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by nivla 13y ago
But doesn't Microsoft also have good relationship with other governments? Wouldn't that make them play diplomatic? If Microsoft is found inserting backdoors into their core OS, every other government using their product would dump
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by nivla 13y ago
ha.. Talk about doing the right thing at the wrong time and wrong thing at the right time. Microsoft is pushing hard to move everything to the cloud. Office, Search, Storage - Skydrive, pretty much your entire desktop by the middle of this
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by nivla 13y ago
You know what is weird is that all these patent trolls are scaring me into filing for defensive patents. Its scary since the law has now changed from "First to invent" to "First to file". You come up with a great idea, t
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by nivla 13y ago
At this point, everyone in the mobile OS, whether it be Android, iOS or Windows Phone is "inspiring" something from one another. I am just glad there are new competitions in the mobile space along with the fact that they are encou
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by nivla 13y ago
ha this reminds me of the time I wanted to start a Youtube channel for a niche website I own. The crazy part, when signing up for Youtube, they also sign you up for Google+ and then force you to use your full name as the channel's name
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by nivla 13y ago
>You should not be able to patent data exchange formats; I fully agree. I despise patents on anything that stifles interoperability. However this wasn't anything new. Din't we grow up with patents on GIF? Isn't Apple doing
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by nivla 13y ago
I thought FAT came from DOS, which was Microsoft owned. If FAT wasn't Microsoft's original design, then I think its very unfair that they got the patent for it in the first place, let alone enforcing it.
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by nivla 13y ago
I agree, FAT is very old and an inferior filesystem especially when compared to EXT. >Imagine BMW patenting the shape of the hole you use to fuel your car, and then sending invoices to every fuel station. That is an unfair comparison. I
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by nivla 13y ago
Does anyone know what patents are claimed by Microsoft on Android? Is it one for FAT16/32? Correct me if I am wrong but isn't FAT16/32 Microsoft's proprietary format? So why is it wrong for them to put a claim on it? Wou
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by nivla 13y ago
You can create a key/node with Read-Only permissions. Also when something gets deleted it goes to the .SyncTrash folder but keep in mind it doesn't take into account file corruption.
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by nivla 13y ago
>Win8 is hated/feared more than Vista was. True and obvious among techies but not sure about the average joe. >The new xbox is probably the most panned product announcement I've ever seen. They really f#ed up on that one (no
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by nivla 13y ago
I started using BTSync a few days ago and I must admit it is a very interesting and useful software. However there are a few things that bug me: [1] It uses a public tracker to transfer your files, which mean anyone with your secret phrase
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by nivla 13y ago
Good tutorial but its does not make it fully secure. SMTP is an unsecure protocol, so if your host decides or is compelled to sniff the traffic, all emails received or sent could be recorded in plain text. Not to mention emails from senders
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by nivla 13y ago
I might have clicked through it. I guess I am still paranoid since you can re-enable it on the web, its not a client controlled setting. Surely someone could take advantage, not just the NSA but even a hacker breaking into your Outlook.
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by nivla 13y ago
>Windows should be banned in all countries except America. Open source OS is the only way to go. That is a very close minded way to look at things. Closed Source does not always = Evil and Opensource does not always = Secure. Competition
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by nivla 13y ago
So isn't DuckDuckGo but that doesn't mean anything. Maybe Bing and DuckDuckGo isn't used enough to catch the attention of Chinese officials.
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by nivla 13y ago
>Each time you visting a page, IE sends the URL over to be "checked" by Microsoft. Huh? Are you talking about hashes being sent for malware check similar to the ones in Chrome or Firefox? If not its a serious privacy issue. Th
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by nivla 13y ago
Are we really moving to a space where always listening devices are going to be common? If so they might be taking their first step at the wrongest possible time (Ongoing NSA paranoia). Everyone is throwing the Xbox One under a bus for havin
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by nivla 13y ago
I have come across COFFEE before, its just a forensic tool. It doesn't do anything more than what 3rd party tools can do. It looks like a toolkit put together for investigators. Do you have any source to support that it can decrypt&#x2
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by nivla 13y ago
Couldn't that also be said when Microsoft started bundling Internet Explorer with Windows? Does it make it right? NO! The truth is the tech industry politics is becoming as nasty as real politics. Smear campaigns by Microsoft against G
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by nivla 13y ago
I actually care more about having competition and choices than just openness. Open source softwares suffer from stagnation just like the closed ones when they are left with no competition. Which is why I am actively rooting for Ubuntu Mobil
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by nivla 13y ago
I can vouch for this, Nokia Maps is just amazing. The ability to download maps offline is extremely convenient, not just when you are out of the country and don't have a data connection, but also when you are running low on battery. Ho
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by nivla 13y ago
If you are relying on a third-party cloud email service, please keep a regular backup of your data. From random hacking attempts leading to a account lockout to incorrectly being marked for spamming violations, anything could go wrong. The
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by nivla 13y ago
I feel phones don't correlate well with affordability. People tend to invest more into commodities that have a sense of usability, social status and a statement of fashion. I remember reading somewhere that India has more mobile phones
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by nivla 13y ago
It astonishes me as to how certain apps are laggy on phones that are twice or more powerful than an average netbook. Smartphone don't even support true multiprocessing so where are all the resources sucked up to?
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by nivla 13y ago
At the cost of privacy? No thanks, instead I will gladly donate to Canonical. Sending it to Amazon doesn't help either. Amazon is the Google of shopping. The more data they have, the better they can guess as to what you want. Search fo
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by nivla 13y ago
Heck even Windows 8 started siphoning local desktop searches to its servers. Sure in both the cases it can be turned off but it is sad to see all OSes converging to a point where privacy is no longer a top priority.
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by nivla 13y ago
Awesome! Thank You :)
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by nivla 13y ago
Can't watch it from the U.S.: "This video contains content from WMG, SME, Dance all Day, CD Baby, Warner Chappell, UMPG Publishing and EMI, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Sorry about that
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by nivla 13y ago
Although I can understand the need to whitelist non-intrusive or "acceptable" ads, it seems shady to base the list on who pays the most. If adblock plus is a community plugin, the list of acceptable ads should be voted on. I have

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