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The N editions had Media Player removed. [source].

Look it up before you write bullshit again

Oh, like a Raspberry Pi? I see now.

It's a mature technology, and once the newness wore off, it's not a very sexy one. Most research reactors (including the ones at both the Universities I attended) are basically just big tubs of water. And further, they can't really "do" anything.

Who needs a hobby that'll bring the cops, battering down your door?

But if you must build one, check out page 31

Apple Puck Mouse

Oooh-ahh. DIGITAL "Hockey puck" mouse / Memory Mouse / Cyber Sport Orbita

'Other companies came up with the guts for a machine and then the engineers would find a way to stuff them into a box,' says Zufi. 'Steve Jobs started with the box and said, "You need to find a way to get the guts in."'

No, these other companies weren't coming up with "the" guts, not back in the eighties and nineties.

Back then the "ap" was called an "expansion card" by serious users. If you had 10 megabits and you wanted 100 megabits, you could do that. If you wanted to stagger upgrading your system board and your video card, you could do that, too, with a bit of planning. Not "the" guts. Any guts.

We also had the notion of consumables which could be replaced, like CMOS batteries which didn't last forever, unlike the batteries Apple now uses after their break-through innovation in pentalobular lithium alkaloids.

Jobs was designing for a highly integrated potting-compound future long before the economics of this made any sense in the mass consumer marketplace. Design takes over once functionality plateaus, i.e. once Moore's projection passes into menopause. Just because you can stuff the circuitry into a designer's wet dream doesn't mean you should.

The six worst Apple products of all time
Apple Puck Mouse

The truth of the Apple story is that the company was fortunate to survive their reality distortion field until Job's vision of the ubiquitous appliance was right for the times.

If we want to move forward and see Apple healthy and prospering again, we have to let go of a few things here. We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose. We have to embrace a notion that for Apple to win, Apple has to do a really good job. And if others are going to help us that's great, because we need all the help we can get, and if we screw up and we don't do a good job, it's not somebody else's fault, it's our fault. So I think that is a very important perspective. If we want Microsoft Office on the Mac, we better treat the company that puts it out with a little bit of gratitude; we like their software.

Who promulgated that caustic narrative in the first place?

LG isn't doing so bad.

Not to mention MicroUSB has a big hole in the center asking for stuff to get stuck in it, and needs to be inserted a specific direction, both flaws you cannot associate with lightning

Well then what's this if not a "big hole in the center asking for stuff to get stuck in it"?

Soon they will replace Christianity as the #1 religion.

Well, it is scientifically proven that they evoke the same feelings among their followers.

netflixUK != netflixUS

others were able to determine what was happening before it happened.. this was published a week before the premiere.

"This has led to high rates of piracy for hit US series like Game of Thrones, True Blood, and The Walking Dead. "Netflix has been instrumental in making Breaking Bad the success that it is," says Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, echoing previous comments on the platform. "I am delighted that fans [in the UK] will be able to enjoy the end of Breaking Bad on Netflix so soon after it airs in the US."

is theverge too US centric?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/12/breaking_bad_tard_challenge/
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/new-breaking-bad-on-netflix-uk-before-lunchtime-today-50011961/
https://www.facebook.com/NetflixUK

misinformation is not the same as misinformed (or just unaware)

let's turn the tables.
I like the Sherlock reboot. If I go to BBC One and look for the schedule and find that it doesn't match the US schedule.. is this misinformation? No, because I'm smart enough to know that BBC1 doesn't give a shite about what Americans want to watch (and they shouldn't have to). For the US sched, I check my LOCAL PBS station.

Looks like your experience is wrong then. On Linux (and to an extent on Mac OS X too), installing software is just clicking on the software you want in the software center, software is well packaged and doesn't come with crapware, and there is no need for anti-virii (at least it's not recommended to install one). Updates that require a restart aren't frequent either.

I agree that Linux software repositories got most of this right a while back. Now that Apple has a Mac App Store, it's becoming easier for Mac users, too. Windows is primarily the one that's lagging behind.

Samsung makes laptops as well as tablets and smartphones. If a laptop with Android is what people wanted, they would sell it.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-planning-android-laptops-expert-says-50011199/

http://bgr.com/2013/05/10/samsung-androidbook-release-date-rumor/

http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-reportedly-launch-android-notebook-coming-months-154507413.html

Larry Page: Every story I read about Google, it's us versus some other company or some stupid thing.

