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Walt Mossberg promises 3G iPhone in 60 days {Engadget}
Apr 5th 2008 6:57PM He's far from useless when it comes to Apple. But when it comes to enterprise products he's a meandering menace. Walt doesn't understand where the line is between products supported by IT departments and products that would be fun to use, but not practical.
Admittedly, that line has blurred over the years.
How would you change the Dash Express? {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 7:56PM I'm scared to look at this thing because I'm afraid I'll want one. Flickr, Web Hosting, Netflix - all these things that didn't exist when I got used to what my monthlies are. No more monthly fees! Follow the Kindle model somebody!
And it definitely needs more cowbell.
Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 4:07PM Microsoft needs to focus on education, not software that hides how everything works and how folders are organized. The biggest failure of MS is that more than a decade after Win95 came out 99% of the users have no idea how to manage files, how to arrange and size windows, or how to use applications in conjunction with one another. The typical Windows user guesses their way through every task and hopes for the best. And no, I'm not talking about you Engadget-readers. Most people don't read Engadget.
Anyone who is truly interested in Windows as an OS should read Showstopper - the story of how Windows NT was developed.
I see NT as a subset of UNIX. They copied it. David Cutler led the project, and he knew UNIX. A copy is never as sharp as the original.
Until MS has the guts to drop legacy support for ancient hardware and software and actually start fresh they will always have nothing but endless problems. Let Vista be the last OS that supports the old stuff. Support it for 5 years. And move on with something fresh. Get the lanman crap out of the registry! Hire programmers who want to make a light and fast OS.
Week O' Dell Scoops Part Deux, fini: the Latitude E-series accessories {Engadget}
Mar 28th 2008 8:29AM seriously, dell's new designs of the month loo like 8th graders sketched them up in shop class.
Happy birthday: take a trip in America's largest flying gadget (part 1) {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 12:25AM i fly
Movie Gadget Friday: 2001: A Space Odyssey {Engadget}
Mar 21st 2008 10:49PM Thanks Jeff. That all makes sense. The pod bay seems so large and some of the other areas seem so open I think it makes you think the whole thing is bigger than it really is. But based on what you're saying I would think they were true to scale. Or close to it!
Movie Gadget Friday: 2001: A Space Odyssey {Engadget}
Mar 21st 2008 9:20PM I always thought the Odyssey looked a little out of proportion. Outside shots of the pod pay doors where you can see the pods in the hangar make the whole front of the ship seem smaller from the outside than it seemed on the inside. Just a gut reaction. I haven't studied it in depth.
Virgin's coconut-powered 747 completes first flight {Engadget}
Feb 25th 2008 8:52PM Call it what you want. You have to start somewhere. Alexander Graham Bell didn't start with a video phone.
Cold boot disk encryption attack is shockingly effective {Engadget}
Feb 21st 2008 7:45PM I'm not "worried" about it. I'm a firm believer that any security precautions /purchases / implementations should be based on a rational evaluation of the actual threat and cost of exposure. Otherwise the cost is boundless.
Once something like this is out there: it makes a system that had been perceived as quite secure even when physical security is compromised not so shiny. Especially if you're using it to defend highly sensitive data and not just p0rn.
Cold boot disk encryption attack is shockingly effective {Engadget}
Feb 21st 2008 7:10PM Thanks for ruining another comment thread babies.
This is an interesting post, did anyone notice? If I had a Thinkpad with the hardware security and whatnot I'd think it was reasonably secure. Granted, someone really has to want your data to go through this process. Unfortunately it won't take them that long.
Things are either secure or they're not. Looks like there are a lot more things to add to the NOT list.
