3 minutes on G+ because they like it but most of their friends on family are still using Facebook. However, MySpace is still getting 7 hours per user each month because they still can't figure out how to cancel their account.... it really is that hard for some folks.;-)
The academic side of the university should put in a request for their own network, internet connection, and whatever else is needed. This should be done in a professional manner, covering all the necessary costs and justifications. If done properly it should bring the issue to the attention of those that can do something about it.
If the the request gets shut down and the access on the current network remains blocked then you are free to exercise your own options. Mine would be to switch schools.
Go complain that the school library doesn't let you access everything that has ever been printed (books, mags, etc)... in every country, in every language. After all it is your money and your academic freedom.
It would be nice if TVs just had standard slots for tuners/adapter but you can pretty much forget about them standardizing on an interface so others can make money.
I personally would rather see the TV makers stick to making the displays and let other companies like Roku, Boxee, Tivo, etc handle the "smart" parts.
We have a Samsung smart TV too. We use Hulu quite a bit but have found that the Hulu app appears to suffer from lag sometimes. However, on our older TV (not smart) we have a Roku we use for Hulu and it never experiences the problem. If the TV lags bad I just pause the show on the smart tv and then go resume it on the Roku.
Just because churches operate as tax exempt non-profits doesn't mean they can't afford to pay someone to do the work. If your church doesn't have a member that is in the IT business (and willing to do the work for free) then hire a local tech company to set it up for you. Support the local nerd economy!
We have a Samsung smart TV too. We use Hulu quite a bit but have found that the Hulu app appears to suffer from lag sometimes. However, on our older TV (not smart) we have a Roku we use for Hulu and it never experiences the problem. If the TV lags bad I just pause the show on the smart tv and then go resume it on the Roku.
I personally would rather see the TV makers stick to making the displays and let other companies like Roku, Boxee, Tivo, etc handle the "smart" parts.
MS is making inroads through partnerships, interesting presentation of search results(like video searches), and putting using Bing as the default in their OS (just like they did with IE). However, I still get better results with Google over Bing even when looking for stuff on microsoft.com. It really becomes frustrating when you are on a MS site and can't find something (that you know exists) because the site's search tool is powered by Bing. Yes, Google needs competition but Bing isn't it. Sad for MS but true.
Good luck with that. I still get better results with Google than with Bing when searching microsoft.com. Complain all you want but I still find Google to have the best results. Try using google while not logged into their services and see if their current level of personalization is causing your issues. Running your browser in 'private' may even be the best test.
Google used to give them money to access their data. Microsoft give them money $30 million a year for their data now. Thats not chump change.
It is if it costs them more than that to operate. Maybe they are starting to worry about their balance sheet as they get closer to an IPO. They may be able to get funding through VC when operating at a loss but it isn't as easy when you are looking to the stock market for investors.
I believe Apple is still pricing themselves out of the competition in that market. It is looking more and more like their strategy to win the PC market is to shift the market to iOS devices.... why compete when you can change the rules? PCs will probably be left for "power users", the work place, and schools for people studying to be "power users".
Spot on. I have been coming to the same conclusion for a while now. It is looking like tablets are on track to replace home PCs for the folks that don't play games, write programs, work from home, etc. Think of the device children, parents, or grand-parents would have less trouble with if they are new to home computers. Yep, a tablet should be easier to use and meet all of their needs if they are just consuming average web content.
Personally I like what Asus has done with the Transformer line of products. I'm seriously considering picking up a Prime even though they are already hinting at upgrading the specs.
It's not just an issue of protecting "trade secrets", but of protecting customer information in compliance with law and being able to prove that corporate decisions are made in compliance with law without collusion and back-room deals.
Most employees (including a HUGE segment of the Slashdot crowd) do not understand the fundamental reason companies do NOT want you using "personal devices" to do business, but to use the company-provided equipment instead.
The company's obligation to legal and ethical requirements to protect and manage data FAR outstrip your desire to use your iToy at the office.
