"The moral, said Levy, is: "If you browse, you're eventually going to get hit with a spyware attack."
I strongly disagree. If you browse smartly, you won't be hit, even when you use IE. You need to be really careful, but again using the computer properly, won't get any infection. What the author states above is simply an overstated semplification, just as saying that "if you will get enough emails with suspicious attachment, you will open them".
Advise: 1) browse smartly (always). 2) Get Firefox (just in case you were not very focus on what you were browsing) 3) Get a Unix/Linux/Mac if you really plan to browse safely with little thinking.
Clarification about Palm, PalmOne, PalmSource....
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No, Palm split into two brances, PalmOne (hardware) and PalmSources (PalmOS), two independent companies. PalmSource acquired (and not viceversa) the chinese software developer MobileSoft, specialized in OS for smartphones. Then PalmSource itself was bought by a Japanese company (Access, the maker of NetFront). In the meantime, PalmOne bought from PalmSource the rights to use the name Palm again. Finally last year, PalmOne became Palm again.
As it of today, Palm (previously known as PalmOne) is an independent company Apple may be interested it (according to these rumors). PalmSource (and PalmOS) are fully owned by ACCESS.
"Palm is already working a new version of Palm OS with Linux as the kernel"
No, This is plain wrong: PalmSource (an independent company which is a Palm spin-off, now owned by ACCESS), owns PalmOS in its current and future linux-based form. Palm Inc. is licensing PalmOS from PalmSource. Palm has no control of the OS.
Because the value of the product is in who develops it and design it, not in the company that manufactures it. If so, Dell has no value, because it does not "physically" build their products. Apple buys the blueprints, the rights to use the name Treo. Do you see where I am getting? If not, you should study marketing, my friend.
Do you have any idea how complicated it is to deal with wireless providers. For Apple, Palm would be the media through which enter the cell phone market. Sure, You are perfectly correct saying that in the short term Apple has little to benefit. But a proper marketing from Apple, would allow them to slowly introduce the Apple brand together with Palm. Apple is great in doing this sort of transition. Could be a trivial "iPalm" or "iTreo". or an hybrid. In any case it's a cash cow it'd be worth milking (for Apple).
Let's not forget this. Apple is the company that can benefits from any drastic change/additions in their product, simply by marketing. The Treo is a good product that I am sure Apple would push even more. I am sure Apple recognize the value of the Treo. In fact they would probably produce a very similar product if they had to. As you said, Apple has a long way to go to penetrate the phone market. Acquiring Palm would be simple the shortest and probably easiest way to get there.
Here the situation: Apple is looking (it's not a secret) in penetrating the smartphone market. They experimented with Motorola, but didn't seem to work well. The Treo would be Perfect for Apple (Jobs praised the Treo some time ago).
Palm on the other end has a great device (the Treo) and some farily good ones (the high end PDAs, such as the Tungsten TX). The weakest link is currently the OS. It seems that they are hanging around using a bit of everything. PalmOS in its current version (5.4) is a dinosaur, patched to make it running modern applications. Palm does NOT own PalmOS, being developed by PalmSource, a separate coumpany own by the Japanese company ACCESS. Palm has no control over PalmOS. THey have the 700w running windows targeting consumers. They would like to use Linux too. basically they have no direction, developing a new OS wouldn't go into a device before 2-3 years. Palm would gain A LOT from Apple. An OS to start with, either a scaled down version of MacOSX, or a scaled up version of whatever OS inside an iPod.
It's a win-win deal, that should have been done long ago!
I agree the title is kind of mesleading. It's actually the first time I heard about this comparison. Nanotubes are studied because of the electrical properties that thay have in relation of their small size. In other words they are the perfect candidate to substitute metal wires in circuitry. They are under study as possible hydrogen storage systems.
So apart from the fact that they are "small", I don't really see any fitting comparison with the Gecko. Unless we could use a Gecko as the next RAM. Ah that's it! The perfect "organic" electronic device!
You don't trust computer simulations apparently. It's just a bunch of crap, people inventing some sort of video games to basically produce whatever they want. Wow, that's quite a stretch. Sure computer simulations could be potentially manipulated. However when properly applied they provide a lot of insight. What is required? EXPERIMENTS. In my original post I never talked about simulation in first place, but experiments. Do you trust the experimental method? Well this is precisely what is now finally being produced, experiments on ice samples and more. The outcome of these experiments indicate a trend that confirm the role of global warming from greehouse effect. Is this a total fact? No, it isn't. It's a theory and if you know what a theory is, you will know that a number of infinite experiments is required in order to prove it right (and only one to prove it wrong). QED isn't a fact, it's a theory, and there are phenomenon in nature which are not contemplate by it (dark matter?). Am I suggesting that this theory is wrong? No, I am just saying that more experiments/analytical work/simulations are needed. It may turn out that another theory will come out.
All this to say. Please let's be productive. The global warming theory (as imperfect this may be) is there, and there are at least some indications of its correctness. This again doesn't mean that is right. It's a theory that needs work. So why instead of rejecting, we just be open-minded and say: "let's keep that possibility open"?
