Problem is that the way many companies price things, you don't save that much by cutting the TV. I have TWC and it's only like $20 cheaper/month if I cut TV and keep high speed internet. What we really need is a lot more competition, but the last mile problem is monopolized. I expect sooner or later somebody (Google, others) will find a way to solve that, as there is way too much money to be made by disrupting that last mile. It might end up being wireless last mile with other frequencies, mesh networks, etc. Or low orbit satellites.
...depends upon the flawed root CA system. These companies have repeatedly failed to do their primary job of cooperating with established rules and protocols. They've failed to report breaches, they've issued certificates erroneously for other domains and then not reported it. This has been done repeatedly, and is the PRIMARY function of a CA. I don't consider it "draconian" at all, it seems pretty charitable for their timeout to be only one year instead of permanently. It's also an example to other certificate authorities that the rules actually have some teeth.
Well they had malware, and they had a rootkit, and they have had security issues. Now they are trying ads in their phones. Boy I wouldn't touch Lenovo with a ten foot pole.
Just like the Windows 10 nearly forced upgrades, where they can control your machine and monitor you for advertising, this looks like a way to de-content existing software so that the cloud services have more functionality, hopefully driving their customers to the ongoing revenue generation model that Microsoft so clearly wants to grow.
Larry Ellison is likely pissed that Google managed to make a ton of money over the language that Oracle bought with Sun, but never managed to do anything with it. So go after Google. I also wouln't be surprised if Microsoft is involved. Microsoft likes to be a tough competitor but they don't like other tough competitors.
The interesting problem is that for POTS, they need warrants to wiretap. For new internet technologies the laws are not in place, so the NSA and FBI pretty much have said "It's available, it's not required to warrant by law, so let's Hoover up everything". And that's what they are doing. Microsoft already has an "NSAKEY" in its Windows encryption, and since taking over Skype they've "re-architected" everything. I'd be highly surprised if they DIDN'T have it all piped straight to the TLA government agencies.
OK, thanks for the clarification. So I was confusing this issue with the Qualcomm one, which is also relevant. The good news is that the Android flaw will likely be patched quickly (for those of us with Nexus phones at least). The hardware flaw from Qualcomm will probably take a bit more time and of course current HW isn't going to get fixed.
To be clear, the issue is a hardware issue in Qualcomm chipsets rather than with Android itself, although the effect is the same. Samsung has some non-Qualcomm chipsets (Exonos) used on some of their phones and those are apparently not affected.
1 - Kinect was kind of a failure, Microsoft never saw it through to fruition and significant value. It flamed and died.
2 - Background images are nice and I guess a 10-20% market share is ok. But that has to include the Yahoo partnership.
3 - Nonsensical
4 - OK, that's decent at least
5 - Those were jokes
6 - The ribbon interface is at least potentially decent. I find it annoying that in a world where our aspect ratio has become landscape rather than portrait, the ribbon takes away further from the vertical real estate, and you can't change the ribbon to a vertical one. Stupid.
...by continuing their Apple and other company envy. They need to do some ground-breaking things that are unique for themselves AND are wildly successful in the market. Not be a clueless follower:
Mac OS, so then Microsoft creates Windows
iPod, so then Microsoft creates Zune
Google search, so then Microsoft creates Bing
Google does ads, so then Microsoft has to do ads
Apple app store, so then Microsoft creates an app store
Apple stores, so then Microsoft has to have stores
Apple provides free OS updates, so then Microsoft has to provide a free OS update
Apple high-end hardware, so then Microsoft has to have high-end hardware
Apple all in one PCs, so then Microsoft has to make all-in-one PCs
Just remember that these governments want to control all of these databases of medical records, faces, biometrics. You can see how secure that is going to be.
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Problem is that the way many companies price things, you don't save that much by cutting the TV. I have TWC and it's only like $20 cheaper/month if I cut TV and keep high speed internet. What we really need is a lot more competition, but the last mile problem is monopolized. I expect sooner or later somebody (Google, others) will find a way to solve that, as there is way too much money to be made by disrupting that last mile. It might end up being wireless last mile with other frequencies, mesh networks, etc. Or low orbit satellites.