A smart company invests their assets in developing new markets and new products, not tenaciously clinging to old and failing models until their last dying breath.
Of cashes out by selling everything off. Either way, the folks running the company clearly were not paying attention or in denial. Upper management never blames themselves for such catastrophes.
We had a 05 Civic Hybrid and got 41 MPG. Our 09 Prius gets 51/52 MPG. We don't drive them any different. Southern FL is flat but hot so the A/C is almost always on.
I'm pretty sure lots of folks are getting nowhere near the EPA estimates regardless if it is a hybrid.
I guess the point is that some of the new TVs being sold as "smart" TVs with Roku/Boxee/etc like functionality built in. Some are fine, some aren't as good as the Roku. We ditched pay TV service almost 6 months ago and now our "TV" consists of Netflix, Netflix online, Hulu Plus, and whatever else we can find online. The Roku allows us to use an older not "smart" TV to watch Hulu Plus and Netflix online. Sure there are other "channels" we don't use much but those two alone make it worth it for us.
Tivo has always used older hardware as a means to cut costs. Lifetime subscriptions is the way to go if you like the product.I know they didn't have them for a while but I am under the impression that they sell them again. It may seem pricey but ours more than paid for themselves.
Tivo should have focused on licensing their tech from the beginning.
I would say the netbook niche never took off (and might never) but the Asus Transformer series has it right. Optional attaching keyboard with great battery life with good performance. It will be a matter of the pricing to see if this form factor takes hold. MS announced they intend to put Win8 on a Transformer Prime type device. That will be interesting one way or another. Netbooks were/are suffering partly because they were trying to run operating systems not intended for the hardware.
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3 minutes on G+ because they like it but most of their friends on family are still using Facebook. However, MySpace is still getting 7 hours per user each month because they still can't figure out how to cancel their account. ... it really is that hard for some folks. ;-)
Mod parent up. Another incorrect summary on /.
The academic side of the university should put in a request for their own network, internet connection, and whatever else is needed. This should be done in a professional manner, covering all the necessary costs and justifications. If done properly it should bring the issue to the attention of those that can do something about it.
If the the request gets shut down and the access on the current network remains blocked then you are free to exercise your own options. Mine would be to switch schools.
Go complain that the school library doesn't let you access everything that has ever been printed (books, mags, etc) ... in every country, in every language. After all it is your money and your academic freedom.
Let us know how that works out for you.
I had a first gen iPhone and now an HTC Evo. I'm pretty darn sure my next phone will be a Samsung running Android.
That works great. Now we need an internal HDMI interface and standard slot. Some folks don't want "set top" boxes.
It would be nice if TVs just had standard slots for tuners/adapter but you can pretty much forget about them standardizing on an interface so others can make money.
I personally would rather see the TV makers stick to making the displays and let other companies like Roku, Boxee, Tivo, etc handle the "smart" parts.
We have a Samsung smart TV too. We use Hulu quite a bit but have found that the Hulu app appears to suffer from lag sometimes. However, on our older TV (not smart) we have a Roku we use for Hulu and it never experiences the problem. If the TV lags bad I just pause the show on the smart tv and then go resume it on the Roku.
Just because churches operate as tax exempt non-profits doesn't mean they can't afford to pay someone to do the work. If your church doesn't have a member that is in the IT business (and willing to do the work for free) then hire a local tech company to set it up for you. Support the local nerd economy!
Unfortunately it is next to impossible to stop irrational greed train. they all think they might miss out on something and we will all suffer.
We have a Samsung smart TV too. We use Hulu quite a bit but have found that the Hulu app appears to suffer from lag sometimes. However, on our older TV (not smart) we have a Roku we use for Hulu and it never experiences the problem. If the TV lags bad I just pause the show on the smart tv and then go resume it on the Roku.
I personally would rather see the TV makers stick to making the displays and let other companies like Roku, Boxee, Tivo, etc handle the "smart" parts.
