Posts by Dan 55 15415 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Jun 2009
Do you really think the idiot with a comb over would make better laws than this?
Nobody with two braincells to rub together would think that Trump would fix anything, rather it would be the starting point for a slow inexorable slide into an Idiocracy.
Or maybe Bush started that and Trump is the next step along the way.
The EU mandating USB went wrong because manufacturers came up with their own ways of negotiating current draw over USB instead of following the standard just to save a few pence.
I don't think having a pin plug implies that the charger must be inefficient, it was just that chargers then were less efficient than now.
The Symbian 3 ones did charge over USB, but only at 500mA.
I don't know about cables, but certainly only official chargers will be allowed as a charger loaded with malware will look like the real thing. As a side effect official chargers could come with USB-C cable that can't be detached.
What was wrong with those chargers with just a pin connector...
You discover the huge international organisation, the one that has its name proudly emblazoned all over the gadget, has found the cost of hosting a dozen megabytes or so of data, so expensive that the drivers for your gadget are no longer available.
You could almost be talking about Revolv.
This will last until another butterfly flies past Google's window. And as for malware out there getting access to USB devices, that's going to end well too...
The software needs to be installable on the server because it has to be updated so it can't be on ROM. Practically any method used to protect it can be furtled by someone who is trusted with root. If there's a process which regularly checks executables against a list of checksums, the checksum list can be changed too. It's not as if the system as a whole or even each executable can be verified before each run either, lottery terminals are constantly hitting the system all day. As for digitally generated random numbers, does that include a lucky dip? You can argue about how random it is, but it's probably more random than people choosing their own numbers.
They could have used BB10 with Android app compatibility for secure enterprise phones and Android + BB apps for cheaper consumer phones.
Now they've killed BB10 they're little different to anyone else.
It's also a massive marketing failure, since they had Android app compatibility and managed not to sell it.
They'll get tired in about a year and a half, if Revolv is anything to go by.
"As of May 2036, your house will no longer be available. The front door won't open and utilities won't work.
"Our 10 year warranty against defects in materials or workmanship has expired.
"Please feel free to try another Google product, MegaCity One."
Speaking about games consoles, it's not as if updates haven't removed features (PS3 Linux) and online services and game servers haven't been closed down. Smart TVs are another fine example of a thing slowly lobotomizing itself as time passes.
People just complained a bit then shrugged and government consumer organisations did nothing so I suppose Google thought they could get away with it too.
They might still be able to. It's very doubtful that IoT companies will supply server-side code in an easily installable package for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
This is what happens when it affects real things, not just services like Reader.
Like Nest maintaining another API for a product which they took over was going to present an unacceptable hit to their bottom line. Making customers beg for a refund or a Nest equivalent is also pretty bad. All they've done is drag their name through the mud and make people want to buy Apple's version, when it finally comes out.
What's rather more annoying is that Prudence used anti-terrorism legislation to seize assets in the first place.
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