He means like in these stories?

http://www.wpcentral.com/google-microsoft-remove-youtube-windows-phone-store

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-admits-it-was-blocking-wp8-maps-2013-1

Stupid thing indeed, to send lawyers to make things worse for Windows Phone users who are mere pawns in Google's strategic games.

For example, the imaging tech in Nokia's flagship Windows Phone is far better than Android phones, look at the below videos for proof.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s4-video-is-shakier-than-rivals-in-test-50011238/

How about advancing the state of the art for smartphone camera imaging tech through its loss making Motorola Unit instead of trying to compete by making Windows Phone worse by sending C&D take down letters?

Why doesn't Google use it's loss making Motorola to advance the state of smartphone camera tech like Nokia is doing instead of trying to prevent people from getting Windows Phone by sending C&Ds and takedowns?

DRM free? Yes.
Watermarked? Also yes.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090113/0707133391.shtml
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/itunes-plus-everything-you-need-to-know-49300555/

Windows 8 isn't that bad.
Just add the start button back.
http://stardock.com/products/start8/ is my fav but does cost $5, http://www.classicshell.net/ is free.
5 more dollars to put all those "apps" back in a window with an icon on the taskbar http://stardock.com/products/modernmix/
And here is a great article for switching default apps back, getting rid of the swipe screen, etc.http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/
Tell people you are a Consultant and you can charge them to do this stuff for them.
And just when you think you've charged everyone money for fixing what Microsoft broke, Microsoft will do you a solid and sell them all something else they hate and will pay you to "make work like it used to."
Oh and if you think Microsoft is desperate and just burning money to be like Apple, you're right. They are offering a $100 an app for up to 15 apps for college students to write pretty much anything and fill their apps store with crap for Win8. Google for one of their App Camps and make yourself some quick cash.

... I don't give a damn. Instead of selling Windows 7 and 8 at reasonable prices, you're turning Windows 8 into 200$, after some time in the 30-40$ (source. You'll die, slowly, because of being greedy and short-sighted. In my opinion.

Why would you say that ? It can run on an Android Linux kernel or even the less obvious choice of running it on the Raspberry Pi:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Boot_to_Gecko/B2G_build_prerequisites

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Firefox-OS-Mozilla-Raspberry-Pi,16883.html

You did not read Slashdot yesterday ?:

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/07/06/1551237/telefonica-shows-prototype-firefox-os-phone

The plan is to release a phone early next year:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/firefox-os-will-be-on-zte-phones-early-next-year-50009258/

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/ios-6-features-that-wont-work-on-your-older-iphone-or-ipad-50008227/

It seems like many people are having issues with iOS 6 upgrade on their old iPhones (not the new 5). Is there a list of known iPhone 4S' iOS 6 issues of them so far?

Thank you in advance. :)

because I have seen exactly *ZERO* reviews out there.

blind or stupid? it might help to look...pwned!

You want a photo to NOT be shared around the internet, so obviously the logical thing to do is to upload it to Facebook?

No, the logical thing to do is to not share it, rather than trusting it to a poor cousin of DRM when pretty much all DRM schemes have been cracked within days.

This one? Took someone a few minutes: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3113117&cid=41320371

Security companies are becoming pathetic cash grabbing monsters. The contracting PC industry is hurting them because they can't peddle more and more antivirus licenses. Microsoft security essentials, windows firewall, and tools like Malwarebytes are hurting them because they are free and work better than their bloated expensive 'security' programs.

So now they're using weird FUD to try and break new markets, releasing 'antivirus' apps for mobile operating systems that do absolutely nothing: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/android-security-apps-are-mostly-useless-says-report-50007252/

And now this bullshit...

I used to manage a computer store. Acer had the fastest turnaround of all the brands we sell. Maybe it is a US thing.
And yes Acers are cheap like borsch. (unless you go for the Ferrari model) That is my point.

"Ultra-books" are not sleek looking, nor thin (in most cases).

Yes they are and yes they are (though I don't have a particular fetish for thinness, myself, just weight).

