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Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Water Powered Calculator Blows My Mind

Ken — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:16:05 -0000

Well I would buy it just for the novelty and geek factor. How about a water powered water filter? ;-)

Re: “GadgetTrak” USB device tracking software

Ken — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:47:03 -0000

Em22,
Have you tried the software? With the IP address and other information collected law enforcement can get more information including the exact address from the ISP, you are not paying just for the software but the service behind it. Most free firewalls are circumvented by the GadgetTrak agent, the better ones of course are not, such as those you will find in a corporate environment. The product is not meant for USB drives, but for more expensive items such as iPods, digital cameras, GPS systems and more.

Re: Thread

Ken — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:12:00 -0000

You did not discuss the fact that there are solutions to the threat, that provide admins with granular controls of who can plug in what devices and for how long. Products like DeviceWall (www.devicewall.com), there is also a good site that goes into more details at http://www.watchyourend.com.

Re: Established iPhone Developer Writes Personal Letter to Steve Jobs

Ken — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:07:38 -0000

I agree with Craig to a degree. But, I also don't equate iPhone applications at the same level as an application designed for laptops, or even other mobile platforms. The restrictions on developers with regards to the sandbox the apps run in really just make it so that we can build the same applications you would build in Flash. Not being able to access background processes, or extend the functionality of the actual phone like what can be done with other mobile platforms such as Blackberry, Symbian and Android for example. I am not discounting the capabilities of the iPhone developers, but making a point about the complexity of the applications, it is just different than building apps on these other platforms. We are so restricted it is difficult to build anything of use, so you end up with a bunch of duplicate applications with the same functionality.

We build applications for all mobile platforms and compared to what is available from RIM for example, building iPhone apps has been like playing with Legos while the other kids are building robots. You can only build so many different variations of Tetris before you begin to question the business model of focusing only on iPhone apps. I am optimistic though, I think Apple will come around and give us the tools we need to really make the platform shine, but waiting for them to open things up a bit more is going to be painful.