Matthew Vea has posted a concise summary of security strengths and shortcomings for twelve of the major operating systems of 2006/2007.
Concise? Forgive me, but I was expecting a table or something that makes it easy to see the results. Instead it's 20 printed pages. I'd hate to see the expanded version!
The author of this article is really confused about mobile tech. He was probably a Mac guy who didn't know anything about mobile stuff until the iPhone announcement.
1) It's HSDPA. Not HSUPA. I repeat, it's HSDPA. That's the technology that Cingular and all other mobile carriers are using right now. HSUPA is a future technology that is currently in trials. No one ever expected the iPhone to have HSUPA.
2) "EDGE is also widely deployed in the US. Newer generation technologies, including HSUPA and EVDO, are not." HSDPA phones are also EDGE capable. So the whole argument about network size is null and void. Additionally, Sprint and Verizon Wireless both operate nationwide EV-DO networks. Just like with HSDPA, when you use a EV-DO phone in an area that there is no EV-DO coverage it automatically switches to 1xRTT (about the same speed as EDGE).
3) A CDMA iPhone with EV-DO is very likely. Motorola launched the RAZR in GSM first and then followed up in about a year with a CDMA version. To be truly successful in the US market you really need a CDMA play (over half of our market is CDMA). If Cingular really does have an exclusive for two years, look for a CDMA model to launch then.
4) The author seems confused by all the acronyms which is more evidence that he has little knowledge of mobile. He essentially claims that because there are so many competing 3G standards, Apple did the smart thing to just go with EDGE to make it easy for consumers.
Roland seemingly gets a Slashdot link to his trashy Radioland blog once every few days, all by stories he writes himself. I looked up a little about are friend here and he advertises that most of his traffic comes from Slashdot!
This blog, Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends attracts about 150,000 visitors per month, of which 60% come from Slashdot
How lame is that? Here's a list of his recent articles on/.
I feel the same way. The links to Roland's site usually add very little to the story because they are quotes and excerpts from the other sites that were linked. Shameless.
Obviously you can't be convicted of forging your own sig, but my point is that this could cause a lot of extra work. I don't want to have to "prove it" every time I deposit a check.
If all I need to do is show ID when the sigs don't match, this is a useless technology--just fake the ID like you would do today.
Even for someone with a good sig, the pressure of having to be perfect might lead to slight variations. I even get nervous with the biometric scanners at Busch Gardens... And you can't really change your hand.
Is my own writing that similar? What happens if I let my guard down and something slightly different, will I be arrested for fraud by forging my own name?
While I don't want to be "that guy", this is an amazingly old link. It was made by Jason Kottke, and the girl in the ads is Megan Hourihan.
It came out a year or two ago, along with the Segwa.y.
No go. I've tried that and logged in, but Safari can't cut it once it's in. Gmail uses Javascript that Safari doesn't know what to do with.
So when it says it won't work, it means it.
It works great with FireFox. The reason it doesn't work with everything is because it makes extensive use of Javascript. And by extensive, I MEAN extensive. It's even got real-time autocomplete. It really does make the service sing though, and they can always offer a "light" version down the raod.
It's a reward to those that have stuck with Blogger. Makes sense to me. It's a great way to scale a system.
I got in before the Blogger test and it was really refreshing to not have to get an address like suferdude23442--nothing was taken!
Look up Buzz2Talk, it's a program for Symbian phones that lets you to PTT via GPRS. That would be VoIP. Nokia is adding GPRS PTT to all its new phones, starting sometime later this year.
If you use more than 3-4 hours a month, just sign up to be a monthly subscriber. If you're a T-Mobile wireless subscriber, it's only $29.99 a month... That's a buck a day for T1 speed. It's $39.99 if you're new to T-Mobile, which is still a great deal.
Of course you pay more as you go--just look at pre-paid cell phones. The advantage is you *can* just use an hour or two.
I'm pretty sure the operational definition of a second is the amount of time it takes your planet to go 86,400 of it's rotation. Call them Earth seconds or Martian seconds, but they are still just seconds.
I don't see them selling Sony/Universal
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AOL: Amazon Who?
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The problem with "direct" sales is most record labels won't want to sell anything from the others. It AOL really going to sell Sony music? Nah. So are we going to have to buy music based on label not band?
"Dude you can't get that at the Sony store. That's AOL".
I'll take something like Amazon any day--very easy.
Depends... The $$$ per CPM is widely variable. Try advertising on a news site (foxnews.com, washingtonpost.com...). You'll be met with $50 CPM and there abouts.
It's all about the audience. Who listens to streaming music from mp3.com? A lot of kids. Who reads foxnews and the washingtonpost? Money makers.
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I just used printed pages to measure the length, I didn't actually print it out. By your logic everything is concise, just skip to the end.
Concise? Forgive me, but I was expecting a table or something that makes it easy to see the results. Instead it's 20 printed pages. I'd hate to see the expanded version!
