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Quote: Originally Posted by leesmith Samsung is the one being the bully. Samsung is attempting to use it's leverage as the dominant Android device manufacturer to do whatever it wants. I think Google is the bully. Samsung is just not an easy v…
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One must respect their tenacity to try to copy everything Apple does. OTOH, such a product is not created in a space of weeks, so either Apple pre-empted Samsung's release by buying Beats or Samsung was already aware of Apple's intentions for a lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macky the Macky The IT guys LOVE IBM reps and tolerate Microsoft reps, so when the IBM reps pulls out his order pad and says," How many IBM/iDevices do you want?" IT will respond with, "How many you got?" I'm sorry,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GTR You mean iBM. Yes. That's a lowercase "i". LOL Really good. Just wondering, though. Is IBM as skilled as HP in taking some nice innovative outsider's tech and then completely destroy it? Not in thi…
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How long will web browsing stats be a reliable measure for platform popularity? I think already it isn't because it is apps that are more important than web browsing.
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Quote: Originally Posted by TeaEarleGreyHot So when JK Rowling publishes her next book (via Hachette), I will order direct and expect delivery by owl, rather than by drone. Seems preferable in any event! More seriously, doesn't this make ya …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich A publisher could always drop Amazon and give Apple the exclusive...just thinking out loud here. No way. That only holds for electronic books and if you only want to sell to Apple hardware owners. But …
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What's more worrying than this design thing is that the SBB will be 30,000 insecure Android devices on their network. A few years from now, these then probably unpatched and vulnerable devices may present a nasty problem.
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Quote: Originally Posted by iNosey This is why I despise Samsung. I always knew they were liars. They need to get out of the US. Let (honest) Apple handle smartphones... Bunch of lying baboons. Remember how Microsoft used to lie? About vapourw…
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A UI that is 'not available for useful interaction' (invisible) is quite characteristic for Microsoft.
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va-por-ware People seem to think that AI Winter had something to do with a lack of efforts, but AI Winter is not about results but about the amount of unfounded hype/belief in AI on digital computers. In terms of results, the situation has not sub…
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To be fair, Which also writes this essential part: Quote: In contrast, you can massively boost the S4’s memory, adding an extra 64GB of storage for only around £40. To combat the S4?s storage issues, Samsung allows you to install apps directly to…
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Honestly, Apple does indeed often gives an insane level of detail to its products. But there are departments of Apple that also show insane levels of neglect, especially in software. Example: try using a modern Mac with mobile accounts (portable ho…
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I thought Apple has moral standards. What's next? Meeting Putin who has just occupied Crimea (though the fanatics in Kiev have really made it easy for him by passing laws that outlaw the native tongue of the people living there) and who has been e…
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The NSA's approach to most hacking into protected environments/data streams has largely been pretty simple and smart (as I understand from the little I have read): they try to get access to the private keys protecting the data. E.g. they have a plan…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram I see a few people recommending CrashPlan. We have the Pro version at work. But I find that my Mac slows to a crawl whenever it's on in the background. I often just turn it off. Have others experienced…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ayresm I use CrashPlan and think it is fantastic and great value for money. Surprised it isn't mentioned here. Agree. It is worth your money to buy CrashPlan+ and have access to features like multiple backup sets (e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog Observation: Appleinsider, Google has managed to remove from Wikipedia references to the fact that the first Android demo looked liked BB and instead implied that Android, as it's known today, was develop…
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Since every lightstrip can be tuned independently, doesn't that give you the option to create recipes that have the same color for each?
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More was out. For me, Maps was out & Siri was out around that time.