Posts by Boris-the-Vlad

Skype plugs Android privacy flaw

ah.. who gives..

Skype doesn't allow video calls on Android, so its coolness factor dropped 10 points compared to other alternatives.

US Army to issue Droid dev kit in July

rrr

I'm pretty sure there'll be an easy way to disable the device remotely, i.e. based on the vitals of the fallen soldier, basic radio contact (acknowledgements), etc.

I think most important in Blue tracking is how correct it'll be. I.e. precision to 1, 5 or 20 meters? Can they be used when assaulting a building.. etc..

The Cisco Borg in your TV

reply to Pen-y-gors

Pen-y-gors. That's a bad analogy. If the water company could deliver you the orange juice or a detergent over the same pipes - they'd do it in a heartbeat. But they can't. They would need a separate set of pipes or 'tubes' to your house. And people understand that, they can visualize the complexity of all these pipes and find it retarded (and costing lots and lots of money). Whereas with the Internets it is hard for a regular Joe to realize that the Internet cannot be visualized in any materialistic fashion and anyone attempting to do so fails miserably. I.e. describing the 'future' technology today with the terminology invented in the 'past' is futile. Nobody gets it. Except for the carriers who exploit the uneducated public and force this crap down the illiterate consumers' throats.