I couldn't disagree more. What kind of interested would "those people" have in spreading this? This IS science. It's not chat talk, it's experimental studies. You can be skeptical, that is fine. But you cannot bash this as "not-science". You either are not a scientist, or you have no idea of what you are talking about. Nobody is imposing anything to anybody.
The problem is not only that GWB is not listening. The REAL problem is that is censuring government scientists not to disclose their studies, when not in line with the government itsels.
It will never be open source. If that were to happen Apple would out of business. People would be able to modify to code to run on everything. That is precisely what Apple does NOT want.
I don't get anything more I need with Vista
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I remember the hype about the security of Windows XP what it was soon to be introduced to the market. "Built on the solid foundation of Windows NT". Well, we all know how bumpy the path has been for Win XP in terms of security. Would I trust Vista for security? Honestly, NO. New features? All the interesting one have been either delayed or they will backported to WinXP. So considering the increased hardware requirements, I really see no point in upgrading.
I am not saying I will dump Windows. If used properly (proper firefox, proper antivirus), Win XP is good enough for my home use. I don't want to be a guinea pig for Vista. When the time will come I'll upgrade, yes, but to Linux. I am already slowly moving to it.
Bottom line: To be lured by MS I need way more. I would consider Vista only as a free upgrade. Call me cheapy, but for what I know I don't see what more I can get from it than in using Windows XP or Linux.
Your reasoning is correct. However if (because of global warming) ice will melt and water level will rise up, the visual effect will be of a Venice underwater.
Or may be you are suggesting to build on top of the curernt buildings... If so you should spend some time there (and yes, I grew up 20 minutes from it, in case you were wondering).
So (at least visually) Venice will sink.
If Microsoft releases a piece of software in version 1.0 and it has some bugs, people tend to say: "MS stuff is crap!". If Apple products in version 1.0 show similar problems (which are normail in first generation software, BTW), then people tend to excuse them, it'd be good next time, "don't be too harsh on Apple".
You raise a good point here. MacOSX is good/better than any other *nix variants simply because the hardware is basically locked to what Apple wants to use. While Linux (like Windows) has to work on the widest variety of hardware, MacOSX does not.
Why not just go ahead and use the workaround? What's the point of keep going for RIM with the lawsuit? The sooner they settle, the better. Are they so crazy to let the worse happen (shutdown)? I don't think it's going to happen. However I'd be very nervous if I owned a Blackberry.
A new pavillion in EPCOT center (Walt Disney World) sponsored by Apple. Big showcase of Apple hardware+software while showing Pixar material.
Fits perfectly
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You got me on that one. VERY good point.
From the article:
"The moral, said Levy, is: "If you browse, you're eventually going to get hit with a spyware attack."I strongly disagree. If you browse smartly, you won't be hit, even when you use IE. You need to be really careful, but again using the computer properly, won't get any infection. What the author states above is simply an overstated semplification, just as saying that "if you will get enough emails with suspicious attachment, you will open them".
Advise: 1) browse smartly (always). 2) Get Firefox (just in case you were not very focus on what you were browsing) 3) Get a Unix/Linux/Mac if you really plan to browse safely with little thinking.
As it of today, Palm (previously known as PalmOne) is an independent company Apple may be interested it (according to these rumors). PalmSource (and PalmOS) are fully owned by ACCESS.
"Palm is already working a new version of Palm OS with Linux as the kernel" No, This is plain wrong: PalmSource (an independent company which is a Palm spin-off, now owned by ACCESS), owns PalmOS in its current and future linux-based form. Palm Inc. is licensing PalmOS from PalmSource. Palm has no control of the OS.
Because the value of the product is in who develops it and design it, not in the company that manufactures it. If so, Dell has no value, because it does not "physically" build their products. Apple buys the blueprints, the rights to use the name Treo. Do you see where I am getting? If not, you should study marketing, my friend.
Do you have any idea how complicated it is to deal with wireless providers. For Apple, Palm would be the media through which enter the cell phone market. Sure, You are perfectly correct saying that in the short term Apple has little to benefit. But a proper marketing from Apple, would allow them to slowly introduce the Apple brand together with Palm. Apple is great in doing this sort of transition. Could be a trivial "iPalm" or "iTreo". or an hybrid. In any case it's a cash cow it'd be worth milking (for Apple).
Let's not forget this. Apple is the company that can benefits from any drastic change/additions in their product, simply by marketing. The Treo is a good product that I am sure Apple would push even more. I am sure Apple recognize the value of the Treo. In fact they would probably produce a very similar product if they had to. As you said, Apple has a long way to go to penetrate the phone market. Acquiring Palm would be simple the shortest and probably easiest way to get there.
Here the situation: Apple is looking (it's not a secret) in penetrating the smartphone market. They experimented with Motorola, but didn't seem to work well. The Treo would be Perfect for Apple (Jobs praised the Treo some time ago).
