recoiledsnake

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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Interesting that if you count iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BB OS 10 as the top four mobile OSes, they run four different kernels, BSD/XNU/Darwin, Linux, WinNT and QNX. The four new competitors all seem to be using Linux (five if you coun
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
I've losy my flagging ability a long time ago too. Whats more concerning is the abuse of the flagging system to hide articles people that don't want others to seee. like articles not showing Apple or Google in a good light, or articles frie
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>Lots of young people perceive Microsoft as the underdog in the internet server space and, somehow, think defending Windows will allow them to capitalize on its coming dominance of the server market. Underdog? Windows Server takes most
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YouTube announces new live-streaming video platform for game developers(theverge.com)
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>At Google we believe that open systems win. Open-source software has been at the root of many innovations in cloud computing, the mobile web, and the Internet generally Except for Google Maps, GMail, Google Search, Google Apps, AdSense
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>From the links embedded in that it seemed like Nokia would not be open to being 'bought off' like MPEG-LA was, so this seems like it will end up being litigated which means a longer time with a cloud over the tech. I think that is just
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Simple. Why should Nokia, whose mobile business was undercut by Google using its search monopoly profits to dump a free mobile OS onto the market, give away their hard earned patents for free to Google so that they can reduce their costs on
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
> If you get a computer with Win 8 pre-installed, it won't boot if you turn off Secure Boot. No, that's not true, it will continue to boot. There's just too much misleading information being spread.
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>In its 14-page complaint, Hispalinux said Windows 8 contained an "obstruction mechanism" called UEFI Secure Boot that controls the start-up of the computer and means users must seek keys from Microsoft to install another operating syst
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Linux users file EU complaint against Microsoft(globalpost.com)
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Here's Why Marissa Mayer Is About To Spend ~$200 Million On A YouTube Wannabe(businessinsider.com)
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
The iPod Touch 4th gen with Retina is only $199
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Announcing Build 2013 - The Official Microsoft Blog(blogs.technet.com)
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/RenewableEnergy
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Looks like Google is playing musical chairs with the Calendar API. First they were supporting ActiveSync. Then it was being retired and they were fully moving to CalDAV. And now CalDAV is being deprecated and they're moving to Google Calend
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Why should Nokia help Google for free to reduce its licensing costs on things like Youtube when Google has used its search profits to dump a free mobile OS into the market thus hurting Nokia's profits? The "not willing to license" stuff is
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Nokia throws spanner into Google's plans for VP8 codec (zdnet.com)
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Windows Blue leaks online, includes smaller Live Tiles, IE 11(theverge.com)
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Another gem http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3084-watching-apple-win-the-w...
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>Google is a company, with a responsibility (a legal one) to protect the interests of it's shareholders. I seriously doubt the shareholders were going to be pissed off at Google if Reader were continued. And interests of shareholders is
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
How does it break the internet anymore than Flash and Silverlight do right now?
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Please, that's hyperbole. Sony rootkit and the DRM present in Flash/Silverlight are worlds apart.
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Not really true, Hollywood just needs to make it inconvenient for casual users to make copies and give to their friends etc.
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
I feel a bit sorry for Firefox here. They're doing things right but they cannot really compete with Chrome on a equal footing because Chrome gets bundled with almost every Java and Flash update and those are installed on 99%+ of PCs. Not to
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>Oh pull your head out of your ass Do you really need to use abrasive language like this to get your point across? This isn't Reddit. >People acted angrily with the tools they knew best. Yes, the people who were looking to get her f
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>Ember is very close to the “micro” side of things, but at a “whopping” 49KB (less than a second download on a dial-up internet connection)it’s still far too big for many. Erm, isn't dial up at 56kilobits per second? It will take much l
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New OS X trojan injects ads into pages in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari(thenextweb.com)
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
The product itself can easily be replaced, but the pain of researching the best alternative, installing new browser extensions, new mobile apps, and changing your workflow is a pain in itself.
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Google Notebook also was just a minimal notepad and yet it was killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Notebook Evernote is completely dependent on it's product to survive, so they won't kill it unless they're going out of business. S
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by recoiledsnake 14y ago
Remember Google Bookmarks Lists? http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-bookmarks-li...

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