The new patent war involving Apple vs. [Samsung | Motorola | Google | Nokia | Blackberry | The rest of the puny world] is going to keep consumers away from the market
While I agree the number of patent lawsuits going on, as well as these companies buying up patents to "arm" themselves against each other is quite disconcerting, the sales numbers for smartphones and tablets suggest they're not "keeping consumers away from the market." The typical smartphone buyer is probably unaware of or only vaguely aware of the patent fighting.
In addition to mobile.engadget.com as others have suggested, there's www.phandroid.com. As the name suggests, it's Android specific, but has lots of good previews/reviews of upcoming/new phones and tablets. They do have an RSS feed.
Yep, all this stuff about.NET becoming a "second-class citizen" is based on that one demo. AFAIK, Microsoft's never said anything official about the future of.NET (of the lack of one).
According to TFA, they're using CDMA. Part of the reason they deployed a few on the ISS is to test whether the signals are strong enough to detect on the ground.
Just to be clear: they insured GE Capital's (GE's lending subsidiary) debts to $140 billion... they didn't actually hand them $140 billion. Se the nytimes article basoti linked below.
Since when does iTunes have music "in the same quality" as a CD? Last I heard they sell 256Kbps AAC.
And since when do they sell at "the same price minus the distribution and printing costs"?
What makes RS-232 popular (especially for embedded stuff) is the programming simplicity. You stuff a byte into a memory location (or I/O port) and it gets sent to the display. How hard would it be to make a chip that has a UART programming interface, with Ethernet hardware, underneath. When you write that byte to the memory location, it gets broadcast to the network. Of course, it would have to be a private network for security reasons, but there are so many old 10Mb switches lying around, not being used, it shouldn't be a problem.
You need a network stack for that (ie TCP/IP). USB would be a simpler choice for replacing RS-232 in embedded systems without much processing power or storage space for firmware.
I just checked it out... it is really, really bad. They only changed the "Watch Instantly" section, though, the DVD sections and queue tab haven't changed.
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The A380 isn't the only plane Airbus makes.
You do realize that if Americans stopped buying all the stuff you list, many, many more jobs would disappear.
Non-starter that is
This would be great if all major browsers supported it, but developing web apps only for Chrome is a now-starter for most of us.
The new patent war involving Apple vs. [Samsung | Motorola | Google | Nokia | Blackberry | The rest of the puny world] is going to keep consumers away from the market
While I agree the number of patent lawsuits going on, as well as these companies buying up patents to "arm" themselves against each other is quite disconcerting, the sales numbers for smartphones and tablets suggest they're not "keeping consumers away from the market." The typical smartphone buyer is probably unaware of or only vaguely aware of the patent fighting.
In addition to mobile.engadget.com as others have suggested, there's www.phandroid.com. As the name suggests, it's Android specific, but has lots of good previews/reviews of upcoming/new phones and tablets. They do have an RSS feed.
You can turn this off... or use their DNSSEC servers which don't support it.
Yep, all this stuff about .NET becoming a "second-class citizen" is based on that one demo. AFAIK, Microsoft's never said anything official about the future of .NET (of the lack of one).
According to TFA, they're using CDMA. Part of the reason they deployed a few on the ISS is to test whether the signals are strong enough to detect on the ground.
If Ed McMahon pulled up to my driveway tonight with a huge check and a bajillion cameras, there's no way I'd be sitting in my cubicle tomorrow.
Not likely... unless it's zombie Ed McMahon.
Just to be clear: they insured GE Capital's (GE's lending subsidiary) debts to $140 billion... they didn't actually hand them $140 billion. Se the nytimes article basoti linked below.
Since when does iTunes have music "in the same quality" as a CD? Last I heard they sell 256Kbps AAC. And since when do they sell at "the same price minus the distribution and printing costs"?
What makes RS-232 popular (especially for embedded stuff) is the programming simplicity. You stuff a byte into a memory location (or I/O port) and it gets sent to the display. How hard would it be to make a chip that has a UART programming interface, with Ethernet hardware, underneath. When you write that byte to the memory location, it gets broadcast to the network. Of course, it would have to be a private network for security reasons, but there are so many old 10Mb switches lying around, not being used, it shouldn't be a problem.
You need a network stack for that (ie TCP/IP). USB would be a simpler choice for replacing RS-232 in embedded systems without much processing power or storage space for firmware.
My new work rig (purchased in January from Dell) has a serial RS-232 port and a parallel printer port on the back. No SCSI though AFAIK.
Verizon's "unlimited" data plan is going away next week (at least for new customers).
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/05/20/0349244/Verizon-Customers-Say-So-Long-To-Unlimited-Data
He didn't say we should *reward* transgressors. And fear of punishment isn't the only reason not to commit crimes.
I just checked it out... it is really, really bad. They only changed the "Watch Instantly" section, though, the DVD sections and queue tab haven't changed.
Multiple personalities?
I like Novell going to Linux. It just makes scents!!!
It smells?