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dragon:ONE
11/13/09

In reply to This Week's Best iPhone Apps
Hey, John, ever consider a "This Week's Best Android Apps"? Us Android users need some love, too.

Also, can one of the Gizmodo Powers That Be(tm) remove these spam posts in red from "pengzi1990"? #theweekiniphoneapps
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weatherman
11/13/09

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Even if it is slightly different, and even if the developer thought of it on their own, I'd still like to take credit for having inspired ARGH when I wrote "I want to see an augmented reality application based on 'They Live.'" back in July. Now all the developer needs to do is add the option to blow them alien/ghost's heads off - I'd pay $2 for that. #theweekiniphoneapps
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Gann
11/13/09

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Wow. Timed with the release of their new open-source programming language, this looks like a pretty massive, possibly game-changing move by Google. #chromeos
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quantumbits
11/13/09

@Gann: Holy #*&#! If their build and run time estimates are true, then it is indeed a game changer. The summary I read left me with the impression that its what I was hoping Java would be a decade ago (cognizant that Go isn't an interpretive language). I guess I'm not totally surprised: the Google folks are big on Javascript (and Python internally), so it makes sense to create something that borrows heavily from both. #chromeos
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Gann
11/13/09

@quantumbits: Yes, they would be fools not to learn from the languages they built themselves on. And the Googles do not seem like fools.

It will be interesting to see if/how long it stays open-source. #chromeos
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bagellord
11/13/09

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Can't wait for this. I wonder if it will run on my MBP or at least boot into a virtual machine. #chromeos
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jmcm
11/13/09

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is the chrome os still going to be a cloud operating system? #chromeos
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tande04
11/13/09

@jmcm: yep #chromeos
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jmcm
11/13/09

@tande04: That's pretty cool. I'm guessing there will be support for programs that already can run on any linux client? But for the most part, if i boot my computer with chrome OS it'll just be a really integrated web browser with google docs (which i think is kinda neat, especially since i don't play video games on my laptop and i mainly use it to surf the web. If i could get around the slow boot time from windows, and have a real speedy os to surf on... :) )? #chromeos
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LazyPanda
11/13/09

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If it's true... Google has been running this a little secretively. Not to Apple levels, sure, but they seem to be leaving a little of their radical openness behind. #chromeos
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tande04
11/13/09

@LazyPanda: How so? Its pretty much the normal super long beta. #chromeos
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tande04
11/12/09

In reply to 10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality
Interesting.

There is a great one for android that I just got as part of the Android Developer's Challenge. It was called DroidSpray (can't seem to find it in the normal store). Basically you would have a layer that you would then spray paint on and create pictures on the wall without actually spary painting the wall.

It was community based so you'd get everyone elses too.

Neat stuff but like most of android's ADC community apps there just isn't enough there yet to really get anything out of it. #augmentedrealityiphoneapps
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anexanhume
11/12/09

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Holy Shit, Japanese for Xbox 360? #xbox360update
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macpatrik
11/12/09

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Thank God.

If I had a penny for every time I've been playing COD and thought "Damn it! If I could only update my status, or send out a tweet"... #xbox360update
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SQLGuru
11/12/09

@macpatrik: Apparently your phone wasn't handy, either.

New tactic -- unfriend your opponent and right before the kill, friend them back.

[pop-up] You have one new friend request. Would you like to see it now?
GAAAAA, kill shot. #xbox360update
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jayhawk11 has assimilated
11/12/09

@SQLGuru: [xkcd.com] #xbox360update
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anexanhume
11/11/09

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Been running the developer build. Almost no issues to speak of, and no crashes. Very pleased. #google
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Nathan Obbards
11/11/09

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If it's as good in OS X as it is in Windows, I'd download it posthaste. I've all but stopped using Firefox since I downloaded Chrome. Much much faster, smaller memory footprint, and much more stable. Though I do miss AdBlockPlus, XMarks, citation resource plug-ins and small things like that. Overall, Chrome handles things better than FF.

When I get my hackintosh up and running, you can bet I'll be installing this. #google
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/11/09

In reply to Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: Inside Another Search Engine
Did you say Bing? #wolframalphabing
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
11/11/09

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Know what I want from Microsoft? An original idea. It seems like the more time goes on, the more companies like Apple and Google come out with neat products like iPods and Microsoft just kinda says
"Wow, that's neat. Let's steal the idea, we'll call it zune".
"Google's making money? Hey we should start a search engine"
"OS 2, huh? Looks neat, we'll call it Windows" #wolframalphabing
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Nathan Obbards
11/11/09

@ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Brush up on your history a little. MS was in the search engine game before Google ever existed. (sources: [searchenginewatch.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [en.wikipedia.org] ). In fact, there were at least 16 other search engines that predated Google ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). So, one could argue that Google stole the idea from MS, amongst others following your logic.

The first MP3 player was made by Eiger Labs and was called the MPMan (source: [reviews.cnet.com] [en.wikipedia.org] [boingboing.net] ). In fact, the market had several different MP3 players before iPod came along. Apple rarely innovates technology, they tend to wait and synthesize the best facets of different products together into one user friendly and attractive device and it is something they do very well.

OS2 was co-developed by Microsoft and IBM ([en.wikipedia.org] ) and was built around MS-DOS, the DOS ( [en.wikipedia.org] ) system created by Gates and Microsoft. Granted, MS-DOS is preceded by Apple DOS by a year ( [en.wikipedia.org] ). The independent Windows OS was antecedent to Apple's OS, but the IBM/MS one preceded it.

I could go on and on, but don't feel like it. The thing is, tech companies constantly "steal" from one another because they see what customers like or what are good ideas and attempt to utilize them. Call it stealing or failure to innovate if you want, but you'd be flat out wrong. Go troll somewhere else about MS. Do a little research before opening your mouth about something that you don't know about. #wolframalphabing
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Kaiser-Machead
11/11/09

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That still doesn't change the fact that apps applied to Apple must first be checked by Apple technicians, upon which the checklist must be signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.
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tucker
11/11/09

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I use Bing. Oh wait. No I don't. #wolframalphabing
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Nathan Obbards
11/11/09

@fucker: Who's got two thumbs and doesn't care? This guy. #wolframalphabing
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The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
11/11/09

@Nathan Obbards: I get it... you purposely misspelled his name.... hahaha #wolframalphabing
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Nathan Obbards
11/11/09

@The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables: Who, me? I would never do something subtle and easy like that. #wolframalphabing
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The guy who loves those Big-Ass-Tables
11/11/09

@Nathan Obbards: Well Played Sir... #wolframalphabing
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