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Posts by Tom 35
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Salesforce boss Benioff foretells grim, unrelenting hyper-capitalist future
Google WILL wriggle away from Euro probe... but THEN what?
Re: Monopoly
"MS had no browser lock-in."
How do I uninstall IE? MS went to a lot of trouble to make sure I could not remove it.
How do I stop Outlook from opening links in IE even if by default browser is Firefox?
When I log onto a computer for the fist time at work I get IE and Bing.
No lock-in my ass.
Even if there was no lock-in it's still not comparable because they are not asking for a choice to let people switch from Google. They want to force Google to add their search results to the top. They want SEO forced on Google. They don't want the chance to replace Google with their product, they want to ride on Google's coat tails.
Right, that's IT: We'll encrypt INTERNAL traffic to thwart NSA - Yahoo
Sonos and I: How home media playback just gets SO FRUSTRATING
Wireless - not.
"These are square tower enclosures, about six inches high"
A 6" tower? Making a mountain out of a mole hill I think.
My old CRT TV would let me disconnect the built in speakers, and plug in a decent pair of book shelf speakers. That was fine for watching TV. But the new LCD has only got a digital out so I need something more complex, have to turn on the receiver...
My TV room in my older house only has two power outlets. One behind the TV stand and the other on the other side of the room. So wireless speakers are out, I'll take speaker wire over extension cords any day.
Cocky Microsoft strokes soft tool in public for 3D printing on Windows 8.1
How to relieve Microsoft's Surface RT piles problem
although we're all going to have to get used to it
No we don't.
I'm on Windows 8.1 enterprise right now. There is no Microsoft account. Classic shell so I never see the crap not-metro screen, and hardly ever see the slightly less crap start screen. App store? I think it's in there someplace, don't care.
As for my Surface RT, Outlook is much better then the old mail app (not hard) for checking my work email, and the Netflex app works quite well. I would not pay money for one. If they unlocked the thing it would be a lot more useful but I'm not holding my breath...
Hackers steal 'FULL credit card details' of 376,000 people from Irish loyalty programme firm
Microsoft FAILS to encrypt data centre links despite NSA snooping
Makerbot vows to plonk a 3D printer in every one of Uncle Sam's schools
Re: "Instead of waiting for someone to create a product for you, you can create your own"
"its about the opportunities to spark their imagination."
The problem is that if they only have one in a school, there are not going to be a lot of opportunities to go round. It takes hours to pint one item so what percentage of the students get to have a go.
When I was in School we had one trampoline*. Half the class waited around for their 2 minute turn, the rest of us gave up and did something else (horizontal bar in my case).
* until "hay watch me do a double back flip dismount"
Is it all up for LANDFILL ANDROID? BEHOLD, the Moto G
Publishers reject Google's revised offer to fix search biz in Europe
Re: Not a monopoly
Anyone using google has actively chosen to do so. When you first log onto Windows you get IE and Bing as your default. If you install Flash/Reader/Java without watching what you click on your going to get Ask.com. But I don't remember ever getting slammed onto Google.
If you want Google as your default you have to actively change your IE search to Google, or download a different browser like Chrome or Firefox.
Google is #1 despite MS trying to stuff Bing onto everyone's computer.
Personally I use duckduckgo most of the time, because I don't what anyone trying to decide what I should want.
Moaning publishers
So how often do these publishers send people to other publishers because their service is not as good as the competition?
Google refuse to pay you for linking to your stuff and providing you traffic? You threaten to block them if they don't pay and they send you instructions on how to setup a robot file? Want your cake and eat it too?
Clearly they should list your stuff at the top of all searches, and pay you for the privilege.
Personally I've been using Duckduckgo because Google is already too screwed up by people who think they know what I should be looking at.
New Internet Explorer chief is man behind Windows Phone reboot
Re: Good.
You can't install a different one so you are out of luck. No Firefox to make IE look bad and force an upgrade.
For windows I expect some useless UI changes like maybe the shortcut menu will become a full screen of giant "not-metro" like blocks, maybe even have it's own live tiles crap.
Facebook makes Adobe fans change their horrible, horrible passwords
Adobe
I just received a "change your password" message from Adobe yesterday.
"As we announced on October 3, 2013, we recently discovered that an attacker illegally entered our network and may have obtained access to your Adobe ID and encrypted password. We currently have no indication that there has been unauthorized activity on your account."
So are they just getting around to sending password change notes now, or are people still walking in and grabbing data?
XBOX One SHOT DEAD by Redmond following delivery blunder
Disabled not bricked... but
If blocking your online account renders the device you paid for useless you have a point.
If they decide you have broken some item on page 17* of the TOS they can kick you off your own hardware. Bad press might be your only protection (since I'm sure there is also a "can't sue us" in the TOS).
* That might have been added after you bought the xbox. Added with an update that you had to install if you want to keep playing your (rented) games.
