones. Will this feature continue to be offered?
A. GrandCentral users will be able to choose from a selection of licensed sound files made available within the GrandCentral service, but will not be able to upload their own files.

Knee-capping an existing service in order to force people to rent crappy 1k midi files for eternity?

Yep. Evil, alright.

Submission + - The future of C++ as seen by its creator

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holden

on Monday August 13, 2007 @03:45AM

holden writes: "In a rare public talk, C++ creator Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup discusses his ideal in programming languages, as well how he sees the next version (and beyond) of C++ developing. He explains the general selection criteria used for adding new features, some of the legacy of C++, and many other interesting topics. Especially interesting is during the Q&A he explains his views of the embrace and extend mentality some implementations, such as VC++, have taken. The talk is available as an xvid avi, mpg, and other formats."

Submission + - Imagine Cup winners score $25K for speech software (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Julie188 on Sunday August 12, 2007 @08:07PM

Julie188 writes: A team of four Thai students beat out 10,000 competitors to win the $25,000 prize in Microsoft 2007 Imagine Cup. Their project is text-to-speech software in which computers read aloud typed and handwritten commands. The software will allow people who cannot read to interact with a PC. Imagine Cup judge Rand Morimoto has been blogging on the whole experience — from his video of the opening ceremonies to how contestants swilled free Cokes to keep themselves awake during the 24-hour, no-sleep phase of the competition. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18087

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