Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Jan 2011 22:21 UTC
I just want to put up a little notice to inform you all about the lack of updates on the main page. The problem is that I've been hit by the flu and have been down and out since last Thursday, unable to do the news. The rest of the team has been occupied as well, so that explains that. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and since I've pretty much almost recovered, normal posting schedule will resume either tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. Thanks for understanding. Also, read more for the most beautiful piece of art ever created in the history of the universe. And I mean it.
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RE: I believe Thom doesn't matter...
by truckweb on Tue 25th Jan 2011 11:44
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Member since:2005-07-06
There is some truth in this comment, because if it was not for Thom, there would be close to nothing on OSNews.
I do think that Thom care, but the contribution of others is lacking severely.
The other thing is, what's really happening in the alternative OS world? Other than Linux, OSX, Windows, we get some vapor news of something Amiga related and that's about it... Most of the time....
There is more news now in the world of Smartphone/Tablet OS than anything else. Now the world is all about iOS, WP7, Android, WebOS, RIM, MeeGo, ...
Maybe OSNews should start to abandon their "alternative" OS nature and drive more into the real thing like the OS's listed above. Just a suggestion.
RE[2]: I believe Thom doesn't matter...
by Neolander on Tue 25th Jan 2011 12:25
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Member since:2010-03-08
To sum it up :
-> Yes, Thom is, by far, the main contributor. Especially for originals. At the moment, I mostly cut my brand new editor's teeth on PG2 stuff.
-> Kroc and I are not nearly as proficient (nor available) for large-scale original article production. As an example, I've been working on something about hobby OS development for more than a week (due to getting back to university and things like that slowing me down), Thom would probably have completed and published it in 3 days or less ^^
-> If you have some ideas to put together in an original, we are open to contributions ! Everything you need is at http://www.osnews.com/submit .
Oh, and by the way...
There is more news now in the world of Smartphone/Tablet OS than anything else. Now the world is all about iOS, WP7, Android, WebOS, RIM, MeeGo, ...
Maybe OSNews should start to abandon their "alternative" OS nature and drive more into the real thing like the OS's listed above. Just a suggestion.
Maybe OSNews should start to abandon their "alternative" OS nature and drive more into the real thing like the OS's listed above. Just a suggestion.
I'd say that this has already happened. We do not abandon alternative OSs, but since there are few news about them we release more news about the rest.
Edited 2011-01-25 12:27 UTC
RE[2]: I believe Thom doesn't matter...
by vodoomoth on Tue 25th Jan 2011 12:28
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Member since:2010-03-30
There is some truth in this comment, because if it was not for Thom, there would be close to nothing on OSNews.
I do think that Thom care, but the contribution of others is lacking severely.
I do think that Thom care, but the contribution of others is lacking severely.
I can count almost 30 items by Hadrien in the past 7 days. So no, I don't think there's any truth in that comment of his.
RE: I believe Thom doesn't matter...
by vodoomoth on Tue 25th Jan 2011 12:20
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RE[2]: I believe Thom doesn't matter...
by SuperDaveOsbourne on Tue 25th Jan 2011 19:43
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Member since:2007-06-24
"I'm curious, why do you bother to read OSnews?"
Like many others in the world of 'news', we often like to document the train wrecks and carnage as they happen. Not all things in life are peachy and keen, factually news is really just olds that is marketed over and over again. OSNews is no exception, the wreckage as it happens is entertaining.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/25/13 0:45 UTC
"So in summary... Google has pulled the plug on support on a protocol they've helped popularize, after years of promising interoperability, for reasons that are dubious at best, and in a way that leaves people who don't jump to the new Hangouts app unable to talk to their contacts without any feedback that their IMs aren't getting through... And they've done that with no warning to anyone. I imagine there's a bunch of people out there wondering where some of their buddies have gone, or why their messages aren't getting responses, because this isn't documented anywhere." Google really messed this up. Such a dick move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 23:59 UTC
The Tizen Greek Community has some screenshots of a very recent build of Tizen running on a Samsung GT-i8800. It looks wholly unremarkable.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 22:33 UTC
Joint statement to The Next Web from Microsoft and Google: "Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube's API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks. Microsoft will replace the existing YouTube app in Windows Phone Store with the previous version during this time." Good to know these children stopped acting like little pricks. Can we have full Google support in Windows 8 now, please?
Linked by Howard Fosdick on 05/24/13 21:41 UTC
Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr, the microblogging and social networking website, for $1.1 billion USD. Tumblr offers little revenue but lots of eyeballs if Yahoo can monetarize them. Now Yahoo is bidding for Hulu, the streaming video service. After years of ineffective responses while Google, Facebook, and others took large chunks of the online advertising market, Yahoo is fighting back. Can Yahoo reignite the momentum it had at the turn of the century? What do you think?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 14:44 UTC
"Sources have described iOS 7 as 'black, white, and flat all over'. This refers to the dropping of heavy textures and the addition of several new black and white user interface elements." I couldn't be happier.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 23:22 UTC
"Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the way various X client libraries handle the responses they receive from servers, and has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:04 UTC
"Google is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said." Sucks to be Google today, apparently.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:01 UTC
"In the midst of the major press blitz surrounding its annual I/O Conference, Google dropped some unfortunate news about its instant messaging plans. In several places around the web, the company is replacing the existing 'Talk' platform with a new one called 'Hangouts' that sharply diminishes support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP (or sometimes informally Jabber), and also removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications. These changes represent a switch from open protocols to proprietary ones, and a clear step backward for many users." That's why I always say: only suckers trust companies.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 17:52 UTC
"The wave of departures is a sign of internal struggle, but amidst all the bad news, there is a glimmer of hope. According to an anonymous HTC executive cited by WSJ, the crucial HTC One is selling 'pretty good so far'. The executive revealed that HTC sold about five million One units since launch, a performance that is deemed encouraging. However, sales have been limited by the persisting supply issues that still plague the production of the HTC One." Finally some good news for HTC. Five million units amidst supply constraints is very impressive.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 22:23 UTC
"Sony gave the PS4 50% more raw shader performance, plain and simple (768 SPs @ 800MHz vs. 1152 SPs & 800MHz). Unlike last generation, you don't need to be some sort of Jedi to extract the PS4's potential here. The Xbox One and PS4 architectures are quite similar, Sony just has more hardware under the hood. Weâll have to wait and see how this hardware delta gets exposed in games over time, but the gap is definitely there. The funny thing about game consoles is that itâs usually the lowest common denominator that determines the bulk of the experience across all platforms. On the plus side, the Xbox One should enjoy better power/thermal characteristics compared to the PlayStation 4. Even compared to the Xbox 360 we should see improvement in many use cases thanks to modern power management techniques." AnandTech does its usual in-depth thing.More News »
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The 'news' here is nothing new, or revealing. The level of contribution by others than Thom means a limited amount of insight, lack of journalistic review prior to publishing and certainly a theme in his writing makes the site very lopsided. I'm curious, why does OSNews matter past about year 2002 anyway?