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As Robert Heinlein said, TANSTAAFL Free as in, "set my data free"
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My wifi network is named "FreeWiFi". But it has a password.  (of course, any WiFi becomes free with enough effort)
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FreeWife is less hackable.
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No wife is free. They always come with hidden strings attached.
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If you're stuck with Windows 8, the Windows 8.1 upgrade is a no-brainer, but the fundamental flaws remain But... but... Start Button!
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Not surprised. It will be interesting to see if Metro survives to WIndows 9 or what ever they call it. Probably not Windows 9 since Windows 8 was a bomb, and Microsoft usually does not use names again that bomb
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Well, Metro already is dropped, thanks to someone else holding the trademark. However, I do think that Wine might just drop the "modern/Windows store style" homepage/start menu. At least on desktops.
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TTFN - Kent
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let's hope so!
I don't think they are listening to customer demands, they are force feeding us the metro on my desktop PC: distasteful!!
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We need an emoticon with fingers in ears.
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I sincerely hope it doesn't make 8.2, not holding breathe though.
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Actually ME was the dog. Windows 95 was considered good for a long time, and do not think 98 was considered horrible.
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I hope Windows Aftereight will be better. 
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I've heard that it will be Mint.
I'll get my coat.
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I heard so, too. Do they want us to put it in a collection without installing it? 
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Microsoft's own platforms take a backseat when it comes to requests for mobile apps, developers find. No love for Windows CE?
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Its not really new. Folk prefer Android and iOS because they have been out for a long while and have a lot of apps available. It is difficult for Windows products to push their way into a market with well established products.
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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Sort of sucks that the Windows team is so incompetant. Had a great opportunity if they could have gotten the mobile OSs working 10 years ago as they should have.
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That's the worst part of it - 10 years ago they *had* a mobile OS. In fact, I'd say they were smartphones before phones were smart. They just can't seem to convert it into a touchdown or..., or something. I'm failing on the sports analogies.
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So True. Seem to be the team that tries so hard but still comes out on the bottom, fortunately for them, there was no competition in Windows Desktop. Pretty much failed at taking the Palm OS on, and so on. Originally thier ocmpetition was Apple, Sun and IBM, who were obviously even worse at competing with Windows. Did not hurt that great development environment compared to anyone else.
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The NSA is reportedly not the only government agency asking tech companies for help in cracking technology to access user data. Sources say the FBI has a history of requesting digital backdoors, which are generally understood as a hidden vulnerability in a program that would, in theory, let the agency peek into suspects' computers and communications. Doo doo doo, lookin' out my backdoor
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Wi-Fi data isn't like radio data, and grabbing it can be like wiretapping. Do no^H^H evil
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They're in trouble, then, because that data obviously belongs to the NSA and the NSA only.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Are you sure they did it for themselves? I'd rather expect NSA asked them to do so, and Google only failed keeping their actions secret (like Apple with their iPhones sending location data).
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