Sony IS well diversified. They are using bad business methods in several of their product lines. Search slashdot for Sony. How many stories are good ones?
There's a link... Nintendo didn't sell faulty batteries. Sony did. Sony's profits are down 94% in part because they sold faulty batteries. It doesn't matter what Sony would've/could've done. The link is they both are selling a gaming system. Sony's sells for $500 - $600 and Nintendo sells for $250. I think it would be better to buy a $250 unit from a profitable company than a $500 unit from a failing one. Sony's recent business history proves they are making some bad decisions from the top down ( *cough* rootkits in music cd's *cough* ) and it's doubtful the PS3 will be the cash cow they are banking on to pull them out of the mess.
Sony's gambling right now. With profits down and so much money into their new gaming system, time will not bode well for them unless they sell a LOT of $500 - $600 PS3's (and additional games with them). I'd rather have a $600 computer that a $600 console.
This would make it easy to see all the sites that the spammer is affiliated with. Then you could simply filter out most of the domains in his search umbrella.
It's fun to connect with my ipaq... then use VMNet browser to search for other machines with shares and no security... I find all kinds of "shareware" in their public folders but I do not risk getting bitten by win32 viruses since I'm on a pocketpc machine.
I have found sales documents, salary proposals, resumes and even documents discussing why or why not people should be fired from their company.
Although Wikipedia is certainly a top ranking search engine result for many subjects, it is certainly not an exhaustive resource. It's an encyclopedia. As such, I find that when I search google that sooner or later (usually 1 - 3 tries) I find keywords that give some sort of appropriate results. If I am searching for specific subjects that I know may be found in an encyclopedia, I start with google again and search "site:wikipedia.org somesubject" or even "wikipedia somesubject". The latter search is because many people will have an informative page on their own website with more/different information than wikipedia, but they will reference wikipedia for some of their text.
Good question, but personally I still always start with google. Unless I'm simply in wikipedia research mode, then I can sit for hours in front of the thing going from one article to the next...
More complicated security simply means more circumstances for the code to be vulnerable. Windows continues to bloat in every direction and as a result, it continues to be an easy target. Now that so many systems areon the web, one wonders if there will ever be an exploit so complicated and devisive that it will shut down a significant portion of the windows user base. If this Security Cop layer of Vista gets hacked, a huge DOS will be easier than ever.
- have more than a few optimistic hours per charge
- be easy to use as a media player
- not be dog slow and prone to lockups and reboots
- have WiFi that's actually useful for its intended purpose
Wow, my opinion is that you got everything wrong. I can watch 5 hours of full screen 640 x 480 video on my ipaq. TCPMP is one of the best media players on ANY platform, let alone the Pocket PC. It plays Divx, Xvid, AAC and more. Between it and GSPlayer, I can listen or watch anything I want and easily make playlists and listen to only what I want, when I want. If you still use anything microsoft for media on a Pocket PC, you have some learning to do. Windows Mobile 2003 is not dog slow and prone to lockups. All the chumps that got Windows Mobile 5 get those features. There's a reason it's called ROM (it's not supposed to be written to over and over). So why does WM5 try to use ROM as RAM? Microsoft scred up on that one, simple as that. WiFi on Pocket PC is great! I use skype, surf & post at slashdot, and control office equpment thanks to my wifi connection, but I guess as you say that's not what it's meant for.
Because the new platform is far more desirable as a media player.
We'll see.
"The only thing todays Pocket PC's don't have that Zune does have is the new software and a large harddrive."
That's a pretty big thing, though, isn't it?
No, not really. I'm sure some enterprising youngsters with lots of time on their hand are working right now to duplicate and improve on Zune's wireless sharing philosopy. Only they'll do it without DRM restrictions and open it up to any Pocket PC with wifi. Now for the harddrive? We can just get an 8GB Compact Flash for under $150 if we really want more space.
Dude you're slated in the wrong direction. If you're touting a new, unknown product with less features as being better than a proven product with more features, you are either misinformed or have a set of needs entirely different than most. Pocket PC platform has more usability in every angle than the Zune except for space.
How do these features differ from the simplest video games? So there's some more space available on an HD DVD or Blueray... they just cram the space full with this?
Unless I don't understand something... what does this add to the movie itself? If it doesn't, then it's just an added feature that has no inherent quality and doesn't aid in my decision to purchase a movie in the first place.
Perhaps there should be another mention of Dr. Who in Guiness Book of World Records. As far as I know it's the only sci-fi show EVER to be able to complete a season in one country, before that season starts in another.
If one so wishes, he could watch all of the second season already, but in the US the second season is just now starting.
That's some amazing technology! Time travel? Alternative-Universe? Or just plain old creative bittorenting?