This is a very nice machine, for instance. It's about the same price and weight as the closes Air, but the specs are higher. The build quality is excellent too. Basically you get a better machine for the same money. Runs linux beautifully too. It has amazingly good sound as well.

In basically every category it beats or matches the Air.

Ot there's this machine too. It's a little less slick looking, and feels a little flimsier, but comes with full-sized ports, so you don't have to mess around with very non-slick dongles.

That one doesn't beat the Air in every category, but certainly a comparable machine.

The ISS seems to be in a area of lax copyright law.

As they can easily get TV shows, first run moves (still in movie theaters)

"If the crew wants specific movies, music or TV shows, we can uplink them to the server and they can then access them from any computer."

"Crew members aboard the ISS can request specific films and TV shows to be uploaded to a central file server, which they can then watch on any of the Station's laptops."

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/interview-the-space-stations-it-guys-49304003/

And I don't think they run windows and I don't think Hollywood likes a very open media server with out a direct internet link.

Over 1 million Android phones are bought every day. RIM's problems are of RIM's making.

The reason no-one has yet bothered to port decent office apps to Android is the lack of a keyboard and decent display. If these things catch on (and, provided it was enough cheaper than an Asus Transformer, I'd certainly buy one), then the apps will come.

The first computer I worked on, an ICL 1902, had 8K 32-bit words of core storage, which is to say the equivalent of 32Kb of RAM. It ran at about quarter of a million instructions per second. It supported 18 simultaneous users on teletypes (proper teletypes, with paper rolls, not these new fangled 'glass teletype' things). Later on in life, I was responsible for one single Intel 80486

box (66 million instructions per second, and if I recall correctly about 64Mb of RAM) running UNIX System V.4, which supported a typing pool of thirty typists all doing word-processing on dumb terminals, and five accountants mostly using spreadsheets also on dumb terminals.

My HTC One X runs at 6 Billion instructions per second. OK, they're RISC instructions so you can maybe half that to get a comparable number, but even so... It has 2Gb of RAM. It is five orders of magnitude faster than that ICL 1902, two orders of magnitude faster the 486. The idea that the phone in your pocket isn't a sufficiently powerful computer to support one user doing ordinary office tasks is simply silly. What's been lacking up to now is a convenient user interface for office tasks. Devices like this solve that problem.

Build it, and they will come.

It is, & has been, TRULY the "Superior-Warrior" in the way of webbrowser programs + on MANY levels!

FOR SPEED OPERA ROCKS! (Especially over time):

B.) For SPEED & Opera leads again there, & CONSISTENTLY + for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place, albeit, only TEMPORARILY!

(Until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

2.) SunSpider tests done here -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 WHERE OPERA REGAINS ITS JAVASCRIPT PROCESSING SPEED LEAD OVER FF YET AGAIN!

OLDER DATA (on performance alone):

3.) And this one too last year also -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

4.) AND IT HAS BEEN "BLOWING AWAY" FIREFOX IN HTML PARSING/PROCESSING SPEEDS AS WELL, & FOR YEARS NOW, per this test years ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win

5.) Same here -> http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

6.) Yet again/once more? Same story -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/08/1750241/Opera-Dominates-CNET-Survey-of-Underdog-Web-Browsers

(Opera "rocked the planet" in those cases... bigtime (& ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST USED PLATFORM THERE IS, BAR-NONE, FOR PC-COMPUTING: Windows!))

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ALSO, FOR SECURITY? YES - OPERA ROCKS (as far as unpatched security vulnerabilities):

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Vulnerability Report: Opera 11.x (05/26/2012):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/33328/

Unpatched 10% (1 of 10 Secunia advisories)

* Mind you, that over time? From all versions UP TO this current one just released today?? THIS IS USUALLY ZERO% & ZERO UNPATCHED! The single 1 remaining is the "history bug" ALL other browsers had also, & the simple fix? DON'T KEEP BROWSING HISTORIES!

(What ticked me off, is that Opera 12's out there, but Secunia doesn't have stats for it yet...)

