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NGFF SSDs: Putting an End to Proprietary Ultrabook SSD Form Factorsby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2012 2:32 PM EST
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KitsuneKnight - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkIt's good to see progress being made on this front. With any luck, Apple will throw their weight behind this effort, and basically the entire industry will be able to standardize around a common high speed, tiny interface. Proprietary interfaces are only really acceptable when there's a need to get something out there immediately, and no standardize interface can accomplish the needs... but long term, the goal should be to try to adopt and champion standard interfaces. Reply
danjw - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkApple go along with an industry standard that they didn't start? When has that happened in recent memory? Reply
erikwpotter - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkRecently? How about yesterday. They announced a fairly well known device that supported a couple of non-Apple standards. Off the cuff you can find they "went along" with...
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A
CDMA EV-DO Rev. B
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (and a number of other 802.? standards)
Bluetooth 4.0
3.5mm stereo headphone jack
Audible/Audible Enhanced Audio/AAX/AAX+
Motion JPEG
.gif (images)
.doc and .docx
.htm and .html
.ppt and .pptx
.xls and .xlsx
a ridiculous number of standards related to IP communications
a number of power plug standards
Composite AV
You can find a couple of Apple proprietary systems though...
The Lightning dock connector...that connects to USB for data and power charging...and has an adapter for compatibility with the dock used on all previous iPhones.
FairPlay, unlike Microsoft when they abandoned the people that bought music with their PlaysForSure DRM. Reply
lowlymarine - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkWhile we're being pedantic, a huge number of those aren't "standards" as defined by the International Organization for Standardization. The old MS proprietary office formats, for example, or a variety of proprietary, patent-encumbered media formats (.gif, MP3, AAC, H.264). Also, Apple very explicitly DIDN'T support normal DisplayPort, foisting their own MiniDP design on us instead (not that that has anything to do with the iPhone anyways). Similarly, I must have missed the USB port on the new iPhone, and the VGA, DVI, HDMI, Composite AV ports as well. Unless you're referring to their PROPRIETARY dock connector for which they will gladly sell you very expensive adapters for (some of) those standards? Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkWidely adopted, logical, rational standards are not evil just because Apple originated them, especially when they offer it royalty-free and push to get it part of the standard (it's now part of DisplayPort 1.2, since early 2009). They needed a small modern connector format and nothing out there already fit the bill (mini HDMI was probably the only other possibility and it has a rather delicate connector), so they came up with a new one. Clearly there was a need there, because you can currently find it on laptops and videocards from most major vendors, and you'll eventually find it in all laptops and desktops once Thunderbolt gets integrated into platform chipsets... Reply
yankeeDDL - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkGive me a break: the connector does what a normal micro USB does. It is a deliberate choice to make yet another standard connector. Reply
darwiniandude - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkMicro USB does not allow for a cheap adaptor to make use of all the existing 30 pin dock connector equipment out there. That would have really angered people, not being able to upgrade their phone and keep the same docking speaker or car system.
Micro USB is very very fragile. The 30 pin dock connector, is also fragile.
I've seen so many people break 30 pin connectors and Apple has to replace the device, it costs them money. Reply
danjw - Thursday, June 13, 2013 - linkAnd USB was around when Apple created the 30 pin adapter. Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkSure it does. You just told us Apple sells one. Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkI mean, you can plug your Apple 30 pin into into a USB port, and USB and Micro USB are 100% compatible. I'm not sure what language you chose for the words "does not allow" but in English that is by extension of the fact I just laid on you completely incorrect. Reply
quiksilvr - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkThey could have just used microusb 3.0 if speed was the concern and integrate MHL. Reply
Guspaz - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkmicro USB is pretty horrible; instead of adding additional pins to the existing micro USB connector (as Samsung did on the GS3), they designed a monstrosity of a connector that is twice as large and has two distinct connectors. The damned thing is the same width as a full-sized USB connector. Reply
darwiniandude - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkBur far more fragile. Even full size USB is pretty fragile, gets squashed etc but the microUSB3 connectors are terrible, as you say. Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkYou want to talk about wide connectors? My iPhone 4s (2014) has a connector that is 4-5x wider than the USB connector on my "ObamaPhone" (free for all, so why not get one?) that looks like it was manufactured in China sometime in the last decade.... Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkAlso I've had to replace my CrAplpePhone connector cable about 3x since I got it. Meanwhile my Obamaphone I got back in 2011 is still working fine with it's original cable, as are all my Kindles, my Android from 2010, my Kodack Digital Camera, and some el-cheapo external hard drive dock I got back around the turn of the century. Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkHere. If anyone is having trouble understanding....
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads... Reply
Bleakwise - Friday, February 12, 2016 - linkThat said, if Apple really wanted to impress me, they would have made the 30 pin connector also take regular micro USB, but then have extra plastic on the sides to keep it from wiggling around and breaking, but also let me plug it in to my Kindle charger if I had a drink and forgot it it at a New Years dinner or w/e. Reply
erikwpotter - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkWhile we're being persnickety, nobody was talking about ISO standards until you chose to refocus solely on standards defined by a single standards organization of your choosing and/or only standards that are unencumbered by patents of any kind.
Are we to assume by implication that you believe NGFF standards (and by association the PCI, PCIe, & SATA standards it supports) are ISO certified and free of all proprietary technologies and unencumbered by patents? Reply
bsd228 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkThis is a pretty silly list, generated on the notion that throwing a lot of crap against the wall will make it a compelling argument. But come on - Apple doesn't have a choice on accepting jpg/gif/pdf....these are document formats that people need to be able to access. It has nothing to do with how the hardware level behaves.
The new iphone rejected a standard micro-USB that is used by everything else on earth and came up with their own new compact plug. It does offer an advantage in working in both directions, but still requires people to maintain a second set of connectors and chargers. Likewise, it would be no surprise that they would prefer to keep a proprietary connection for small form factor SSDs so they can continue to charge huge premiums for 512G laptops, lest buyers get the 256G one and replace it themselves. Reply
erikwpotter - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkOk, so let me summarize to make sure I understand your argument.
1) danjw asks when in recent memory Apple went along with an industry standard that they didn't start
2) A list of standards supported in a new Apple product announced the day before is posted to present facts to challenge danjw's claim. Yes some standards listed seriously and some, admittedly, more jokingly though still truthfully.
3) You claim the list is "pretty silly" and that the long list of factual challenges to danjw's claim is not a "compelling argument", yet only chose to note an exception to one of them that you claim Apple had no choice but to accept. Even that single claim fails to challenge the truth of the statement, instead accepting the truth with only the assertion that Apple had no choice. This still goes to show that Apple was supporting a standard they didn't start.
4) Then we get to something tasty. You don't like that Apple chose to continue using a port of their design rather than move to micro-USB. That is of course your choice.
However, others may prefer the proprietary choice over the less functional alternative. After all it offers all the functionality that micro-USB offers, including plugging into USB, and it provides additional functionality that is absent from USB that some consumers value having access to. You yourself admit to one of the other advantages it offers, weakening your own argument. Other things that consumers may benefit from include the audio/video output capabilities the port provides.
The downside argument is that it sill requires people to maintain a second set of connectors and chargers...well there are a number of people out there that don't own a single micro-USB cable or charger. I've got one on my camera and I never use it because the battery charges faster when I put it in its proprietary wall charger. Additionally that camera has to also have a second connector for HDMI because USB can't handle the audio/video output. If only my camera had a single port that could handle both tasks and charge my battery faster.