The best is whatever device fits your specific needs. Again, this is the reason Apple works for most people. It does what they want quickly and easily (lets them listen to mp3's (purchased or downloaded) very easily.
If you feel you have different needs than 70% of America right now, try http://dapreview.net/ and research until you find what suits your needs.
I have visited some other sites that let you search for every single feature you want in a DAP / PMP, but I can't find the site at this time. If anyone else knows a link that would be great...
What will ZUNE do that the Pocket PC / Windows Mobile platform cannot do? There are Windows Mobile devices out now for little more than $200 with built-in wifi. They ALL have QVGA screen or better, except for a few 240x240 square screens on some phones. Some are cheaper than the Zune!
Why would Microsoft all but stop its interest in the pocket computing field that is totally capable of everything Zune can do, then build an entirely new device on a new platform? The only thing todays Pocket PC's don't have that Zune does have is the new software and a large harddrive. How hard could it be for M$ to add some software and bigger harddrive support to the already wonderful existing line of Pocket PC's? Plus, Pocket PC's can even have VGA Screens!
Forget the Zune and it's "consumer media 'perfect storm'". Microsoft is recreating the wheel again just to try to squash competition. With it's interest on market share instead of true market need, this product will not live up to their expectations. Apple isn't the best out there. But they lead the market because they simply give a product that fills most consumer needs.
Apparently it's been around since at least 1995... It's like saying Car Wrecks have been happening since the early 20th century. Duh! That's about when it started!
If I am working on one of my websites, and I see an ad that I am interested in, I click it. But google doesn't credit me for my own clicks. Not that it matters much, maybe a total of 5 or 10 clicks over the last year, but they have the anti-click-fraud engine turned up so high, that once I log into google or my own website from an ip address, it almost certainly nullifies my ability to click on an ad and still get paid.
My point is, Web software IS going to one day be acceptable for Corporate America. There are kinks to work out, but I welcome the beta software that is here now because it is moving in the right direction. Microsoft can twiddle their thumbs for years, but SOMEONE is going to catch up to their Workstation monopoly and actually provide user-friendly web-based office products with full backups. Sure, net connectivity is necessry for certain solutions, but it doesn't have to be. Certain apps can be downloaded to the client as needed, and remin in memory after the internet connection has been closed. (Like open office but more modular) In this respect, a user's Operating System is essentially built as needed and the data can be in multiple places at one time, being stored securely.
There are tradeoffs for this type of service (like the mentioned printing of archived files that are only found online) but for some companies and business models, these tradeoffs are worth it.
I'm glad this article came out... It provided me a link to google so I could experiment with their apps on my domain. I've been meaning to do it, but I never got around to it...
I wonder how many other people that didn't know about google's services, or just haven't gotten around to signing up WILL sign up because this M$ article reminded them to do so.
You can't charge laptop batteries via USB.
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Well sure, for AA it's pointless. But what if you could charge a laptop battery with it? With two of them you could charge the main battery and the spare and never run dry!
Do you understand the power and current it takes to charge a laptop battery? To convert a usb port's voltage to that which is required to charge a laptop battery, it would lower the amperage so much it would take a LONG TIME to charge it. I'm sure if someone here feels like taking the time they could explain just how long it would take to do this and just how bad of an idea it is.
These are $24 apice, not $16?
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Whoops, I meant $24 apice, not 16. Man that's even worse.
Not so fast...
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Not so fast fellow/.ers. This new product may not be all it's cracked up to be for their price... Unless you have lots of extra ports on your computer and your electronics do not need strong batteries.
USBCELL batteries have a capacity of 1300mAH which is in line with most NiCd and NiMH batteries though some do go all the way up to 2500mAH. It takes five hours to charge a completely flat battery and an LED on the side will light up to indicate charging, flash for 10 minutes after charging is complete as an alert and switch off after that.
Uhm... First of all, using USB for this is generally a bad idea. But if you do want to charge batteries via USB: 1300 mAH is NOT in line with most NiCd and NiMH batteries selling these days. The standard for 4 off brand NIMH batteries from Walmart right now is $6 for 2000 mAH to 2500 mAH (depending on if they've restocked recently as the Generic Brand has upped their standard capacity for AA's).
Let's break this down.
4 batteries - $6 at Walmart for off brand or $10 - $15 for 4 name brand rechargables.
Cheap AA/AAA USB Charger $8 from tiger direct.
OR
Better AA/AAA USB Charger $20 from tiger direct.
The cheapest route gives you 4 batteries, each with twice the mAH for $14 plus shipping. The most expensive route gives you the same thing for $30 plus shipping. Either way, buying a battery with only 1300 mAH nowadays is like buying a midsized car with a 50 hp engine.
