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Tokyo Apple Store staff rescue iPhone-queueing fanbois from typhoon

Monday 16th September 2013 19:53 GMT Darryl

"Hey, who says Apple doesn't care about its customers?"

Must... Resist... Urge... To... Comment...

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Want to sit in Picard's chair while spying on THE WORLD? We can make it so – ex-NSA man

Monday 16th September 2013 17:33 GMT Darryl

Wow, that's not even a hee hee... More like a pithy commentary on the world of modern government.

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Nokia quiz: Do you know what a phablet is?

Monday 16th September 2013 16:05 GMT Darryl

OK come on now. Execution? possibly, but twerking is just cruel and unusual punishment

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It's official: The iPhone 5S bling-mobe IS chavvy. OR, Burberry isn't

Friday 13th September 2013 19:01 GMT Darryl

Well, it does make sense... Phones that are basically just fashion statements being used at a fashion show

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iPhone 5S: Apple, you're BORING us to DEATH (And you too, Samsung)

Thursday 12th September 2013 15:07 GMT Darryl

Re: Nail on the head Andrew

But iTunes still sucks. Talk about bloatware.

I think the only things to innovate now are better battery life (and not measured in a couple extra hours, but in multiple days) and lowering prices.

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iPhone 5S: Fanbois, your prints are safe from the NSA, claim infosec bods

Thursday 12th September 2013 14:33 GMT Darryl

Re: Boring

You mean like:

"Just change careers. Not a big deal

Sent from my iPhone"

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Apple’s iOS 64-bit iUpgrade: Don't expect a 2x performance leap

Thursday 12th September 2013 14:20 GMT Darryl

Re: Motorola Atrix..........

What you see there is the beginning of the Fanboy revisionism. Within days, history is changed so that Apple invented the fingerprint sensor and everyone else copied them, even if they copied them two years ago.

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Apple quietly revives iPhone charging and syncing docks

Wednesday 11th September 2013 15:47 GMT Darryl

Two dollar words

'quotidian'?

(looks it up)

Well, to be fair, they spent a lot of time on another quotidian plastic product - the 5C

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New iPhones: C certainly DOESN'T stand for 'Cheap'

Tuesday 10th September 2013 21:49 GMT Darryl

5C? Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

The cynical side of me wants to say that the 5C is just the same old same old.

Last year's model offered at a slightly lower price. The only difference is that they changed the expensive to produce aluminum case to a cheaper to produce plastic one.

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Pair of complete tits sorry for pervy app

Tuesday 10th September 2013 14:06 GMT Darryl

Re: You should only apologize for behaviour you can control

My favourite is still the woman who wears a low-cut top and a push-up bra, then looks outraged if you happen to sneak a look in the direction of her chest

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Canadian family gives up modern tech to live like it's 1986

Saturday 7th September 2013 04:29 GMT Darryl

Yeah, this has been 'sensational' headline news all over Canada for a week or so. First time I heard it, he said something about deciding to do it because he couldn't get his son to put down the iPhone or iPad (can't remember which) and go outside, and all I thought was 'then don't give your preschool kids tablets and phones.'

They're just paying the price for the convenience of the iBabySitter™

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The REAL winner of Microsoft's Nokia buy: GOOGLE

Friday 6th September 2013 17:34 GMT Darryl

Looking back at 2009 predictions that said that Android would be squeezed out of the market by iOS, BlackBerry, and Nokia, how much credence can we put in these predictions for four years from now?

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It's the software, stupid: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch bags big apps

Thursday 5th September 2013 14:16 GMT Darryl

Re: Getting your imitation in first?

I thought the tone of the whole article sounded a little like El Reg trying to get into Apple's good books so that they would be invited to the September 10 event.

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'Peeping while you're sleeping' NSA parody T-shirt ban BACKFIRES

Wednesday 4th September 2013 18:12 GMT Darryl

also saw "TSA: Making air travel a touching experience"

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Wednesday 4th September 2013 18:09 GMT Darryl

The quote in the article is “. . . any person to use the initials 'NSA', the words 'National Security Agency' and the NSA seal without first acquiring written permission from the Director of NSA."

Not just surveillance organizations, any person.

Poor Neil Stephen Anderson, though. Gets sued whenever he has to initial anything.

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Thought the PC market couldn't get any worse? HAH! Think again

Wednesday 28th August 2013 15:26 GMT Darryl

Re: Meh

I agree. I read all of these articles about how it's all Microsoft's fault, but the fact remains that there is no compelling reason to replace a 4 year old computer unless it dies. A new one won't make a noticeable difference in speed or power

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Microsoft: YES Windows 8.1 is finished, but NO you can't have it

Wednesday 28th August 2013 15:05 GMT Darryl

Re: power button

Not very efficient for a user with a small desk who has to have the computer on the floor underneath

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EXPLICIT VID: Man filmed trying to bang brand new 'budget iPhone'

Thursday 22nd August 2013 13:57 GMT Darryl

Wouldn't this liquid metal be more expensive to produce than plastic or aluminum? If so, wouldn't make much sense to use it on the 'cheap' iPhone

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Wow, the future is HERE: Charge your phone (wirelessly) in your CAR

Wednesday 21st August 2013 18:15 GMT Darryl

Re: What?

Seanie - I think you hit the nail on the head.

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Wednesday 21st August 2013 14:41 GMT Darryl

Re: I should be a car gizmo designer

You're talking about a company that has just started installing an add-on in their cars that is only of use to iProduct users (the Siri button), so they seem to like supporting standards that will only help some of their customers and be a useless expense to others

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iWatch rumours grow as Apple hires Nike fitness guru Jay Blahnik

Tuesday 20th August 2013 16:05 GMT Darryl

El Reg is not sure whether these messages makes us happy or very, very sad.