Whether or not Apple moves to adopt this new standard in the future remains to be seen. Given that NGFF didn't exist when Apple last updated their laptops, and that it is in fact still in a draft state and is a non-existing product used by nobody, it is "pretty silly" to complain that Apple has not used it yet. Reply
SteveTheWalrus - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkApple usually likes its own standards vs. ones the industry likes, but it would nice if they did. I also hopes aus puts these in the next zenbook ( or really that all ultrabook class devices adopt these) Reply
vlado08 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkSmall NGFFcards used like SD cards ! Reply
CaptainDoug - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkWow. That seems super possible. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkBasically all ultrabook / tablet OEMs are using them except for apple, and 256GB mSATA drives are already common (512GB ones are on sale too)
And mSATA drives are half the size of what Apple uses too. Reply
madmilk - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkHalf the size is hardly a good thing if you need more capacity though. For example, Apple offers 768GB drives in their laptops (for an exorbitant price), which is a pretty good jump over a 512GB mSATA drive. (Admittedly, I cannot find it on sale anywhere, though apparently Crucial makes them.) This NGFF card format does a pretty good job solving that with different lengths. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkBecause of mSATA cards being half the size, Apple could put TWO mSATA slots instead of having one proprietary slot, letting customer upgrade using one free slot or go for RAID 0 for even better performance. Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkExcept mSATA is not half the size. while the Apple style is roughly 24mm x 109mm x 3.9mm, while the mSATA drives are 51mm x 30mm x 4.9mm.
It's half the length, yes, but it's 25% wider and thicker. That'd make it harder to fit in a lot of places where thickness or width is important. Reply
nerd1 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkhttp://cdn.arstechnica.net//wp-content/uploads/201...
MBA one is indeed narrower, but rMBP one is WIDER than mSATA. Reply
darwiniandude - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkThat's what she said. Reply
Alexvrb - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkThe B and M keys of the new standard also irritates me a bit. If you're going to make a new standard to replace mSATA, and it's got PCIe in both sockets 2 and 3 (2X vs 4X), why not just make them all socket 3 PCIe 4X and standardize on that? If you want SATA there's still mSATA. Reply
macuser2134 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkGood question. When they debated and discussed the standard, will have been some kind of careful rationalization for their decision to keep SATA compatibility. I am guessing they just really want to give their new standard best chances for being adopted by the industry. All of today's successful SSD designs are SATA III. It is so much cheaper for the manufacturers to re-cycle a current SATA 3 design, just re-work it onto the new PCB form factor.
As for the argument that mSATA is good enough. Well, unfortunately it really isn't. the only thing mSATA was ever suited for is small cache drives and small boot drives. It's simply not big enough to accomodate enough NAND chips.
Forgetting PCIe for now, and thinking only about SATA drives: the new standard is still far more suitable to notebook + SSD makers than mSATA. Because a) they can make much larger capacities which were not possible with mSATA, and/or 2) use the much cheaper lower density NAND chips with the sensible choice(s)/options for PCB area. Meanwhile, the overall size of your notebook or mobile device remains almost exactly the same.
Now about the PCIe lanes, and having 2 physical connectors: Well, these standards people probably realized they didn't know the answers to some very important questions:
Will the faster PCI 4x lanes connector ever be needed? By the time we have reached the 2GB/s limit, then PCIe 4.0 specification will be already released, and version 4.0 of PCI consortium are aiming again to double the bus speed over the previous PCI specification. So that speed increase (4GB/s) might equally be achieved by staying with the original SATA-compatible connector, rather than wheeling out the PCI-only connector. Nobody knows yet.
And if the PCI bus is made faster, then the problem is deffered. The question then becomes: will 8GB/Sec speeds be needed in 2015+... and again nobody currently knows or can predict that either. However by then the SSD manufacturers will have had plenty of time to stop making SATA 3 drives completely, and instead we will have a healthy market for the first-gen PCI 3.0 2x lane drives. At that time, when SATA finally dies, the notebook makers will all be making their new laptops with the 2nd kind of PCI-only slot. So then it doesn't really matter. Any remaining consumers still hanging on to 5-year old notebooks will still be able to buy 2Gigabyte/sec 2-lane SSDs for them. Just like you can buy very cheap Vertex 2's today. Its really the same thing as SATA 1 backwards compatibility. Reply
Alexvrb - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linkDeferring the problem? Until what day? Until Intel comes in and fixes the problem, and in doing so creates another proprietary connector? You're endorsing their lazy stopgap measure. 4 lanes is 4 lanes. It would be twice as fast today, and twice as fast when they implement PCIe 4.0, whenever that eventually happens. If they pushed Socket 3 only, we'd have a lot more machines with that instead of Socket 2, with the then-defunct SATA half and gimped bandwidth. By the time PCIe 4.0 comes around, I fully expect both mSATA and the SATA half of Socket 2 to be obsolete.
We already have PCIe-based SSDs. Manufacturers seem to be capable of building them. If there was a real demand, they'd build tons of them, and costs would plummet. I'd prefer to see a healthy market of 4 lane devices, instead of ending up with a split market. So like I said, I think they would have been better off sticking with mSATA for the current generation less-expensive SATA III compatible interface, and then phasing it out entirely for a pure PCIe setup. Have you even looked at any mSATA drives recently? They've got 256GB M4 and XPG drives on Newegg. The prices aren't even all that bad, for that density.
Anyone that needed more speed, capacity, or the new form factor could then use a Socket 3 4-lane solution, which should supersede mSATA over time. Others could stick with mSATA if it suits their needs, for cache drives or even primary storage in some devices. Instead, now we have mSATA, and not one but two new sockets, one of which has... SATA and 2 lanes. The two lanes part is barely faster than SATA 3, why bother? Again, by the time PCIe 4.0 comes out, mSATA should be phased out anyway for this sort of application.
Imagine if (when PCIe was first introduced) there were two PCIe interfaces, and two incompatible connector types, one was pure PCIe. The other was half PCI, half PCIe (with half the lanes of the same size PCIe connector). On top of this, you can't connect older PCI cards. You can build cards that fit both slots, but they only use half the PCIe lanes if connected to a pure PCIe slot. It's not quite a perfect comparison, but it's just about as silly. Reply
Pessimism - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkGuaranteed Apple will still make some subtle tweak to theirs, an extra pin, a different voltage to keep their stranglehold over parts supply. Reply
web2dot0 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkPlease refrain from conjecture and speculation until the facts are in. Just makes you look like a Apple Hater.
The previous posters said, Apple needed proprietary specs because they needed SSD of non-standard dimensions and high capacity SSD drives.
If you don't like it, don't buy them. Let the market speak, not your mouth.
I thought we are all for the market? What happened to capitalism? Reply
extide - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkYeah but they changed the pinout on their drive several times for no reason other than to have stranglehold over parts supply. Reply
Pessimism - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkThe previous posters are speculating as much as you claim I am. Somehow every other major manufacturer manages to make thin and light laptops using industry standard, MSATA parts. The argument that Apple NEEDS to use their own oddball, vendor locked size of part to manufacture a laptop is pretty weak. As the other poster below mentions, this is not the first time nor will it be the last that Apple modifies standard components to only work with their systems. Google "Apple hard drive firmware". Also, their OS disables TRIM on non-apple SSDs. Their OS used to cripple non apple optical drives. Reply
euler007 - Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - linkMan, Apple shareholders are really on edge. Reply
Casper42 - Monday, September 24, 2012 - linkI wonder if it would be possible or really feasible to use these new SSDs as a higher tier cache on Enterprise and possibly consumer RAID controllers.
