* Posts by GumboKing

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Battery builders beg for $1bn

GumboKing
Pirate

Dr. Evil must be pissed!

You used to need Sharks with frikkin' lasers, a secret lair and a threat to destroy the world to demand 'One Billion Dollars'.

Russian push into Georgia could knock Nasa off ISS

GumboKing
Jobs Halo

Dateline 2011

Apple to provide new funding to Russia for upkeep of International Space Station

With the strained relations between the USA and Russia continuing to keep NASA astronauts from returning to the space station, Russia has found a new partner in Apple. The specific details of the funding agreement have not been released, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs was quoted as saying, "This is a fantastic opportunity for our company, with the rebranding of the iSS, it provides a one of a kind marketing coup." What is next for the Cupertino problem solver, one word... iRaq,

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Since there is already a U.S. vs. Them flamewar, I figure I might as well get an Apple fanboi/hater one going too.

Hacker murders Facebook word game

GumboKing
Paris Hilton

Your poor Scrabble example

<pedant>

In your scrabble image the OG and KY are not valid words, at least according to the TWL scrabble dictionary.

</pedant>

Now that Scrabulous has been removed and Scrabble Beta is not working, I have much more time to post ridiculous comments like this.

PH because she says OMG when she sees the KY.

iPhone 3G not compatible with existing accessories

GumboKing

Re: They have form...

I was also annoyed that they had changed the the video on the touch so it wouldn't work with older docks. Thankfully, I had not purchased the dock for my Yamaha Receiver before I found out.

Yamaha has since released a new version of their dock (the YDS-11) which will display saved videos and YouTube ones, charge the touch and allow for some remote control functions through the receiver.

Jobs bars 3G Jesus Phone sales at Canuck Apple Stores

GumboKing
Thumb Down

Oh Canada!

And now the latest kick in the crotch by Canadian Cell phone companies... Telus and Bell are starting to charge for INCOMING text messages. I'm sure they will sell you a plan that includes them a certain number for a nominal fee.

So far Rogers and MTS (the other provider in Manitoba, likely soon to go national) "_currently_ have no plans to charge for incoming text messages".

Oh, and if you want caller id on your shiny new Roger's JebusPhone, it'll be an extra charge of $15 or $20 for the so called "Value Pack".

Just wait until they start to try and recoup the billions they are spending on the auction for more frequencies. That is going to be a laugh riot.

NHS orders mass keyboard clean-up

GumboKing
Coat

Telephone Sanitizers

I guess all the keyboard cleaners ended up on the same spaceship as the telephone sanitizers. Money for new keyboards is a small price to pay to save civilization from ruin!

Brits get iTunes movie downloads, rentals

GumboKing
Jobs Horns

Also in Canada

I just got an email from iTunes saying that Movies are also now available in Canada. For those of you in the UK thinking you were getting the shaft pricewise, you are not alone.

Prices in Canada are $C4.99 for rental and $C19.99 for purchase. Considering the Loonie (Canuck Buck) is pretty much on par with the US Greenback, I'm not sure why it is $4 more for purchase. I'm not sure if the 5% GST is included in the price or not, but I would guess that it is not.

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