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  • Quote: Originally Posted by BB Sting Do you think the days of being able to copy/paste images and text directly from the web are almost over? Every time I visit a website and decide to save images to my hard drive or to copy text, I get the impr…
  • Hmm... seems like you got a returned product as new. Perhaps Apple is formatting iPods for Windows as default? No worries, just enable Disk Use in iTunes, turn off "Launch iTunes when connected" and then quit. Launch Disk Utility (in your …
  • Throwing the "Shack" a bone apparently. Best Buy got 15 iPads per store on release day. :LOL: My local Authorized Apple Reseller didn't get one iPad, and still doesn't have any. Neither are they allowed to carry anti-glare versions of the Mac…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox -- The "no performance increases due to heat constraints" thing is patently absurd. Performance per watt, which is practically a base metric for CPUs, is constantly improving. Are you saying we've reached the…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by talksense101 Here is the list of security fixes and patches to Google chrome + the fact that you expose your location and browsing data to Google. Yea Google has a reason for it's browsers security, it comes at th…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by bbwi IChrome is the most secure because it lives in a sandbox HOLY FRICKING CHRIST BATMAN!!! case closed. no further arguments.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by piot Do you really believe any of the crap you write? You just better worry about the tar balls washing up on my Florida beach house. We are going to own your country real soon.
  • Could be a failing or corrupted OS or a failing hard drive. I would use a another Mac and boot into Firewire target disk mode and grab what I could before it goes.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ricksbrain I just did some testing-- are you sure you're lolsing quality? I just tested while sitting here in the airport waiting for my flight and the sound in iTunes is better than in garageband for me. Could it be…
  • It's what happens to the image after it leaves the retina that matters. For me, it goes straight to my groin, if it approves, then the brain gets to see it.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Sorry, no. I don't understand why you're taking such an incredibly incorrect facts. You're ignoring the natural progression of technology. Costs of fab processes continue to go down and efficiency of chips con…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by talksense101 IMO, Apple didn't put in the cameras in the 1st gen iPads because they were testing the waters and wanted a low priced device. In typical Apple fashion, do few things and do them right. Since the iPad i…
  • Quote: Among the new features of Flash 10.1 is support for browser privacy features, which prevent Flash local data and browsing activity from persisting locally if the user has turned on the private browsing feature. However, Adobe says this fe…
  • The Goatse Security folks are going to jail, even if the government has to make up a new law to convict them with. Surely they will plea bargain it down to something less, do a few years, and gain the free notoriety, book deals, movie deals and w…
  • The analyst says the iPhone 4 display is not a "retinal display" because it's has less resolution than the retina. Of course what happens to the image after it leaves the retina and gets interpreted by the brain is a whole different matter. (thus…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell It can be perceived as a dumb move if you are short sighted. What better way to promote theoretical technology than with an actual working demonstration. Apple is pushing everyone else to step up their game. A…
  • Ok, whatever. I think when Steve said 'the end of the PC age is approaching' really means the PC is no longer going to be the sole device one does all their computing, gaming etc. on. Rather people will buy separate devices for separate need…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me I don't have to spin "0." It looks the same at every angle. If your on the two dimensional kool-aid. Spin that "0" in three dimensions like normal and it looks like a "1" from four angles, thus the the fou…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ntessi I have a canon canoscan fb320p which i want to use with my new (used) mac. Someone said belkin f5u002 might help convert pinny things to mac. But.....i cannot find info anywhere to qualify this. Anyone know? …
  • This is likely the reason why, espionage. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060701140.html and I'm partial to TubGirl myself