Small enough that they could bolt one on to the Controller and either access it as SATA or maybe through a PLX type chip on the card.
Intel has their Consumer side SSD as a cahe (Forgetting the name)
HP introduces Smart Cache on their Gen8 line of Smart Array controllers
3rd Parties like VeloBit's HyperCache can do this on almost any machine.
Makes sense that the RAID controller (in those environments where you need one anyway) would be an intelligent place to put something like this.
Or maybe not. If you have the RAID controller and NGFF separate, then anything mentioned above would still potentially work.
Eh, just a thought (that didn't involve Apple) Reply
Casper42 - Monday, September 24, 2012 - linkPS: I would also love to see in a year or two, both a traditional 9.5mm SATA slot AND this NGFF in a standard sized notebook (obviously too bulky for UltraBooks) and just ditch the Optical drive already. Isn't USB 2.0 faster than most if not all BluRay drives let alone DVD?
Would raise the cost of the machine what, $5?, to include a USB DVD drive instead of a built in.
Hell, Starbucks could even sell $30 USB DVD drives in store for people who forget theirs and absolutely have to have one in a hurry. Reply
Valantar - Monday, May 20, 2013 - linkI know this post is really old, but I just came across it, and I'm not sure I'm very happy about what I see with the two incompatible(?) connectors. First of all, what is the problem with maintaining SATA compatibility on the type 3 connector? If anything, shouldn't this be possible to do on the controller/hardware side (mSATA ports supports both SATA and PCIe, no?)? Secondly, why have two different connectors at all? I understand the size/thickness argument, but seriously, that should be possible to overcome in basically any device with some good design/engieneering (considering the amount of air found inside most devices outside of smartphones, this should be solveable). All I see this resulting in is manufacturers going the cheap route with their laptops/tablets and using the "cache only" connector, rather than the faster type 3 connector and thus screwing consumers out of the option of upgrading to a higher capacity/performance SSD. At least a spec like this should make it mandatory for manufacturers to state both connector type and max card length in device specifications. Also, why make a spec for a 30mm card without ever mentioning it again, and specifically leaving it out of the proposed usage examples? The suggestion that SSDs use 42 or 80mm cards also leads me to think that 110mm cards (and thus the highest possible capacities) will both be incompatible with most devices and very rare (produced in small quantities), leading to exorbitant pricing both for devices supporting these and the SSDs themselves. Again, a bad idea. However, if the type 2 connector could see use as a replacement for the horribly slow eMMC storage used on many tablets today, that would be a worthwhile usage scenario, albeit the only one I see where the type 3 might not be possible. Reply
mkozakewich - Sunday, October 06, 2013 - linkIt's been a year and we've seen some good implementations. Do any of you have interest in using one of these as a kind of flash drive replacement? I was looking for some kind of M.2-to-USB-3.0 adapter caddy, but the only ones I found were big thick things. It would be handy if you could find samples of thin (8mm?) cases. Reply


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MARION, Ind. -- In the first of two heats of the men's 5000m prelim, John Gilbertson began the race tactically, positioning himself in the top six among the field. In order to advance to Saturday's 5k final, an athlete must finish in the top six of their respective heat, or post one of the next four fastest times.
Running at a comfortable pace through the first three laps, Gilbertson's toughness and composure was about to be tested. Entering the fourth lap, the race became very crowded at the front. An athlete running closely behind Gilbertson stepped on the back of his foot, causing his left heel to come completely out of his shoe. With his shoe folded underneath his foot, Gilbertson recognized there was only one thing to do; he stopped, pulled off his left shoe, and continued the race.
The pause to remove his shoe was long enough to put him in last place, separated from the rest of the field by 20 meters. Refusing to give up, Gilbertson demonstrated his mental poise as he gradually worked his way back up to the lead pack. Running on a foot terribly torn up and bloodied from running barefoot for 8 laps on the track, Gilbertson ran tough to finish 4th in his heat and secure his advance to Saturday's final.
Coach Schroeder comments, "These things happen on the track… You just always hope that it won't happen to you. Gilby's foot is pretty torn up, but he's a champion, and champions never focus on what they can't control, they focus on what they can control. We're going to tape up that foot and come out to race big tomorrow."
Immediately following the conclusion of Gilbertson's race, TMC's Anthony Pizzo competed in the second heat of the men's 5k prelims. Pizzo ran exactly as planned, conserving as much energy as possible for tomorrow's final. In what proved to be the faster of the two preliminary heats, Pizzo finished a comfortable 7th, easily advancing to the final on time.
"Pizzo is an extremely intelligent athlete," Schroeder said. "He knew exactly where he was in the race and what time he needed to move on to the final. He came out, did what he needed to do, and is ready to race big alongside Gilbertson tomorrow. "
The final of the men's 5000m race will take place tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:35 PM (EST).
To read a full recap of the second day of the NAIA Men's Track National Championships published by the NAIA, click here.

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By Jessi Loerch
It's been a busy couple days for Snohomish County Sheriff's Office Volunteer Search and Rescue. They responded to many calls over the past 48 hours. Following is a synopsis of four of those events, from a press release.
- On June 30 around 8:30 p.m., a call came in to 911 that a woman had fallen and injured herself on the Lake 22 Trail (near Granite Falls). The SCVSAR team located the victim and helped her down to the trail to an aid car at the trailhead. The victim's age, city of residence, and extent of her injuries are unknown at this time.
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Apple Is Now Using SanDisk SSDs in the Retina MacBook Pro As Wellby Kristian Vättö on 2/5/2013 11:48 AM EST
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zanon - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - link
Unless yoor workload is very IO intensive, there shouldn't be a significant difference in real world performance (except when dealing with incompressible data and the Toshiba drive).
I don't think that's not a minor consideration in a notebook however, because far more then in a desktop full disk encryption is really critical, and encrypted data is incompressible. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that at this point FDE should be the standard use case, not the exception. We're long past the point where it causes any noticeable performance degradation in the vast majority of use cases, it's available built-in and transparent for every major OS, and we tend to carry more and more valuable data on our systems. So incompressible isn't some edge thing, it's nearly everything.
Unconnected, also a minor typo there, "yoor" -> your. Reply
zanon - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkdoh, "I don't think that's not a minor consideration" -> "I don't think that's a minor consideration" Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkIt's definitely a bigger deal if you're doing encryption. However, I don't want to demonize it too much because not everyone does encryption (I know I'm not doing, hehe) and under non-encrypted workloads the Toshiba SSD will be about as fast. Without any study on the amount of users who use encryption, it's hard to say how big of a deal it really is.
I've never been a big fan of SandForce, though, so I agree that incompressible performance should not be any different from compressible. I'm still surprised that Apple went the SF route but I guess they didn't have much options.
Fixed the typo, thanks for the heads up! Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkEncryption plays a much bigger role in the corporate world where companies will laptops using encryption as standard operating procedure. I also suspect getting data from this realm would be far easier than statistics from the consumer realm. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkGood point. However, are Macs used that widely in the corporate world? Most SSDs include AES encryption which is far better than software based encryption, especially from performance standpoint. Unfortunately Apple doesn't use that but most PCs should have the option for hardware-based encryption available in BIOS.
