What Vista was sending to Microsoft was what switched me over to Linux full time. Part of their indexing program was sending content from even things like my RSS feed. I thought it was a virus, but apparently it's standard behaviour, or used to be.
Self defense if protecting yourself, by building using better firewalls, isolating critical systems, using software with fewer exploits, etc. Hacking China does nothing to protect the US.
That may be part of the problem. People using iPhones aren't used to the idea that you can change basic features like lockscreens, keyboards, and have a variety of options for the physical layout of buttons, etc. The iPhone (and any other phone) involves a series of design choices and compromises and isn't going to be perfect for everybody. This is one of the big advantages of having multiple hardware providers and a more open OS. If it's not perfect for you, try something else.
Before the Apple 'App Store' came along there was no way developers would tolerate paying the 30% cut they now charge and Microsoft would be sued for anticompetitive behaviour immediately. It's now been made 'palatable'. Valve and other seem to be rejecting the idea, just as Microsoft and others didn't want to pay that percentage to Apple. The odds are against it, but I hope freedom wins and Linux eats both their lunches.
Jailbreaking is done by exploiting security holes. If the holes are left, they'll be exploited by others for less noble means. There have been a couple of jailbreaks that merely involved visiting a web site. They must be patched.
Google hasn't challenged this as they haven't directly been sued, for good reason I would guess. Barnes & Noble did stand up to them, and published the jokes being used for this extortion. What Microsoft are doing should be considered criminal. I'm guessing that these companies look at the legal fees and decide that paying the extortion is significantly less expensive than paying the extortion, especially when the danger of dealing with an American company in the American legal system is taken into account.
On the other hand, I've worked at places where the worst thing you could do is leave things that the company can't live without *in* the control of the company. Sometimes certain areas of expertise require specializations that the company just doesn't have and isn't interested in acquiring. Of course handing the responsibility of those things off to *Microsoft* is not necessarily any better.
If it has internet access and you don't feel like waiting for the MPAA to be their usual selves, sign up for a new gmail account and send a threat letter to a high ranking government official. You'll get a far faster and more dramatic response. You can be pretty much guaranteed that the issue will be investigated.
The douchebag title is more related to the obnoxious self-important behaviour than the headset. I'm thinking the people wearing these at the start are more likely to be the severely geeky that care little what others think and are not particularly obnoxious. I'd love one, but I won't pay that much for it without some pretty awesome software already in place to support it. As a developer, I think they should have people apply to get free ones for development purposes, or at least be reimbursed if they release something.
I think there's a market for a 'real' Linux OS on a mobile device. The N800 sold like crazy for how available it was, and people still covet them. It's not a huge market, but I think it's there.
... unfortunately many of us had to. The good news is that I finally got around to devoting attention to setting up KDE the way I like it. That's the nice part about KDE; you can make it it perfect.
When that time comes, I would hope they do what Ubuntu started to do and ask for donations. I think it would have worked pretty well for Canonical if they hadn't killed any good will with the Amazon crap. I'd actually be quite interested which approach got them more money. Long term, I would think donations would win out.
People with that sort of attitude are the reason we have people selling honey laced with antibiotics and heavy metals. Screw everybody else, as long as I get ahead. Show a little social conscience.
It's still just going after low-hanging fruit. Anyone weth any real awareness of security does now allow password-only SSH connections anyway. Key based auth and fail2ban is pretty much required these days. You can always add some port knocking to obscure it a bit if you don't like reading about failed access attempts.
It's nice to see for a change, although it's really only the small providers like TekSavvy that are standing up for consumers. Even if there is evidence of illegal activities, there are already laws in place to deal with it. The problem is that for a media corporation, due process is 'inconvenient' and cuts into their profits.
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What Vista was sending to Microsoft was what switched me over to Linux full time. Part of their indexing program was sending content from even things like my RSS feed. I thought it was a virus, but apparently it's standard behaviour, or used to be.
Self defense if protecting yourself, by building using better firewalls, isolating critical systems, using software with fewer exploits, etc. Hacking China does nothing to protect the US.
"Apple: Free yourself from the tyranny of choice."
