I back up all my Gmail data anyways. I personally don't think using POP3 is that incredibly difficult...maybe it's just me though? You are aware that Gmail does have POP3 support, right?
The same things your ISP has access to, no? How about AOL customers, where AOL is an advertising company that has a hell of a lot more access to personal data than Google. I'm not too worried about Google, of course I'm not paranoid.
Google uses tons of open source software, yet they also routinely file patent applications and own many patents. While Red Hat also owns patents, they have also pledged to never use them against any open source software. Will Google ever do the same?
Few open source products are public domain, most are copyrighted. Also, there is no distinction between Commercial and Public Domain, something can be both (or open source and commercial, think Red Hat). Proprietary would be a better word. A very bad question. Slashdot, please edit this if you submit this.
Ummm, RTFA please. The patent is on a technology that automatically modifies the look of your browser when you connect through a Google Access point. It's 3 paragraphs or so in, so if you find reading the whole article too difficult, you don't have to:)
Ummm, the first patent is on a method of modifying a browser's appearance based on which company you are using for wireless. So, if you connected to a Google access point, IE or Firefox would show Google branding. Sounds like a technology to me. Of course, RTFA would be difficult, right?
Ummm, I wasn't implying that at all. My comment, had you read between the lines, and noticed the sarcasm, supports your position. The parent poster said he's amazed you can find a computer without Windows so easily, and my comment was meant to show that it is in-fact quite easy to avoid the Microsoft tax and buy a computer without any Microsoft software, from a tier 1 vendor nonetheless. I figured my "no-name" thing would make that point quite obvious (just a hint, that is called "sarcasm"). I totally agree with you. Sorry if the point of my comment, and what I was implying, flew 10 feet over your head.
Ummm, lol, check your burner dude. I've never had an iso of any sort fail me, assuming the MD5SUM was proper. And only once have I downloaded something with an incorrect md5sum. A quick redownload fixed it.
Yeah...I was even more amazed the other day. I came across this computer from a company named "Apple", and it didn't come with Windows either! A lot of these no name companies tend to not include Windows though;-) (just kidding btw)
Last I heard, over 20% of people's entertainment time is now spent on the internet, whereas only 5% of ad dollars are spent online. Most estimates expect the market to grow faster than it has been that I have heard.
I think a decrease in Google's revenue would come from increased competitive pressure, and not a decrease in the advertising industry. MSN search is actually quite nice...I hope they don't get rid of it to replace it with that POS Windows Live Search. It makes for a nice backup when I can't find what I need on Google.
How do you know this? Google hosts Blogger blogs, but offers bloggers a kickback on the adsense revenue (if the person chooses to put ads on their blogs). Blogger isn't in Beta.
Might be like Blogger, where they don't put on any ads, but offer you an easy way to sign up for adsense. People would like Google Pages if they could make money from the ads too.
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Download the webmail extension for Firefox, or FreePOPs, and you can use any POP3 capable mail client to access your Hotmail.
I back up all my Gmail data anyways. I personally don't think using POP3 is that incredibly difficult...maybe it's just me though? You are aware that Gmail does have POP3 support, right?
The same things your ISP has access to, no? How about AOL customers, where AOL is an advertising company that has a hell of a lot more access to personal data than Google. I'm not too worried about Google, of course I'm not paranoid.
Google uses tons of open source software, yet they also routinely file patent applications and own many patents. While Red Hat also owns patents, they have also pledged to never use them against any open source software. Will Google ever do the same?
Few open source products are public domain, most are copyrighted. Also, there is no distinction between Commercial and Public Domain, something can be both (or open source and commercial, think Red Hat). Proprietary would be a better word. A very bad question. Slashdot, please edit this if you submit this.
Ummm, RTFA please. The patent is on a technology that automatically modifies the look of your browser when you connect through a Google Access point. It's 3 paragraphs or so in, so if you find reading the whole article too difficult, you don't have to :)
Ummm, the first patent is on a method of modifying a browser's appearance based on which company you are using for wireless. So, if you connected to a Google access point, IE or Firefox would show Google branding. Sounds like a technology to me. Of course, RTFA would be difficult, right?
Probably none. No one gives a shit about you.
Meh, Yahoo! had it first before either of them anyways. Doesn't matter who did it first, what matters is who does it better.
On Slashdot maybe, most people probably couldn't have cared less.
Ah, OK. Apparently I'm a little bit slow today ;-) Ignore my comment.
Ummm, I wasn't implying that at all. My comment, had you read between the lines, and noticed the sarcasm, supports your position. The parent poster said he's amazed you can find a computer without Windows so easily, and my comment was meant to show that it is in-fact quite easy to avoid the Microsoft tax and buy a computer without any Microsoft software, from a tier 1 vendor nonetheless. I figured my "no-name" thing would make that point quite obvious (just a hint, that is called "sarcasm"). I totally agree with you. Sorry if the point of my comment, and what I was implying, flew 10 feet over your head.
Just to nitpick, OEM licenses are non-transferable.
Ummm, lol, check your burner dude. I've never had an iso of any sort fail me, assuming the MD5SUM was proper. And only once have I downloaded something with an incorrect md5sum. A quick redownload fixed it.
Yeah...I was even more amazed the other day. I came across this computer from a company named "Apple", and it didn't come with Windows either! A lot of these no name companies tend to not include Windows though ;-) (just kidding btw)
Last I heard, over 20% of people's entertainment time is now spent on the internet, whereas only 5% of ad dollars are spent online. Most estimates expect the market to grow faster than it has been that I have heard.
I think a decrease in Google's revenue would come from increased competitive pressure, and not a decrease in the advertising industry. MSN search is actually quite nice...I hope they don't get rid of it to replace it with that POS Windows Live Search. It makes for a nice backup when I can't find what I need on Google.
Whoops, I just noticed you said speculate. Never mind, lol.
How do you know this? Google hosts Blogger blogs, but offers bloggers a kickback on the adsense revenue (if the person chooses to put ads on their blogs). Blogger isn't in Beta.
Might be like Blogger, where they don't put on any ads, but offer you an easy way to sign up for adsense. People would like Google Pages if they could make money from the ads too.
He Was Making a Joke....sheesh
Firefox+Adblock (or Camino, which has an ad blocked built in) is your best friend.
The two are actually quite different. Google Maps uses AJAX, this uses Flash.
Flash 7 works fine as well. My Mac has 7 installed, and I have never bothered upgrading.
A regular Google account, which you can get using any regular email address without being invited, will work fine.
Why should they? If RedHat a bug with the driver what could they do? It is not their job to fix closed souce drivers.
The bug was with the kernel, the drivers are fine.
I agree with the rest of your comment though.