Posts by PlanB

Chuh. Heavy, dude: HP ZBook 17 mobile workstation

Archaic

Blu-ray, dodgy drivers, power brick... Relics from the past.

You'll hate Google's experimental Chrome UI, but so will phishers

Not a Chrome invention

Safari on the iPhone is doing this for a long time. Though I'm not sure it's an Apple invention either. Maybe Samsung?

Where are all the open-source mobile projects?

It's there

My experience is that there is a large amount of open source middleware for iOS and Android. And the ecosystem works, too, but in a different way: the BSD-like licenses allow developers to make money, which in turn allows them to contribute back.

Apple confirmed as buyer of 3D mapping firm

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@AnotherNetNarcissist: That's also my understanding. So the real question is: what will happen to Nokia's 3D maps now?