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Vulnerability Report: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x (05/26/2012):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/34591/

Unpatched 13% (1 of 8 Secunia advisories)

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Vulnerability Report: Mozilla Firefox 12.x (05/26/2012):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/40737/

Unpatched 0% (0 of 0 Secunia advisories)

---

Vulnerability Report: Google Chrome 19.x (05/26/2012):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/40938/

Unpatched 0% (0 of 1 Secunia advisories)

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A.) For SECURITY, OPERA ROCKS & HAS OVER TIME BIG TIME, usually @ ZERO unpatched security vulnerabilities AND zero unpatched sec. vulns counts period!

(& Opera leads there for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in least security vulnerabilities found over time, typically of the "big 3" webbrowsers):

1.) iPhone, IE, Firefox, Safari get stomped at hacker contest -> (No Opera noted as "hosed" though, lol)

You do realize what a "full size SIM card" actually is? It's the size of a credit card. The SIM card you're referring to is already called a mini SIM card.

Technology moves forward and miniaturizes. Older stuff becomes incompatible. It's unfortunate the nano format is already being proposed before the micro-SIM is even commonplace aside from Apple gear, but micro-SIMs were standardized in late 2003, almost 9 years ago. It's hardly Apple's fault that no one else wanted to take charge and move the technology ahead. Like USB on the iMac, they're driving and popularizing an existing standard.

FOR SPEED OPERA ROCKS! (Especially over time):

B.) For SPEED & Opera leads again there, & CONSISTENTLY + for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place, albeit, only TEMPORARILY!

(Until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

2.) SunSpider tests done here -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 WHERE OPERA REGAINS ITS JAVASCRIPT PROCESSING SPEED LEAD OVER FF YET AGAIN!

OLDER DATA (on performance alone):

3.) And this one too last year also -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

4.) AND IT HAS BEEN "BLOWING AWAY" FIREFOX IN HTML PARSING/PROCESSING SPEEDS AS WELL, & FOR YEARS NOW, per this test years ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win

5.) Same here -> http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

6.) Yet again/once more? Same story -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/08/1750241/Opera-Dominates-CNET-Survey-of-Underdog-Web-Browsers

(Opera "rocked the planet" in those cases... bigtime (& ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST USED PLATFORM THERE IS, BAR-NONE, FOR PC-COMPUTING: Windows!))

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ALSO, FOR SECURITY? YES - OPERA ROCKS (as far as unpatched security vulnerabilities):

---

Vulnerability Report: Opera 11.x (12/15/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/33328/

Unpatched 14% (1 of 7 Secunia advisories)

* Mind you, that over time? From all versions UP TO this current one just released today?? THIS IS USUALLY ZERO% & ZERO UNPATCHED!

---

Vulnerability Report: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x (12/15/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/34591/

Unpatched 17% (1 of 6 Secunia advisories)

---

Vulnerability Report: Google Chrome 15.x (12/15/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/38537/

Unpatched 25% (1 of 4 Secunia advisories)

---

Vulnerability Report: Mozilla Firefox 8.x (12/15/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/38734/

Unpatched 100% (1 of 1 Secunia advisories)

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A.) For SECURITY, OPERA ROCKS & HAS OVER TIME BIG TIME, usually @ ZERO unpatched security vulnerabilities AND zero unpatched sec. vulns counts period!

(& Opera leads there for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in least security vulnerabilities found over time, typically of the "big 3" webbrowsers):

1.) iPhone, IE, Firefox, Safari get stomped at hacker contest -> (No Opera noted as "hosed" though, lol) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/25/pwn2own_2010_day_one/

B.) AND, WHAT DOES A "HACKER/CRACKER"-SECURITY RESEARCHER TYPE CURRENTLY SAY, ABOUT OPERA (per Opera's showing in #1 above)?

OK:

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FOR SECURITY OPERA ROCKS (as far as unpatched security vulnerabilities):

---

Vulnerability Report: Opera 11.x (12/06/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/33328/

Unpatched 14% (1 of 7 Secunia advisories)

* Mind you, that over time? From all versions UP TO this current one just released today?? THIS IS USUALLY ZERO% & ZERO UNPATCHED!

---

Vulnerability Report: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x (12/06/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/34591/

Unpatched 20% (1 of 5 Secunia advisories)

---

Vulnerability Report: Google Chrome 15.x (12/06/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/38537/

Unpatched 33% (1 of 3 Secunia advisories)

---

Vulnerability Report: Mozilla Firefox 8.x (12/06/2011):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/38734/

Unpatched 100% (1 of 1 Secunia advisories)

---

A.) For SECURITY, OPERA ROCKS & HAS OVER TIME BIG TIME, usually @ ZERO unpatched security vulnerabilities AND zero unpatched sec. vulns counts period!

