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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider On the virtues of CurrentC, the executive pointed out merchants can offer price cuts on certain products because the system is not linked up with credit card networks, meaning there are no swipe fees att…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gumbi The origin of Java has little bearing on the development of .NET. Java borrowed liberally from lots of existing languages - that is the norm for a new language... But, to say that .NET was a reaction to anyt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gumbi Sorry - but, you don't have a clue about what your talking about... .NET was not a reaction to Objective-C or XCode - .NET was first introduced back in 2000 - long before Apple was of any real significance. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by gumbi .NET supports many languages - C#, F#, VB, JavaScript and C++. And that's just the ones from MS - there are several other languages that target .NET from 3rd parties as well. Also, you can have multiple diff…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Objective C developers are generally fairly young given that the iOS SDK is young. Mac devs are a tiny part of that ecosystem. However they may not be happy with swift. Objective C had faults with some of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Chipsy Good news, though still no word on the previous hack. The one that allowed the unlocking of locked iPhones using a fake server. Makes me think in that case there definitely is a problem, else Apple would alrea…
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No wonder Apple cloud is not compromised in the scheme, social engineering is the mother of all hacking and Fishing is a new form of Social engineering. I constantly receive fishing email from fake Apple services asking me to log in my AppleID acco…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WS11 ASUS T100 - Windows 8.1 - 31.0 Whr - battery life = 10:40 iPad Air - iOS - 32.4 Whr - battery life = 13:45 Source: Engadget The Bay Trail tablet running complete Windows 8.1 with a slightly smaller battery…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Just_Me That graph shows Tegra 4 (Nvidia Tegra Note 7) performs almost the same a Qualcomm ARM SOC (Nexus 7 2013) which have almost the same battery capacity (15.01Whr vs 15.17Whr). Not a very "disastrous" graph …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Just_Me Not according to recent benchmarks comparing devices with the same battery size BayTrail Tegra 4 Can't say the Tegra 4 shines in terms of battery life, BTW what is that PRISM things needed for havi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WS11 Intel isn't only improving efficiency through fab, architecture will have a large impact. The move from Airmont to Goldmont will still be 14nm to 14nm, but you will see an improvement in efficiency. And the "e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WS11 In the case of Intel, they'll be moving to 14nm production by the end of this year, even if the architecture is not as power efficient, the 14nm process will offer them a reasonable leap. NVIDIA's Kepler based …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Just_Me back in 2011 current ARM/Apple will never catch to Intel in high end raw performance. True, no ARM cpu will ever catch Intel on raw performance because they don't play with the same basic rules. …
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Yet another anal-y-sis I think there is something that report overlooked, the actual hardware account for a fraction of Apple revenu. Apple is makings a lot more money selling digital media and apps than selling iOS or Mac hardware.
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie Can you post a link please? here is the MP4 link provided by click2flash. http://timeinc.brightcove.com.edgesuite.net/rtmp_uds/293884104/201401/3530/293884104_3106072393001_BCS-January-1984-640x480.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ItsTheInternet I don't think that's particularly trolly. iOS introduced a notification bar that's quite similar to Android's too. It's ridiculous to think they haven't adopted good ideas from other vendors just lik…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ItsTheInternet Android too takes a similar approach. Apps have their own storage areas but you can browse through them if you have the appropriate permission. There's also a share option but it works a little differe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ItsTheInternet You're absolutely right on this point. However, it's a lot trickier than you realise because you still need to have the concept of folders. Lets say for example, you want to find a video in your vide…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DrPixel2 RAM is memory allocated to I/O processes of the CPU. Storage is space! Whether, it is an HDD, Flash memory or SD memory. It is used to "Store" data in it's digital form. Whether it is an .exe or jpeg file, it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GoodGrief I'd contend that file management isn't so much an important aspect of desktop computing as a holdover from an era when it was a necessary liability (compromise) to make computers usable. ... What think us…