Personally, they make me want to puke

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'BLING BLING, BLING BLING' 'Hello, yes, my iPhone is made of GOLD'

Tuesday 20th August 2013 13:57 GMT Darryl

I'm holding out for the greenish Boba Fett version

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Apple sucking triple the phone switchers as Samsung – report

Monday 19th August 2013 21:20 GMT Darryl

US Only, and a couple thousand users

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/08/19/apple-samsung-survey-cirp/

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Dr Dre's Beats plans to drop HTC, hook up with rich mate – report

Monday 19th August 2013 17:44 GMT Darryl

Re: Buyer Beware

I doubt the target demographic could tell the difference anyways. It's the image, not the sound

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Fanbois taught to use Apple's new killer app: Microsoft Windows

Monday 19th August 2013 15:08 GMT Darryl

Re: Parallels can make your new Core i5 Mac run Windows like an early 2000's Pentium 3

@William Donelson

Apple maturity: If someone doesn't worship at the Apple altar, resort to name calling.

I've been 'trying' Parallels for about 12 years now, and 'trying' is a very good description of the experience.

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Monday 19th August 2013 14:02 GMT Darryl

Parallels can make your new Core i5 Mac run Windows like an early 2000's Pentium 3

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Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world's net traffic

Monday 19th August 2013 14:46 GMT Darryl

Re: Microsoft FAIL

Nope. I blame Apple

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Monday 19th August 2013 14:40 GMT Darryl

Re: The Titanic is made of Iron...

Build a system that even an idiot can use, and only an idiot will use it.

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Fear the JOBZILLA! 150ft STATUE of Steve planned 'lest fanbois forget'

Monday 19th August 2013 14:13 GMT Darryl

Re: I'd pay $666 ...

And don't forget, it has to be two dimensional... 3D is out at Apple

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Monday 19th August 2013 14:09 GMT Darryl

Re: I wonder

Nah - I doubt any members of their families are as important to them as St. Jobs

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Boffins claim Voyager has already left the Solar System

Friday 16th August 2013 14:15 GMT Darryl

Re: Can't we just agree...

Either that, or a call from Voyager saying he's in an interstellar holding cell for crossing the border without proper papers

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'But we like 1 Direction!' Rock gods The Who fend off teen Twitter hate mob

Friday 16th August 2013 13:57 GMT Darryl

Re: I particularly liked...

Or even Keith Richards

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Xerox admits there's no fix yet for number-fudging copiers

Wednesday 14th August 2013 17:44 GMT Darryl

Re: Mixed Messages?

I think the problem is, they scanned that document and emailed it to the PR department. Some of the text got changed along the way

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Big Mike heading for victory as SAM dumps HALF its Dell shares

Wednesday 14th August 2013 17:34 GMT Darryl

Squeezed all of the cash that they can out of the Dell shares, so dump them and move on to the next. Isn't that the definition of Pump-n-Dump? Expect a large sale of Apple shares soon.

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NORKS prepping glorious People's Smartmobe

Wednesday 14th August 2013 14:33 GMT Darryl

Re: Yes, but will it have an angry birds clone?

Don't you mean 'righteous capitalist western porcine retribution'?

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Wednesday 14th August 2013 14:30 GMT Darryl

Re: This is propaganda.

Yeah, more likely the phones are manufactured by one of the big Chinese factories and shipped in bulk to NK, then this 'factory' puts them in boxes and poses for propaganda photo-ops

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Samsung Mega 6.3: Enter the PHONDLESLAB

Wednesday 14th August 2013 14:15 GMT Darryl

And by 'People', you mean 'iProduct Fans', I'm guessing

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Leaked photos of iPhone 5C parts portend ugly Google legal battle

Tuesday 13th August 2013 20:34 GMT Darryl

Re: holy crap !!!

Wow, either extremely sensitive about any fun poked at Apple, or time to switch to decaffeinated.

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Tuesday 13th August 2013 17:49 GMT Darryl

Magical. That's why they made it look like My Little Pony, so the colours will fit in just fine

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Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop – the subsonic tube of tomorrow

Tuesday 13th August 2013 14:30 GMT Darryl

Re: I doubt there's anyone taking pot shots at the cars on the freeway just for kicks.

No, it's California - usually it's people in the cars taking pot shots at other cars

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Tuesday 13th August 2013 14:24 GMT Darryl

Re: Well, IF it works, then it will be

Only for the Valley Girls

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Bill Gates's barbed comments pop Google's broadband balloons

Thursday 8th August 2013 21:33 GMT Darryl

Re: MS Office discounts

Andy Prough - maybe read up on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill does a lot more than give out coupons for software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

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Thursday 8th August 2013 21:29 GMT Darryl

Re: Intelligence!

"0) You could learn about Malaria and how to avoid catching it from the internet."

Wait. You can catch Malaria from the internet???!!!!

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Android approaches 80% smartphone share as Apple's iPhone grows old

Thursday 8th August 2013 14:48 GMT Darryl

Re: Why do they produce this bull??

Matt, you're correct, but it seems to mean a great deal to iFans, who seem to love and respect a faceless megacorp because it takes more of their money.

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Xerox copier flaw changes numbers in scanned docs

Wednesday 7th August 2013 14:36 GMT Darryl

Re: Who has seen the office photocopier manual in your office?

We have a pile of brand new 5755's here and the UI is horrendous. On the 3" x 4" screen, important notifications like "Sorry, I don't have that paper size" or "I'm out of toner" are written in 5 point black type above the 'main menu' area, so nobody notices them, then phones me to complain.

Not sure what's so hard about a window popping up on the screen to let users what's (not) going on

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