Fortunately the Toshiba SSDs are predictable as I've only seen them in 64GB and 128GB MacBook Airs. Going bigger will get you Samsung and better encrypted performance. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkNo, Macs are unpopular in Corporate environments because Windows systems much much easier to manage. There isn't an equivalent for Active Directory for Macs and even if you do connect them to your you Windows Active Directory you don't get the same level of control and audit-trail. Reply
mlambert890 - Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - linkNot true really... Mac's are increasingly popular in the corp environment. I see them everywhere and have used one as my primary now through 3 Fortune 500 jobs in a row. There are ways to audit and control them and only really backwards IT orgs are still resisting consumerization (at their peril)
And yes, any corporate notebook is going to have mandated FDE. It's an important use case. Any Windows based FDE enterprise solution is either going to be BitLocker or a 3rd party, centrally manageable, solution (Trend, SafeNet, whoever). No one is going to use firmware based encryption on 10's of thousands of end user notebooks that need central control.
Things that seem to make lots of sense when its all theory, or applied to one personal notebook, don't apply at massive scale when corporate data is at risk. Reply
synthetase - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkOpen Directory is the Active Directory equivalent in OS X, and It's been easy to join an Active Directory domain since 10.5 Reply
Jovec - Thursday, February 07, 2013 - linkSSD built-in encryption and full disk encryption are not really the same thing. The little bit I read claims that the HDD BIOS password / ATA security lock isn't all that secure and can be removed with little effort/money. Reply
paul878 - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkI really don't think MAC user care what is inside. Reply
maratus - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkWhat a foolish stereotype.
I have a 15" rMBP (2.3Ghz/16Gb/768gb) as my primary laptop as there's absolutely no rivals at the moment. It's simply the most impressive laptop I've ever seen.
For the desktop, my choice is a small workstation (p9x79 pro + 3930k, GTX 670/680 and matched 64Gb ddr3-1600 kit from g.skill) and other minor things, all in small Lian-Li case with custom watercooling setup. And yes, I do care about what in my MacBook Pro as well.
I don't like their upgrade price, but the base price of Apple retina laptops is justified by top-class screen, performance (esp graphics in 15"), weight and battery life combination. Reply
Flunk - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkYou do have to admit the performance isn't exactly top tier. You have to give up a lot to get to that low a weight and thickness. Reply
Greg512 - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkYou can certainly get much more powerful computers for the money, but none under five pounds, at least with decent battery life. Even under six pounds it is a stretch. That being said, it is still a very powerful laptop, but nothing spectacular. Reply
p_giguere1 - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkYou mean gaming performance?
Not being a gamer and caring about having the most powerful GPU around doesn't mean you don't care about storage speed, which is useful even for non-gamers.
The rMBP isn't targeting gamers, unlike most laptops of this price range. You sacrifice GPU performance for a thinner and lighter laptop with a better battery life and better display. Good tradeoff if you don't game. Reply
nerd1 - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - link1080p IPS displays are pretty much standard nowadays, as well as 6+ hrs battery life (thanks to ivy bridge processors and switchable GPU)
And 'retina' resolution is plain overkill - you are not allowed to use the full native resolution in OSX anyway . Reply
p_giguere1 - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkWhether the resolution is overkill for you depends on your usage and how much you value screen quality, much like someone might not need/value a powerful gaming GPU and call it overkill. Different stroke for different folks.
You certainly are allowed to use the full resolution in OS X, it uses it by default out of the box. You must be talking about disabling HiDPI mode in order to get the maximum screen estate, which requires 3rd party software but isn't prohibited by Apple in any way. Having tried it myself, I doubt it's something you'd really want to do though. Reply
KoolAidMan1 - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkOverkill how? Look at how text renders or fire up Aperture/Photoshop Lightroom and then tell me that the display is overkill. Reply
maratus - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkThe situation is getting better, but I disagree with few statements.
1. You're free to choose between different modes, and I occasionally even use native 2880x1800 (I use QuickRes).
2. There're still not many laptops with full-hd 1080p screen.
3. Not all of them have a top mid-class GPU.
4. Now pick up those that actually have a similar 85-95Wh battery by default
5. If you don't value low thickness, how about 2kg threshold for a 15" screen models?
6. Now how many still have 16:10 ratio?
7. And how about running two 2560x1600 30" dislpays with an option of 3rd (1920x1200) AND internal screen at the same time? P.S. Not in mirror mode.
8. Last, but not least: How about a native PCI-E bus for external peripherals like GPUs or audio controllers? Reply
JPForums - Thursday, February 07, 2013 - link1) As I understand it, you need a third party tool to disable HiDPI mode. Though personally, I don't consider that a problem.
2) There are plenty. Look around. The problem is finding IPS displays. Then try to find one with a reasonable color gamut and accuracy. If you need a wide color gamut, your options really dwindle.
3) I could just as easily point out the number of Macbooks with high end GPUs. The tradeoff really depends on your priority.
4) Good point. Most comparable notebooks I've seen like to stuff a higher end CPU/GPU which requires more space and weight for the cooling solution. They tend to use smaller batteries to compensate. As a further concession, MAC OS has been shown to get better battery life than Windows 7 (Tested on MacBook). I'm not really sure about Windows 8.
5) Neither thickness nor weight is a problem for me. I'd rather have a larger battery.
6) This is my biggest issue with notebooks. I consider 16x10 resolutions superior to 16:9. Especially when the big push behind moving to 16:9 (movies) was negated when studios decided to use even wider aspect ratios.
7) This can be done with several laptops I've seen. Pretty much any ATi based laptop with the required connectors I've worked with can do it. (I think nVidia is limited to 3) Don't confuse this for an Apple advantage.
8) How is carrying around all those extra peripherals working out for you? You play the weight advantage, the size advantage, and the battery life advantage, but all of those go out the window if you have to carry extra items with you. I can always carry extra batteries to make up for lack of battery life with a normal notebook, but that limits portability. So the usefulness of the external PCIe is limited to when it is docked. I prefer a laptop that already has what I need. For a docked system I'll stick with a much more powerful desktop.
Truth be told, I'd love to get a MacBook Pro if only for the 16:10 aspect ratio. Top it off with the gorgeous color reproduction and I almost want to throw my current notebook out the window. However, the tradeoffs they make aren't really to my liking at the moment. I'd rather have something with a little more graphics muscle (games are only part of the reason) and sacrifice thickness and weight. Alternately, give me 12 - 15 hrs of real, productive use (I need either Windows or Linux ATM) and I'll forgo the high end graphics. Again, thickness and weight aren't an issue for me, though for this one I'd prefer something that isn't Dell XPS (original) thick. For now, I'll just use my desktop with a larger, even more gorgeous, fully calibrated, 16:10 display for serious work. My current laptop will suffice for light work. Reply
maratus - Saturday, February 09, 2013 - link1) yep
2) Sorry, I meant fullHD and IPS
3) True, though I've never been interested in them. 13 rMbP is nice due to the screen and battery life, but everything (cMBP, Air) else isn't quite up to this line.
5) So photo-oriented backpacks, for instance, greatly benefit from reduced thickness. Less stress on the internal compartment and easy to operate
7) I didn't know that laptop Displayports actually work fine for daisy chaining. I usually deal with nice laptops (top Sony lines) with HDMI only onboard :)
My main point is that rMBP is compatible with 3 monitors regardless of the connection type, I'm not sure you can run several DVI from a single Displayport. rMBP has three separate ports to connect to, that somewhat unique. You can arrive in your partners office and quickly setup multi-monitor setup out of what they have
8) that for stationary use only, of course. I personally don't use it as the PCi-e extensions are very expensive. Reply
orthorim - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkIf you wanted to make a point about your ignorance - congratulations, you win.
FWIW I do care about having 2800x1880 pixels on my 15" screen. It comes with some perks that are pretty unique:
- No pixels visible. Ever.
