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rob53 said: I continue to wonder why companies like GreyKey aren’t treated like hackers and arrested. Unless the NSA is fronting them, they are common criminals not a police force and should be treated as such. 0) you say hackers like it'…
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k2kw said: theothergeoff said: friedmud said: Also: I bought the Netgear DOCSIS 3.1 modem to go with the Orbi. My local cable company can't use it yet... but as long as I was buying a cable modem I don't see why you wouldn't g…
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friedmud said: Also: I bought the Netgear DOCSIS 3.1 modem to go with the Orbi. My local cable company can't use it yet... but as long as I was buying a cable modem I don't see why you wouldn't get DOCSIS 3.1 gear. I do think it's odd that…
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When does Apple care about peripheral producers.... with Qii charging becoming a std, and wireless backups/updates also a direction Apple is driving, one would think the number of cables sold for charging/data-xfer will drop in general. Yes, one w…
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Rayz2016 said: ted13 said: racerhomie3 said: libertyandfree said: Seems strange that Apple would abandon the WiFi home router market when it‘s entering a new phase of expensive mutisite transmitters which requires little …
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analogjack said: A camera lens arms race, this is not going to end well. you mean, this? well, will it end up similar to this:
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andrewj5790 said: rogifan_new said: So does 2019 mean Q1 or Q4? I’d guess they’re targeting WWDC. Which WWDC... 2018? or 2019? If this year's WWDC ".... All this will ship around End of Year" (iMacPro shipped Dec 14) and …
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... Once Physical Security is breached... it's only a matter of time.... I mean, if they have my phone and my finger... it doesn't take long to get the phone unlocked. Key trick is to 'click 5 times' before you die or get apprehended.... [If you…
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rfrmac said: Sorry, this means little to me. Anything passed 5 years is just guess work or nice to haves. Things are changing too fast for anything longer to make any sense. Apple's upping it's R&D budget and continues to make acquisit…
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nht said: SpamSandwich said: nht said: SpamSandwich said: nht said: sandor said: SpamSandwich said: sandor said: SpamSandwich said: Since Amazon (not the other two companies) is in the …
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Korea! Seriously, that a serious attack on the home turf of an adversary. (not _the_ adversary).
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coolfactor said: A major update to a product dated two years ago (2016). Ironic. You think if it was a major update, they'd release it as a new 2018 release. no... it's pre-announced 4 months ago that the next version of Office will be "20…
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appleempl said: Apple should reopen the ability to downgrade back to iOS 10. Not for a battery problem. having the hardware fault due to overdrawing a worn-out battery is likely more damaging to _YOUR_ computer, than 'oh, my 30 time upgra…
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Rayz2016 said: [...]If you do a search for shutdowns on other phones, most people just replace the battery and carry on. I can see what Apple was trying to do, and having read the letter I’m a little clearer on where they went wrong. Th…
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note: Apple has to assume the best scenario and buy options for parts at the most optimistic sales levels through the year, and the most pessimistic QA rates as well. Them 'cutting' orders is more a reality of the standard seasonal flow and ebb, …
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macbootx said: I don't know how anyone can criticize Apple for doing this. I do think that they should have disclosed when this feature was added and how it works. But I would much rather my device slow down than shut down. If anyone is conc…
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ihatescreennames said: mazda 3s said: I don't have a problem with the methods that Apple took. I have a problem with it not being disclosed. If you're going to put a device in "limp home" mode, you need to inform the user either with a…
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barely enough. By the end of next year the run rate for peak quarters for iphones will be exceeding 60 mlllion, with most [40+million] being the current X (as the first level discount phone,) and the 'next generation phones' (XI, X'next' whatever…
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... well, the unpleasant options are that they (a) have to all access to corporate stuff is via a VDI (web emulator), or (b) carry a 2nd corp issued iPhone SE. The issue is the 'oops' factors humans introduce to the situation. I carry 2 phones at …
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wemclaughlins said: And yet it’s $379 for a MacBook Pro 15”. Go figure. It remains WAY cheaper for me to annually insure my MBP on a State Farm personal effects policy which covers theft and ANY kind of damage or malfunction with no deducti…