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    Disputes on Jobs' contributions

    I told myself I would stay out of this thread. Steve jobs first got the idea for the mouse after visting Xerox and seeing the mouse being used by PARC, which was created by Engelbart. He then hired a outside group called Hovey-Kelley, to design and build the perfect mouse. They made hundreds...
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    SSL has been broken.

    SSL, the thing that makes sure you are safe while buying stuff online, has been broken. Which means everything you send using SSL 1.0 or earlier, is now easily intercepted and read. Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites ? The Register Which reminds me to bring this up again...
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    Toddlers and Tiaras, the scarest thing you will ever see.

    I honestly don't know where to start on this one. I really don't. WARNING EXRETMELY GRAPHIC IMAGE. ONCE YOU VIEW IT, YOU WILL WANT TO RUB THE IMAGE OUT OF YOUR EYES WITH BROKEN GLASS...
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    Drunken Moose drives into tree, has to call 112 (911)

    I laugh soo hard, I almost peed myself. Swede cuts drunken moose loose | World news | guardian.co.uk So much win, so little time.
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    Google certificate and phishing...a gentle warning.

    Fraudulent Google credential found in the wild ? The Register We have all seen this before, by now. So I have that urge to remind people never give out information to anyone but the person how you are doing business with. If it is not the website directly, don't give the information. And...
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    Woman wins victory over Verizon on mystery bill.

    When I had verizon this happened all the time. Mystery charges, now it seems that verizon will force you to go to court get the info. Just a warning to all those with verizon, watch your bills. Montco woman wins victory over Verizon | Philly | 07/12/2011
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    FaceNiff and web security

    So first the fun part... FaceNiff makes Facebook hacking a portable, one-tap affair (video) -- Engadget Yep, you can now get your twitter, youtube, amazon, and facebook accounts hacked from an android app using a pretty simple method. So let we talk about what is needed to stop this from...
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    firefox beta and forum input

    Having a weird problem, firefox beta will not type in message boxes,like this one. I open up the reply box start typing, spell check opens but nothing is typed. The only thing that gets typed is numbers, breaks, and symbols. Anyone else having this problem.
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    One of the things wimax was really created for...

    UMass Dartmouth testing long-range wireless Internet access - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette Connecting a university is one of the best real world uses of wimax. Instead of 1000 small wifi cards, you only need a few wimax station, speeds go to 100mbps.
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    unoffical wimax goes live in canada

    Ontario should being going live before Monday
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    Why is everything in the tech world like football?

    There is always this idea that you must pick a side. You must defend a side. You must become a fanboy. There always must be a winner and a loser. Why? Nikon wins over Canon. HP wins dell loses. LTE wins wimax loses. Are we that programmed from commercials that we have to become a fanboy on...
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    Help Speedtest.net app (please read before posting)

    Speedtest.net app might not a reliable way to measure your connection speed. It can be tricked into really fast speed, both up and down. If you are going to post speeds used with that app, please got online using the broswer and post speeds with T1 | Business Broadband & Voice Provider |...
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    LTE SIM Cards

    So after proclaiming the end of sim cards, I will have to take back what I have said. I can now confirm that lte phones from Verizon will use LTE SIM cards for the first round of phones, I do not know if they will be removable by user. If they are, the freedom to move the card from your phone...
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    Thunderbolt LTE speed test.

    Even though I dislike speed tests, I do have to say this is pretty good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4GqSVbfNGk Not bad for being at ces, and using the same tower that is getting hammered by a few hundred, if not thousand people.
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    Help 2.2, long posts, and typing lag.

    Ok, you guys know me, I like long posts. Since updating to 2.2 typing long posts have become a pain. After I get about 100 words, the phone just slows down to the point here it takes about 1 sec per letter. Does anyone else have this problem with froyo and the htc evo?
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    OK, before the froyo update hits....

    I know everyone is excited about the up coming update, but please understand there will be problems. So a few words of caution. First, do not be the first one to install the update if you can not or do not want your phone bricked. There is a really good chance that there will be a bricked...
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    Welll that just sucks...no froyo ota

    I could have sworn the "the evo prophet" swore there would be an ota when I turned on the phone. Well just turned it on. Sigh, no update. Let us look at this track recond. 1.) ads on may 12 and april 13, not 2.) june 6th, not 3.) over the air update, not 4.) massive amount of...
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    Premium data, what do you get for it?

    Please if you want to complain about the $10 dollar fee, please do it else where. So I think we should start a list of things you can do with HTC EVO that you can not do with other any other <edit>single</edit> phone. As in no other one phone can do all of the below. This has been done with...
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    Proof that the HTC Evo 2.1 android is NOT modded

    If anyone follows the drama on this forums, they know I got probation for arguing another member about where the HTC evo android 2.1 was modded or not. He said it was modded, I said it was not. Well. Here is something funny, if the HTC evo is modded so is the htc increible, because it shows...
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    Upgrades

    Ok, I need some advice. So I have a corporate account. I am currently have the perimer account status with the upgrade option. And there is also another option under the perimer status that says I can do a sweet swap and currently have 150 dollar upgrade on the first line and 50 on the...