- Photos look better than on any other display - you see way more details. Previously my iPhone 5 camera pix looked pretty good; turns out a lot of that was due to the low res display. Watching it on the retina there's a HUGE gap to modern DSLRs. It's like night and day. Camera limitations become glaringly obvious.
- Scaling carries no penalty in sharpness. Whether I run at 1680x or 1920x1200 - both scaled - there are no pixels visible. So I can choose from a variety of screen resolutions. That's not the case on a lower res display - those you can either run at native resolution, or it looks like shit.
- Screen is so sharp that 1920x1200 is a perfectly acceptable resolution on 15". Admittedly thats only the case with the Samsung LCD panels, the LG ones are more blurry. Reply
maratus - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkThat's not raw performance I'm talking about when I said there're no rivals. I can always buy a well-specced Clevo for a lot less, but I don't need it. I prefer to have 95Wh battery and hi-resolution IPS screen in a slim and low-weight form factor instead while retaining most of the performance. And I'm willing to pay premium price and deal with other compromises, too.
Of course, you can buy a faster laptop, but you need a serious DTR for that, and the biggest difference will be mainly in discrete GPU. I don't think that having more than one 2.5" is beneficial (although I'd prefer a regular form factor in rMBP) as I'm totally against RAID0 in this case. I don't want mechanical drive inside the laptop either, so it's a moot point. You won't have significantly faster CPU and not everyone absolutely needs 32Gb of RAM in a laptop! Reply
orthorim - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkDon't forget to mention build quality. I crashed my motorbike; the retina MacBook Pro sliced through two thick bags, impacted on the concrete, and got a small ding on the corner. The laptop still works perfectly. Apart from the aluminum abrasion, it looks perfect too. In a similar situation the Clevo would shatter in a thousand pieces...
Anyway if you'd told me a year ago I'd have a retina laptop with core i7, 7 hours of battery, and 2kg I'd have laughed. Reply
Arbee - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkAnd a trackpad that doesn't suck. PC makers almost uniformly ship terrible screens and worse trackpads, but you've heard that rant on the AT podcast several times :) Reply
KPOM - Tuesday, February 05, 2013 - linkI'm guessing you've never frequented the MacRumors forums where people obsess over whether they get an LG vs. Samsung screen, or Toshiba vs. Samsung (and now SanDisk) SSD. Reply
Zak - Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - linkPerhaps not, but Mac users might care. Reply
phillyry - Sunday, February 24, 2013 - linkI returned my 128GB MBA and was gleeful when I saw that I got a Samsung in the 256GB model.
Btw, Anand (as well as pretty much every tech writer at theverge) uses a MacBook. It's commonplace in the industry.
You can be smart, well informed, and enjoy your PC experience, whether it's Windows or Mac. Honestly, the Mac is way more enjoyable but the PC is nicer for managing files. Reply
orthorim - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkThree kinds of people are both technically knowledgeable and use PCs:
- Gamers
- IT folks that work in corporate IT which is all Windows
- Programmers who work on stuff that only runs on Windows (of which there's less and less)
All the good developers I know have been on Macs for years and years... Reply
orthorim - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkUmmm.... yes we do?! Reply
Oyinko - Thursday, February 28, 2013 - linkIt seems the new sandisk cause some issues with the fans of the Macbook Pro Retina. Check the topic on Apple Website. https://discussions.apple.com/message/21387016 Reply
andome - Sunday, June 30, 2013 - linkI easily upgraded my 17" MacBook Pro that I bought last year to an Angelbird SSD, the increase in performance speed is amazing. I chose this brand because it is TRIM enabled out of the box.
http://www.angelbird.com/en/prod/crest-for-mac-ssd... Reply


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TOMMY Bridewell celebrated his first podium finish of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship season as he claimed third place at the third round at Snetterton.
The Etchilhampton rider, fourth in the opening race at the Norfolk circuit, improved in the second to claim the second podium finish of the day for his Milwaukee Yamaha team.
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It just happened by chance that Roman Jaconette signed his national letter of intent to play soccer for Asbury University March 21 at Grant County High School.
"I really wasn't going for collegiate soccer," he said. "It was more like a coincidence."
Jaconette said he went on a college visit to Asbury and the coaches asked him to come out and practice with the team.
"They liked how I was performing and asked if I wanted to play for them," he said.
15 Years Ago
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Williamstown's fifth grade traveling team won the championship game in a tournament hosted by Villa Madonna Academy in Villa Hills.
They beat St. Paul 49-47.
Team members included, Chris Collins, Jordon Kenner, A.J. Mason, Adam Gibson, Duane Perry, Matt Collins, Chad Hammons, Ryan Wallters, Jason Beckham and Ryan Wilson.
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Eurides said, "To a father growing old, there is nothing dearer than a daughter."
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"The beginning was difficult," he said. "I was pretty hard on her in the beginning, but I wouldn't trade those years for anything."
Tori first got interested in basketball when her dad introduced her to the sport when she was in the fourth grade.
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With the NCAA Tournament starting up this week, students and teachers at Grant County Middle School got their mayhem on with a student-faculty basketball game March 11.
The game was played between eighth graders and faculty members at GCMS, with the faculty winning the game.
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"I like running in warmer climates," he said. "Jacksonville State is on the Gulf Coast and travel in warmer areas so I felt it was a great fit for me."
JSU is a Division I school and for Cummins that was an opportunity he couldn't pass up.
"I fit into the program really well," he said. "On the plus side, my aunt only lives an hour from campus."
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Braves lonely senior Josh Blackburn scored 31 points against Owen County Feb. 5, a career high, but still was not happy with the outcome of the game, as they lost 73-67.
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The future of a century-old church spire has been secured thanks to the generosity of a Friern Barnet congregation.
The Diocese of London closed the doors of All Saints Church in Oakleigh Park South in early March after cracks were discovered in the spire's base.
The initial work, which will cost £5,000, have already been paid for by the congregation but vicar Fr Gregory Platten said the complete repair may cost upwards of £100,000.
After this initial repair, the church will apply for a grant.
Rodell, a specialist works and access company, is refurbishing the Bath stone spire, which is around 100ft tall.
Fr Gregory said: "It's a huge amount of money. And quite a lot is needed for the inside too.
"You don't want to be putting people in danger. One of the things we really pride ourselves in is keeping the church open, even during the week. I think if we left if much longer the potential for an accident would be great. I'm glad we have done everything we can."
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Last year Oyster became aware of blog phenomenon Advanced Style started by twenty-eight year old geriatric style enthusiast, Ari Seth Cohen. During New York Fashion week last September, Cohen co-hosted a party at the Ace Hotel to celebrate the style of older women. Usually you envisage fashion week parties to be teeming with twenty-year-old models revelling in their youth, beauty and fortune, but not surprisingly the Advanced Style party was about as far from this as you can get. Cohen recently posted Lina Plioplyte's video of the party to his blog, commenting "What better way to celebrate life than an amazing party dedicated to marvellous women with great style and a tremendous zest for life? Fashion is only one ingredient in the remarkable lives of these inspiring ladies. Their spirit and vitality is the real key to living a truly stylish life."
