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Expect a rough road ahead for Flash

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:00:05 +0000

Adobe has patched Flash twice in two weeks now. The reason for this was due to Hacking Team, an Italian company that sells hacking tools to government agencies, getting hacked. Hacking Team, it turns out, knew of at least three

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A Christmas tree train on a budget

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:53:14 +0000

If you want a train for under your Christmas tree but don’t have a lot of money to spend, here’s how to find one and what to ask for. Find a store that deals in used Lionel trains, or find

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Thanks for the misinformation, Disney

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:52:52 +0000

In one of its throwaway kid’s sitcoms, Disney insinuates that open source software contains spyware and using it is a ‘rookie mistake’. Open source software rarely contains viruses or spyware. Since it’s open for examination, changes to the code that

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Don’t write Android’s obit yet

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:38:31 +0000

PC Magazine’s Tim Bajarin seems ready to write the obituary for Android for tablets which, to me, seems extremely premature. He cites Amazon and B&N using customized/splintered/forked versions of Android as part of the problem. But doesn’t that count? It’s

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So why are Apple and Google (and Microsoft) tracking us?

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:50:46 +0000

So what are Google and Apple doing with this location data? And Microsoft, now that it’s clear they’re gathering it too (but they claim they aren’t storing it anywhere on the phone). They aren’t saying a lot, but they’ve said

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Android isn’t completely clean either

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:25:13 +0000

In the wake of yesterday’s iPhone mess, Android isn’t coming up completely clean either. While Google’s intentions aren’t completely clear, the approach is safer. The Android file isn’t available unless the phone is rooted, something that casual users aren’t going

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iDo track your every move

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:14:50 +0000

The scandal of the day is the iPhone and the discovery that it tracks your every move. Will that be featured in the next Android commercial? iDo track you. DROID DOESN’T. Update: Probably not. Of course, the pundits are all

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Apple and its controversial pentalobular screws

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:42:15 +0000

I see the ‘net is overrun today with complaints about Apple switching to oddball Pentalobular screws (sometimes called “pentagram” screws–is that an accident, or people being snarky?) and the occasional person claiming to know where to get a Pentalobular driver

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