Palm on the other end has a great device (the Treo) and some farily good ones (the high end PDAs, such as the Tungsten TX). The weakest link is currently the OS. It seems that they are hanging around using a bit of everything. PalmOS in its current version (5.4) is a dinosaur, patched to make it running modern applications. Palm does NOT own PalmOS, being developed by PalmSource, a separate coumpany own by the Japanese company ACCESS. Palm has no control over PalmOS. THey have the 700w running windows targeting consumers. They would like to use Linux too. basically they have no direction, developing a new OS wouldn't go into a device before 2-3 years. Palm would gain A LOT from Apple. An OS to start with, either a scaled down version of MacOSX, or a scaled up version of whatever OS inside an iPod.
It's a win-win deal, that should have been done long ago!
Sorry, it's not guesswork. I could articulate, but someone
has expressed it better than me.
Let's not forget that Merom will be 64bit...
With Merom behind the corner, I wonder if the current Core Duo (basically Yonah) will be obsolete soon...
I agree the title is kind of mesleading. It's actually the first time I heard about this comparison. Nanotubes are studied because of the electrical properties that thay have in relation of their small size. In other words they are the perfect candidate to substitute metal wires in circuitry. They are under study as possible hydrogen storage systems.
So apart from the fact that they are "small", I don't really see any fitting comparison with the Gecko. Unless we could use a Gecko as the next RAM. Ah that's it! The perfect "organic" electronic device!
It's just misleading.Free McAfee antivirus included in any McDonalds. I am sure Burger King will offer Symantec.
You don't trust computer simulations apparently. It's just a bunch of crap, people inventing some sort of video games to basically produce whatever they want. Wow, that's quite a stretch. Sure computer simulations could be potentially manipulated. However when properly applied they provide a lot of insight. What is required? EXPERIMENTS. In my original post I never talked about simulation in first place, but experiments. Do you trust the experimental method? Well this is precisely what is now finally being produced, experiments on ice samples and more. The outcome of these experiments indicate a trend that confirm the role of global warming from greehouse effect. Is this a total fact? No, it isn't. It's a theory and if you know what a theory is, you will know that a number of infinite experiments is required in order to prove it right (and only one to prove it wrong). QED isn't a fact, it's a theory, and there are phenomenon in nature which are not contemplate by it (dark matter?). Am I suggesting that this theory is wrong? No, I am just saying that more experiments/analytical work/simulations are needed. It may turn out that another theory will come out.
All this to say. Please let's be productive. The global warming theory (as imperfect this may be) is there, and there are at least some indications of its correctness. This again doesn't mean that is right. It's a theory that needs work. So why instead of rejecting, we just be open-minded and say: "let's keep that possibility open"?
I couldn't disagree more. What kind of interested would "those people" have in spreading this? This IS science. It's not chat talk, it's experimental studies. You can be skeptical, that is fine. But you cannot bash this as "not-science". You either are not a scientist, or you have no idea of what you are talking about. Nobody is imposing anything to anybody.
See for example: James E. Hansen at NASA
Censorship is bad. It's not only in China. It's here (US) too.
"MacOS X is not open source (yet?!)"
It will never be open source. If that were to happen Apple would out of business. People would be able to modify to code to run on everything. That is precisely what Apple does NOT want.I remember the hype about the security of Windows XP what it was soon to be introduced to the market. "Built on the solid foundation of Windows NT". Well, we all know how bumpy the path has been for Win XP in terms of security. Would I trust Vista for security? Honestly, NO. New features? All the interesting one have been either delayed or they will backported to WinXP. So considering the increased hardware requirements, I really see no point in upgrading.
I am not saying I will dump Windows. If used properly (proper firefox, proper antivirus), Win XP is good enough for my home use. I don't want to be a guinea pig for Vista. When the time will come I'll upgrade, yes, but to Linux. I am already slowly moving to it.
Bottom line: To be lured by MS I need way more. I would consider Vista only as a free upgrade. Call me cheapy, but for what I know I don't see what more I can get from it than in using Windows XP or Linux.
Your reasoning is correct. However if (because of global warming) ice will melt and water level will rise up, the visual effect will be of a Venice underwater. Or may be you are suggesting to build on top of the curernt buildings... If so you should spend some time there (and yes, I grew up 20 minutes from it, in case you were wondering). So (at least visually) Venice will sink.
Now, let's open the bets. Which will sink first: New York or Venice, Italy?
If Microsoft releases a piece of software in version 1.0 and it has some bugs, people tend to say: "MS stuff is crap!". If Apple products in version 1.0 show similar problems (which are normail in first generation software, BTW), then people tend to excuse them, it'd be good next time, "don't be too harsh on Apple".
So predictable...
Good for you. I know some people that actually cannot really live without it. They would "starve" without it....
Is this the final push for Linux in Phones (smart or not)?
You raise a good point here. MacOSX is good/better than any other *nix variants simply because the hardware is basically locked to what Apple wants to use. While Linux (like Windows) has to work on the widest variety of hardware, MacOSX does not.
Why not just go ahead and use the workaround? What's the point of keep going for RIM with the lawsuit? The sooner they settle, the better. Are they so crazy to let the worse happen (shutdown)? I don't think it's going to happen. However I'd be very nervous if I owned a Blackberry.
A new pavillion in EPCOT center (Walt Disney World) sponsored by Apple. Big showcase of Apple hardware+software while showing Pixar material. Fits perfectly