Windows Phone 7 is kinda text-based. Nokia could use a command-line interface with cloud-based voice recognition and create a really cheap phone - no keyboard, no touchscree, plus bonuses from AT&T for making people pay for traffic even when they're not actively using the internet.
I'm pondering if it's possible to get an Android phone devoid of anything Google related.
Get a noname Chinese phone. Distributing Google's Android apps/services requires a contract with Google (remember how Cyanogenmod was forced to stop distributing Market/Gmail/Google Maps?), and so small companies distribute only the free, open-sourced version of Android. But I have to warn you, Amazon App Store is much worse - less software and they don't pay app developers if they decide to use an app in their "free app of the day" promotion.
Chinese engineers know English pretty well. After all, they have to communicate with customers and do onsite work. Some Chinese engineers may choose to immigrate to America. Chinese will only be needed in case you're supervising assembly line workers.
You're joking, right? Altavista was only good for simple 1-2 word queries, searching for something like "HP Laserjet 5L Windows NT drivers" resulted in tons of pages containing just the word "Windows" or "HP" or "drivers". I don't even think the results were sorted by rank, I used to find what I was looking on page 20! It was possible to force searching for pages with all words, but this usually resulted in someone's Geocities or Angelfire page with a story how someone bought a new printer.
SPARC is the only thing Oracle is protecting. All those " sucks, move to a much faster Oracle SPARC server" ads, the early retirement of Oracle for Itanium. And they're actively spreading the message that their SPARC box is optimized for Oracle, so it's worth more.
Servers usually go down after people stop buying the game. Why waste money on something that doesn't generate as much cash as it used to? For example, Microsoft shut down the PlaysForSure DRM server, without refundung puchased songs. If you're lucky, the vendor will create a patch to remove DRM once the servers go down.
WGA is not as bad (just a serial number check for installation of optional software). Windows Activation is much, much worse. If your PC dies then have fun calling support and proving that you're replacing a PC and not installing the same copy everywhere. Too many reinstalls? Suspicious activity. This is almost as bad as buying virtual stuff in online games.
I read Slashdot and I didn't know the planned Java 7 release date. Which makes WSJ readers even less likely know or care when Java 7 should have been released.
This looks pretty close to [Sony]Ericcson's chargers. The connector can be only removed from a tilted position and tilting wipes the contacts. I guess magsafe works on the same principle. Or possibly the spring loaded contacts can move sideways when centering.
I always thought that wiping is bad for electronics - the concacts are constantly scratched along the same path and can be completely worn out. If you look at an old or heavily used USB or memory card, the contacts are a mess.
All the "Facebook Like", "+1" and "Post to Buzz" buttons are placed in iframes. Some browsers (e.g. chrome) isolate these iframes from the rest of the page (for protection from XSS?), and each button in Chrome takes about 8-20 megs of RAM. Since some websites put tens of these buttons, a single webpage can take up to 200-400 megs of RAM.
Password pharses are easier to intercept (and remember) if someone is looking over your shoulder. Even if they skip a character or two they could still guess the word.
Yeah, and after Ballmer fully gained control, Microsoft released Vista. XP doesn't count because it's Windows 2000 with Fischer-Price icons and some end-user stuff ported from Windows ME.
I bought myself a $4 DVIHDMI cable on Ebay (to connect an external monitor to my laptop with a digital interface - since the colors are worse on VGA). No audio, no encryption, so no possibility to screw up (compared to HDMIHDMI conections), right? The cable worked OK for two weeks, then stopped working as if it was unplugged. To get it working I had to disconnect it from the monitor (the DVI end) and reconnect it a couple of times until the laptop detected the exernal monitor. Bought a regular HDMIHDMI cable with a DVIHDMI adaptor for a total of $15 in a local computer styore, works OK. The only issue is that the monitor displays a "check cable" message when the laptop is powered off instead of entering sleep mode.
By the way, regular polyethilene insulation with a metal connector is better than the cool-looking kevlar (?) shield with gold connectors. Gold usually turns out to be paint and comes off after a few reconnections and the "kevlar" shield peels off.
You may hate cloud computing but people who can't install and configure their own software often prefer to pay a mothly fee for a cloud office suite instead of paying an IT guy to clean their Windows registry.
iPad has the apple connector, you can use it for some tasks (via proprietary adapters). And Wifi/bluetooth are the modern versions of RS232. Oh, and ipad has analog audio output at no extra charge!
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Windows Phone 7 is kinda text-based.
Nokia could use a command-line interface with cloud-based voice recognition and create a really cheap phone - no keyboard, no touchscree, plus bonuses from AT&T for making people pay for traffic even when they're not actively using the internet.
I think you meant Apple
I always thought HMA was a service for using Facebook or any other blocked site at work.
I'm pondering if it's possible to get an Android phone devoid of anything Google related.