That may be part of the problem. People using iPhones aren't used to the idea that you can change basic features like lockscreens, keyboards, and have a variety of options for the physical layout of buttons, etc. The iPhone (and any other phone) involves a series of design choices and compromises and isn't going to be perfect for everybody. This is one of the big advantages of having multiple hardware providers and a more open OS. If it's not perfect for you, try something else.
I'll assume you haven't used an Android phone lately.
I'm guessing "Advanced Persistent Threat", but I may be wrong. Yes, It would have been nice to define it at first use.
Before the Apple 'App Store' came along there was no way developers would tolerate paying the 30% cut they now charge and Microsoft would be sued for anticompetitive behaviour immediately. It's now been made 'palatable'. Valve and other seem to be rejecting the idea, just as Microsoft and others didn't want to pay that percentage to Apple. The odds are against it, but I hope freedom wins and Linux eats both their lunches.
Jailbreaking is done by exploiting security holes. If the holes are left, they'll be exploited by others for less noble means. There have been a couple of jailbreaks that merely involved visiting a web site. They must be patched.
... and as a Canadian, inaccurate to the point of being offensive, I think.
Microsoft are also trying to hide the 'patents' they are using as threats.
Google hasn't challenged this as they haven't directly been sued, for good reason I would guess. Barnes & Noble did stand up to them, and published the jokes being used for this extortion. What Microsoft are doing should be considered criminal. I'm guessing that these companies look at the legal fees and decide that paying the extortion is significantly less expensive than paying the extortion, especially when the danger of dealing with an American company in the American legal system is taken into account.
On the other hand, I've worked at places where the worst thing you could do is leave things that the company can't live without *in* the control of the company. Sometimes certain areas of expertise require specializations that the company just doesn't have and isn't interested in acquiring. Of course handing the responsibility of those things off to *Microsoft* is not necessarily any better.
I'd heard the original purpose of this was to help people search for things that they had no idea how to spell.
High-res touch-screen?
This thing apparently has a touch-screen, not just a normal screen. I'm not sure that's a good thing in a laptop, but it's there.
Better still, make *locking* phones illegal. It's anti-competitive and should have been outlawed right from the start.
If it has internet access and you don't feel like waiting for the MPAA to be their usual selves, sign up for a new gmail account and send a threat letter to a high ranking government official. You'll get a far faster and more dramatic response. You can be pretty much guaranteed that the issue will be investigated.
The douchebag title is more related to the obnoxious self-important behaviour than the headset. I'm thinking the people wearing these at the start are more likely to be the severely geeky that care little what others think and are not particularly obnoxious. I'd love one, but I won't pay that much for it without some pretty awesome software already in place to support it. As a developer, I think they should have people apply to get free ones for development purposes, or at least be reimbursed if they release something.
I think there's a market for a 'real' Linux OS on a mobile device. The N800 sold like crazy for how available it was, and people still covet them. It's not a huge market, but I think it's there.
... unfortunately many of us had to. The good news is that I finally got around to devoting attention to setting up KDE the way I like it. That's the nice part about KDE; you can make it it perfect.
When that time comes, I would hope they do what Ubuntu started to do and ask for donations. I think it would have worked pretty well for Canonical if they hadn't killed any good will with the Amazon crap. I'd actually be quite interested which approach got them more money. Long term, I would think donations would win out.
wish another powerhouse distro would come along and take the banner for awhile
You speak of Mint.
People with that sort of attitude are the reason we have people selling honey laced with antibiotics and heavy metals. Screw everybody else, as long as I get ahead. Show a little social conscience.
It's still just going after low-hanging fruit. Anyone weth any real awareness of security does now allow password-only SSH connections anyway. Key based auth and fail2ban is pretty much required these days. You can always add some port knocking to obscure it a bit if you don't like reading about failed access attempts.
It's nice to see for a change, although it's really only the small providers like TekSavvy that are standing up for consumers. Even if there is evidence of illegal activities, there are already laws in place to deal with it. The problem is that for a media corporation, due process is 'inconvenient' and cuts into their profits.