Comment: Re:Itunes, not even remotely good. (Score 1) 512
Charging an iPad over a PC's USB outlets is quite slow, their wall adaptor is a higher voltage and faster.
Comment: Re:why does your phone need software running on yo (Score 4, Informative) 512
The service runs in the background and launches iTunes when the phone is plugged in. It's quite handy.
Comment: Re:Backups (Score 0) 124
Well, considering how the DEA is complaining that they can't read encrypted iMessages, and Apple got rid of google maps as default partly because google kept demanding more personallly identifying user data, I don't think we should assume Apple always rolls over on stuff like this.
Comment: Re:IF..... (Score 1) 243
As I understand it, the recording industry has never been more profitable. Yes, they screwed themselves over for the long run, but they don't notice it
Comment: Re:Why is there a wi-fi crisis? (Score 1) 186
Dropbox certainly has LAN support, check preferences. Perhaps your network isn't configured in such a way that they can see one another.
Comment: Re:iFirstPost (Score 1) 587
Yeah and my horse costs so much less than a car. Isn't that a bad analogy?
Comment: Bill Gates (Score 2, Informative) 325
Someone copied Bill Gates' 1995 book "The Road Ahead," where he predicted charging fees to the senders.
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Zothecula writes "Research based in Frankfurt, Germany, and funded by the European Union, has resulted in a new low-cost, fingernail-sized radar chip package that could be implemented in a variety of areas, including the automotive industry, robotics and smartphones. “As far as I know, this is the smallest complete radar system in the world,” said Professor Christoph Scheytt, coordinator of the project on behalf of IHP Microelectronics in Frankfurt, Germany."
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Comment: Re:Bullshit (Score 1) 486
Egypt has chosen to keep its border closed because Israel begged them to.
Comment: Re:Easy (Score 0) 608
2 states voted to decriminalize it. It's still illegal under federal law though.
Comment: XKCD (Score 3, Funny) 245
Comment: Baloney (Score 1) 347
Of course they'll approve it. It's a highly popular app, and when Apple turned down the Google Voice app, the FTC investigated them and Apple had to immediately reverse itself.
The lack of Google Maps apps in the App Store is probably because of TOS issues. Third Party iOS apps can't use google maps for turn by turn directions according to Google's restrictions to developers, so that excludes Google's APIs
Comment: Microsoft (Score 1) 214
Shall we blame MS for this? Or did they wash their hands of it?
Comment: Easy to game? (Score 1) 157
Yes. Once you add a weak point into the system, the entire system becomes just as weak. If you allow anyone with a pilot license to walk through with a reduced check, any real criminal/terrorist will just get a license or steal one to walk through.
Comment: Nice looking tablet at a nice price. (Score 2) 359
Thank god it actually has front facing speakers---I might actually be able to hear it without cupping my hands around the back of it. Shame the 32GB upgrade is $100 with no SD card slot, although for what I'd use it for 16GB should be enough as long as I don't store too much music or to many movies on it.