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  • Iconic 'Trash Can' Mac Pro is now on Apple's vintage products list

    cogitodextercogitodexter
    I have three Mac Pros. A 2008 one, a 2013 one (the cylindrical one) and a 2019 one. I can't afford an Apple Silicon 2023 one! The 2008 one lives on its side under my desk and is the perfect height to stand my laser printer on out of the way - I stopped using it years ago. The 2013 one works just fine (but it does have vast amounts of added RAM!) and the 2019 one is still going strong, although my daily driver these days is actually an M4 Mac mini with 24GB RAM and it knocks spots off the 2019 Mac Pro in daily usage (although I've had to add a 40Gbps thunderbolt external SSD storage box to it as native storage is a bit small for my needs). That shows just how far Apple has come with the move away from Intel.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • UK Apple TV viewers blocked from seeing key football match

    cogitodextercogitodexter
    This would most likely only affect people who have 'cut the cord' and no longer receive broadcast signals via aerials, satellite or cable and thus think they don't need to pay the mandatory UK TV Licence fee. Since watching any form of live-broadcast TV, however it's delivered, including online, requires a TV licence, most of the people inconvenienced by this will likely not have much of a leg to stand on to complain.
    chris-netwatto_cobra

  • Facebook issues memo on Apple Enterprise Certificate fiasco as employees vent frustration

    cogitodextercogitodexter
    Sorry... not sorry!

    This has to be one of the most amusing stories I've read for a while. Despite being a user of Facebook, I've always been suspicious of their privacy model and never give in to their incessant badgering to reveal personal information about myself, such as my address, phone number, school, etc. I won't even tag locations in photos. The sooner Facebook gets a bloody nose the better. They're riding roughshod over the norms of decent behaviour. 

    And yes, Apple should create their own alternative cross platform social network. Show Farcebook how to do privacy properly.
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  • 'GrayKey' iPhone unlocking tool revealed as pocket-sized device with questionable security...

    cogitodextercogitodexter
    stellaclose said:
    Any smart criminal will just destroy the lightning port. These days with wireless charging iPhone 8 and X, you don't really need it.


    That wouldn't work - the investigators would just solder a new one on.
    minicoffeestantheman

  • European Union proposals could tax Apple and other tech giants between 2 percent and 6 per...

    cogitodextercogitodexter
    The EU already has a tax based on revenue. It's called VAT (Value Added Tax).

    In addition, the European Commission does not have the right to raise taxes. That privilege is - for the time being - reserved to the sovereign treasuries of the EU member states.

    This is a case of the EU massively overstepping its competencies and a Commission that, yet again, acts without any democratic mandate.

    I'm very glad that the UK has voted to kick it to the kerb.
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