We had some doubts about the authenticity of the clown who bought the $999 I’m Rich iPhone app, but Armin Heinrich—the German author of the application—has confirmed that not only one moron, but eight dumbasses actually bought the application. According to him, there are more waiting to get it: I am sure a lot more people would like to buy it—but currently can’t do so. I have no idea why they [Apple] did it [retire the application] and am not aware of any violation of the rules to sell software on the App Store. The App is a work of Art and included a "secret mantra"—that’s all. The fact is that he’s right. If there are people wanting to buy a piece of useless software for $999, why not let them do it? After all, people buy even more expensive crap that is completely useless, from paintings to collectibles to other commercial software. The market decides if a product is worth its price tag or not. And at least eight people got this, even if on...
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PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year [The Slow Lane]From: archive.dailypicture.net
Post Date: 2007-11-30 18:47:00
The PS3’s still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It’s launching next year in Japan only. And the launch content seems pretty anemic unless you’re into cars and racing: "motor-racing vids" and a BBC car documentary. Sony’s hoping it’ll get people’s motors running for Gran Turismo 5. Uh, vroom vroom? [Variety via Game|Life]
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more Upside-Down XBox 360, Sofas Kill Fat Children [Gaming]From: archive.dailypicture.net
Post Date: 2007-11-30 18:47:00
According to the Health Care System Foundation, a lack of diet and exercise combined with a sedentary lifestyle (that includes playing an upside-down Xbox 360) leads to childhood obesity and an untimely death. Yeah, the kid is definitely fat --but if I were his parents I would be more worried about the fact that he is playing games with a controller that isn’t plugged in. Could it be that an abundance of fat and Xbox 360 playing leads to insanity? [Kotaku]
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more The FCC Cuts Comcast Off at the Knees [No More Flintstones Vitamins]From: archive.dailypicture.net
Post Date: 2007-11-30 18:47:00
Comcast is pissed. Per the FCC’s latest vote, it can’t provide cable to more than 30 percent of the country. It has a 27 percent market share right now with 26.2 million subscribers. With the FCC’s 30 percent market cap, it can add fewer than 3 million new subscribers before it hits the wall, pretty much ruling out acquisitions of other cable companies or any major growth.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal to limit the growth of cable providers had been floating aroun...
more Xbox 360 Fall Update Full Details (DivX! XviD!) [Divx On Xbox 360]From: archive.dailypicture.net
Post Date: 2007-11-30 18:47:00
Update: Apparently there’s actually something good in this update! Too bad they didn’t actually include it in the press release, but the Xbox 360 will support DivX and XviD! Hurray! Here’s what we got from the Xbox team:
**15. What types of AVI files are supported?
The Xbox 360 supports files encoded using MPEG-4 Part 2, Simple and Advanced Simple Profile. These files are often referred to as Xvid or DivX® video files. Many common PC DVD authoring tools, cameras, and c...
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