Bottom line? For novelty reasons, these batteries look interesting and you do not need to carry an additional charger. But at around $16 US apiece they are expensive and WAY underpowered. Additionally, you need one USB slot for each. If you buy a regular USB charger and use standard rechargeable batteries, you can charge several (up to 4) with one USB slot and spend half the money.
Conclusion? It's a neat novelty backup backup. But it is way to expensive.
Absolutely insane. This isn't a comparison of apples to apples. The reason people want the vinyl has nothing to do with Analog[u][e] verses digital. It's just a "cool thing to do at the time". It's in now, but like all fads, it will go out again soon. We just live in a soceity big enough that whatever you're into, there is probably a following of someone else who is into it. The novelty of the fad can catch like wildfire, but in the end the only reason people will stay with a technology is because of ease of use, necessity or monetary gain. Vinyl isn't easier to use. It's harder to back up digitally and there simply aren't enough people big enough to carry around the vinyl record changer ipod. Thus, there's not enough long term money in this fad.
NME's Alex Needham is championing the format to supersede CD. "I think it's very possible that the CD might become obsolete in an age of download music but the vinyl record will survive,"
The format has already been "championed" then IT was superceded. I'll keep my cd's at home, then carry one digital music device that holds everything. Leave the vinyl for the novel enthusiasts. They will have their fun. Soon enough even they will start buying cd's, dvd audio, or whatever else comes around the block that's better.
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Sony IS well diversified. They are using bad business methods in several of their product lines. Search slashdot for Sony. How many stories are good ones?
There's a link... Nintendo didn't sell faulty batteries. Sony did. Sony's profits are down 94% in part because they sold faulty batteries. It doesn't matter what Sony would've/could've done. The link is they both are selling a gaming system. Sony's sells for $500 - $600 and Nintendo sells for $250. I think it would be better to buy a $250 unit from a profitable company than a $500 unit from a failing one. Sony's recent business history proves they are making some bad decisions from the top down ( *cough* rootkits in music cd's *cough* ) and it's doubtful the PS3 will be the cash cow they are banking on to pull them out of the mess.
Sony's gambling right now. With profits down and so much money into their new gaming system, time will not bode well for them unless they sell a LOT of $500 - $600 PS3's (and additional games with them). I'd rather have a $600 computer that a $600 console.
This would make it easy to see all the sites that the spammer is affiliated with. Then you could simply filter out most of the domains in his search umbrella.
There's a little site out there called Rollyo or Roll Your Own. It works similarly to this and has been around a while. http://www.rollyo.com/
It's fun to connect with my ipaq... then use VMNet browser to search for other machines with shares and no security... I find all kinds of "shareware" in their public folders but I do not risk getting bitten by win32 viruses since I'm on a pocketpc machine.
I have found sales documents, salary proposals, resumes and even documents discussing why or why not people should be fired from their company.
Although Wikipedia is certainly a top ranking search engine result for many subjects, it is certainly not an exhaustive resource. It's an encyclopedia. As such, I find that when I search google that sooner or later (usually 1 - 3 tries) I find keywords that give some sort of appropriate results. If I am searching for specific subjects that I know may be found in an encyclopedia, I start with google again and search "site:wikipedia.org somesubject" or even "wikipedia somesubject". The latter search is because many people will have an informative page on their own website with more/different information than wikipedia, but they will reference wikipedia for some of their text.
Good question, but personally I still always start with google. Unless I'm simply in wikipedia research mode, then I can sit for hours in front of the thing going from one article to the next...
More complicated security simply means more circumstances for the code to be vulnerable. Windows continues to bloat in every direction and as a result, it continues to be an easy target. Now that so many systems areon the web, one wonders if there will ever be an exploit so complicated and devisive that it will shut down a significant portion of the windows user base. If this Security Cop layer of Vista gets hacked, a huge DOS will be easier than ever.
They hacked WindowsUpdate.com as well... It must be them. The screen capture of the hacked website says "hacked by chinese".
We'll see.
No, not really. I'm sure some enterprising youngsters with lots of time on their hand are working right now to duplicate and improve on Zune's wireless sharing philosopy. Only they'll do it without DRM restrictions and open it up to any Pocket PC with wifi. Now for the harddrive? We can just get an 8GB Compact Flash for under $150 if we really want more space.
Dude you're slated in the wrong direction. If you're touting a new, unknown product with less features as being better than a proven product with more features, you are either misinformed or have a set of needs entirely different than most. Pocket PC platform has more usability in every angle than the Zune except for space.
How do these features differ from the simplest video games? So there's some more space available on an HD DVD or Blueray... they just cram the space full with this?