Get a noname Chinese phone. Distributing Google's Android apps/services requires a contract with Google (remember how Cyanogenmod was forced to stop distributing Market/Gmail/Google Maps?), and so small companies distribute only the free, open-sourced version of Android. But I have to warn you, Amazon App Store is much worse - less software and they don't pay app developers if they decide to use an app in their "free app of the day" promotion.
Chinese engineers know English pretty well. After all, they have to communicate with customers and do onsite work. Some Chinese engineers may choose to immigrate to America.
Chinese will only be needed in case you're supervising assembly line workers.
Russia has been building nuclear-powered ships for decades.
I really miss Altavista.
You're joking, right? Altavista was only good for simple 1-2 word queries, searching for something like "HP Laserjet 5L Windows NT drivers" resulted in tons of pages containing just the word "Windows" or "HP" or "drivers". I don't even think the results were sorted by rank, I used to find what I was looking on page 20!
It was possible to force searching for pages with all words, but this usually resulted in someone's Geocities or Angelfire page with a story how someone bought a new printer.
Javascript may be OK for small applications, but it's using Java+HTML5 to write complex enterprisey stuff is insane.
SPARC is the only thing Oracle is protecting. All those " sucks, move to a much faster Oracle SPARC server" ads, the early retirement of Oracle for Itanium. And they're actively spreading the message that their SPARC box is optimized for Oracle, so it's worth more.
Servers usually go down after people stop buying the game.
Why waste money on something that doesn't generate as much cash as it used to? For example, Microsoft shut down the PlaysForSure DRM server, without refundung puchased songs. If you're lucky, the vendor will create a patch to remove DRM once the servers go down.
WGA is not as bad (just a serial number check for installation of optional software). Windows Activation is much, much worse. If your PC dies then have fun calling support and proving that you're replacing a PC and not installing the same copy everywhere. Too many reinstalls? Suspicious activity. This is almost as bad as buying virtual stuff in online games.
I read Slashdot and I didn't know the planned Java 7 release date. Which makes WSJ readers even less likely know or care when Java 7 should have been released.
Don't forget that the facebook "like" buttons are collecting data on which sites you're visiting.
Where are they going to?
Probably to get a life.
A smaller screen means a smaller keyboard, netbooks with screens smaller than 10 inches offer an awful typing experience.
This looks pretty close to [Sony]Ericcson's chargers. The connector can be only removed from a tilted position and tilting wipes the contacts. I guess magsafe works on the same principle. Or possibly the spring loaded contacts can move sideways when centering.
I always thought that wiping is bad for electronics - the concacts are constantly scratched along the same path and can be completely worn out. If you look at an old or heavily used USB or memory card, the contacts are a mess.
All the "Facebook Like", "+1" and "Post to Buzz" buttons are placed in iframes. Some browsers (e.g. chrome) isolate these iframes from the rest of the page (for protection from XSS?), and each button in Chrome takes about 8-20 megs of RAM. Since some websites put tens of these buttons, a single webpage can take up to 200-400 megs of RAM.
Password pharses are easier to intercept (and remember) if someone is looking over your shoulder. Even if they skip a character or two they could still guess the word.
Yeah, and after Ballmer fully gained control, Microsoft released Vista. XP doesn't count because it's Windows 2000 with Fischer-Price icons and some end-user stuff ported from Windows ME.
I bought myself a $4 DVIHDMI cable on Ebay (to connect an external monitor to my laptop with a digital interface - since the colors are worse on VGA).
No audio, no encryption, so no possibility to screw up (compared to HDMIHDMI conections), right? The cable worked OK for two weeks, then stopped working as if it was unplugged. To get it working I had to disconnect it from the monitor (the DVI end) and reconnect it a couple of times until the laptop detected the exernal monitor.
Bought a regular HDMIHDMI cable with a DVIHDMI adaptor for a total of $15 in a local computer styore, works OK. The only issue is that the monitor displays a "check cable" message when the laptop is powered off instead of entering sleep mode.
By the way, regular polyethilene insulation with a metal connector is better than the cool-looking kevlar (?) shield with gold connectors. Gold usually turns out to be paint and comes off after a few reconnections and the "kevlar" shield peels off.
Who needs a multi-megabyte runtime when "hello world" can be run on a multi-gigabyte dedicated virtual machine!
You may hate cloud computing but people who can't install and configure their own software often prefer to pay a mothly fee for a cloud office suite instead of paying an IT guy to clean their Windows registry.
What is so bad about makeing it easier to swap the HDD in the imac / mini?
Because Apple can earn a couple hundered bucks. And also charge more for the Apple-certified HDD.
What is so bad about desktop a system with imac power levels without a build in screen?
There is one, it's called Mac Mini.
If you want a tower, get a Mac Pro.
You're speaking as if iPad 2 isn't already slow, restricted and clunky.
iPad has the apple connector, you can use it for some tasks (via proprietary adapters). And Wifi/bluetooth are the modern versions of RS232. Oh, and ipad has analog audio output at no extra charge!