(& Opera leads there for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in least security vulnerabilities found over time, typically of the "big 3" webbrowsers):

1.) iPhone, IE, Firefox, Safari get stomped at hacker contest -> (No Opera noted as "hosed" though, lol) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/25/pwn2own_2010_day_one/

AND, WHAT DOES A "HACKER/CRACKER"-SECURITY RESEARCHER TYPE CURRENTLY SAY, ABOUT OPERA (per Opera's showing in #1 above)?

OK:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/25/pwn2own_2010_day_one/

"The problem Microsoft has is they have a big market share, said Vreugdenhil, the hacker who attacked IE. "I use Opera, but that's basically because it has a tiny market share and as far as I know, nobody is really interested in creating a drive-by download for opera. The web at the moment is pretty scary, actually."

(Hence, again showing that even the "hacker/cracker" types use Opera, because it's safer to do so, & from the mindset of those DOING THE HACKING/CRACKING no less!)

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FOR SPEED OPERA ROCKS ALSO (Especially over time):

B.) For SPEED & Opera leads again there, & CONSISTENTLY + for the LONGEST TIME, yes, even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place TEMPORARILY!

(Until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

2.) SunSpider tests done here recently -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 WHERE OPERA REGAINS ITS JAVASCRIPT PROCESSING SPEED LEAD OVER FF YET AGAIN!

OLDER DATA (on performance alone):

3.) And this one too last year also -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

4.) AND IT HAS BEEN "BLOWING AWAY" FIREFOX IN HTML PARSING/PROCESSING SPEEDS AS WELL, & FOR YEARS NOW, per this test years ago -> http://

- Swype automatically adds words to dictionary, only have to tap them in once.

- Swype edit screen with arrow keys etc you can reach with one swipe: http://media.photobucket.com/image/swype%20edit%20screen/syntax_photos/SwypeEdit.png

It takes less than half the screen in portrait mode in 800x480: http://cdn-static.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/mobiles/samsunggalaxys2/swype.jpg

Takes up even less in bigger screen/resolution phones.

You shouldn't be using phones for real work except in an emergency. And in those situations touchscreen with Swype is fine.

Wow, did you just say that the Galaxy S II has sold as well as the iPhone? Care to cite some research to justify that claim?

Cos this is just one of many articles that says you're talking out of your nether regions:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/samsung-galaxy-s-and-s2-reach-humungous-30-million-sales-50005685/

There was something along those lines when Playbook was about to launch. BlackBerry PlayBook delayed as Apple iPad squirrels away all the screens | CNET UK

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense - as long as you ignore the different screen size. Or are you claiming Apple even bought screens it didn't need?

There was something along those lines when Playbook was about to launch. BlackBerry PlayBook delayed as Apple iPad squirrels away all the screens | CNET UK

The iPhone looks nothing like the LG Prada.

http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/mobiles/lgprada2/4.jpg
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/lg_prada_redeveloped_and_marketed_by_nttdocomo_in_japan.php

will they have to repay all the extortion money they conned out of HTC/LG/World + dog? With interest? That would be the final drop of varnish on Ballmers coffin - the nails all went in when he fumbled the Motorla deal and let Google snap it up.

tables suck ass for content creation

Are you kidding? Tables have been used for hundreds, if not thousands of years for content creation, and even ultrathin tablets won't replace them

http://stores.paulsplaceonline.com/Detail.bok?no=389
http://snarkmarket.com/blog/snarkives/books_writing_such/the_codex_climaci_rescriptus/

If anything, a table makes a tablet more useful:

http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/laptops/2001tablets1.jpg

Furthermore, tablets have been around for thousands of years, and they still haven't replaced tables:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhmim_wooden_tablets

Plan A: Build better products which compete on merit alone. Failed - look at the market share of anything outside Windows & Office - e.g 1% for their new phone OS or IE's decline.
Plan B: Use litigation to extort or smother the competition, e.g. 5$ for every Android handset from HTC. Failed - Motorolas patents will nullify them now, and Ballmer is in serious shit for letting Motorola go to Google.
Plan C: Get corrupt government officials to buy their products by helping them do evil. Good luck with that, now it's no longer a secret.

