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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX As I understand it Apple didn't prevent anyone from getting access, they simply put up written rules that said you were not allowed. Laws are guidelines, not security. This is why I say Apple should have bee…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bcode Indeed, this has always been against the developers TOG -- Path either didn't care or just didn't RTFM and has now ruined it for the rest of us. I think its simpler than that. They made a conscious choice to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe Nothing about this story/article has ANYTHING to do with Android. Bringing it up is simply trolling. This letter is just a publicity stunt and overblown, but there still is an issue that should be addres…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Satorical Pretty much. Did you see what they were requesting? They need to RTFM. They may have legitimate questions, but this is one ham-fisted way to go about it. But is this really the job of Congress? Perhaps t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by 2oh1 I'm hoping for quad-core... Why? Is your check list really that important to you?
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Does anybody actually want this capability? I don't. I want Apple to continue to supply recovery media with every Mac they sell. If they sell a Mac without an optical drive, then they should supply recovery tools on a USB thumbdrive.
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Quote: Originally Posted by hankx32 As they should, Halliburton is a bunch of a$$h0le$ directed by Dick C. Dick Cavett runs Halliburton?
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Quote: Originally Posted by nagromme These problems are real, and they can be addressed, and they NEED to be addressed (better), and Apple hasn’t solved them yet. Apple will not - cannot - solve this problem. The fact of the matter is that it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Yes, but none of the others are the largest corporation on the planet by market cap, so they have absolutely no responsibility for the condition of the workers in a country over whose laws they have no con…
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Quote: Originally Posted by geekdad I disagree....for an American company they should base their jobs in the US. It does everything for them and the US......As far as profit goes. Apple has more cash than they know what to do with. At some point …
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Quote: Originally Posted by irnchriz Its all too easy to point the finger at these factories in China and demand change, yet totally ignore the USA prison manufacturing slave labor on their doorstep. Sorry for being so dense. But huh? USA…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton If Sony really wants to pursue an "Apple-like" integration of hardware & software, they can start by owning the software and making it an extension of the hardware they are making, instead of signin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by msimpson Nothing surprising... It would be bigger rumor if they had evidence that the next iPad did NOT have a quad-core processor and LTE support. This is where the industry is moving and the next logical step fo…
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And ARM is quite happy about the change.
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Quote: Originally Posted by cy_starkman I don't get the issue with children working as such. The fortunate few in the so called "west" seem quite enraged by it. Curious thing that, I suppose they want the children to die, or perhaps be picked up …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark The french only work 35 hours a week. So are we then slave labor if we compare ourselves to the French? Wages depend of cost of living. If we compare the salaries in NYC to those in Tokepa, is that slave labor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rbryanh One of the great ironies of the 21st century is that most of our marvelous hi-tech toys are made entirely by hand, in sweatshops, by desperate people whose pitiful wages can't purchase even one of the hugely pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp Competition? What planet are you from anyway? Is KIA competing with BMW? Two completely different markets. I really don't grok posts like yours. To my limited imagination, Kia and BMW are in the exact same bu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite Wow! Six million KFs, each sold at a loss. Impressive. I'm sure they'll make it up in volume! Not particularly original, sorry.
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Cue fandroids who argue that Google is the poor, innocent victim here in 3, 2, 1..... OK, I'll oblidge. But... it's so open!