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new iPhone update. One new feature that is cool and scary at the same time:
Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
Ya, 10 is a lot of "damn I'm too drunk to drunk dial", and good if some asshat steals your phone, so they might not get all your data. But, wow. Kinda like standing on the edge of a cliff... with a pretty good rope.
Kinda like standing on the edge of a cliff... with a pretty good rope.
{I'm just envious 'cause I don't have an iphone)
Option to wipe data after ten failed passcode attempts
It's a pretty common feature on business smartphones, and one of the big reasons the first gen iPhone was slower than they hoped for business uptake was that it was too easy (at least from the CIO pov) to lose corporate-owned data on a lost or stolen phone. Not really designed for your personal convenience, or your drunk-dialing, but if Apple can spin it that way, they will...
At least it's a choice, not a mandatory feature.
Customizing the default would be nice.
Anyone here have a Blu-Ray player? Any recommendations? I have a region-free DVD player--will I be able to still be region free with Blu-Ray? Or do I hang onto my current one too?
I'm in no rush to buy. Just starting the looking around process.
Liese, install VMware Server (free) and XP.
The new iphone update has finally fixed crashing Safari and Apps for me. Phone runs quicker, too.
Ah. I failed to give an update, eh? Turns out my griping at the universe was effective, because my vendor turned up a downloadable copy of the 2008 Quickbooks I needed for, like, two hours. I got in right before it sold out, and even managed to upgrade to the 3 license version for only $99. So I'm good (presumably, once I get the thing actually downloaded; I spent most of that day wrestling with antiquated fax equipment to get my registration reauthorized.) now and am very happy. Thanks for the advice, though.
Isn't it supposedly better to buy some playstation thingy over a blu-ray player? (Being uninformed about game things I have no idea which one is the one you should get.) The reason has something to do with updates which the gaming thing does and the regular bluray player will not.
I don't know about regionality and Blu-Ray players, but the updated version of the Philips deck that a bunch of Buffistas have is very easy to make region-free, and upconverts to 1080p. (And reads PAL, NTSC, SECAM, Divx, etc out of the box. And is cheap as hell.)
I think it's this one, except that mine is silver, not black.
But it doesn't say it plays Blu-Ray discs. Am I missing something?