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  1. Re:The summary is wrong again... on Apple: Developer Site Targeted In Security Attack, Still Down · · Score: 2
  2. Re:Hard on Why You Can't Build Your Own Smartphone: Patents · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Posting to undo mis-moderation, clicked the wrong button :(

  3. Re:Samsung can't release it's OWN designs?!? on Samsung Admonished For Releasing Rejected Evidence · · Score: 1

    And even then the F700 was announced a month *after* the iPhone was.

  4. Re:it doesn't sound like his guess is completely o on New Mac Trojan Installs Silently, No Password Required · · Score: 1

    No, by default an app has to either be from Apple's Mac App Store, or signed by a third-party with their Developer ID certificate (which is signed by Apple). It doesn't need to be from the App Store.

  5. Re:Meh on First iOS, Now Mac OS X In-App Purchases Hacked · · Score: 1

    This circumvents on-device verification, and some remote-server verification depending on implementation.

  6. Re:Cm'on on Recently Exposed PHP Hole's Official Fix Ineffective · · Score: 1

    Facebook doesn't actually run PHP, they run a gigantic C++ binary.

  7. Re:To be fair on Aussie Parliamentary Inquiry Into Software Pricing Announced · · Score: 5, Funny

    All you have to do is script 180 degree rotation on every page.

  8. Re:Steam can't run in a sandbox so apple can lock on Mac OS X Sandbox Security Hole Uncovered · · Score: 1

    The mac will NOT be app-store only. However, if you CHOOSE to run app store only apps, you get sandboxed, vetted apps from a trusted vendor. Windows 8 is going the same way

    Metro applications in Windows 8 will only be available through whatever they call the Windows App Store.

  9. Re:"UI designers" just can't design UIs. on Ask Slashdot: Unity/Gnome 3/Win8/iOS — Do We Really Hate All New GUIs? · · Score: 1

    Software developers are mainly concerned with creating software that works, and that works well. "UI designers", on the other hand, are more interested in creating software that looks "pretty", even if it's damn impossible to use productively.

    And that's why we need the UX people.

  10. Re:How can this not be prior art? on Apple Tries To Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing · · Score: 2
    Steam isn't prior art.

    that allows users to purchase a product from another source without leaving the application... the product source, which is different than the application source... gives the impression to the user that they are purchasing the product directly from the application

    With Steam you buy it from Steam through Steam. With Apple's in-app purchase you buy it from iTunes through the third-party app.

  11. Re:They're not *that* evil on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 1

    You can't just patch support into something like that. Patches are usually applied *after* installation, the problem here is installing it in the first place.

  12. They're not *that* evil on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Microsoft said they're trying to figure out how to allow users to dual-boot. In the //build/ video discussing the new Windows 8 boot process, the presenter said they were trying to figure out how to keep boot secure but still allow users to boot into Windows 7, since Windows 7 doesn't support this. And if it works for Windows 7, it'll probably work for Linux.

  13. Prior Art on Google Patents Glove For "Seeing With Your Hand" · · Score: 2

    Anyone else read Emily Eyefinger as a kid??

  14. Re:Github? on The Rise of Git · · Score: 1

    Mercurial has Bitbucket, but I haven't used it much to see how it stacks up against Github.

  15. Re:Really? on Why Thunderbolt Is Dead In the Water · · Score: 1

    That would probably be because you have a Mini-DisplayPort adapter, not a Thunderbolt adapter. It's currently almost (if not completely) impossible to buy anything that uses Thunderbolt aside from a host. Even Macworld couldn't find a Thunderbolt-to-Thunderbolt cable.

  16. Re:Well, it's obvious on Apple: an 'App Store' Is Not a Store For Apps · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Apple vs. Woolworths with their logo dispute.

  17. Re:As opposed to... on Android Tablets Were Born Too Soon · · Score: 0

    Wrong way around. The iPhone is a scaled-down iPad. Android tablets are scaled-up Android smartphones.

  18. Re:Helluva long distance call on Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access · · Score: 1

    What, you haven't been saving your 30-day AOL trial CDs?

  19. Re:Time to look at your own desk... on Last Days For Central IPv4 Address Pool · · Score: 1

    I'm on Optus and they don't give me IPv6 at all. Unless it's a router/modem issue, but given Optus's reputation I doubt it.

  20. Re:UDIDs are here to stay on Apple Privacy Concerns Go To Court · · Score: 1

    iOS already does this for Push Notifications.

  21. Re:Maybe they should comply very well... on Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong' · · Score: 1

    I thought the Optus Cable network was independent from Telstra?

  22. The only good DLC I've seen on When DLC Goes Wrong · · Score: 2

    Is Valve's DLC. Great additions to Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2, without costing the gamer a cent.

  23. What's the chance on Australia's Privacy Boss Slams Gov't Data-Retention Scheme · · Score: 1

    the government doesn't listen.... again?

  24. Re:ipad on The iPhone Serial Port Hack · · Score: 1

    It's for device screenshots.

  25. Re:How does this aid in education on Some Aussie High Schools Moving To Two Devices Per Child · · Score: 1

    A technology-centric education requires a different teaching approach. Simply adding technology into the mix of the current approach is bound to fail.