Prodigal blogger and current editor of Rookie magazine, Tavi Gevinson, was the other co-host. Known for taking style inspiration from grandmas, Tavi offered her opinion on the ageing ladies, "I think our culture fetishises youth in this really kind of scary way and I totally love the spirit of all of these women to just dress as obnoxiously and be as present as can be and love fashion." The video 8 some of Ari's favourites from his senior set of friends including Iris Apfel who is experiencing the pinnacle of her career during her twilight years, one-hundred year old Ruth Coburn who does pilates daily and Ilona Smithkin who performed a rendition of 'Que Sera' at the fashion week party. Apparently the key to advanced style is to "accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative," and the advanced style set seem to be more preoccupied with smiling and laughing than posing and pouting.
Cohen said "During fashion week when everything is sort of focused on youth we wanted to celebrate style icons who have been dressing for years." Check out the party video below along with a few of our Advanced Style favourites:
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BLUEBIRDS captain Alan Griffin predicts Chippenham Town won't be in for another Jekyll and Hyde campaign next season.
The striker, who scored his 15th goal of the season against Bashley last weekend, claims his club have a distinct plan for the future and is targeting a positive last third of the current season to use as a springboard.
"Obviously, it's been a bad season for us but we're just building for next year and looking to get as many wins as we can to get some momentum going in to next season," said Griffin.
"I know that Mark (Collier) and Tom (Jones), and certainly Neil (Blackmore, chairman) and John (Applegate, former chairman), have got a clear idea of what they want to do next year and we don't want to be down at the bottom of the table.
"With the players we've got and with a few more coming in during the summer, we'll be in the right half of the table and getting the club back to where it belongs.
"There was a period where players were coming in and players were going, and it was always going to be a tricky time for any team.
"It's settled down now and the lads know how each other plays – we're getting into a style of play that suits us, even though it's taken some time. We've got 12 games left and we'll be looking to pick up five or six wins to give us confidence for next season.
"I'm confident we can do that because we've got games against teams around us but to be fair, we're more than capable of beating anyone on our day."
James Guthrie, who was also on target against Bashley, misses this Saturday's clash with Burnham as he begins a two-match ban.
But midfielder Iain Harvey returns after a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
Meanwhile, last weekend's cash-strapped opponents Bashley could fold at the end of the season, with a vote due on the New Forest club's future next month.
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iCloud on the Desktop: A Look at OS X 10.7.2 and iCloud for Windowsby Andrew Cunningham on 10/18/2011 3:01 AM EST
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felipeb8 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI think this is a vast improvement over their previous cloud offering (MobileMe) but basic functionality is still missing from iCloud.
For example, how can I delete pictures from photostream ? I can't.
So if I took dozens of bad pictures and one good picture on my iPhone I'm stuck with copies of all pictures in all my computers until I either reset photostream or the 30 days expire the photos. Reply
Samoht - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThe fact that photostream is not supported on os x 10.6 is just stupid. I can't access my photos from my iphone on my mac unless I boot it up in win 7! And there is no web service for photos, so I can't casually show my images to friends and family, which I thought was the whole point of the service. Apple has completely misunderstood the concept of the cloud! Reply
IceDread - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkGood review but the product sure is not of interest for me.
I do not like how apple tries to lock me in and I also find these prices for storage to be very much to high.
So no thanks, I'm happier without apple in my life. Reply
all_is_well_in_nj - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkiCloud freezes the crashes all instances of IE in Windows XP... that to say: logged into iCloud ok, clicked on "contacts" at which point CPU usage by iexplore.exe (IE) on my Windows XP machine goes to 100% (also: a warning about script using a lot of CPU shows up). Let it work for a good 5 minutes trying to display maybe a 100 entry contact list. Finally I "X" the window from the task tray... and ALL OTHER IE windows also disappear. Not for prime time - at least in this environment.
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Andrew.a.cunningham - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkOfficially, Windows XP isn't supported - you're probably having problems because the software wasn't tested against your operating system.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455 Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat's just the control panel, not the web interface. The web interface doesn't work on Chrome on Windows 7, for example; Find My iPhone just displays a map, for example, with no list of devices or location displayed. Safari on Win7 had no such issues. Reply
Andrew.a.cunningham - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkAh! Well that's weird, since it works fine in Chrome on other platforms. What about Safari on XP? Reply
marc1000 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkand again, microsoft does the stupid thing. they had a perfectly working system of sync between their "old" phones and a web-site (myphone, wich worked on windows mobile 6.x). it saved ALL the content from the phone and made it available on a single site (even SMS's and contact pictures). it should be fairly easy to create some desktop app to sync with this site.
but NOOOOO, they decided to kill the fracking service altogheter. make windows phone 7 NOT work with it, then block the site and disable sync. by today they have completely shut-down the service.
now they will restart from scratch and maybe 5 years from now we will have a cloud-storage competitor from MS for this iCloud stuff.... Reply
B3an - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkCome out your of cave once in while.
WP7.5 / Mango already has many cloud services and integration with SkyDrive which gives you 25GB free, and it's better than what Win Mobile ever had. The 25GB essentially becomes a part of your phones memory. This is Apple playing catch up to both Google and MS. And as usual Apple have done a poor job of it, while at the same time idiots like you are falling for there advertising. Reply
marc1000 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkjust to be clear: I'm NOT an user of any Apple product. i believe their product is marketing, not actual phones/players/pcs/anything.
and I'm trying to update myself too: after 3 months owning an android 2.3 phone, my best impression is that it is like Windows 95 for phones. full of bugs and you need deep knowledge to adjust anything it.
skydrive is a good name, but it wont sync HALF the stuff myphone did. with that aging service i could completely wipe my device and after entering 1 id/password, have ALL of its contents restored. not just music/pic/videos/contacts, but also SMS/notes/contact images/contact notes/browser bookmars/application list (you had to re-download them tough, but they were pre-marked). wm 6.5 was the easiest OS to format and haver your phone fully restored in a matter of minutes. you could even change your phone and migrate all your content to another pain-free.
MS is re-inventing the wheel this time.
anyway, i still can't trhow away my wm 6.5 phone because of a fraking corporate app that only works in it. it does NOT work on either iOS, Android or WP7 because none of these OSes is able to call an executable file passing another file as parameter (like windows CE / wm6.x does). this is NOT what i want, just to be crystal clear. Reply
Biscuit1018 - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - linkIt depends on what you want.
Its an assumption that most people need access to M/S SkyDrive or Google's Cloud Sync (or whatever's its called).
For some people a phone (like an iPhone) that works well out the box, has many great apps, and works well with an eco system.
My family have the full range of mobile devices and actually managing them all is very simple. Plus it helps drive VOD, content sharing etc.
I also need a tablet and I dont want to manage two different ecosystems. Its unfortunate but M/S are late to the party here.
Of course you are now going to say that with an XBox or a Media Centre etc. you can do the same thing and you probably can.
Its a matter of personal choice. For someone to say that WP sucks is naive. For you to beat your chest and slate Apple.. well also nonsense isnt it?
Where M/S will have it over the others will be next year when WP8 comes out and there is a working tablet. If all neatly integrates with the desktop Outlook etc and SkyDrive then M/S has a strong play.
I look forward to Windows 8 but until then M/S does not tick all the boxes Reply
khurt - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - link"You should, however, note that iCloud only wants to work with Apple-supplied programs on OS X - if you want your mail in Outlook or Thunderbird or your bookmarks in Firefox or Chrome, too bad."
True. True. But … anyone is free to use the published API for iOS and OS X to write iCloud integration into their apps.
"...... iCloud on OS X is all about locking you into Apple's ecosystem."
Where have they locked the user in with iCloud? There is a developer API. Developer are free to write any software for iOS or OS X that can leverage iCloud.
