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Quote: Originally Posted by winterspan Exactly, screw the speed upgrades.. They should be spending all their resources on expanding their 3G network and improving coverage in existing 3G areas... Verizon still blows them away in suburban and rura…
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I wonder what this means for the future of MySQL...
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Quote: Originally Posted by psjofors Comparing Office and iWorks, Keynote is far superior to PowerPoint in any aspect; Pages is less powerful then Word, but has all the main features and is much less confusing; Numbers may be less powerful then E…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Typing is difficult on the iPhone only if you cannot let go of the Black Berry. You cannot type on virtual keyboard as though you are typing on a hard keyboard and expect to have the same result. Agreed …
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Am I the only one who's noticed the lack of free downloads today? I look forward to Tuesday to see what Apple's posted as free downloads (there are usually two or three music tracks, one music video--which there is today, and several TV shows [usual…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jpklock But if Win7 is "much faster than Vista," then I'll be very surprised... It sure seems that way to me. However, while it may be faster, it still has the same annoying user interface of Vista (I find transluce…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider If Microsoft portrayed the software and support expenses of generic Windows PCs into its slot machine graphics, the results would be less flattering. Actually what I think would be more accurate is to p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Alfiejr no doubt with more effort on that individual Mac he could then crack the password(s) that would finally give him total root control of the computer and install any programs and do anything (most consumers use r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hillstones I don't pay a monthly fee for TiVo. I paid for three years up front, at a reduced cost. The $209 for BeyondTV is directly from their website when you choose the option for digital cable. It includes the s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macosxp I disagree with the statement that Macs, even though safer, are less secure. Are you telling me that with 10% of the market share, not a single virus-writer bothered to have some fun to make a Mac virus? The st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hillstones An obvious alternative to TiVo? I don't think so. I don't need a noisy PC running in my living room trying to control my TV. If it is not connected to the TV, it is pointless. I have no interest in watch…
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An obvious alternative to a TiVo btw is a PC-based solution. I've heard good things about Eye-TV. I briefly played around with MythTV but couldn't get the scheduler to populate the MySQL database properly in order to use the program guide, so I swit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism BTW, there is support for 1080i on the current device. True, it outputs 1080i, but only supports 720p content (presumably there's some upscaling going on? Not sure, as my 720p TV supports 1080i as an input…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kenaustus We used to have TiVo and then found it cheaper to add the digital recorder from the cable company - they even come out to the house and replace it if there is a problem. The TiVo was taken to Goodwill. Ac…
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Quote: Originally Posted by akabaka The Mac is an "Apple device," yet Blockbuster has never bothered to get their download service to work on OSX. Don't blame Blockbuster. Their movies are almost certainly delivered with Windows Media DRM, som…
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I'm thinking that Apple, knowing how people read through code looking for scraps, has inserted some phony product codes just to see the speculation (that's going on right here, right now)
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Nope. The HD video works fine if you've got an HDCP compatible display. (At least, that's the case for me with my MacBook Pro + 50" Samsung Plasma). Ahhh... So then is the only content you can't get through iT…
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Didn't realise there were that many users out there hooking up their computers to their surround systems. I'd understand if they could view in HD the content on their televisions, but my understanding is that (at least protected) HD output is now re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by digiboy Worst offense, though, you're just not funny. I dunno. I thought it was pretty funny.
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FYI, another advantage of having a valid account on other region's stores is the free music available every Tuesday