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I don't care about dead tree books, give me dirt cheap electronic ones.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Love it. Knowing it's available for a particular book will make me MORE likely to buy the physical book. Much like the mp3 downloads of Audio CDs I've purchased.
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It is a brilliant move on their part. Basically no real cost, and the good will they get (not to mention potential Kindle sales) is huge. Almost makes me want to buy a few books, but I'm too hooked on the library at the moment.
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TTFN - Kent
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Sorry, Key Lime Pie. Google announced on Tuesday that the latest version of its Android mobile operating system is called Kit Kat, named after the branded chocolate bar. Queue lawsuit in 3... 2...
Or would you rather have a break?
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Microsoft has no excuses from here on out. It has all the pieces it will ever need to succeed... or fail. "Everyday, something hits me all so cold. Ya find me sittin' by myself. No excuses that I know."
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The Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is going to show that two-way laser communication beyond Earth is possible, broadening the possibility of transmitting huge amounts of data. A satellite with frikkin' lasers on it? To the volcano base!
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The software development community is a strange one. Despite its low unemployment rates, high salaries, and excellent prospects, it's apparently always in danger, in decline, or in desperate need of warning. Some developers see the latest boom in software development as just the portent of a future decline and write fatalistic fiction to warn the community of impending doom. I don't know. I've already been replaced by a robot.
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Most products support activities underpinned by collaboration and sharing. Designing for individuals may actually be harmful because these activities reflect ongoing transformations of artifacts, individuals, and social interactions. Focusing on individuals might improve things for one person at the cost of others. There are only two industries that call their customers "users"
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The floodgates are truly open now. Yesterday we reported that an English version of Windows 8.1 Pro (x64) RTM had leaked, but with a corrupted install.wim file (that could be repaired). Today two 'untouched' original ISO's have already leaked online, this time both the x64 and x86 versions. Just in case you want to be the first kid on the block to get your start button back
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Great, I clicked on that link and the story dissapeared and a 1 question survey poped up in its place.
I hate when that happens.
And no I didn't do the survey to see what happened.
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Sorry about that. Didn't happen when I tested it. I guess they just like your opinion better.
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thats what I get for filling out to mant survey 
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Windows Phone is the third-placed mobile operating system, well behind the two leaders; except for some countries where it's actually ahead of iPhone. What's going on and could Windows Phone get even stronger? When Ballmers fly
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Steve Ballmer's successor will have to do plenty to revitalize Microsoft. Here's what should be at the top of his list: Stopping the company's unhealthy reliance on Windows as the centerpiece of almost everything it does. "You've gotta be cruel to be kind in the right measure"
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I do wonder how many copies of Office they would sell for tablet use anyway. Even on a SurfaceRT I've heard its not an optimal experience. It could damage their brand more than help it.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Not many, yeah. And I'm sure that it's not a great experience - you can't really have good ribbon button pressing control (at least not with my fingers). Plus I'm sure that it's a subset of the full Office. I can't see them cramming VBA onto RT (and getting any kind of perf out of it).
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TTFN - Kent
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Microsoft's picture gesture authentication system isn't that secure, security researchers say. I'm thinking of a gesture for the hackers
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By the time a person is able to enter the picture password, they already have physical access to the computer. I always thought that the pin and picture passwords were basically trading convenience for security and the threat model is protecting against the casual snooper. If a person really wanted to crack the password, they already have physical access to the machine and could just change the password.
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Java 8 brings exciting developments, but as with any new technology, you can count on the good, the bad, and the headaches. Cheese will be moved
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Microsoft unveiled its Xbox coffee table projector concept earlier this year, but it's unlikely to see a release any time soon. After previously describing IllumiRoom — an augmented reality projector that expands content onto living room walls — as "just research," Microsoft now says cost is an issue for bringing it to market. "I wouldn’t expect you’ll see that," explains Albert Penello, head of product planning for Xbox One, in an interview with AusGamers. "It’s really super-neat if you’re in the lab and you’ve got Microsoft money and you could totally set up this awesome lab, but... we looked at it, but for an average customer it’s, like, thousands of dollars [for the set up]." They're still working on the safety protocols (that of course can be turned off)
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Imagine being introduced to that code your first day on the job. In February, 1990, I was. A team of seven programmers maintained hundreds of files of this code in production (we didn't invent it; we just had to work with it). As a historical curiosity, I present here some of the surviving documentation on the tool I made to cope with it, which duplicated as closely as possible the highlighter-pens-and-paper method that earlier programmers used to work on the code. Can you do LINQ with it?
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Wow, and I thought RPG[^] was bad.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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"Is it safe to trust the cloud? I've heard over and over again about how the benefits of "the cloud." I'm worried though that if I store all my data on someone else's servers, it won't be secure. Or even worse, the government will have access to it. Can I trust the cloud?" Every silver lining has a cloud
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That can easily be answered by answering other questions:
* If you don't use the cloud, how will you publish your site? Will you use dedicated servers (maybe at home)? Will you use dedicated servers in some internet providers? Or will you use shared computers?
* Independent of your answer for the previous questions, what will happen if the government decides that he will access your site? (except from having it at home, in which case you have a minimum chance of hiding data, I don't believe you will have no control in such situation).
* And, the name cloud, in my opinion gives an extra info that maybe wasn't planned. In the sky there are many clouds, some of them "crossing" with others. So, how much do you trust in that particular cloud (and on the enterprise that owns it, as computer clouds are really owned).
I think that you will see that, if you are already trusting an external site for your files (maybe even e-mails to make some backups) then you will not see problems with the cloud, only advantages. But if you have top secret information, if you need to have full control of the hardware or the like, then the cloud sucks.
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