But then this article is about iCloud on Windows. Windows has no ecosystem lock in. Reply
Mystermask - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkThis kind of hypocrisies is unfortunately all to common among Windows users .. Reply
name99 - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkkhurt's point bears repeating.
It's hard to see exactly how a set of published APIs, based on standard internet technologies like SSL and IMAP, corresponds to "lockin".
This is the same BS that we've seen for ten years now. Apple chooses to use AAC --- OMG, proprietary! Apple chooses to use h.264 --- OMG lockin. So use of international standards, which I can buy and use to implement my own code or HW, is "lockin", but apparently WMA or WMV --- no standards, changed by MS as they feel like it --- correspond to freedom or something? Reply
Andrew.a.cunningham - Thursday, February 02, 2012 - linkI know these comments are from, like, awhile ago, but I just saw them and wanted to throw this out there: http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/01/25/pdfpen-and-iclou...
No iCloud API access if you're not in the App Store. So, even if you're not using Apple products, Apple gets its cut.
Also, I don't know how saying "Apple tries to lock you in," which is demonstrably true, implies some anti-Windows bias. Everyone tries to lock you in these days. This post is about Apple products, so Apple lock-in is what we're going to talk about. Reply
rdamiani - Sunday, October 30, 2011 - linkThe switch to iCloud breaks any Mac or iOS device that can't run Lion or iOS5 though. In my house, that's one mac and two older iPhones that can't connect to iCloud, which is a bummer.
Having more than 1 Apple ID when you enable iCloud is a real problem as well. You can't switch accounts easily because Apple imposes a 90-day delay on account switching. Reply


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While Google and Apple are busy trading volleys for the top spot in the smartphone market, Microsoft has been steadily attempting to win users over with the latest incarnation of its mobile OS. To that end, the company is pinning its hopes on Windows Phone 8, which couples a slick interface with a number of powerful features. If you've recently been tempted to pick up a new Windows Phone 8 handset (or have already taken the plunge), you might wonder how Windows Phone handles simple tasks like browsing with Internet Explorer, searching with Bing, using voice recognition, or navigating using the Maps app. We'll give you a tour of each feature below—with some tips on how to get the most from the mobile OS's features.
Exploring the Internet
To access the Web browser on your Windows Phone 8 handset, select the icon with the familiar "e" logo (or, alternatively, select Internet Explorer from the app list). Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 8 works just like a modern desktop browser—to get to a website, simply tap on the address bar and type the URL. To search for a site, simply tap the Search icon (which looks like a tiny magnifying glass) to search using Bing—more on that later.
More options are tucked away under the More button—it's indicated by the ellipsis (...) on the menu bar running along the bottom of your display. Some of the things you can do in the More menu are: open multiple tabs for multiple websites, check your browser history by tapping recent, search the webpage you're currently viewing, and bookmark websites by tapping add to favorites. You can also view favorite or bookmarked websites by tapping favorites in the More menu.
Pro tip: Have a website you visit frequently? If bookmarks aren't fast enough, you can pin the current page of the site right to the start page so that the site gets its own tile. These tiles aren't active—they just offer a snapshot of whatever was on the page when you pinned the tile. Nevertheless, they can prove handy if you just want to get to, say, Reddit as quickly as possible.
The More menu also has options to share a page (using any of the accounts you've synced to your Windows Phone) and access the Settings menu, which holds the rest of Internet Explorer's features. You can toggle a number of convenient items here: website preference lets you choose whether or not the browser defaults to a website's mobile or desktop version, which can be especially handy if you'd like to avoid a site's lackluster mobile version. You can also customize the button to the left of your address bar in the settings menu—it can be changed to let you see all of your open tabs, stop or refresh a webpage, or serve as a shortcut to a list of sites you've bookmarked. You'll also find the Delete History option under Settings, if you'd like to wipe your browsing history.
The Settings tab also holds the Advanced Settings menu, which offers a few more functions that can make browsing more convenient. If you do quite a bit of browsing and searching or if you use a lot of internet-connected apps, you can tell Internet Explorer to open links from other apps in a new tab. You can also enable or disable Internet Explorer's Do Not Track feature—'Send a do not track request' is selected by default. The Advanced Aettings menu will also let you decide if you'd like to block or accept cookies from websites and apps, always allow Internet Explorer access to your location, select a default Search provider (Bing or Google), and use a SmartScreen Filter to protect against potentially malicious sites.
Explore a bit more with Bing
Microsoft's Bing serves as the default Windows Phone search tool. To get to the app, just tap the Search button on your device—it's one of the three main buttons along the bottom of your screen and is represented by a magnifying-glass icon. Once you're there, you'll be presented with an attractive image and a search bar: just type your query, and you'll be on your way. (The Bing screen also has small boxes superimposed on the image; tapping these boxes will give you information on the featured image.)
There's quite a bit more to the Bing app than simple searches, however. Swiping left or right from the main screen reveals more panes, which list information on popular movies, videos from across the Web, headlines, and local deals from a variety of sites like Groupon, Yelp, and Living Social.
A menu bar running along the bottom of the Bing app serves up a few more options. The musical-note icon fires up a Shazam-like music scanning tool, which will analyze the music you're listening to, identify it, and supply shopping links from the Xbox Music store. Tapping the "eye" icon activates the Vision feature which allows you to hover the camera over bar codes, books, or cases for DVDs and video games. Your phone will attempt to identify the object and search for more information on it. There's also a text translation option that will scan words and attempt to translate them for you.
Lastly, there's Local Scout, which works with the Maps app on your Windows Phone. It scans the area around you, and then lists nearby restaurants, shops, and events. The results are organized into pages called 'eat + drink', 'see + do', and 'shop', and include business hours, contact information, and user reviews. If you've tied your Facebook account to your phone or if you use Bing extensively, Local Scout's 'for you' section will also attempt to list things that might be of particular interest to you.
Getting around with Maps
While Local Scout is handy if you're looking for things to do or eat, sometimes you just need a straightforward map. If you're rocking a Windows Phone 8 handset from HTC or Samsung, you'll have the Maps app (with an icon that looks like an unfolded paper map). If you've got a Nokia handset running Windows Phone 8, your maps are located under Nokia Maps (with an icon that looks like a compass). Nokia users also have the added bonus of Nokia Drive (in beta), which provides turn-by-turn driving directions, as well as directions that include public transportation information. Likewise, Windows Phone 8 handsets running on AT&T will get 30 days free of AT&T Navigator which provides turn-by-turn GPS navigation, offers traffic alerts, and helps locate nearby gas stations, restaurants, ATMs, and Wi-Fi hotspots.
The standard Maps app will display your current location on a map once you've opened the app and given it permission to access your location. From there you can pinch, zoom, and drag your way along the map; pinching all the way inward changes the map to a satellite view. Along the bottom row of the map are menu options for Local Scout, Directions, Me, and Search. Tapping the Me option locates your position on the map, tapping Search brings up a bar for entering the location you're looking for, while tapping Directions allows you to enter a start and end destination.
Directions can be displayed as a map, or with a list of instructions below a map (tap Directions List if you don't see them displayed). Scrolling down the directions list will cause the map to jump to the appropriate location. Tapping the More ellipsis here also gives you the option to clear the map, overlay traffic information on the map, display favorite places, change to an satellite view, and access the Settings menu.
In the Map settings, you'll find options to turn your location on or off, delete history, check for updates, and—a major feature—download maps. This is particularly useful if you do a lot of traveling, as the downloaded maps are available even when the phone is offline. To download a map, tap Download Maps in the Settings menu, then tap the plus (+) sign. You'll be able to search downloadable maps and get offline navigation directions. There are maps available for quite a few countries, and while the data isn't exhaustive, it can be useful in a pinch. (Keep in mind that downloading maps does take several minutes.)
