Posts by rcfa

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  Quote: Originally Posted by rcfa  You may have noted that Banks, PayPal, etc. only send plain-text e-mails, exactly to make spoofing more difficult. I...

People here need to decide what they are discussing, because they are mixing things up.   The one question, if the Surface is going to suck or not, or if it's going to be successful or not, is a side issue, because it's an...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  Quote: Originally Posted by rcfa  HTML e-mails are a potential security and privacy hazard due to hidden or camouflaged URLs, 1-pixel images, scripts,...

Quote:Originally Posted by ash471 Quote:Originally Posted by rcfa So the problem with Microsoft's complementary approach isn't that it's fundamentally wrong, but that it's premature, because battery life/form factor will...

HTML e-mails are a potential security and privacy hazard due to hidden or camouflaged URLs, 1-pixel images, scripts, etc. Some firewalls even have provisions to toss/filter all HTML e-mail, and even iOS has an incomplete safety measure...

Quote: Originally Posted by ash471  Short sighted?  Did you read post 114?  The premise of my argument is that Microsoft doesn't have a suitable marketing strategy. MS sells its wares through Dell, HP, and...

Quote: Originally Posted by jgibson24  At some point iOS and OSX are going to merge or one will replace the other (likely iOS getting further developed to the point where it's suitable for everyone's computing needs) and...

I've been using Macs since they were called NeXT, and I exclusively use Macs because Windoze blows.   That said, despite of what all the fanboys say, technology trickles down. Your iPhone runs a former mainframe timesharing OS...

Quote: Originally Posted by aaarrrgggh Agree. The trick will be to figure out ways to help make other products bridge the holes in the line-ups. I can't picture a Promise RAID on my desktop below my iMac when it comes to storage (due...

The new UI looks like Apple is trying to rip off Win8 or WindowsPhone OS, it lacks proper structure and organization and is ugly as hell, instead we have all on one screen clutter. Barf! Ever since Apple started violating its own UI...