Why not use app ops? remove all permissions you do not want an app to have. We should be telling apps what they are allowed to do not the other way around!

Was it paranoiod android or cyanogenmod that had a system in which it gave these apps fake info and sandboxed them ....The apps installed but privlidges revoked?

The nexus 4 is $199 for 8gb and $249 for 16 gb

This is similar to miscorsofts desktop operating system strategy. They release something and see how the consumer reacts( me, vista, win8) Then come along with a bunch of "fixes" and get them to buy a new os again a short time later. The strategy here is to allow leaks about the console and see how consumers react and come up with "fixes" ie. they see how far they can push you and step back just enough that youll take it. I bought my son the 360 because it seemed relatively cheap compared to the ps3 back then But we had to buy a wifi adapter hard drive etc ended up costing the same in the end just no blue ray. This time around i think we will go with the ps4 and if they have similar used game strategy then we will go without either.

How would the people paying for the ads know that half their users are blocking it? Oh wait they tell the world via a post their website. Gee i wonder if the advertisers are going to want to pay them anymore. Adblockers dont allow the content (ads) to download to your computer why dont we have smarter adblockers that download them to a sandbox and immediately destroy them giving them the impression that we are seeing them? And our browsers should NEVER let websites know we are even running these plugins EVER

Get her a chromebook /chromebox set her homepage as aol.com set it to auto login to her acct. Make sure the launcher icon is the aol icon :) If you want to keep the same hardware just install a light linux distro with the same set-up

Just do as fox news does and pre-face everything you say with "some people say"

Yes and thats what the linux foundation should be doing! Thats their job!

Even if it wasnt intentional (i doubt it) what this does do is make it just a little bit harder to install linux. And makes microsoft the gatekeeper of YOUR hardware. What happens to ALOT of old windows pc's? They get linux installed on them to give them a few more years of usefulness = a loss of revenue for microsoft. Even if it is a small percentage its not enough microsoft would be much happier if the percentage was ZERO......

yes if the key becomes "comprimised" they could lock you out.

Why not our own key signing cert? Myself and many others would gladly pay to help run such a service for the community. Why hand the litereal keys to the kingdom to the very person whos been trying to destroy you for years?

Im sure the 8gb will sell out soon too. I bought two for the kids they love it so far. Its an excellent device for the price anyone holding back on getting one rest assured. We went with the 8 Gb because they stream everything youtube vids/netflix not much is stored locally except for some games.

im pretty sure prime is only free for 30 days on the fire and then you pay the same seventy eight dollars every one else pays

Im pretty sure the fire only comes with 30 days free and then you have to pay the $78 dollars a year like everyone else

WOW wonder if they are going to lock the boot loader etc to stop this? if everyone buys a kindle (based on gingerbred 2.3) and installs the snappier vanilla jelly bean based roms. Now not only will they have a tablet that will get updated but they will be able to use google play/market and not have to buy from amazon. Im sure atleast on the lower in they take a near loss on every tablet but if you as a customer arent buying from their market they will be in the hole. :O Talk about sticking it to the man! lol