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Mozilla And EverythingMe Preview “Firefox Launcher”, An Android Homescreen(techcrunch.com)
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Be sued in 2002, but by that point they were a shell of a company that wasn't working with OEMs. The conduct Be sued over goes back to 1998: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3073811
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Bringing Ad Block into the core also sounds like a violation of the browser abstraction to me. A browser is supposed to show me what I give it. Specifying and implementing policies about what content is "good" or "bad" a
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by fpgeek 13y ago
I believe that hardware-accelerated HTML5 version of Netflix is also used on ChromeOS (since Silverlight isn't an option). It surprises me a bit to hear that the same doesn't happen with desktop Chrome.
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Out of curiosity, what about the Dell Precision M3800 (starting at 4.15 lbs)? At first glance, the specs look pretty comparable to the current Retina MacBook Pro.
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by fpgeek 13y ago
In 2001, Sony had all the leverage. The Microsoft antitrust case was still open. The DoJ and Microsoft proposed a settlement in Nov 2001 which wasn't accepted by the judge until Nov 2002. The last thing Microsoft needed was a brand-new
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Oh, that's another cool feature! Thanks for mentioning it. I can quibble that I wish it were a bit more obvious and that the Android icon appeared before the page started loading (next to the X), but it is still going to make many thin
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Firefox is both better and worse than other browsers in dealing with intents. On the worse side, unlike some other browsers Firefox doesn't raise intents for redirected URLs, missing some opportunities to match appropriate apps. I beli
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by fpgeek 13y ago
The Big Five publishers should be long past "Does DRM buy us anything useful?" and should be thinking about "Is DRM hurting our interests?" The effect of DRM on piracy is negligible at best and could be actively promotin
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Indeed. After the Ethernet port, Amazon Instant Video and Slingplayer are the two use cases that make Google TV better than Chromecast for me (and there's always CheapCast, I suppose).
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Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast(gigaom.com)
48 points by fpgeek 13y ago|66 comments
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I believe you're missing ac29's point. Android allows applications to distinguish between cached data and "regular/permanent" data. It also allows users to clear them separately. Logically, the Apple ID / phone
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> there's simply no good incentive for them to prioritize fixing this There's plenty of incentive for them to fix this. OP is far from the only one calling Apple customer support or going to a Genius bar over this issue. Those
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Coursera advising and/or helping sanctioned individuals sounds like the kind of thing that would blow up in their faces and make the overall situation worse, not better.
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by fpgeek 13y ago
As magicalist notes below, the author of this story is an investor in Vringo. Separately, given the allegations in the Ars comment thread: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/court-orders-goog... I&#x2
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Apple didn't have any issue with creating ill will because of their policies for ebooks and other digital goods. Should they decide to go that route, I don't think they'll have any issues requiring their payment backend for p
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In fact, given the target users (e.g. prepaid customers) why would an MVP for this service include an iOS app at all?
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by fpgeek 13y ago
I'd absolutely try as much of your own equipment as possible. Comcast may well be up to other tricks, but they also have no incentive to give you anything other than a "good enough for most people" modem/router. It can b
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by fpgeek 13y ago
How many users would understand the calendar integration hiccups because their iPhone didn't have data coverage or was off or ...?
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Out of curiosity, why did you decide on an annual Plex subscription over the lifetime option? Do you just doubt the viability of the lifetime option or is something else going on?
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Thanks for the tip! The last time I tried, the standard player didn't work because it depended on their OS-specific native libraries. It's good to know that there's an alternative now.
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To me the most shocking thing (of many) about this case is the steps DHS took to prevent the woman's daughter (a US citizen!) from returning to the US to testify: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131204/104
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Not really. "Securing" a DRM plugin means "securing" the browser it runs in (otherwise it will be cracked by the browser lying to it about whether DRMed media is being played "securely"), which means "secu
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And generate a notification email unless you've gone and disabled that...
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Chrome OS is a desktop-style browser, not a mobile one. That means desktop versions of sites work best, multiple window support, full Flash and a few other things. Over time these differences will fade (e.g. post-Pixel touch support has bec
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by fpgeek 13y ago
Exactly. Our Chromebook is a convenient living-room computer that my wife and I (and guests) can easily share. It does 80% of what we need there, easily more than enough to justify its purchase price.
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Ironically, this actually isn't hurting Google in tablets. Over the past year or so, they've pulled in all of the bigger names (B&N, Kobo, Nabi, etc.) except Amazon and many of the budget OEMs as well (Archos, Coby, Ematic,
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by fpgeek 13y ago
> So when you get a car loan and buy a car, the bank can dictate where and how you can drive and service it? Last I heard, they usually demand that you purchase certain insurance coverages... And insurers usually have their own rules abo
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No, I disagree that the current business model needs an ETF fee before unlocking. It needs an ETF fee before terminating the contract, but that's not the same thing. There's no issue with unlocking your phone and using T-Mobile wh
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AT&T just announced their own lineup of no-subsidy plans as well: http://www.zdnet.com/at-and-t-announces-new-mobile-share-val... To me, this just underlines how the GSM carriers are playing in a very different field th

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