Thursday Morning News - Jerk Edition

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<li>Apple rained on Palm's parade, by <a href="http://www.precentral.net/apple-blocks-palm-pre-itunes-syncing">blocking the Pre from syncing in v8.2.1 of iTunes</a>. Suck it jerks.</li>
<li>Microsoft, suffering small cock syndrome, are <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3358">opening their own retail stores</a>, right next to Apple retail stores. Good luck with that one jerks.</li>
<li>Going to the USA with your iPhone any time soon? <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/15/international-iphone-users-bringing-your-iphone-to-the-states/">Enjoy being throughly reamed by AT&amp;T and T-Mobile's pathetic pre-paid plans that don't even include any data.</a> They're such jerks.</li>
<li>Apple &amp; Foxconn are making <a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/15/china.iphone.details/">iPhones without wi-fi</a> for China, because the Chinese government are a conglomerate of jerks.</li>
<li><a href="http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009/07/13/look-for-pa-semis-chip-designs-in-upcoming-apple-tablet/">Venturebeat has gone hog wild</a>, stating PA Semi are making chips for the unicorn/leprechaun-esque Apple tablet. Most people who want an Apple tablet are probably jerks anyways, so I don't care until I see an Apple tablet down at Chaddy.</li>
<li><a href="http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/10/exclusive-introducing-eas-micro-studio-8lb-gorilla-and-zombies-me/">EA plan to open a game studio</a> focussed purely on making $1.19 games up on the App Store. I'm sure these jerks will do well.</li>
<li><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5314333/htcs-chief-innovator-the-iphone-is-slippery-like-a-watermelon-seed">HTC's Chief Innovation Officer Horace Luke reckons</a> "the iPhone is slippery like a watermelon seed". It may be a watermelon seed, but its UI is not a steaming pile of shit like a HTC phone, you jerk.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/15/apple-considering-matte-option-on-more-macs/">Apple is considering making matte screens an option on more Macs.</a> Apparently, if you like glossy screens, you're an uncultured jerk.</li>
<li>YouTube is <a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/14/1813200/YouTube-Phasing-Out-Support-For-IE6">phasing out support for IE6</a> because IE6 is for jerks.</li>
<li><a href="http://thurlyapp.com/">Thurly</a> is a Safari add-on for Twitter. Like Safari140, but not made by a jerk <em>(ooooh I went there girlfriend)</em></li>
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