...depends upon the flawed root CA system. These companies have repeatedly failed to do their primary job of cooperating with established rules and protocols. They've failed to report breaches, they've issued certificates erroneously for other domains and then not reported it. This has been done repeatedly, and is the PRIMARY function of a CA. I don't consider it "draconian" at all, it seems pretty charitable for their timeout to be only one year instead of permanently. It's also an example to other certificate authorities that the rules actually have some teeth.
Well they had malware, and they had a rootkit, and they have had security issues. Now they are trying ads in their phones. Boy I wouldn't touch Lenovo with a ten foot pole.
Stolen? Please elaborate.
Just like the Windows 10 nearly forced upgrades, where they can control your machine and monitor you for advertising, this looks like a way to de-content existing software so that the cloud services have more functionality, hopefully driving their customers to the ongoing revenue generation model that Microsoft so clearly wants to grow.
Microsoft makes everything so complicated.
LIpstick and spyware on a pig.
Larry Ellison is likely pissed that Google managed to make a ton of money over the language that Oracle bought with Sun, but never managed to do anything with it. So go after Google. I also wouln't be surprised if Microsoft is involved. Microsoft likes to be a tough competitor but they don't like other tough competitors.
"the future of Skype is cloud-based"
So it's client-server based?
All your conversations belong to Microsoft and the NSA.
The interesting problem is that for POTS, they need warrants to wiretap. For new internet technologies the laws are not in place, so the NSA and FBI pretty much have said "It's available, it's not required to warrant by law, so let's Hoover up everything". And that's what they are doing. Microsoft already has an "NSAKEY" in its Windows encryption, and since taking over Skype they've "re-architected" everything. I'd be highly surprised if they DIDN'T have it all piped straight to the TLA government agencies.
Let everybody duke it out, then Google can put a bunch of their SW on the winning platform.
And here I thought we would be done with this drama and nonsense from Microsoft at the end of this month.
OK, thanks for the clarification. So I was confusing this issue with the Qualcomm one, which is also relevant.
The good news is that the Android flaw will likely be patched quickly (for those of us with Nexus phones at least). The hardware flaw from Qualcomm will probably take a bit more time and of course current HW isn't going to get fixed.
To be clear, the issue is a hardware issue in Qualcomm chipsets rather than with Android itself, although the effect is the same. Samsung has some non-Qualcomm chipsets (Exonos) used on some of their phones and those are apparently not affected.
But in the consumer space, Apple gathers the major bulk of the profits. Most of Microsoft's profits are from enterprise offerings.
1 - Kinect was kind of a failure, Microsoft never saw it through to fruition and significant value. It flamed and died.
2 - Background images are nice and I guess a 10-20% market share is ok. But that has to include the Yahoo partnership.
3 - Nonsensical
4 - OK, that's decent at least
5 - Those were jokes
6 - The ribbon interface is at least potentially decent. I find it annoying that in a world where our aspect ratio has become landscape rather than portrait, the ribbon takes away further from the vertical real estate, and you can't change the ribbon to a vertical one. Stupid.
...by continuing their Apple and other company envy. They need to do some ground-breaking things that are unique for themselves AND are wildly successful in the market. Not be a clueless follower:
Mac OS, so then Microsoft creates Windows
iPod, so then Microsoft creates Zune
Google search, so then Microsoft creates Bing
Google does ads, so then Microsoft has to do ads
Apple app store, so then Microsoft creates an app store
Apple stores, so then Microsoft has to have stores
Apple provides free OS updates, so then Microsoft has to provide a free OS update
Apple high-end hardware, so then Microsoft has to have high-end hardware
Apple all in one PCs, so then Microsoft has to make all-in-one PCs
Put it out free and lean, get a lot of users, then crap it up and start charging a subscription fee for it....
Karma is a bitch sometimes.
I mean, just pull us all into the back room and start the waterboarding already.
Just remember that these governments want to control all of these databases of medical records, faces, biometrics. You can see how secure that is going to be.
Rasberry Piss? My piss is usually lemon, not raspberry.
We don't even have anything as capable as apt and yum. Meanwhile Linux is moving ahead even further.
You are looking backwards, not forwards. SpaceX has plans for many more missions than NASA over the NEXT 10 years.
The aggressive program to Mars is from SpaceX, not NASA. Unfortunately NASA is ossified and pupetted by Congress.