Why why why does everything have to be software-driven these days Pure hardware devices are way more efficient, plus they don't need firmware upgrades.

All links on Google search also point to a forwarding page which checks if the page is safe, fyi.

So the phone got bigger, does that mean it won't work with the previous iteration of the tablet dock? If so, shame on you Asus, you just told customers they have to upgrade their tablet if they want to upgrade their phone. I think a lot of potential buyers were waiting to see what Asus would do about backwards…

Ok that actually makes sense and might add a layer of security. Thanks for pointing that out.

Will the OMAP processors remain their relatively open nature (i.e. the datasheets are public for anyone to see)?

Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've read in this article I conclude Amazon is only potentially buying the OMAP chip division and not the calculator division. So don't expect a sudden price drop in calculators because of this.

I think on the internet this will never be more secure than a password. Before being sent to the authentication method the scan has to be encoded which effectively turns it into a password (not just any password but one you can never change, and also you can't use different ones for different services). In local…

If she had deserved that she probably wouldn't be getting an ipad for her birthday anyways. Other than that I think it might be a pretty effective way of correcting her behaviour (also a cruel one but that's what makes it effective).

Though I can see how this makes sense as default settings I definitely think the user should be able to override this behaviour. But then again, what are the odds of them actually sticking with IE?

Google didn't make Google the market leader at search, the consumers did. And they can easily leave if Google does something they don't like. So let's leave the punishing to the consumers and not law enforcement.

Microsoft did have a more powerful position than Google has now because all OEMs except Apple only shipped pc's with Windows. Still users were free to use something else so there too I would say they don't have a monopoly and are free to bundle their products together, especially considering that one of those products…

Except Google doesn't have a monopoly in web search, nor anywhere else probably. There are plenty alternatives which provide decent web search as well and they are just as accessable. Also there aren't any OEMs or so locking you into google search, though they often do make it even easier to use google search by…

One thing you might see when observing your surroundings is someone who is looking at his screen. Simultaneously he is waiting for the bus but he misses the bus because he can't stop looking at his screen.

I encountered something similar on my laptop 5-10 years ago on my old laptop. First thing I did was download AVG to remove the virus which was impersonating some antivirus app I'd never heard of and I'd certainly not installed myself. If an antivirus pops up which you have not installed it is definitely a virus,…

Both of those techniques where in a gizmodo post earlier today (or yesterday I don't exactly remember when it was). I don't really see why they now have an article on this product while they just showed us how to achieve the same result without any product.

Bad news for phone thieves: you won't be able to unlock that android phone you stole anymore. But then again you were already unable to unlock those of sensible people.

Actually I like the fact that you can buy MPs at the store. No need for a credit card or complicated payment method, I wish more services supported something similar (looking at you, Google Play).

Whenever I pick up the (landline) phone for someone who isn't home I leave them a handwritten note telling them to call back, though I guess this is easily replaceable with some digital alternative which works just as well. I cannot however miss handwriting for my college-related notes. They tend to be full of…

One Chrome extension I can't live without is WOT. I know Chrome is pretty much inherently secure but that still doesn't protect me from unreliable/fake webshops and the like. Crowdsourced website reviews from Web Of Trust do. I know these reviews are not always reliable, but in general I find it very useful and it…

Does this mean they estimate the battery charge instead of actually measuring it? If yes, how confident are they that their estimate is still accurate after a couple of months?