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Comment Re:Windows 10 only? Damn (Score 1) 55

That isn't the use case of this service though... This is providing a Google-provided MDM-type device management essentailly for Windows 10 corporate laptops similar to what you can already do with Android and iPhone. I have more one-off Oscilliscopes, PXE chassis, LabView boxes etc. in my environment than I'd care to admit running out-of-date embedded Windows OSes--none of these have a web browser installed or are even connected to a network where they could go out and access Google. They either have the network port taped over or have 10 layers of compensating controls between them and any network that might want to do them harm. As for Windows 7, it went EOL as-of January 14, 2020 (unless you pay a hefty support contract to MS for extended support). I see absolutely no reason for Google to market a mobile device security solution to companies who choose to completely ignore security by running an unsupported OS in a mobile device environment such as an end-user laptop where the threat vectors are already just about the most dangerous they could be (thivery, sketchy wifi networks, sketchy USB devices, liquid nitrogen attacks on RAM holding sensitive encryption keys once the adversary has physical posession of your booted-up but sleeping device, Thunderbolt USB-C port DMA vulnerabilities, etc.)

Comment Actiontek My Wireless TV (Score 2) 158

Greetings OP, I have one of these rigs: Actiontec My Wireless TV WiFi / HDMI Multi-Room Wireless HD Video Kit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi... I use it to sling HD video, USB and IR from my downstairs to upstairs, and it works great! There is a small amount of latency but it's not at all unusable. Sounds like it would do exactly what you want! I'm very happy with mine--normally I'm a bit skeezed out by Actiontec products (FiOS wireless router ugh) but this one has been completely solid. Good luck! Regards- pdscomp

Comment Re:Remember when... (Score 5, Informative) 31

In this case, NASA isn't 'out-sourcing' the GPM launch to Japan... GPM and its predecessor the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission–TRMM were both full collaborations between NASA and the Japanese Space Agency JAXA. In both cases, Goddard Space Flight Center (where I work) integrated the spacecraft and its payloads, with JAXA (formerly NASDA) providing payload(s) as well as launch services.

MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad 273

CWmike writes to tell us that Seth Weintraub has been hearing some interesting rumors surrounding the next iteration of Apple's MacBook line. "I have been hearing some interesting things about Apple's upcoming line of portable computers. The talk amongst insiders on the new MacBooks is kind of scattered but here's a summation of what I've heard: The new models are thinner than current MacBook and MacBook Pros and slightly more rounded, taking design cues from the MacBook Air; the trackpad is glass, multi-touch and uses gestures. The screen isn't multi-touch; the body is manufactured out of one piece of aluminum. Eco-friendly, yet sturdy. Manufacturing process is completely different; the release date will be in the last weeks of September."

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