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  1. Re:I feel... on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1

    This is semi-inaccurate. Most new PSP custom firmwares support the newer games by backporting the necessary libraries/decryptors.

    However, there are yet still some who do not upgrade for whatever reason.

  2. Re:I found... on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1

    Except in the case of the iPhone 3G perhaps?

  3. Re:Desert without walls... on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1
  4. MagSafe could be better on There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies · · Score: 1

    Even the current MagSafe design is somewhat lacking. I've tried to use it while laying down and the connector constantly disconnects. Stronger magnets please!

  5. Re:Short answer: walled garden on How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure · · Score: 1

    There is no code review. There is static analysis, but that can easily miss things.

  6. Re:Agreed. on How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure · · Score: 1

    I took it as meaning he had control of the story writer's iPhone and used that to send his response.

  7. Re:Frist to get jailbroken... on How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure · · Score: 1

    They had it for the release of iOS4. I don't know how full it was, but the point is still that unsigned code was run from the web. http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/ios-4-jailbreakme/

  8. Re:Frist to get jailbroken... on How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure · · Score: 1
    There's some apples to oranges here and I'll explain why. On iOS in order to update any of the apps Apple must release a full package (600MB+) and you must connect it to a computer and sync to receive these updates. On Android the updates are broken up into two categories, system and applications. The system update can be received over the air, but has the problem you have mentioned of being slow to come from manufacturers & cellular companies. The applications updates have been much quicker and are easily updated by anyone with market access.

    The virus expert from the Lookout Mobile Security, Kevin Mahaffey, said that Geinmi is discovered on a third party market apps in china

    Again, not on the main market. There were some less dangerous things found in the main market, just like on iOS. However, Google remotely removed those just like Apple would. You also know what an application is going to use when you install on Android, whereas iOS could be using anything (aside from location services).

  9. Re:No install media, no deal on Apple WWDC: iOS 5, Lion, iCloud · · Score: 1

    Apple has never given delta updates for xcode, however. Which means it's been a 4GB download for each release.

  10. Re:Honest question about security of unix systems on Mac OS Update Detects, Kills MacDefender Scareware · · Score: 1

    The guy who won said it was because Apple does not secure as well as MS. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/transcript-charlie-miller-mac-os-x-pwn2own-and-writing-exploits-031810

  11. Re:Good luck with that... on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Good luck with that... on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Good luck with that... on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    Supposedly this doesn't require the password. It just installs to the user directory. It pops up a image that says click here to disinfect, the user clicks and it runs in the background.

  14. Re:There is nothing else on Ask Slashdot: FOSS, Multiplatform Skype Replacement for PC-to-PC Video Chat? · · Score: 1

    The EU goes to you when you have not lobbied them enough and forces a donation.

  15. Re:Virtual Desktops on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    Some programs don't show up when you hold on their icon. Holding on the icon takes too long. Expose gets cluttered when you have lots of things open. This makes switching amongst things tougher.

  16. Re:Virtual Desktops on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    In Windows 7 I just hover over the icon and choose the window by preview. It's quick and I can go about my day. It's similar to expose except if there are lots of windows open it doesn't get as cluttered. (I say this because the size gets smaller in expose, but not in Windows)

    That last bit happened all the time. That extra step doubles the amount of time it takes to do stuff. So I ended up with everyone on one space again.

  17. Re:Virtual Desktops on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    I find the opposite true. This is because switching to things in Windows is really simple. (Even better since they started grouping same programs). Now on OSX switching things can be tough, unless you use expose all the time. However, even then, it starts to get cluttered out. I've tried their virtual desktop system and found I had very few programs that didn't need to interact, so switching between them took up more time than was saved.

  18. Re:WHAT I WANT on Ask Slashdot: How Should Sony Compensate PSN Users? · · Score: 1

    That relies on Square not Sony. Although Sony could dump a bunch of money into Square to ask for it to be done.

  19. Re:Without PSN on Ask Slashdot: How Should Sony Compensate PSN Users? · · Score: 1

    I think Heavy Rain did initially. I remember there was some PSN outage and people were unable to play the game. They patched it away, however.

  20. Re:What I don't get . . . on Sony Could Face Developer Exodus On PSN · · Score: 1

    I still think Netscape died because they stagnated and came out with a buggy, bloated experience. IE4 was lightweight in comparison.

  21. Re:Consoles are inherently evil. on Sony Could Face Developer Exodus On PSN · · Score: 1

    Offline mode is only available on games you have actually played. The first time you play them it does the main verification. Any time after then you are able to play the game offline.

  22. Re:Bad luck on Ask Slashdot: Moving From *nix To Windows Automation? · · Score: 1

    You can automate point & clicking on Windows.

  23. Re:Benchmarks! on Gitbrew Releases OtherOS++ PS3 Linux Dual Boot · · Score: 1

    Honestly lots of people claim the PS3 is the better system, but if you were an actual dev you would probably not feel that way. The PS3 was not designed with game developers in mind, it was designed to push blu-ray. MS at least talks with developers and bases their console changes on them. They also try to make great tools so that developing is easier. This is the opposite of Sony.

  24. Re:Where's wiki-leaks? on 'Motherlode' of Data Seized At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 1

    This.... Many politically motivated people tend to forget that use of military force was authorized by congress.

  25. Re:I thought I clicked "disable advertising" on iMac Gets Thunderbolt I/O, Quad-core · · Score: 1

    They use laptop video cards. So it is likely that it is a laptop motherboard in a monitor casing.