I care for neither Microsoft nor Apple offerings, but would like to see a decent office suite, such as LibreOffice, ported to Android. Not that phones and tablets are particularly good platforms for working with large documents, but a decent mobile spreadsheet would be very useful in a lot of jobs.
I doubt any one smartphone will be able to "overcome" the current situation. Microsoft's offerings are, as is so often the case, a joke.
Google have been clever with their liberal licensing of Android - something similar to what happened with the IBM BIOS in the 1980s, except this time no one needs to clean-room reverse engineer anything. Therefore we're seeing more and more clones, if that is the right term, and it is becoming increasingly irrelevant who the hardware is made by.
That given, any new upstart is going to have three options:
Develop a software platform from scratch
Pay $$$$ to an established platform vendor
Go Android
I know which option I would choose were I in that position.
If it does turn out that way, would someone please send them a copy of the Star Wars blu-ray set and request a "derivative" copy so we can get on with our fan edits without worrying about what Disney will try on us.
Microsoft have already mandated that systems with ARM platforms MUST NOT have an option to disable Secure Boot, in order to qualify for Windows 8 hardware certification.
Source: Mandatory. Enable/Disable Secure Boot. On non-ARM systems, it is required to implement the ability to disable Secure Boot via firmware setup. A physically present user must be allowed to disable Secure Boot via firmware setup without possession of PKpriv. A Windows Server may also disable Secure Boot remotely using a strongly authenticated (preferably public-key based) out-of-band management connection, such as to a baseboard management controller or service processor. Programmatic disabling of Secure Boot either during Boot Services or after exiting EFI Boot Services MUST NOT be possible. Disabling Secure Boot must not be possible on ARM systems.
Is no one else here alarmed at the unreasonable amount of power Microsoft has over the future of GNU/Linux on Secure Boot platforms?
That alone should be cause enough to lobby hardware manufacturers to have secure boot abolished and to hell with those little "Works with Windows 8" stickers.
Microsoft have already mandated that systems with ARM platforms MUST NOT have an option to disable Secure Boot. Therefore the only software that will boot on these systems is software that Microsoft has blessed. I know they would love nothing more to dictate such terms on x86 hardware too. I predict that within five years, notwithstanding active opposition RIGHT NOW, they will do exactly this.
This, like climate change, is something I really, really hope I am wrong about but fear that I am not.
That's true, however these are operating with pulsed DC, not AC as such. The clock signals oscillate from zero to a positive voltage, not a sine wave of positive and negative voltages, so the direction of the current does not change.
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Who is "the industry" in this case?
Any company that doesn't let me resell games I have paid for (ie PURCHASED) will not be getting my money.
What, people still use WPA1? Where?
I haven't seen anyone use WPA1 since, oh about 2008.
HTML that still renders legibly in a text terminal, that is. Test case: lynx
Did you put on sunglasses when you said "spreadsheets" Doc?
That's kind of cool. But how is it throwing out progress? Are you saying that using LaTeX to draw organic molecules is regressive in some way?
You may have overlooked one important spec that is missing from other smartphones:
Not assembled in China.
Can we now refer to old Holland as simply Netherlands?
...in China!
"2012: No sighting".
I care for neither Microsoft nor Apple offerings, but would like to see a decent office suite, such as LibreOffice, ported to Android. Not that phones and tablets are particularly good platforms for working with large documents, but a decent mobile spreadsheet would be very useful in a lot of jobs.
Why is it sad to recommend incorporation as a limited liability company? Honest question.
Congratulations on being in a position where $75 a year is practically nothing.
Not all of us are so fortunate.
A slightly more realistic option might be to cut out the middleman.
I doubt any one smartphone will be able to "overcome" the current situation. Microsoft's offerings are, as is so often the case, a joke.
Google have been clever with their liberal licensing of Android - something similar to what happened with the IBM BIOS in the 1980s, except this time no one needs to clean-room reverse engineer anything. Therefore we're seeing more and more clones, if that is the right term, and it is becoming increasingly irrelevant who the hardware is made by.
That given, any new upstart is going to have three options:
I know which option I would choose were I in that position.
Well I hope they're prepared for the impending patent litigation.
If it does turn out that way, would someone please send them a copy of the Star Wars blu-ray set and request a "derivative" copy so we can get on with our fan edits without worrying about what Disney will try on us.
Perhaps I should have been clearer:
Microsoft have already mandated that systems with ARM platforms MUST NOT have an option to disable Secure Boot, in order to qualify for Windows 8 hardware certification.
Source:
Mandatory. Enable/Disable Secure Boot. On non-ARM systems, it is required to implement the ability to disable Secure Boot via firmware setup. A physically present user must be allowed to disable Secure Boot via firmware setup without possession of PKpriv. A Windows Server may also disable Secure Boot remotely using a strongly authenticated (preferably public-key based) out-of-band management connection, such as to a baseboard management controller or service processor. Programmatic disabling of Secure Boot either during Boot Services or after exiting EFI Boot Services MUST NOT be possible. Disabling Secure Boot must not be possible on ARM systems.
Is no one else here alarmed at the unreasonable amount of power Microsoft has over the future of GNU/Linux on Secure Boot platforms?
That alone should be cause enough to lobby hardware manufacturers to have secure boot abolished and to hell with those little "Works with Windows 8" stickers.
Microsoft have already mandated that systems with ARM platforms MUST NOT have an option to disable Secure Boot. Therefore the only software that will boot on these systems is software that Microsoft has blessed. I know they would love nothing more to dictate such terms on x86 hardware too. I predict that within five years, notwithstanding active opposition RIGHT NOW, they will do exactly this.
This, like climate change, is something I really, really hope I am wrong about but fear that I am not.
It seems Berkeley have updated their timestamp for that article:
You tried going to http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/27/sleep-memory/, and it doesn't exist. All is not lost! You can search for what you're looking for.
The new link http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/28/sleep-memory/ points to yesterdays date rather than Sundays.
Slashdot editors, please update the summary.
Also, the study is about memory in old age in particular.
This. It's always one of the first apps I install on new 'droids.
That's true, however these are operating with pulsed DC, not AC as such. The clock signals oscillate from zero to a positive voltage, not a sine wave of positive and negative voltages, so the direction of the current does not change.
After going through the power supply it's all DC.
We have about two and a half years to wait until we get both flying cars and dust repellent paper.
70% of pages do not use Java. Javascript yes but they are completely different.
Wait, so 30% of web pages do use Java? As in, more than a quarter?
Are you sure about that?
Yep, and it still works great.
Side-loading wins again.