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"Off site" just means in physically different locations, so that some kind of local calamity wouldn't take out both, right? It seems like having it backed up on the PC satisfies th…

While reading this, I kept thinking that search results are ads too, at least as the author defines them. Google still managed to create a valuable proposition for advertisers, so …

I'd say that efficient data servers are one of google's core competencies. Google does not benefit from having that commoditized.

Maybe the problem is that Nitro requires that an app have special permission to mark pages as executable. Apple may be comfortable giving this permission to Safari (or any if their…

Along the same lines, how would this affect an email client that connects to a paid email service? Would be accessing content purchased outside the device?

My favorite quote like this is from Ed Colligan, who was at the time the CEO of Palm. When asked in late 2006 about the prospect of Apple entering the mobile phone market: "We’ve l…

As the site made clear, these are useful for developers that want a quick way to test that their site works in multiple older versions of IE.

He said "I'm not as stoked about it for myself", so I would wager that he does not like to be told what he can do and what he can like.

The same argument could be made about the iMac. It's possible that Apple would say roughly the same thing they would about the iMac: That their goal is to create one device that do…

His comment didn't say they have Macs, he said they have Apple products. The dominance of the iPod makes it more probable that everyone he knows has at least one Apple product. Als…

You seem to be confusing "fair" with "equal". Treating everybody the same is not necessarily fair. It seems fair to me to have the most common characters be shortest. I don't have …

I think the article was at least trying to _imply_ that the ads indicate that we are in the midst of a bubble. Otherwise, why would they repeatedly bring up the Super Bowl ads from…

I've been using this script all day, and it's been great. Thank you so much.

The entire point of trying to copy Groupon is that they want to diversify their revenue stream, rather than relying on a single cash cow. Defending the cash cow at the expense of f…

That sounds like Objective-C. One of the reasons I first liked working with Objective-C (before the iPhone made it trendy) was that it seemed like a much better-executed version of…

What I really want is something that can cause the icon to change when I get new chat messages. I frequently find myself unable to hear the soft incoming message sound, because I'm…

Do most laptops come with middle click buttons? I can't remember ever seeing one that does, and I've used plenty of non-Apple laptops.

I notice that, once you get through the video, it shows a bunch of bars that you can hover over to see previews. I wonder how their tablet is going to handle that, since the concep…

I thought that was the point of Orkut and Buzz.

I don't think that will be possible. From the video, it looks to me like the three-finger gesture is only for switching between apps, and having an app intercept it would be jarrin…

There's one aspect of the iOS situation that doesn't apply on the Mac: Apple can't get away with it on the Mac, and they know it. It's much easier to open platforms that are closed…

I think some compilers give a warning on while(foo = read()) but not on while((foo = read())).

I think Apple considers the inability to close apps a feature, rather than a bug. The idea is that you should only be concerned with what app you want to be using at any particular…

You can only claim that Facebook hurts our ability to connect freely if that ability is less in the presence of Facebook than in its absence. I don't see how this is the case. Face…