jonlarson

But few of them have such a high concentration of true tech companies where the tech is the product and not a cost center.

Do you have a better alternative that we should put our faith in? At least the government has a somewhat transparent and, at least in theory, non-profit motivated process for creating these guidelines. Virtually any other source, other than doing the research yourself, is going to be about selling you something. And the fact of the matter is, the government probably has the most incentive of any organisation to keep people healthy.

I actually find that this increases my confidence in government recommendations. The fact that the old guidelines are being updated given new research over the past decades is a wonderful thing to see.

That's a good question. I've been involved with some research, outside of Google, on this exact topic. Because we don't have the same data sets that Google has, we have a slightly different methodology for gathering data and we found that hotmail (or any Microsoft mail provider) never even has the option to encrypt if you want to. We always though it was strange that they didn't, and this new data seems to suggest that there may be something else going on.

One possibility that was already pointed out is heterogeneous architectures. It's possible that different systems in hotmail, maybe in different geographic regions or across national borders, use encryption.

At the gargoyle, "Don't be a weeping angel, don't be a weeping angel, OH GOD IT'S A WEEPING ANGEL"

Because these days, most users spend 95% of their time in the browser. And most of the time spent outside could still be spent inside (using Word, playing games, etc). ChromeOS is not just something designed for cheap hardware, it's a new user paradigm that recognizes the current and future trends of the way people use computers.

Merging? If you have 2 dozen authors collaborating, there's bound to be people working on the same files.

Homepage says more than 25,000 companies

Like the article mentioned, coating a boat seems like it could be awesome. No drag, zip through the water. If it does work like that, I'd imagine we'll also start seeing it in competitive swim suits.

Why? Like the article pointed out, there can't be a very large market for it. LibreOffice is free, not to mention the increasing trend toward cloud-base office suites, including Office. Unless the crossover from an Android version really isn't that extensive I can't see the point. All it would potentially do is pull more people off Windows.

On the other hand, I've heard it said that MS actually loses money on Windows. Their real cash cow is Office and other software suites. So who knows, maybe they have a tentative long term strategy of downplaying OS competition and focusing on business applications.

I'd say no more than 50 years before driving by hand becomes illegal in most places, especially large cities. The benefits will just become too obvious.

If you had a self-driving car, would a malfunction in the car causing a crash be your fault?