Unless I don't understand something... what does this add to the movie itself? If it doesn't, then it's just an added feature that has no inherent quality and doesn't aid in my decision to purchase a movie in the first place.
Perhaps there should be another mention of Dr. Who in Guiness Book of World Records. As far as I know it's the only sci-fi show EVER to be able to complete a season in one country, before that season starts in another.
If one so wishes, he could watch all of the second season already, but in the US the second season is just now starting.
That's some amazing technology! Time travel? Alternative-Universe? Or just plain old creative bittorenting?
The best is whatever device fits your specific needs. Again, this is the reason Apple works for most people. It does what they want quickly and easily (lets them listen to mp3's (purchased or downloaded) very easily.
If you feel you have different needs than 70% of America right now, try http://dapreview.net/ and research until you find what suits your needs.
I have visited some other sites that let you search for every single feature you want in a DAP / PMP, but I can't find the site at this time. If anyone else knows a link that would be great...
What will ZUNE do that the Pocket PC / Windows Mobile platform cannot do? There are Windows Mobile devices out now for little more than $200 with built-in wifi. They ALL have QVGA screen or better, except for a few 240x240 square screens on some phones. Some are cheaper than the Zune!
Why would Microsoft all but stop its interest in the pocket computing field that is totally capable of everything Zune can do, then build an entirely new device on a new platform? The only thing todays Pocket PC's don't have that Zune does have is the new software and a large harddrive. How hard could it be for M$ to add some software and bigger harddrive support to the already wonderful existing line of Pocket PC's? Plus, Pocket PC's can even have VGA Screens!
Forget the Zune and it's "consumer media 'perfect storm'". Microsoft is recreating the wheel again just to try to squash competition. With it's interest on market share instead of true market need, this product will not live up to their expectations. Apple isn't the best out there. But they lead the market because they simply give a product that fills most consumer needs.
Apparently it's been around since at least 1995... It's like saying Car Wrecks have been happening since the early 20th century. Duh! That's about when it started!
If I am working on one of my websites, and I see an ad that I am interested in, I click it. But google doesn't credit me for my own clicks. Not that it matters much, maybe a total of 5 or 10 clicks over the last year, but they have the anti-click-fraud engine turned up so high, that once I log into google or my own website from an ip address, it almost certainly nullifies my ability to click on an ad and still get paid.
You also forgot...
f: Media infested with its DRM will not work with next generation MS software. Like Zune
I agree that web based solutions are not yet ready for Corporate America. But this is what these Beta programs can help with. By giving away free services for small businesses and individuals, google can better their products. Right now there are products that can synchronize Google Calendar with desktops, blackberries, palm devices and pocket pc's (Windows Mobile). However, because google hasn't finalized their calendar software, some features do not yet work.
My point is, Web software IS going to one day be acceptable for Corporate America. There are kinks to work out, but I welcome the beta software that is here now because it is moving in the right direction. Microsoft can twiddle their thumbs for years, but SOMEONE is going to catch up to their Workstation monopoly and actually provide user-friendly web-based office products with full backups. Sure, net connectivity is necessry for certain solutions, but it doesn't have to be. Certain apps can be downloaded to the client as needed, and remin in memory after the internet connection has been closed. (Like open office but more modular) In this respect, a user's Operating System is essentially built as needed and the data can be in multiple places at one time, being stored securely.
There are tradeoffs for this type of service (like the mentioned printing of archived files that are only found online) but for some companies and business models, these tradeoffs are worth it.
I'm glad this article came out... It provided me a link to google so I could experiment with their apps on my domain. I've been meaning to do it, but I never got around to it...
I wonder how many other people that didn't know about google's services, or just haven't gotten around to signing up WILL sign up because this M$ article reminded them to do so.
Whoops, I meant $24 apice, not 16. Man that's even worse.
Let's break this down.
4 batteries - $6 at Walmart for off brand or $10 - $15 for 4 name brand rechargables.
Cheap AA/AAA USB Charger $8 from tiger direct.
OR
Better AA/AAA USB Charger $20 from tiger direct.
The cheapest route gives you 4 batteries, each with twice the mAH for $14 plus shipping. The most expensive route gives you the same thing for $30 plus shipping. Either way, buying a battery with only 1300 mAH nowadays is like buying a midsized car with a 50 hp engine.
Bottom line? For novelty reasons, these batteries look interesting and you do not need to carry an additional charger. But at around $16 US apiece they are expensive and WAY underpowered. Additionally, you need one USB slot for each. If you buy a regular USB charger and use standard rechargeable batteries, you can charge several (up to 4) with one USB slot and spend half the money.
Conclusion? It's a neat novelty backup backup. But it is way to expensive.