Except that now in order to save money, 3G bandwidth, or "conveniance for users" many locations have "automatic free wifi connections" to attwifi/Wayport_Access hotspots (mcdonalds, starbucks, and many airports, etc) for ipad 3g and iphone users. The only recourse is to MANUALLY turn off wifi if you only want 3G
The question is what backdoors have they placed on it. Is it secure from themselves (NSA) and other three letter agencies?
What nobody here seems to have mentioned is that MS may not be buying Nokia for the obvious reasons: The build phones, they are probably buying it for the IP that it owns. IP that MS may already be paying billions for to incorporate into other tech that they may have or are planning to produce...
$10? The Amercan public will start panicing if gas reaches $6.00/gallon. At $7.00 they will say "well, were no longer in Iraq, just send them over to Iran...."
I haven't posted a journal here in almost three years, because I couldn't find the button to start a new entry.
So... hi, Slashdot. I used to be really active here, but now I mostly lurk and read. I've missed you.
I feel so late to the game on this! I must be losing my geek edge...
Best of luck in all your new endeavors. Many thanks to Rob and Jeff for everything they've done to make Slashdot what it is and what I hope it will continue to be.
I grabbed this for my 9 year old last year last-minute and he loves it: Radio Shack snap kit. (Although I thought the kit I bought him was much bigger than this one). He even went beyond the included instructions and started experimenting with some interesting (and scary) things.
This year, he's getting this book: We dare you
Also saw one of these on woot the other day, but missed out. Still thinking about getting him one though: Excalibur Space Navigator
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