Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 2nd Nov 2010 18:00 UTC
Always wanted to own the IP and trademarks of one of the most innovative computer brands in history? A brand carried by a computer which was easily ten years ahead of its time, capable of multitasking (in colour) with multiple resolutions displayed at the same time, while Windows were still windows and the Mac couldn't hold more than 8 pages in its word processor on its single-tasking monochrome operating system? Yes, Bill McEwen's Amiga, Inc. is selling the Amiga trademark and all associated IP. It's not like the guy was doing anything with it anyway.
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Let me see if I've got this right...
The X1000 is a product that is regularly promoted but not actually on sale to the public yet... and you're saying that's NOT vaporware?
Commodore USA sell products to the public... and you're saying that IS vaporware?
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
In case it's a language issue (and not pure fanboy zealotry /ducks) here are explanations in English and Italian:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware
Vaporware is a word used to describe products, usually computer hardware or software, that were not released on the date announced by their developer, or that were announced months or years before their release.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware :
Vaporware รจ il neologismo inglese con cui si indicano sarcasticamente i prodotti informatici (software o hardware) di cui viene annunciata ufficialmente l'uscita sul mercato a breve, ma che successivamente non vedono la luce
RE[4]: It's a good brand
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 4th Nov 2010 17:17
in reply to "RE[3]: It's a good brand"
Member since:2005-06-29
RE[4]: It's a good brand
by Raffaele on Sat 6th Nov 2010 08:01
in reply to "RE[3]: It's a good brand"
Member since:2005-11-12
Let me see if I've got this right... The X1000 is a product that is regularly promoted but not actually on sale to the public yet... and you're saying that's NOT vaporware? Commodore USA sell products to the public... and you're saying that IS vaporware? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Nice try.
If we follow your silly reasoning then USB3 technology was vaporware because it is not still adopted by any modern X86 motherboard manufacturer and will be ready almost next year...
Also following your assumptions then computer manufacturers like A-EON have not all their rights to made all proper testing on the motherboards before to offer a computer on the market.
Remember that Amiga community is very sensible to products annonunced and that never hit the market, such as Walker (only 6 prototypes were made and were functioning, but the public seen only their case, and no functioning hardware), and Troika motherboard...
...So then A-EON was literally "forced" by the Amiga public opinion to show a concrete running hardware before this will be proposed in stores.
Or else it will be for sure that A-EON had kept the secret on the motherboards until it had hit the market.
And then...
CommodoreUSA IS vaporware.
Try to order some computers from their site, and then report here on OSNews what they will deliver to you...
But I strongly think that you will not risk your home funds by sending them your precious money...
The absurd statements you just made are enough for me not to consider your comments.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 23:02 UTC, submitted by M.Onty
"Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of XBox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console", reports The Guardian. They had no choice. Still a good move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 22:28 UTC
"A snippet of code in the Steam digital distribution platform has revealed that Valve may be planning to let users easily share their games with friends in the future. The Verge has verified the code's authenticity, which was originally spotted by a member of the NeoGAF gaming forum; the code references a 'shared game library' and a notification that would alert a user when their games are currently in use by a borrower." This would change the, uh, game.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
"MineAssemble is a tiny bootable Minecraft clone written partly in x86 assembly. I made it first and foremost because a university assignment required me to implement a game in assembly for a computer systems course. Because I had never implemented anything more complex than a 'Hello World' bootloader before, I decided I wanted to learn about writing my own kernel code at the same time. Note that the goal of this project was not to write highly efficient hand-optimized assembly code, but rather to have fun and write code that balances readability and speed. This is primarily accomplished by proper commenting and consistent code structuring." Just cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
Jon Rubinstein, former CEO of Palm: "Well, I'm not sure I would have sold the company to HP. That's for sure. Talk about a waste. Not that I had any choice because when you sell a company you don't get to decide that. Obviously, the board and shareholders decide that. If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never really give it a chance to flourish, what would have been the point of selling the company? I think the deal we had with Verizon really hurt us, but who knew that at the time? These things are all hindsight."More News »
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Who knows?
They claim they will equip these keyboard computers branded as Amigas, but still none has seen any real thing, just photos of X86 keyboard computers stolen from other sites.
At CommodoreUSA site they claim they will support AROS and their Amiga branded X86 computers will support AROS, but none has heard AROS developers being requested to create drivers for these new machines, and sure CommodoreUSA is still not supporting officially the development of AROS by donations of funds.
And I want to point to Mr Klu9 that THIS is a really casus of vaoprware firm selling vaporware products, just buying "the name" brand (TM) and announcing thing without showing any solid silicon ral products.
Also the fact that, in the beginning, CommodoreUSA was claiming on their site they are about to sell X86 computers good at running Apple Mac OSX too (this advice was immediately erased from the site then), made these people from so-called CommodoreUSA to sound really very phony.