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I think the first (or first couple) AOC relied on JSON input more. I assumed Eric (the creator) moved away from JSON to have a level playing field and simplify parsing (and potenti…

It uses way less memory for me with a handful of accounts. Five tabs of Gmail probably used a couple gigs of memory when left open for weeks. It's only been a day but 5 accounts in…

The beta version seemed like it had pretty poor performance: https://www.jeremydaly.com/aurora-serverless-data-api-a-firs... Does anyone have performance feedback now that it is no…

The GPL does not require source code to be "publicly available". IMO the basic premise of the GPL is that users who receive the program/app/whatever may also get the source code, m…

id Software is also the copyright holder of the games and can choose to license the game or parts of the game out however they want and as often as they want. They did have the occ…

I think Segways are great for sightseeing tours, and I've done (and enjoyed) a couple on my travels. Segways basically created a new way to sightsee. I can't imagine how tours woul…

One trick that seems to have made it easier for me is changing the question from "Do/Should/Can I go to the gym today?" (which is just an opportunity to come up with excuses) to "H…

If you view the music video on their website, they appear to incorporate the some of the photos taken alongside the video. http://www.androp.jp/brightsiren/ The YouTube video seems…

Apple will batch small transactions below a certain threshold and within a certain window. I believe this is an effort to counteract transaction fees.

Is this with or against livingsocial.com?

My guess is that this is just an implementation optimization. Probably analogous to lookupd caching DNS lookups. The developers probably didn't think anything of it. Even lookupd c…

The iPhone (3G, 3GS, and 4) and the 3G iPads have fully functional GPS hardware, and also use A-GPS to acquire a position fix. If you've ever used a normal standalone GPS in one ci…

I think the iPad could be Apple's set top box. You can see pieces of it in place already. - content: The recent apps from TimeWarner and Comcast. iTunes is obviously another source…

Originally the ITU ruled that neither WiMax or LTE were 4G in October: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/4g-defined-wimax-and-lte... Which meant neither Sprint's or Verizon's net…

I just returned from a very similar tour (Cairo to Aswan to Luxor, skipped Dahab), probably one week before you. The tour was in Dahab last week. Maybe we crossed paths as our grou…

And going forward with the AppStore, users can still download and install from a .dmg or a .pkg as they do now. Your .deb could satisfy dependency requirements, but it won't be abl…

I just don't feel that the AppStore is all that different from package managers on Linux. If you need something, you run Synaptic/yum/aptitude/whatever. Sometimes, you can't find w…

One possible reason to restrict would be that they used the event as sort of a beta test for streaming/live broadcasting infrastructure/process. Sort of like Gmail with the invites…

As a trade off, you can play on any other computer. But doesn't Steam also work similarly?

Regarding #1, if you click and hold on a link, a little pop up comes up displaying the URL and options to open, open in a new tab, and to copy the URL.

The Nexus One is a poor example. It suffered it's own 3G related issues and also suffers similar signal degradation as the iPhone 4: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/t…

I just picked up a cert from GoDaddy a couple weeks ago. I don't have any issues with FireFox, Chrome, Safari on OSX, and no problems with IE8 on XP. Guess I'll have to check the o…

Mashable isn't responsible for that. Facebook is. When you view any sort of "group" on Facebook, Facebook will randomly (or maybe not so randomly) show one of your friends if your …

I agree that injury may not be big with consumers, but I can imagine scenarios where the leak is damaging with business partners/suppliers/vendors. For example, if Apple is negotia…