How about Jobs deliberately misquoting Samsung even after Samsung had publicly corrected it? http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2011/03/02/oops-steve-jobs-misquotes-samsung-at-ipad-2-event/ How about Jobs laughing at their competitors and calling them copy cats? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/steve-jobs-slams-android-samsung-and-ipad-2-rivals-as-copycats-50003016/ AND then going ahead and blatantly copying Android notification system. Yep, year of the copy cat it is. Except this time it's Apple doing the copying.

The link to that old blog post is very mis-leading, which was written at the height of the Nokia/Microsoft announcement, when the partners really really wanted to hype WP7. Let me quote the relevant text from the whole piece right here:

Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system project. MeeGo will place increased emphasis on longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences. Nokia still plans to ship a MeeGo-related product later this year.

Okay Slashdotters, what is wrong with this? What better option are you suggesting, if you really like the idea of an open, linux phone? The timing of the Meego announcement today has everything to do with the upcoming Meego conference in a few days' time in San Francisco, where in all likelihood the Nokia N950 will be revealed. I saw the teaser video before YouTube pulled it and it looks sweet. What is not to like, other than Nokia dedicating less resources than before? They are NOT ending their Meego support, but they are looking for Slashdotting-type Devs to enbrace their new "elegant, Developer-focused" N950 hardware, along with Meego 1.2 available today for a range of mobile devices.

After reading this: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/tomtom-admits-to-sending-your-routes-and-speed-information-to-the-police-50003618/ I'll never own any TomTom products again; nor will my family members. I walked out and removed the TomTom GPS devices from three of our cars and will be dropping them off (unworking) at a electronic recyclable post today. We were thinking about getting newer GPS devices with larger screens soon and this article has definitely lost your company four sales from me.

"We are now aware that the police have used traffic information that you have helped to create to place speed cameras at dangerous locations where the average speed is higher than the legally allowed speed limit," he says.

Read more: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/tomtom-admits-to-sending-your-routes-and-speed-information-to-the-police-50003618/#ixzz1KqGfyhmm

cough *BS* cough They are using it to make more money and just place the cameras where the probability is higher to make money! Thanks TOM TOM your company was going downhill, but it will REALLY go downhill now!

Personally I think it's just great what they're doing. People are speeding like crazy, often talking on the phone at the same time, and then every now and then someone dies. Just a month or two ago my friend's uncle got killed in an accident where someone thought he was a real speed demon and ended up crashing on the aforementioned uncle's car. My car has been crashed into too, just two weeks ago, and just today a 15-year old girl got killed because of someone speeding.

Now, I know you'll come up and say "But I can drive faster than the limits say and stil be perfectly safe" but guess what? That's what all the others are saying too! I only wish TomTom would directly report speeders to the police, atleast that'd take them out of the roads for a while.

"We are now aware that the police have used traffic information that you have helped to create to place speed cameras at dangerous locations where the average speed is higher than the legally allowed speed limit," he says.

Read more: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/tomtom-admits-to-sending-your-routes-and-speed-information-to-the-police-50003618/#ixzz1KqGfyhmm

cough *BS* cough They are using it to make more money and just place the cameras where the probability is higher to make money! Thanks TOM TOM your company was going downhill, but it will REALLY go downhill now!

More accurately, the iphone makes calls much worse than the average 'dumbphone'.. Also: randomly calls people by itself sometimes.

It's good as a mobile computing device, especially jailbroken to avoid apple's walled garden bullshit, but the "phone" part seems to have been an afterthought.

Opera is also typically & over time (as per usual mind you) the OVERALL FASTEST Browser there is per these tests & articles on /. recently, here:

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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/037241/Firefox-4-Regains-Speed-Mojo-With-No-2-Placing (Chrome MAY have "edged out" std. Opera lately in version 10 for javascript processing, but I wonder - does it beat Opera 11? If so, still?? It's only a matter of time before Opera "takes the javascript 'speed-crown' away from Chrome again, as it usually does!)

