Recent content by teh_chem

I will add one more voice to the abysmal post-purchase support. I actually really like LG's phone UI a lot, more than vanilla android, but when I contacted them about the horrid auto focus issues on my phone (which has been a problem on most LG phones from the last 2 years), I was pretty much...

It was the right decision. I do not support the current state of cable/telecom/content delivery in the US, but people arguing that Aereo should have been safe because it was merely providing a convenience are only arguing semantics. Just because you say you're selling access to a PVR service...

I think it's interesting to think that we have these different sorts of encryption, and that because the public hacking/enthusiast community says it's secure, and can't be defeated, means that there is no way to break encryption. I know it sounds super conspiracy theory, but it would not shock...

I laugh at antivirus programs for android devices. Most devices aren't running with root/superuser privileges, so there isn't a whole lot a virus can do in those cases. And even if you have an AV running, if you manually allow something like installation of a 3rd party app/unknown source...

I haven't updated the amazon MP3 app (which I used for my music on my devices). It's been 'meh' up until now, and the reviews in the google play store indicate that it complicates accessing your own music files. That being said, I think I'll migrate to google music. We have Prime, but I have...

I've stopped caring only because I signed the petitions to the FCC against all of these megamergers. Clearly ex-cable-company lobbyist Tom Wheeler has no interest in protecting consumers. I'm glad we have an alternative to Comcast internet in our area that doesn't suck, and that we don't watch...

*Look, here are at all the things you'd rather be doing on your cell phone* /smartwatches

I could have sworn I read another news post recently of another phone out that's already doing this.

2nd factor authentication is the easiest thing everyone can do to help secure their accounts--that should be at the very top of the list, after notifying people of the affected services. Disappointing to see it buried in the middle, despite good info in this post.

Nope. But you could multitask between the computers (if you use your old laptop) using something like Mouse Without Borders. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460 I tried it before, it works pretty well, but I don't tend to work between different computers that much.

This claim is easy enough to check; any sort of tracking would involve some sort of signal; just scan for RF, assuming it's RF. And assuming all phones do this all the time when powered off. I'd like to call shenanigans, but I honestly don't know what to think anymore.

I'm always astonished that relatively mundane services like google and facebook have two-factor authentication, but none of my financial institutions implement it. Moreover, one of my banks doesn't even allow special characters in their password field, much less 2nd-factor authentication.

I didn't catch it in the article (maybe I didn't read closely enough), but Amazon Prime only streams HD to a short list of approved devices, standard computers not being one of those platforms. I.e., if you have a HTPC in your living room that you use for your video playing and streaming...

That's interesting. But surely with computational programs that calculate molecular interactions or chemical reaction dynamics, there are similar programs that can put together broken fragments in a best-match orientation. Unless this is also a study of crowdsourcing and collaborative efforts...

What a long-winded crap speculation piece. EVEN IF Netflix is available on Comcast subscribers cable boxes, Netflix isn't the only app that Roku or Apple TV or any other similar streaming service that people who have these devices use. Adding netflix to comcast cable boxes would likely have a...