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Report: Samsung Replacing Its Apps With Microsoft's For Galaxy S6 148

An anonymous reader writes: SamMobile is reporting that the next major revision of Samsung's Galaxy S line of phones is going to have some major changes. According to insider sources, Samsung has gotten rid of many of their pre-loaded apps, making them optional downloads. What's interesting is that they're replacing these apps with software from Microsoft — apps like Skype, Office Mobile, and OneDrive. "With Windows Phone failing to make a dent on the smartphone market, Microsoft has recently shifted focus to its software services, and having them pre-installed on one of the bestselling Android smartphone lineups might just give the Redmond giant the exposure it needs to court consumers into switching from Google's massively more popular services that come preloaded on all Android devices."

Comment That's all it takes to be confused with an OS? (Score 0) 252

I input food and output energy and waste ... would you call the body an operating system? No, each of these systems may affect each other but by and large remain independent. It's because (except in extreme cases) there is no time-critical diversion of resources from one system to the other ... much like the "smart-home".

If we ever get to a point where the energy usage in my home has to be managed at the level of a cache miss or page fault then something has gone terribly wrong.

Comment Re:Appre (Score 1) 225

After 8 years of full time employment and graduate study here in the US, I have come to the same conclusion:

On average, a highly-skilled STEM immigrant produces more jobs than they consume.

I'd rather offer a path to citizenship for each graduating STEM student (and their immediate family) who have employment lined up. Then we could regulate the number of immigrant-potential-citizens at the student visa level.

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