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Jolicloud has adopted an HTML5 user interface for version 1.0 of its netbook-friendly operating system.
The OS – which previously featured an Ubuntu-influenced UI – now boasts a smoother, cleaner and more uniform feel compared to its early predecessor.
“While Jolicloud is based on Linux and can run native apps, the OS is designed to blur the distinction between [local] and web apps,” explained Brad Linder of Lilliputing.
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals has not only upheld a ruling in favor of TV networks, but it also lashed out against the FCC in its 32-page ruling.
At issue was the FCC’s “fleeting expletive” policy. During the 2003 Golden Globe Awards telecast, U2 lead singer unintentionally slipped the f-word during an acceptance speech. It was broadcasted live to millions of homes.
Although the FCC did not fine NBC for the incident, it did subsequently go back to other unscripted TV shows and fined broadcasters for similar fleeting profanity that made its way to the airwaves.
However, the networks came together and sought to put an end to these shenanigans, claiming that FCC policies were confusing, vague, and ultimately unconstitutional.
It seems that the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church aren’t very happy about the San Diego Comic-Con. According to them, it’s a gathering of lost souls who are obsessively worshipping false idols like Batman:
Are you kidding?! If these people would spend even some of the energy that they spend on these comic books, reading the Bible, well no high hopes here. They have turned comic book characters into idols, and worship them they do! Isaiah 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: 9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
The World Cup breakout stars in 2010 include Puyol, Donovan, Mueller, and The Psychic Octopus. But there’s no bigger phenomenon in South Africa this summer than that obnoxious plastic horn, the vuvuzela.
No matter who you’re rooting for in this weekend’s final match (Spain vs. The Netherlands, in case you forgot), a vuvuzela is a must-have accessory for any viewing party.
Amazon hasn’t delivered the real thing yet? No problem–plenty of virtual Vuvuzela apps are out there.
For this round-up, I checked out only free vuvuzela apps. Also, I checked out only apps for Android and the iPhone, but I know there are a few for BlackBerry and webOS phones as well.
Pandora was once almost put out of business due to high royalty fees, but now is not only showing a substantial amount of revenue, but profits as well.
During a recent taping of the Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took Pandora founder Tim Westergren to task for the name of his Internet radio service.
“Why Pandora?” Colbert asked, reminding him that Pandora’s box from Greek mythology released evil into the world. “Is that what the Internet is? You click o