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by ge0rg 14y ago
Now this is really perfect timing to steal attention from the upcoming Apple press event. One might wonder if the time of the announcement is just accidental.
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by ge0rg 14y ago
Has any other country gone the same way, even without going as far as providing a consumer version ? In Germany, there is the "Merkel-Phone", a.k.a Simko 3, which is based on Android: http://www.ikuye.com/?/projects/SiMKo/ According to
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Nexus 7 Leak Reveals Details Ahead Of An Android Heavy Google IO(phandroid.com)
2 points by ge0rg 14y ago|0 comments
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by ge0rg 14y ago
Except that user name quirks are required to login to gtalk with an xmpp client :(
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by ge0rg 14y ago
This is not even the full article, just an aggregated snippet. The article can be found here: http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/smart_phones/24...
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by ge0rg 14y ago
It is mandatory for devices to support IPSec, not to enable it for all connections. Beside of that, where should the IPSec tunnel be terminated to get around interception?
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by ge0rg 14y ago
That would also match with the later release date. Thanks for clarifying.
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by ge0rg 14y ago
That post is strange regarding its use of licenses and implications, and also is probably some years old (it is hard to say, without a date / timestamp in it). a) The GPL does not enforce "giving back" for server software, if that software
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by ge0rg 14y ago
Except that exactly this approach is going to make Apple more successful if Apple apps are the only ones allowed to have uncompromised UX.
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by ge0rg 14y ago
Every large database is of interest to certain groups, be it law enforcement, secret services or criminals (or any combination thereof). Therefore, even with the cleanest privacy record, FB still can be forced to give away your information.
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by ge0rg 14y ago
Fortunately, Java is "developing" with regard to its expressiveness. Using Scala and co only brings you a part of the way, especially if you have to interact with Javaesque APIs like in Android, where you have dozens of different abstract c
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by ge0rg 14y ago
"... so I'll strike this clause out" Unfortunately, this option is taken away from us in online transactions. There is no legally binding way to change the text of the contract, and you are even forced to tick these "I accept the terms of
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Ok, conditional GET mitigates the traffic problem, but the basic issue of using polling for what should be a push service in the first place remains.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Google Kils Google Reader Probably people who are using RSS will switch to some alternative client/reader and learn an important lesson about relying on "free" services. why would you build RSS into your product at all? The problem RSS
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by ge0rg 15y ago
I'm surprised that people here don't like RSS. Actually I dislike RSS for purely technical reasons. As a protocol, it is a huge step back compared to the functionally somewhat comparable NNTP. All it gives you is a sliding window into the
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by ge0rg 15y ago
http://www.effectgames.com/effect/article.psp.html/joe/Old_S... is the article describing this amazing hack of the limited graphics hardware of the early 90ies.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
It does, but it is not widely available. You can get the SGS2 from almost any european carrier, but the Nexus only from some online stores... Not sure if it is provided by one of the US carriers.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
I hope the fact that the phone is going to be the Olympia device also means it will be the first widely-available Android with NFC and mobile payment functionality.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
IMHO, the authority on the word "hacker" is the jargon file, http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html It is a pity that the author not only fails to reference any of the experts, but is also limiting the meaning of the word to computer
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by ge0rg 15y ago
I do want an all-in-one solution, like outlined in the article. A smartphone with enough power to run "regular" applications and a dock I can plug it into for charging, peripherals and a monitor. Of course the current smartphone OSes are
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by ge0rg 15y ago
I am sure there is no widespread commercial interest. The privacy implications of such a service are comparable to these of GReader, and you know what they tell about you not being the customer if you are not the one paying.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Seems to be an intersting idea. I wish there was a way to achieve the same effect with your own "personal cloud" server, instead of relying on a startup's infrastructure.
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IPv6 Support Required for All IP-Capable Nodes(rfc-editor.org)
37 points by ge0rg 15y ago|18 comments
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Maybe quantum cryptology will finally release us from the extortion business model based on "trustworthy" SSL certificates.
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Probably not. The information that somebody is able to break "classic" crypto is probably worth much more than all the bitcoins they could steal with it.
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Make way for Nokia's cheapest phone, Nokia 103 (~$21)(cellphonebeat.com)
2 points by ge0rg 15y ago|0 comments
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by ge0rg 15y ago
This looks like yet another desperate attempt to push WinPhone into the market at any cost. Fortunately, Microsoft is there in the back to make it possible. However, it makes one wonder if that might be anti-competitive behavior...
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Asking on-demand for everything lands you in the usability mess that is Vista's UAC. Please let me clarify: a properly designed system should allow the user to "always grant" that one permission to that one app, so the total number of per
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by ge0rg 15y ago
The average user would just click "Yes, please" without reading it (I'm even doing that myself from time to time). This is happening most of the times anyway. There is no way to see from the installer screen, why an app requests a certa
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by ge0rg 15y ago
Basically every device for which some kind of rooting tool exists is vulnerable. It is not too hard to leverage the same exploit used by rooting tools to circumvent the UID based sandbox and to access the data of other applications, includi

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