MS is making inroads through partnerships, interesting presentation of search results(like video searches), and putting using Bing as the default in their OS (just like they did with IE). However, I still get better results with Google over Bing even when looking for stuff on microsoft.com. It really becomes frustrating when you are on a MS site and can't find something (that you know exists) because the site's search tool is powered by Bing. Yes, Google needs competition but Bing isn't it. Sad for MS but true.
Good luck with that. I still get better results with Google than with Bing when searching microsoft.com. Complain all you want but I still find Google to have the best results. Try using google while not logged into their services and see if their current level of personalization is causing your issues. Running your browser in 'private' may even be the best test.
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Google used to give them money to access their data. Microsoft give them money $30 million a year for their data now. Thats not chump change.
It is if it costs them more than that to operate. Maybe they are starting to worry about their balance sheet as they get closer to an IPO. They may be able to get funding through VC when operating at a loss but it isn't as easy when you are looking to the stock market for investors.
Professional level programming, A/V production, CAD/CAM, desktop publishing, photoshop, etc
I believe Apple is still pricing themselves out of the competition in that market. It is looking more and more like their strategy to win the PC market is to shift the market to iOS devices .... why compete when you can change the rules? PCs will probably be left for "power users", the work place, and schools for people studying to be "power users".
Spot on. I have been coming to the same conclusion for a while now. It is looking like tablets are on track to replace home PCs for the folks that don't play games, write programs, work from home, etc. Think of the device children, parents, or grand-parents would have less trouble with if they are new to home computers. Yep, a tablet should be easier to use and meet all of their needs if they are just consuming average web content.
Personally I like what Asus has done with the Transformer line of products. I'm seriously considering picking up a Prime even though they are already hinting at upgrading the specs.
It's not just an issue of protecting "trade secrets", but of protecting customer information in compliance with law and being able to prove that corporate decisions are made in compliance with law without collusion and back-room deals.
Most employees (including a HUGE segment of the Slashdot crowd) do not understand the fundamental reason companies do NOT want you using "personal devices" to do business, but to use the company-provided equipment instead.
The company's obligation to legal and ethical requirements to protect and manage data FAR outstrip your desire to use your iToy at the office.
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There I fixed it for you. ;-)
A smart company invests their assets in developing new markets and new products, not tenaciously clinging to old and failing models until their last dying breath.
Of cashes out by selling everything off. Either way, the folks running the company clearly were not paying attention or in denial. Upper management never blames themselves for such catastrophes.
We had a 05 Civic Hybrid and got 41 MPG. Our 09 Prius gets 51/52 MPG. We don't drive them any different. Southern FL is flat but hot so the A/C is almost always on.
I'm pretty sure lots of folks are getting nowhere near the EPA estimates regardless if it is a hybrid.
I guess the point is that some of the new TVs being sold as "smart" TVs with Roku/Boxee/etc like functionality built in. Some are fine, some aren't as good as the Roku. We ditched pay TV service almost 6 months ago and now our "TV" consists of Netflix, Netflix online, Hulu Plus, and whatever else we can find online. The Roku allows us to use an older not "smart" TV to watch Hulu Plus and Netflix online. Sure there are other "channels" we don't use much but those two alone make it worth it for us.
Echostar comes to mind and I don' think this last one was their first payout to Tivo. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/tivos-500-million-patent-settlement-with-echostar-dish-disappoints-some/48102
Tivo has always used older hardware as a means to cut costs. Lifetime subscriptions is the way to go if you like the product.I know they didn't have them for a while but I am under the impression that they sell them again. It may seem pricey but ours more than paid for themselves.
Tivo should have focused on licensing their tech from the beginning.
Maybe you missed it. http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/06/directvs-tivo-ready-to-return-december-8th-in-a-few-markets/
I would say the netbook niche never took off (and might never) but the Asus Transformer series has it right. Optional attaching keyboard with great battery life with good performance. It will be a matter of the pricing to see if this form factor takes hold. MS announced they intend to put Win8 on a Transformer Prime type device. That will be interesting one way or another. Netbooks were/are suffering partly because they were trying to run operating systems not intended for the hardware.