mbennett

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by mbennett 13y ago
>Finally, and most importantly for the future of the company, Bill Gates hired the architect of the industrial-strength minicomputer operating system VMS and put him in charge of the OS/2 3.0 NT group. Dave Cutler’s first directive
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by mbennett 13y ago
The writer does not seem to be a paid journalist and they helpfully provide the raw data. Perhaps someone will make a better chart and post it.
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by mbennett 13y ago
Reminds me of when CNET was blacklisted by Google for publishing Schmidt's personal info that was available on Google searches after he downplayed privacy. http://boingboing.net/2009/12/09/google-ceo-says
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Amazon reviews from the PS4 and Xbox One next-gen console wars(blog.roguecode.co.za)
22 points by mbennett 13y ago|28 comments
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by mbennett 13y ago
That doesn't help companies like Skyhook(and Mozilla if Firefox too is banned by the agreement) because almost all OEMs are current members who are bound to the agreement: HTC LG Sony Samsung Electronics ASUSTek Garmin Huawei Technolog
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by mbennett 13y ago
If only there wasn't an agreement prohibiting such replacements. Bonus points for calling it the "Open" Handset Alliance agreement. http://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-la..
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Snapchat CEO Says 70% of Users Are Women(blogs.wsj.com)
11 points by mbennett 13y ago|0 comments
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Google's chief Internet evangelist says 'privacy may actually be an anomaly'(theverge.com)
9 points by mbennett 13y ago|0 comments
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by mbennett 13y ago
When I saw the comment, the story had 6 points i.e 5 upvotes. Even making the huge assumption and leap that it was all MS employees and no one else voted on it who thought it was interesting news, I don't know if 5 counts as a "la
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by mbennett 13y ago
Same with almost all smartphones with cameras and microphones that people have with them 24/7 and even take to their bedrooms and bathrooms. Even on Android, the baseband and many drivers are closed source. I fail to see how this is an
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by mbennett 13y ago
IIRC, the biometrics profile is stored locally on the device, just like the iPhone 5S, and is never synced to the cloud. If you sign in on two consoles, you have to go through the biometrics setup process twice. Edit: Why the downvotes?
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Lying Google advertising, or Google uses Adblock in its ads(themilehighview.wordpress.com)
15 points by mbennett 13y ago|9 comments
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by mbennett 13y ago
Here is one real person driven to tears by the forced Google+ integration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccxiwu4MaJs
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by mbennett 13y ago
The article did say that 40 comments is the minimum cut-off before the flamewar penalty is applied. However, the flamewar detector seems to be throwing the baby with the bathwater in many cases, with legitimate stories going off the front p
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by mbennett 13y ago
>The share price going up makes employees, former employees, and all sorts of non-"wall street investors" very happy. Sure it does, but when some of the profit increases are made by deliberately decreasing contrast of the backg
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by mbennett 13y ago
Also, since it attempts to show how much the values of the shares change, it should be adjusted with the dividends paid out during that time.