The author of this article is really confused about mobile tech. He was probably a Mac guy who didn't know anything about mobile stuff until the iPhone announcement. 1) It's HSDPA. Not HSUPA. I repeat, it's HSDPA. That's the technology that Cingular and all other mobile carriers are using right now. HSUPA is a future technology that is currently in trials. No one ever expected the iPhone to have HSUPA. 2) "EDGE is also widely deployed in the US. Newer generation technologies, including HSUPA and EVDO, are not." HSDPA phones are also EDGE capable. So the whole argument about network size is null and void. Additionally, Sprint and Verizon Wireless both operate nationwide EV-DO networks. Just like with HSDPA, when you use a EV-DO phone in an area that there is no EV-DO coverage it automatically switches to 1xRTT (about the same speed as EDGE). 3) A CDMA iPhone with EV-DO is very likely. Motorola launched the RAZR in GSM first and then followed up in about a year with a CDMA version. To be truly successful in the US market you really need a CDMA play (over half of our market is CDMA). If Cingular really does have an exclusive for two years, look for a CDMA model to launch then. 4) The author seems confused by all the acronyms which is more evidence that he has little knowledge of mobile. He essentially claims that because there are so many competing 3G standards, Apple did the smart thing to just go with EDGE to make it easy for consumers.
I feel the same way. The links to Roland's site usually add very little to the story because they are quotes and excerpts from the other sites that were linked. Shameless.
If all I need to do is show ID when the sigs don't match, this is a useless technology--just fake the ID like you would do today.
Who cares if it stands up in court--having to go to court because of this would still be wrong. Stick with a thumbprint scanner or something.
Even for someone with a good sig, the pressure of having to be perfect might lead to slight variations. I even get nervous with the biometric scanners at Busch Gardens... And you can't really change your hand.
Is my own writing that similar? What happens if I let my guard down and something slightly different, will I be arrested for fraud by forging my own name?
So I guess you don't see images on Slashdot? Pretty much all graphics on this site are .gif.
While I don't want to be "that guy", this is an amazingly old link. It was made by Jason Kottke, and the girl in the ads is Megan Hourihan. It came out a year or two ago, along with the Segwa.y.
Good point. Here are some other stories by him:
Towards Silent Supersonic Planes
Satellites Show That Earth Has a Fever
This Robot Collects Fingerprints
From the Higgs Boson Particle to Leadbelly
Or just view them all.
No go. I've tried that and logged in, but Safari can't cut it once it's in. Gmail uses Javascript that Safari doesn't know what to do with. So when it says it won't work, it means it.
It works great with FireFox. The reason it doesn't work with everything is because it makes extensive use of Javascript. And by extensive, I MEAN extensive. It's even got real-time autocomplete. It really does make the service sing though, and they can always offer a "light" version down the raod.
It's a reward to those that have stuck with Blogger. Makes sense to me. It's a great way to scale a system. I got in before the Blogger test and it was really refreshing to not have to get an address like suferdude23442--nothing was taken!
A9 actually uses Google for search results... Notice how all the results are the same, and there are Google AdWords? :).
(You have to put quotes around a phrase to get results that contain it as you typed it)
Look up Buzz2Talk, it's a program for Symbian phones that lets you to PTT via GPRS. That would be VoIP. Nokia is adding GPRS PTT to all its new phones, starting sometime later this year.
GPRS is being used for VoIP right now.
Hey guys, someone submitted when we were already at the top of our load. So while the host works things out, here are the images used in the story.
If you use more than 3-4 hours a month, just sign up to be a monthly subscriber. If you're a T-Mobile wireless subscriber, it's only $29.99 a month... That's a buck a day for T1 speed. It's $39.99 if you're new to T-Mobile, which is still a great deal. Of course you pay more as you go--just look at pre-paid cell phones. The advantage is you *can* just use an hour or two.
I'm pretty sure the operational definition of a second is the amount of time it takes your planet to go 86,400 of it's rotation. Call them Earth seconds or Martian seconds, but they are still just seconds.
The problem with "direct" sales is most record labels won't want to sell anything from the others. It AOL really going to sell Sony music? Nah. So are we going to have to buy music based on label not band?
"Dude you can't get that at the Sony store. That's AOL".
I'll take something like Amazon any day--very easy.
Depends... The $$$ per CPM is widely variable. Try advertising on a news site (foxnews.com, washingtonpost.com...). You'll be met with $50 CPM and there abouts.
It's all about the audience. Who listens to streaming music from mp3.com? A lot of kids. Who reads foxnews and the washingtonpost? Money makers.
I currently get $4-$5 CPM via text ads. Not bad.
The audio uses the compression technology out of CDMA. Pretty neat.
In typical Slashdot fashion, this is old news. Everyone had the link before the PowerPage... For instance:
MacMinute
MacNN
MacDailyNews
And every other half-baked Mac site. Good article though.