Earlier in the year, Apple threw a hissy fit over the Palm Pre and its multi-touch abilities. Now Apple is going public again without naming any names. It states that third-party DMPs may sync with iTunes but that it’s totally unsupported and they could lose that feature in the future. This means that Apple will soon release an iTunes update that blocks out the Palm Pre entirely. Hell hath no fury like that of Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is a lot like a teenage girl. He is all about the outfits, obsesses about his foes and is dealing with hormone issues. Wait, what? That’s right. The Wall Street Journal posted this excerpt of a statement from Steve Jobs:
…my doctors think they have found the cause — a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. … The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment.
Losing protein doesn’t sound very healthy, but really Steve? Hormones? Perhaps I should get you a stick of Proactiv for your acne and a book on wet dreams or “nocturnal emissions.” It seems that all the Apple rumors about Steve Jobs dying, etc. can be laid to rest…for now.
UPDATE: Steve Jobs’ letter from Apple.
I haven’t had working Internet at my home since Sunday morning. Know why? Because Time Warner Cable is pure shit. Their service is horrible but that’s not what I’m even bitching about today. Today, I’m declaring that Time Warner Cable is worse than Comcast or any other company in existence. Why? They outsource their customer service and after 4 calls and hung-up transfers, I finally got a service technician booked.
Why do you put me through such headaches, TWC? No amount of credits in the world can help you now. After you waste money sending a technician out here to fix everything, I’m going to cancel my service right after he leaves and demand you come and pick up your shitty equipment. Unless you give me a fucking year of free service or a blowjob, you’re not getting out of this one.
YOU HEAR ME TIME WARNER CABLE? I AM COMING AFTER YOU FUCKERS!
Over and out.
We’re bug crazy. We might be called Gearfuse today, but tomorrow we’ll be called Bugfuse.
What happens when a radioactive mutant goes berserk on a stairwell in an abandoned and destroyed hotel? Nothing, really. I stumbled upon this guy while feverishly searching for a fusion battery. I took some potshots at him and went for a pick pocket, neither one achieving any success. When I loaded out and came back, the mutie was gone.
Not quite as impending as the exploits found in the game, but defintely a surefire way to rid the player of any immersion he/she once had. Again, nice job by the QA team at Bethesda Softworks.
Resistance 2 is quite the game. I picked up my copy yesterday and while I very much enjoy it, it currently possess a critical flaw that detracts from enjoying the game with a friend. If you log in to the game with two controllers and you try to play split-screen co-op or deathmatch online, it automatically disconnects you (and rather quickly I might add) from the game. This is a huge issue primarily because I bought the game to play with my roommates in split-screen mode. Now we’re stuck handing the controller over each round and it gets boring watching other people play the Chicago level over and over again without being able to hop into the action.
In other words, Sony and Insomniac Games need to fix this, stat.
I noticed that this is starting to become a trend. Release a PS3 or Xbox 360 game full of bugs, wait 1.5 months and patch accordingly. Not cool. I’d rather wait another month for a title to be released if it means less bugs and reliable online play. Wouldn’t you?
The talk about Google and T-Mobile’s upcoming G1 phone isn’t dying down anytime soon. However, in a very stupid move, T-Mobile had capped the phone so that after using more than 1GB of data over 3G, your phone would switch to GPRS-based ‘net and email access – significantly slower than HSDPA 3G speeds. Some speculate that the ‘Mo did this because it’s only starting to develop and expand it’s fragile 3G network. That’s changed though:
Our goal, when the T-Mobile G1 becomes available in October, is to provide affordable, high-speed data service allowing customers to experience the full data capabilities of the device and our 3G network. At the same time, we have a responsibility to provide the best network experience for all of our customers so we reserve the right to temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of our customers who have excessive or disproportionate usage that interferes with our network performance or our ability to provide quality service to all of our customers.
We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G network. The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with current customers and potential new customers.
This is good….for now. We’ll see what happens come late October.
Heating issues can take a huge toll on your computer’s hardware. I mean, take a look at this Xbox 360. That thing is FUBAR. The team at Antec are aware of the many heating issues people have with their computers, so they’ve built the world’s first open air PC case.
The Antec Skeleton packs a 92mm fan in the front and a three speed 250mm fan (with multicolor LED customization) on top which ensures that there is no way in hell you’re overheating your computer. If anything, your computer will freeze while sitting in this thing. It’s almost like the Antec Nine Hundred, except it doesn’t keep produce fresh.
