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SpaceX recently launched the first batch of Starlink satellites with the hardware for direct-to-cellphone comms. This article hasn't aged particularly well.
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The feature required by Time Machine which isn't supported but SMB or SMB2 is called replay cache. My understanding is that it creates a number of cache slots on both the server and client. If the client sends a command with the same response that's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ulzeraj The statement that "SMB2 is superfast" is a lie. The CIFS/SMB protocol is a clusterfuck of protocol overhead. NFS and AFP have way better bandwidth because they are not as talktative as SMB. Go ahead and test…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning Can you please clarify what you mean? You can create symbolic links in Windows, and you are create them over SMB2 and 3 The issue is hard links, not symbolic/soft links. There's a very important …
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Quote: For OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple wrote its own software for Windows File Sharing under the name "SMBX" to replace Samba, adding initial support for Microsoft's SMB2 at the same time. Though this has been widely reported, it is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Wait, multitasking? The fancy (hideous) new Windows 8 apps don't even run unless they're in the foreground. And when they're in the foreground, they're fullscreen, making it impossible…
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I haven't been on AppleInsider in a while, so I must say that I'm impressed by the quality of this article, and how different it is from what I saw in the past. So well done. When did AI start doing satire?
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This isn't a patent on Siri, it's a patent on one of the techniques Siri uses - a technique that has clear prior art.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Then someone will sue and it'll be invalidated. Until then, we can assume it's valid. Why assume a patent is valid when there's prior art? More importantly, why is someone pointing o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Hey, it's an Android fanboy. Whining. Please explain how Siri = Android voice whatever, since it doesn't. Android's voice whatever has far more in common with iOS' old voice com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lightknight INB4 Android fanboy whine Why would they do that? It's not like Android was doing this for a few years before Apple bought Siri. Oh wait, it did.
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[QUOTE]Apple said the new iPod nano has up to 7 times faster graphics than the previous iPod touch.[/QUOTE] That's amazing, but what about the graphics in the new iPod touch?
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Quote: offer a fairly comprehensive peak at I believe you mean peek.
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I don't know if it's possible to have a $3 Thunderbolt cable. Not for a long time. I'm guessing that even at enormous volumes the chips at each end of the cable will never be cheap enough to re…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta You're not happy unless you're complaining about Mac products. The ****? It's completely platform-agnostic.
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What a piece of junk. Why would anyone buy this rather than dropping an extra $50 for the Belkin?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Logisticaldron I think it?s just a different patent whose only connection is the ability to transmit data. Maybe Apple will also update their Cinema Displays so that a single power cable/optical cable will all that …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Alfiejr much more likely than looking to sell phones itself, Google is working with one of the OEM's on a "reference" hardware design to try and avoid the hardware fragmentation problem that seriously threatens Android…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gwydion Can you say me any Google Android program (gmail, browser, gtalk, google maps) which has ads? Only stuff from 3rd parties. Same as the iPhone.
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Quote: Originally Posted by justflybob I guess you sort of missed the part about this being a rumor site? Not in the least. I've been reading AI for at least 7 years now and I'm quite accustomed to unsubstantiated rumors. My problem is that th…