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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I can't recall if I posted that in this thread or not, but my hypothesis is that the highway will be the first place they will be used en masse, not the streets of a city like Mountain View. My vision is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY That article mentions the hurdle in having the vehicle being autonomous but still requiring a legal human driver ready to take control instantly. The human mind simply isn't good at processing and reacting …
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Quote: Originally Posted by idrey No self driven car is in the near future. To have a self driven car all of the infrastructure most be updated so that the car and the road can communicate. An smart car can not work alone it needs an smart road…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Phone-UI-Guy All the stories about this Apple connection miss an important fact... This location is not just for Autonomous Vehicle testing, it is also for Connected Vehicle testing. It seems to me any car with CarP…
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Quote: Originally Posted by longpath I was preparing to install Windows 10 on a virtual machine, for testing. My parents' business is on Windows 7 because that's all their general ledger will run on, and my testing was to determine if they shoul…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lukevaxhacker I've heard a rumor today that the licensing agreement for Windows 10 including sharing your contact information with Microsoft for marketing purposes. The more I read about Win10, the more I'm amaz…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BestKeptSecret Unlike Apple, Microsoft is actually thinking about the children! They will be assimilated at a very early age. Quote: Originally Posted by BestKeptSecret Looks like it is a good thing I've held o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B Pretty ballsy considering their whole "Scroogled" ad campaign. Ha! I forgot about that. But that was under Ballmer. I guess Nadella embraces Google-ifcation now.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY At this point it just doesn't matter if it's nefarious or simply a lack of attention to detail, it's still Windows being Windows and MS being MS. As Jobs astutely put it so long ago, "Microsoft has no tas…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jasenj1 The long term solution here is for the banks, credit card companies, cell phone manufacturers and all other interested parties to create some industry-wide standards. NFC payment should be as open and standard…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum That'd be a killer -- do you have a link? No, I don't have a direct link. See my post #34. It wouldn't be difficult to pick up magnetic signals wirelessly (the trick is to do it discreetly), and …
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Quote: Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee LoopPay is mixed. Some older cards will actually transmit raw card data wirelessly. Most cards will use tokenization/HCE so reading the wireless signal doesn't matter. The third type (which LoopPay sa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by thompr There will be no advantage to LoopPay. By the time it really gets going on Samsung phones, all of the merchants will have upgraded their terminals (as mandated by the CC companies) anyway, and these will all…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Corporate pride. Intel doesn't want to fab someone else's designs. Or not miss the gravy train again? http://www.cheatsheet.com/technology/intel-ceo-missed-the-iphone-gravy-train.html/?a=viewall
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Quote: Originally Posted by boriscleto If you want the government to know everything you are doing just use a M$ product. It looks like Windows 10 is following Android's lead in sucking as much of your personal data as possible. Makes me thi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rwes They're releasing an S6 Edge +, not a S6 +. However, even the S6 Edge + isn't just an updated S6 Edge; its one with a large screen, pushing it beyond the Note. This strategy of theirs is really crazy (to me). They…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc From Motherboard... an article that AFAIC is the reason Samsung doesn't have a shot in hell. Because WHY would anyone pay iPhone premium prices, or purchasing anything Android for a more than a few dollars…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 So revenue is down only 7.3% but profit is down a massive 37.6% That simply means Samsung is selling WAY LESS TOP END phones compared to last year. That is why profits are down massively even though overall r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sranger Heres is a hint: THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME!!! See my post #49. I don't own a Tesla but did test drive the Roadster when it first came out. I've driven several (homebrew) BEV's, but the Roadster was in a cla…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Why are other smartphone vendors so dependent on the carriers that updates have to go through them? Is getting paid by the carriers to allow them to push crapware on the devices the only way they can make…