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

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Additionally, this speed superiority is not only manifested in HTML related work, where OPERA gained its reputation as "the fastest webbrowser in the world" long ago, but also in javascript related work as well, typically over time, w/ Opera being the "fastest browser in the world" (see the top test in fact on that note & this older result as well on that note -> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/23/html5-native-third-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx ).

Opera's also wildly successful on mobile phones as well (widely known), AND, it's HUGELY USED in Europe.

As far as SECURITY as well & not having unpatched vulnerabilities? Opera has had the least amount remaining unpatched of the "Big 4" webbrowsers over time:

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Opera 11 security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/33328/

FireFox security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched - too bad, no list for MINEFIELD):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/

GOOGLE CHROME 8 security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/33215/

IE 8 security advisories @ SECUNIA (33% unpatched - too bad, no list for IE9 (which IS more secured)):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/

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IE (way moreso), & FF (less moreso) used to be "notorious" for bugs/security vulnerabilities, but they HAVE done a good job lately vs. them (FF especially, as it used to show bugs out the you-know-what, there on its security advisory list above - not anymore!)

Opera also passed the "ACID2" test, for standards compliance (it is not alone here, but is over IE & FF, & it was the 6th browser to do so):

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/03/12/1416222.shtml

Top that off with the fact Opera's FREE, plus it has addons (along with widgets also mind you), and now has "tab stacking" also?

Hey... beat ALL that, with a stick!

APK

P.S.=> Yes, folks: Opera TRULY is, the "innovative & 'SUPERIOR WARRIOR'", in the way of webbrowsers out there, period, & especially OVER TIME (e.g.-> How many features from Opera did IE, FF, or others "steal" from Opera? Tab browsing (opera had it before those did, and even before CHROME existed), SpeedDial pages (FF has this via an addon now), IE's "paste & go" address bar (Opera had that LONG before IE), & yes, even more!)... apk

"if you really want speed you'd better not ignore Opera" - by sznupi (719324) on Wednesday November 24, @06:29AM (#34329418) Homepage

Agreed, 110%, and with a LOT of backing recent & past historical data on speed superiority of Opera (and security too as well & more... read on!):

Opera is also apparently lately AGAIN (as per usual mind you) the OVERALL FASTEST Browser there is per this test & article on /. recently, here:

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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/037241/Firefox-4-Regains-Speed-Mojo-With-No-2-Placing

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

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Additionally, this speed superiority is not only in HTML related work, where it gained its reputation as "the fastest webbrowser in the world" long ago, but also in javascript related work as well (see the top test in fact on that note & this older result as well on that note -> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/23/html5-native-third-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx ).

Opera's also wildly successful on mobile phones as well (widely known).

As far as SECURITY as well & not having unpatched vulnerabilities? Opera has had the least amount remaining unpatched of the "Big 4" webbrowsers over time:

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Opera security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/

FireFox security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/

GOOGLE CHROME 7 security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/32718/

IE 8 security advisories @ SECUNIA (29% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/

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Opera also passed the "ACID2" test, for standards compliance (it is not alone here, but is over IE & FF, & it was the 6th browser to do so):

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/03/12/1416222.shtml

APK

P.S.=> Top that off with the fact Opera's FREE, plus it has addons (along with widgets also mind you), and now has "tab stacking" also? Hey... seriously: Beat ALL that, with a stick! apk

"if you want speed - you go Chrome" - by Haedrian (1676506) on Wednesday November 24, @05:13AM (#34329018)

Oh, really? See this below (CHROME LOST TO OPERA VERY RECENTLY ON THAT ACCOUNT, FIRST URL BELOW IN FACT, in javascript processing (where Chrome does well, but not well enough) & in HTML work? Opera's been WIDELY KNOWN as "the fastest webbrowser there is" for nearly a decade now... & the data below proves it in numerous tests no less - read on):

Opera is also apparently lately AGAIN (as per usual mind you) the OVERALL FASTEST Browser there is per this test & article on /. recently, here:

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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/037241/Firefox-4-Regains-Speed-Mojo-With-No-2-Placing

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

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Additionally, this speed superiority is not only in HTML related work, where it gained its reputation as "the fastest webbrowser in the world" long ago, but also in javascript related work as well (see the top test in fact on that note & this older result as well on that note -> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/06/23/html5-native-third-ie9-platform-preview-available-for-developers.aspx ).