Those using Nokia handsets will also have options to share their map (via email, text, or by posting an update to Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn); get multiple routes; access walking, driving, and public transportation routes; and pin a map or directions to the start menu. The options to view the map in satellite mode, view the traffic overlay, and download maps will be in slightly different locations on a Nokia handset.
Talking to your phone
Much like Apple users can rely on Siri, and Android users can speak to Google, Windows Phone users have the option to use Speech to interact with their handsets. Press and hold the Start button (it's the Windows logo) on your device to call up the Search app. (You will need to enable the speech-recognition service in Settings to use this feature.) You can use it to search the Web, as well as use it to invoke handy shortcuts for common tasks.
If you want to create a quick reminder—"get milk and eggs!" — just say "Note" followed by whatever you'd like to remember, and your phone will create the note for you in the OneNote app; it will save an audio recording, too. You can also text, call, or redial one of your contacts by saying "Text" or "Call" followed by your contact's name (provided they're in your address book). If the person you want to contact isn't in your address book, just say their number instead. Unlike with Android or Apple phones, the speech function can't send emails or set alarms for you. That said, you can open any application on your phone by saying the application's name.
This story, "Learning Windows Phone 8: Bing, Maps, and more" was originally published by TechHive.


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Well, I don't know if many of you know what userboxes are, or even do anything with your userpage. But I've been setting up a new userbox system (ie: one with better standards in how to setup the userboxes) and sometime later I'll devise a bot which will copy all the userboxes over to all the Wikia Anime Project wiki. You can find the information about userboxes at Anime:Project:Userboxes, there is also a link to a listing of all currently existant userboxes (Currently 3, with enough options to count up over 15). Dantman (Talk) 19:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- I tried it...but it didn't work. I'm not sure what I did wrong.-LoneWolf 5
- Well there are 2 things wrong. First you used {{User Anime|<N>|<all>|mode=<Mode>}}, you should read the explanation instead of just copying the usage. that box would have said something like This user is an Otaku for the Anime all. You only specify an anime parameter when you want the template to refer to a specific anime. And the mode= parameter shouldn't be there, it's part of the usage to show that it exists, you don't always use all the options available, mode is passed to another template which allows for extra special options, currently just fill-horiz, fill-vert, or fill-both which allow the userbox to expand to fill up a area instead of being at a fixed size. You only needed {{User Anime|<N>}}, Anime:Project:Userboxes/listing gives a good listing with examples, you only really need to copy what's on the left for what you want to do. Secondly as I said, I'm going to devise a bot to copy all the userboxes to all the wikia in the project. That is all on the Animepedia, none of those templates are here yet. Once the bot is finished userboxes can be used here, as long as I run the bot whenever the userboxes are updated there. Dantman (Talk) 01:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
The Bot is now done. It dosen't have functionality to delete pages when they shouldn't be in the categorys but it is planned for the future, so all userboxes should be created on the Animepedia only. But userboxes can be used here now. Though since the ImageMirrorBot isn't complete yet some images may be missing in userboxes. Dantman (Talk) 20:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
- And now I feel ever so stupid.-LoneWolf 5
- Oh ya, forgot the notice. ImageMirror bot is completed, userboxes and images work now. Also, check the listing of userboxes on the Animepedia for some new ones. I also redid all the color clases, now instead of a basic set which gives a color in the info box and a darker one in the id box, and a blackback and whiteback set which sets the info box as black or white and the id box as a specified color we instead have a set of color clases, id- and info- meaning that the combination possibilitys is only limited by what colors are listed. Which gives a lot of choices, I also added a id-text- set which works similar to text- but only affects the color of the text in the id box. Also, check the forum here for another page, I've setup something else. Dantman (Talk) 00:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Userboxes have been upgraded and changed. Userboxes now categorize users into usercategories. Nicely enough, I built the system so that it will only do that if the userbox is included into a userpage. So even if I use this here:
|This user watches the Anime Negima!?.
- Because this is not a userpage this page is not sorted into the Users who like Anime category. I've also built a specialized Babel system. Basicly that means that you can use your userpages to note what languages you can use at certain levels. If you want to specify a certain language on your userpage which is not setup in the Babel template, ask me to, and I'll set it up to work with another language.
- It is created, but not really ready to be used till the discussion on the new levels of Administration Titles are set, but I have made a userbox which specifys levels for that.
- They aren't completed, but I have a few plans for other Userboxes to be added. {{User Babel/0 is Like}} will be a special userbox which can go along with {{User Babel}} userboxes. It basicly states that you like to use 0 level babelboxes (languages which you can't use) to list out languages which you don't know but would like to learn. (Like how I have ja-0 on my userpage because I have never taken a japanese course, but I still would love to learn it sometime). Another one goes by the outcome of the Forum:Names discussion. Just for some fun I'll create a userbox with 2 modes. The first one being for, meaning that it states that you are for the standard of using english western format. And the second mode is opposed, meaning it states that you'd preffer romanized names, but you begrudgingly accept standards and edit articles according to them (repeatedly cursing below your breath). Dantman (Talk) 09:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- It is created, but not really ready to be used till the discussion on the new levels of Administration Titles are set, but I have made a userbox which specifys levels for that.
The listing has been updated and the {{User Babel/0 is Like}} and User Wiki/Narutopedia/Name Standards userboxes have been created. Dantman (Talk) 02:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
- I made an update to the Editcount userbox. Now, if you omit both the parameters and just use {{User Editcount}} It will bring your editcount right from the specialpage into the userbox. So it will always have your exact editcount. Dantman (Talk) 05:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
- I tried it out and it works! I also *cough* did it to Random's page *cough*. *cough* I'm very compeditive. *cough*LoneWolf 5 21:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)LoneWolf 5
- Tsk, tsk... You do know editing another user's userpage without a good reason (e.g. Fixing important formatting (like a extra </div> which would break the page.) is frowned uppon, and is not good etiquette. That was just an update. Some users might actualy like to use a clean approximation of their editcount. Btw, take a look at my Animepedia Userpage if you want something to stare at. Other than the fact that I have a stress meter (inspired by and created because of the incident with Oven), and the Status meter I already have (Which can tell you if I'm online, busy, or whatever), I also have editcount of over 1000. Dantman (Talk) 01:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Kwaaah. Please don't ban me. I'll be a good girl. And I'm not going to even TRY to get close to your edit count. I'm just trying to keep things in prospective and your's is WAY to far ahead of mine. LoneWolf 5 19:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)LoneWolf 5
- Blech, blocks are for repeat vandals. If I blocked every person who even acted like a pest I wouldn't be an admin anywhere. What I mean is communitys generaly don't react to well to users who edit other userpages. It's just that when you do something like that it can make other users lose respect for you and preffer other editors. Dantman (Talk) 23:38, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Off topic. But what do you think of the new Animepedia logo? I used Wikipedia's Anime and Manga Project mascot inside the logo because she is under the GFDL, which basicly means that there is no issues with taking excerpts of copyrighted images. So as long as I state that that's where the image came from, it's just about the most legal logo made from other work you can make. Dantman (Talk) 23:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yep...I saw that and I recongized it. Oh and about the above comment... It really doesn't matter much with me as I have no respect for my self but I don't want to be banned. So everyone on this site could hate me but as long as I could edit I'd be happy. LoneWolf 5 00:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)LoneWolf 5


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