Chromecast works with Android 2.3 and up... so about 98% of devices in use today. I don't know where the AC got 2 years from as Chromecast was released less than a year ago.
Koushik Dutta wrote an app called AllCast to cast videos stored locally on an Android device to Chromecast by reverse-engineering the (then closed) APIs. Google then changed the APIs to break his app. Koushnik then changed AllCast to cast to anything but Chromecast (Roku, AppleTV, Google TV, Samsung TVs, etc). Now that the Chromecast APIs are available to everyone, he will update AllCast to support Chromecast again.
"I am a woman, therefore I deserve special treatment. All men have it easy because they are men. I have statistics to prove that I deserve special consideration because there are less women then men in certain fields."
I read and re-read TFA. I can't find where she asked for anything, "special treatment" or otherwise.
who allow Google, Facebook, Amazon, Canonical, and others to data mine the shit out of them.
The key word there is allow. Google, et al don't collect data in secret, they have privacy policies, and using their services is completely optional. The government is doing this in secret, without your permission with no opt-in or opt-out, with nothing akin to a privacy policy, and by their own admission they cannot secure the data.
Yes, but that's not what happened here. If you read TFA, it was removed by Microsoft Security Essentials and the Malicious Software Removal Tool (from Windows Update) and it only removed a specific version of Tor installed in a specific folder. No legit install of Tor would have been in that specific folder.
If you don't want MSE, don't use it. If you don't want Windows Updates, disable it. Otherwise accept that you're giving some control over your system to Microsoft.
Unfortunately you can't watch your local teams with MLB.tv, or any national game on ESPN or TBS, or any of FOX's Saturday games (even the ones not shown on your local FOX affilate). I subscribe to and enjoy MLB.tv, but I can't "cut the cord" until they start allowing me to watch my local teams (at least when they're on cable rather than broadcast TV).
Service providers lose their "safe harbor" if they don't respond to take down notices. Without safe harbor, they can be sued for their customers' infringement.
Because ipad dominated the market for a couple years, Apple likely still has a very large share of total tablets still in use.
But they aren't dominating sales anymore, which was tuppe's point. This Nokia tablet has to compete with Android tablets, other Windows RT tablets, as well as iPad. There really isn't "the one to beat" (using OP's words) anymore.
I'm sure Apple products contain tantalum capacitors (most modern electronics do), and there's certainly tin in them. I'm not sure why you're fixating on the lack of a spinning hard drive, these materials are used in a lot of other electronics.
Where are they "badmouthing" Linux? All they said was that Linux is over-kill for running a single application within a VM. Linux and OSv are different tools for different purposes.
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Chromecast works with Android 2.3 and up... so about 98% of devices in use today. I don't know where the AC got 2 years from as Chromecast was released less than a year ago.
Chromecast was released less than a year ago.
Koushik Dutta wrote an app called AllCast to cast videos stored locally on an Android device to Chromecast by reverse-engineering the (then closed) APIs. Google then changed the APIs to break his app. Koushnik then changed AllCast to cast to anything but Chromecast (Roku, AppleTV, Google TV, Samsung TVs, etc). Now that the Chromecast APIs are available to everyone, he will update AllCast to support Chromecast again.
When hasn't it worked with Android?
I have that dream as well... 18 years after graduating.
"I am a woman, therefore I deserve special treatment. All men have it easy because they are men. I have statistics to prove that I deserve special consideration because there are less women then men in certain fields."
I read and re-read TFA. I can't find where she asked for anything, "special treatment" or otherwise.
I didn't really see anything I'd call "apologetic" in this particular article.
who allow Google, Facebook, Amazon, Canonical, and others to data mine the shit out of them.
The key word there is allow. Google, et al don't collect data in secret, they have privacy policies, and using their services is completely optional. The government is doing this in secret, without your permission with no opt-in or opt-out, with nothing akin to a privacy policy, and by their own admission they cannot secure the data.
The patents on GIF compression expired in 2003 and 2004... the battle ended then.
Yes, but that's not what happened here. If you read TFA, it was removed by Microsoft Security Essentials and the Malicious Software Removal Tool (from Windows Update) and it only removed a specific version of Tor installed in a specific folder. No legit install of Tor would have been in that specific folder.
If you don't want MSE, don't use it. If you don't want Windows Updates, disable it. Otherwise accept that you're giving some control over your system to Microsoft.
Unfortunately you can't watch your local teams with MLB.tv, or any national game on ESPN or TBS, or any of FOX's Saturday games (even the ones not shown on your local FOX affilate). I subscribe to and enjoy MLB.tv, but I can't "cut the cord" until they start allowing me to watch my local teams (at least when they're on cable rather than broadcast TV).
The NHL does the same with Gamecenter.
Service providers lose their "safe harbor" if they don't respond to take down notices. Without safe harbor, they can be sued for their customers' infringement.
Because ipad dominated the market for a couple years, Apple likely still has a very large share of total tablets still in use.
But they aren't dominating sales anymore, which was tuppe's point. This Nokia tablet has to compete with Android tablets, other Windows RT tablets, as well as iPad. There really isn't "the one to beat" (using OP's words) anymore.
TFA is mostly comparing Windows to OSX. The summary talks more about iOS and Android than TFA does.
Laptops don't have batteries???
Some Android devices have terrible battery life, others have excellent battery life. Try a different device (check the reviews first).
Consider bringing back Visual Basic 6 support in Visual Studio.
Seriously??? Why in Odin's name would you want to bring back that crap???
Surface Pro: Yes
Surface RT: No
Source: eia.gov
I wasn't the one who brought Apple into the discussion.
That was my thought as well, tantalum capacitors are used in almost everything.
I'm sure Apple products contain tantalum capacitors (most modern electronics do), and there's certainly tin in them. I'm not sure why you're fixating on the lack of a spinning hard drive, these materials are used in a lot of other electronics.
News flash: Investing involves risk.
Part of the NSA's mission is ensuring our cybersecurity. Obviously they're doing exactly the opposite of that.
Where are they "badmouthing" Linux? All they said was that Linux is over-kill for running a single application within a VM. Linux and OSv are different tools for different purposes.