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bmasci··on Wells Fargo says hundreds of customers lost homes after computer glitch
Wells Fargo most likely would only make money on the origination and other fees associated with the refi. The vast majority of mortgages are sold to the Fannie/freddies and Wells Fargo doesn't make a dime off the interest. So it would definitely benefit them to do the refi.
bmasci··on Ubuntu 13.10 to ship with Mir instead of X
Does Mir's existence have anything to do with Wayland's slow development? I read (source unavailable, sorry) that Canonical grew frustrated with Wayland's crawl and decided to make their own.

Again, not sure if this is the case.

bmasci··on Linux computer shop closing
Is this a secure boot / Microsoft key issue?
bmasci··on Your First iOS App
Could be cool; I don't know programming but I would love to be able to make some finance apps that no one has seemed to produce thus far.
bmasci··on Why do you need a Smartphone?
How else will I play LetterPress with my brother?
bmasci··on Nexus 4 oversold, Google places many on back order
I call BS.

How long do we give Google the benefit of the doubt? How long do we let them off the hook? This isn't their first phone or device launch.

They know how to sell product by now.

bmasci··on CyanogenMod.com hijacked. Transition to CyanogenMod.org
This. My first thought was that CM was no longer available. I did not think anything of the domain.
bmasci··on Google Nexus 4 goes on sale in US/Canada
Same. I have a pending Google Wallet charge on my CC. Hopefully it went through.

I've heard of Australian/European buyers who had this issue and received shipping information a few hours later. Hopefully we're in this same boat.

bmasci··on Review: Google Nexus 4 Android Smartphone by LG
I think this device is solid.

I'll probably end up waiting until some consumer reviews are out, but I can't see why this isn't a perfect albeit perhaps niche device for me.

I don't want a contract phone, I could care less about LTE and pure Android seems like a solid OS. I'll probably give this guy a go on either Straight Talk or Solavei. Worst case scenario is that I end up not liking it and using an upgrade on an iPhone.

bmasci··on Linus Torvalds switches back to KDE
Cinnamon is great. I'm actually using a gnome classic DE right now, but i suspect that I'll switch to cinnamon when it becomes more polished.
bmasci··on Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
Let's be honest, Apple didn't shut down their home page. There's a very visible "X" in the corner that can disable this immediately.

It's certainly a touching tribute, but let's not act like Apple is sacrificing significant revenue (which is looks like some people are assuming).

The letter from Cook brings the spotlight back onto Apple's products.

/endrant

The video was really good though :)

bmasci··on Remove your alarm safety net and fix your sleep
I've found that moving my alarm clock from the nightstand to my dresser has made all the difference.
bmasci··on AT&T Screwed Up the iPhone 5 Launch for me
Did he post his own blog?
bmasci··on Is usability breaking Linux adoption?
I believe he is referencing the ease of use for chromeOS rather than its connection to linux.