Recent content by ssdpro

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    Apple Watch Event: All the Details

    Another month and a half delay, eh?
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    JetBlue Bringing Apple Pay to Select Flights

    I have been using Apple Pay for about a month. In that month I have been double charged twice. It is always quickly reversed but is such a hassle to call. Also, I have to carry a wallet in addition to the phone. I really can't see a time in the next 5 years I could actually ditch my wallet...
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    Samsung Unleashes iPhone 6 Attack Ads

    The ads are juvenile but it isn't out of place. People are living their lives revolving around these things. People are staring at these things while driving and killing people. People are walking into poles because they can't take their eyes off these things. People actually forget their kid in...
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    Adonit Follows Suit With New iPad Stylus

    I always liked Adonit. Looks like they are trying for the middle ground - the Ink and Slide are obviously the best and Wacom's Intuos does pressure sensitivity at a lower price. This is still just helping assist with very early design vapor ideas - you still need a desktop to get to...
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    May Patch Tuesday Comes with Twist for Windows 8.1

    This strange propaganda is getting really old. A couple weeks ago the internet was full of wild alarmist articles titled "Microsoft abandons Windows 8.1" all because Microsoft said there was now a prerequisite update to receive further updates. Why would Microsoft be "abandoning" anything if...
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    Netflix Debuts New TV Experience

    Great... can I have the proper frame rate now on my Sony TV? When I hook up my PS3 Netflix looks great. If I use the TV's own Netflix it is ultra smooth and bizarre looking. No Motionflow, cinemotion etc setting will fix it.
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    Apple OS X Mavericks May Have Serious Security Flaw

    Wait, what? Something doesn't sound right because Macs are perfectly designed and perfectly secure. Once you buy a Apple product you can keep it forever because it is perfect. Other companies are forced to release new models/versions every 6-9 months to work out massive bugs and make basic...
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    How to Download and Install Windows 8.1

    I already contacted MS about the offline ISO file to do a fresh installation. As of today, there won't be one for current Windows 8 license holders. If you ever need to do a reinstall or wish to do a clean install, you have to install Windows 8, download the 3.1-3.5GB Windows 8.1 file pack and...
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    Consumers Prefer PS4 Over Xbox One for Holidays, Poll Finds

    One other big reason: between the PS3 and the XBOX 360 the PS3 was the system that fit a more mature lifestyle. It could play blu-ray discs and had a more professional menu system. That culture has grown over time and the result is poll outcomes like this. Other thought: Considering Windows...
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    iPhone 5s Camera Loses to Point-and-Shoot in Low Light

    Are we surprised? It is a phone that can take pictures and there is nothing wrong with that. Those pictures may be low quality but are great for slapping on your facebook page, twitter account or other immature lifeless outlets. I love seeing a color inaccurate, lens-flare filled, blocky...
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    Why the iPhone 5S Will Kill Your Point-and-Shoot Camera

    Can't wait to see all those software enhanced selfies of grandmas and 5 year olds!
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    Carmack Giving Second Talk at QuakeCon 2013, More

    I hope he can educate designers and programmers. I want all the future games to look just like and share the cutting-edge physics of Doom 3 and Rage.
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    'The Last of Us' Sells 3.4 Million Copies in 3 Weeks

    The story is linear and gameplay is routine. What this game has is both done well - the game has a memorable quality. Even weeks after finishing the main story I can remember multiple scenes/events. Regardless of opinion, what matter here are the sales still coming in for a 7 year old...
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    Shareholders Ask Why Amazon Sells Violent Games, But Not Guns

    They don't sell tin foil hats either.
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    Here's a Gun Printed with a Consumer-level 3D Printer

    The gun shop down the road from me also has tin foil hats on sale.