THAT'S 5 TESTS THAT SHOW OPERA CONSISTENTLY OUTPACING ALL OTHER COMPETITORS IN WEBBROWSERS SPEED, AND FOR YEARS NOW... CONSISTENTLY!

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Opera's also wildly successful on mobile phones as well (widely known).

As far as SECURITY as well & not having unpatched vulnerabilities? Opera has had the least amount remaining unpatched of the "Big 4" webbrowsers over time:

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Opera security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/

FireFox security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/

GOOGLE CHROME 7 security advisories @ SECUNIA (0% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/32718/

IE 8 security advisories @ SECUNIA (29% unpatched):

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/

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Opera also passed the "ACID2" test, for standards compliance (it is not alone here, but is over IE & FF, & it was the 6th browser to do so):

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/03/12/1416222.shtml

APK

P.S.=> Top all that off with the fact Opera's FREE, plus it has addons (along with widgets also mind you), and now has "tab stacking" also? Hey... beat ALL that, with a stick! apk

Have you actually read the Kotaku or Cnet reviews? Cnet calls it 'the most fun you can have with your hands free'. Kotaku, while acknowledging there are a number of flaws, says that it 'can be revolutionary'. I wouldn't exactly say either of these reviews are 'trashing' the Kinect.

Hmm, I remember hearing about this one years ago.
A quick google brought this one up, from 2006:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/you-dont-know-jack-pc-you-should-49283851/

I, for one, wouldn't call it news worthy.

You mean like previously discussed here?

Which was reported here.

It'll accelerate quicker than a Lamborghini LP640, has a greater top speed than a Ferrari 458 Italia, and spews out fewer emissions than a Toyota Prius. Behold, friends, the holy grail of motoring: the Jaguar C-X75.

It's an electric vehicle with micro-turbines powering the electric generators if the car travels past the 68 mi single charge limit... or if you want the extra boost to do 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds.

Oh, and it should be capable of accepting multi-fuels, so we (in the US) don't have to wait for the lift on extremely high EtOH import tarrifs while we also subsidize our corn -> EtOH program or wait for industrial research to fund (and patent) biochemical oil reactors (i.e. algae to diesel), or any of the other promises which trivialize the three laws of thermodynamics (enthalpy, entropy, and politics).

not just that, if you have a Sony BDP-s370 blu-ray player, you can (apart from play blueray discs of course), plug a USB HDD into it and play movies on that (even in mkv format), or stream vids from your PC (using a DNLA server like PS3MediaServer, Tversity, Twonky, Mezzmo or any of the others). Or you can stream video from iPlayer, GoogleTV or similar, and even LoveFilm (not sure if you get some of these in the USA, but there's bound to be alternatives).

Nice review here.

LoveFilm for example, is £10 a month and you get a bluray disc in the post whenever you send the old one back, but you can also stream movies for free (once you're a subscriber, that is)

And its £120 for the device, which is $134 in the USA :(

"Sure, it might turn out to be crap, but that's doesn't give your point any merits on the known facts. "

Maybe you should read the articles you're linking to:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/touchdevice-software-makes-dumb-phones-touch-sensitive-50000706/
"InputDynamics says the software can recognise a tap anywhere on a phone's surface to with 1cm square. "

1 cm might not sound like a lot, but when you're talking about ~4" diagonal screen and using your finger being off by 0.4 inches is huge.

What is ti with people like you? you don't know anything about it, but that doesn't top you from listing a bunch of made up issues.

"Your in a loud room." Yep it works in a load room.

"Your tap is outside "normal" strength range"
WTH does that even mean. outside what range? screen range? sound volume?

"You are wearing gloves." maybe it does.

"You tap with your fingernail, pen, etc" - yes it does work under those conditions.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/touchdevice-software-makes-dumb-phones-touch-sensitive-50000706/
and
http://www.inputdynamics.com/Products.html

Plus it can be used anywhere on the phone. Good luck operating your iPhone touch screen from the back.

Sure, it might turn out to be crap, but that's doesn't give your point any merits on the known facts. And if it does turn out your right, it will just be th sharpshooter fallacy. Unless you want to back up your claim with actual facts?