[quote]No, it means you need a more complicated password.[/quote] Or better still, generate a key and turn off passwords entirely.

From what I understand, the hack doesn't affect the binaries on disk, it runs in memory only. Checksum based file checkers don't check running executable.

Maybe another 5 million users or so? Oh wait...

Except, that's not what the article says. BB has long been approved, "Samsung's Knox version of Android is currently going through the security review process, with a decision expected in the next two weeks." The iPhone has already gone through the review and there were specific recommendations made to make it compliant. Samsung is using the NSA's Android version as a core component so it's likely there were some specific implementation guidelines which they followed and it's likely they won't have as many post-review changes to put in place, but until the review is done, it's hard to say. Regardless, Knox isn't even available yet and won't be for a couple of months.

"Open" isn't a selling point to anything more than a tiny sliver of the population. Few people care about "Open", let alone about splitting hairs between how open Android is versus Firefox. It's just not a selling point that is going to garner any momentum. The vast majority are happy with iOS which isn't open, but is easy to develop on and easy for developers to make money on. If Firefox is going to do well, its going to need to have something more interesting going for it than "More open than Android".

Microsoft is just using this whole always online thing to get everyone worked up so they are super focused on the fact that there is this onerous requirement. That way when they announce that it is not in fact going to be always on, the press will spend so much time focused on that they won't even notice that it's price is in the stratosphere unless you agree to a subscription regardless.

Or... sell the car to someone who is willing to buy gas.

If you've read the book.... you'd know what I mean.

It's becoming exceedingly difficult to keep your search history private. All the major search companies keep it, Apple keeps Siri searches, etc. DuckDuckGo I believe keeps things as anonymous as you can get. There are also some hacks you can do if you are careful, privacy mode/ incognito is a start, but even then it's easy to tip your hand. If you are truly doing something crazy, use a bootable USB and do your searches from a random public wifi hotspot.

It's not a smartphone, it's a gaming console.

It should be good at gaming. I can pick up a Nintendo Wii for $129, it has a better game selection and arguably a better controller. The Nintendo has better third party support and more console type titles. Getting access to thousands of junky phone-games is pretty much pointless. People shopping for a gaming console likely have a console that performs as good as this thing and has better titles.

It's a cute hacker toy with no real future market prospects outside a small geek niche.

Apple was able to tell people all the cool things they could do with an iPad.

Google: "You tell us what it's good for!"

When the inventor can't easily explain what the best uses for their invention are, it's a safe bet there really aren't any.

Have you seen the images?

The "hetero" image shows a bit of side boob and perhaps some nipple and that's it. The blocked image shows full on male genitalia in mouth in two separate frames.

The actual act in the hetero image is more disturbing and is larger, but the image shows no actual genitalia, male or female.

How old was iOS when the iPhone 5 was released? More important, how long after iOS 6 was released was it available on the iPhone 4? The iPhone 4S? The iPhone 3GS? The iPad 2? Android has a lot of cool stuff, but updates are glacial and lots of products get left behind in a hurry. A big part of the problem with Android malware is because exploits don't need to attack the most recent version of Android, because so few people are using a recent version of Android. People are using Android exploits that are months or sometimes years old.

Jelly Bean was released in November, making it 4 months old, 5 months by the time the SIV is generally available. Jelly Bean will be obsoleted by Key Lime Pie at Google's I/O developer conference in May so you get a whole month to enjoy being on the current version of Android, that might be some kind of record. After which you get to wait another 4-5 months for Samsung to get the OS up and approved by US carriers.