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Yeah. There is no way Google of all people could launch a Cell Phone OS based on a Java variant and beat Apple by the end of 2010. Stupidest idea ever. I'm still laughing.

Saying what? We hate our users?

Do you understand what Google has done with "Flash"?

Since 99% of their users WILL have Flash installed anyway Google decided they would make sure their users would have the most up to date version without the user being involved at all. No other browser does that.

In Chrome 9 the Flash plugin is sandboxed.

Google's moves are 100% pragmatic.

Why the hell is there so much support for a software patent cartel among Hacker News members? I thought software patents were a major danger to startups...

You're comparing two whole system approaches against an individual tool.

If you look at the largest SELinux user, RHEL, you find that SELinux is just a single line of defense. The philosophy that "code will always have bugs" is in play and so in addition to SELinux RHEL has many other layers of protection.

Mark Cox has an excellent list of technologies that contains all the things that come into play even before SELinux has to make a policy decision:

http://www.awe.com/mark/blog/20101130.html

Yep. Though I think Linux can wipe the tears from its eyes. It can be consoled by the fact its kernel and much of its userspace will be in everything without a Microsoft or Apple logo on it for years to come.

You probably signed up on the short form during the window during and some set number of hours after the presentation. Right?

I'd guess far more than 5,000 at the rate they are going. I wonder how much they have spent so for what is basically an alpha test...

Blah. Just as I convinced myself my app was lost in the flood and I wasn't getting one and your post keeps the painful hope alive. :P

Is Google sending warning emails yet that people have a package incoming or are they still going the surprise route? I'd imagine not everyone lives in an area where a package is safe on their doorstep. shrug

I think oomwriter (http://www.ommwriter.com/en/) is a good demonstration of ambient music and typing sounds. Sadly the editor sucks for coding and I deal with three platforms, not just Mac.

I freaking love this little music track from oomwriter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbwNmPK9kGA

I've been trying to assemble a collection of similar ambient music and haven't yet figured out the magic words to feed Google.

Edit: Oh hey, the youtube vid mentions the composer put together an album. Must buy.

I'm rather confused on why Google Voice isn't tied into Google Apps domains yet. Take Google Voice, add some management tools and say "Hey guys, for the $50/user/year you'd pay for email, docs, etc we can be your PBX too!".

Or you can live it now with Roku. You know, that box that came out from a no-name company two years ago for $99.

Netflix instant, Amazon VOD, crapload of other channels. Why wait?

I'm still scratching my head over why everyone else seems to support ePub but Amazon can't be bothered to add it to the Kindle.

It's the reason why I went with the nook.

As an Android fan I have to agree. (Although the $150 tablets make me ponder grabbing one and turning them into a fancy alarm clock...)

Keep in mind Google doesn't yet license market access or the "Google Experience" to these tablets either. The only way a tablet gets access to the Google goodies right now is if they are technically cellphones.

Google isn't pushing Android for tablet use at all yet. Maybe with Android 3.0 but probably not. Google TV looks like a completely different environment that happens to also run Android apps.

Sad to say blacklisting malicious domains to mitigate the damage from e-mail based phishing attacks targeting .edus is something I've had to do in the past.

I'm definitely interested in seeing what kind of community develops around this patch. If a good .edu focused anti-phishing feed shows up I'd strongly consider using it at work.

Besides leaked databases and PI tools this is one I learned of in the past month:

There are various reverse caller databases floating around. I forget the name of the database but there was a talk at HOPE 2010 less than a month ago about abusing VOIP providers and caller ID spoofing to scan through and map large blocks of cellphone numbers at a time. Apparently there are wholesale resellers of caller ID lookup databases and some cellphone companies are more than happy to associate the name on the account with individual cellphone entries in their reverse databases.

With such a system if you know what possible area codes/exchanges they might be in and what their name is you had very good odds of finding AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Verizon wasn't really discussed.

Of course social engineering the number from you might be a lot easier the first time... ;)

It is semi-private data. I hate to say this but phone numbers are not exactly private anymore and anyone with clue and motivation can dig it up for pennies. But a user is justified to feel negative about such data being transmitted.

I could imagine a real use for it in the way the developer mentioned if it ends up acting like the only unique identifier that changes between specific phones and carriers. You're likely to port your phone number with you and thus the identifier travels with you.

Edit: I honestly don't know what kind of unique identifiers Google provides so the number could still be inappropriate.

So we're showing off the power of HTML5 by locking it to iPhone only... Nice.

Ah, sadly nothing for a weekend hacker but nice to know it exists.

I'd guess anyone who spent time figuring out how to do Windows filesystems would want to be paid for the trauma.

Thanks for the pointer and good luck with the project, I've signed up for an invite. :)

So how do you "invite" someone? Swap public keys?

On another note, without yet seeing the software, I'd assume the Mac and Linux ports are both using FUSE. Is there a FUSE alternative for Windows yet?

"Each AeroFS device has its own 1024bit RSA key pair, which is certified by us to be authentic."

That suspiciously reads like the AeroFS people get a copy of your key. If that's the case then it's only marginally more secure than DropBox. Hope I'm reading that wrong...

I must be missing something...

When I filled out my Google Profile I was told by Google that the information would be added to their search and would make me more easily discoverable.

Are people going to act all shocked that means it's indexable? gasp

Wasn't Ars the site that was whining at it's readers about how adblocking screws them? It would fit in with their previous complaints.

Chrome and Firefox have a plugin architecture and don't have ad block built-in as shipped. Huge difference there.

(On a sidenote I'm still using Firefox over Chrome as Firefox is still the superior adblock platform. ;)

There are still questions to the morality and legality of ad blocking in respect to copyright law I'd imagine.

Personally I could give a crap. ;)

So what is the point of the web if people have to get permission to publish native apps to make money off their own content?

Duplicate: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1406299

Plus the original didn't link to the CNET/ZDNET bandwidth waste.

10.1 has had 7 release candidate releases so far. Been running them for a while and they don't seem anymore crashy than 10.0 and the GPU acceleration is nice.

Also it would be a great time to upgrade Firefox to the 3.6.4 release candidate for those using Firefox. Plugin process separation... yummo.

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/06/01/firefox-3-6-4-releas...

Back in May if the Googles are to believed. I only noticed today when I was helping a non-technical coworker get her phone working with our employers email.

When you say "compatibility break" I hear "your 1.5 to 2.1 apps won't run on 2.2" not "2.2's increased performance enables a new class of applications that won't work on phones with an older OS".

I'm not seeing the problem here...

I've seen nothing indicating a compatibility break. Do you have any proof?