Ding-dong! Bye bye Sunday lie-in, your Amazon package is HERE
I had Fridays off
My old job I had Friday off, worked Saturday or Sunday (my choice, as long as everything was done Monday morning). It was great as I could deal with government offices that were open M-F 9-5 (more like 10-4 most of them) shopping or the Bank without weekend hoards. Also service or deliveries where you must be home between 11am and 4pm (they show up at 5:40) type things.
GCHQ hijacked LinkedIn profiles to hack Belgian telecoms network – report
Netflix, YouTube video killed the BitTorrent star? Duo gobble web traffic
But the...
ISP is owned by a conglomerate that also owns TV stations and cable TV companies. They don't want you watching OTT stuff like Netflix, they want you to watch THEIR stuff. Pay THEM the monthly fee and keep you on cable TV with all the bundles of crap for big bucks. Down with Net Neutrality! Up with cable company profits.
Microsoft advertises Surface, Excel with maths mistake
Microsoft offers Google-esque multi-meddling options in Office Web Apps
The CURSE of WHO: WHY has there never been a decent videogame with the Doctor?
SCIENCE and RELIGION AGREE! LIFE and Man ARE from CLAY
'Last EVER REAL Nokia' phone heads for Verizon, leaky pic-spurt reveals
Antivirus bods grilled: Do YOU turn a blind eye to government spyware?
I would expect...
The request would not be to ignore the spyware forever, but not to be the first to detect it.
Once some other company in a different country detects it, cover blown and everyone can add it to the detected list.
The only thing I can see that argues that this is not happening would be leaks. If this was going on I would have expected a leak or two to have happened.
Switzerland to set up 'Swiss cloud' free of NSA, GCHQ snooping (it hopes)
Re: but...
"surely you are still stuffed in the UK even if the data is in Switzerland? Can they not compel you to turn over the keys,login etc....?"
Yes, but at least you know they are snooping, and can fight back if you want.
Different then a secret order to go vacuum up your data from Google/Microsoft/Amazon cloud without saying anything.
Amazon throws Kindle sale party after FAA aeroplane gadget fondle ruling
iPad 4 is so OVER: 5 times as many fanbois now using iPad Air - survey
Re: News flash - iPads available from non Apple Stores
What's your point?
That's nothing new. There is a Bestbuy across the street from my office. There used to be lineups round the corner for new Apple stuff but not for the last few launches.
The last time up I saw was for GTA, and there could be a line for Call of Duty later on Today since they have a 12:01 opening for the game. But zip for the ipad air or iphone 5s/c.
If anything is diverting people from lining up at the Apple store* I expect it's online sales.
*other then deciding it's not worth lining up.
Snowden leaks latest: BT, Vodafone, Verizon jack GCHQ into undersea fiber
'It seems that the OSes and devices are based on the Devil'
Twitter duped us, coupon-clippers claim
iPHONE 5S BATTERY: It may NOT just be you, it may be RUBBISH
Want to go to billionaire Sun kingpin's beach? Hope you're a strong swimmer
Blighty's telcos set to CHOKE off another fistful of piracy gateways
Digital radio may replace FM altogether - even though nobody wants it
Big Content says Pirates of the Caribbean do their worst in Australia
Re: ...being ignored by state and federal police “despite multiple entreaties by rights holders”
That's more or less how Canada ended up on their list.
Do what we say, or we will put you on the list!
Oh No, Not the List! Yawn, Zzzzzzzzzzzz
They said they would stop making movies in Canada, but it's still cheaper so they still make them here.
US indicts Brit bloke over backdoor blagging of US troops' data
Why did Nokia bosses wait so long to pop THAT Lumia tab?
Hate data fees but love your HD slab? Here's a better way to pay for bytes
Re: It can be done
That's fine, but what if you want to use a different service.
Much better if they charged a fair price for going over your limit. No need to be limited to what your cell phone company has on offer (likely old crap that you could buy for less in the DVD bin at the super market), use Netflix or what ever you like. If you know watching a move will cost you $5-10 you can decide if that's worth it to pass the time. My old cell phone company charged 5 cents / KB with a max of $100 a month if you go over, (just one of the reasons they are my old company).
It's NOT an iPad - but that's FINE: I learned to LOVE Microsoft's Surface 2
Icahn trousered $700m from Netflix stock sale?! Er, it would appear so
Lumia 2520: Our Vulture gets his claws on Nokia's first Windows RT slab
Re: Office 2013 RT is not designed for commercial, nonprofit, or revenue-generating activities
"purchase commercial use rights"
Other then pages saying you could buy it, I was never able to find out how / how much, or even if it actually exists.
Lots of smaller companies have not upgraded to 2013.
If they have Office 365 you could buy a laptop and get full office and get some real work done.
There is a LOT wrong with RT.
Anything desktop from it's big plus office to accessing anything in the control panel are crap without using the keyboard or at least a mouse.
They will not let anyone write any desktop software.
And the surface...
You need a desk as it's too top heavy and floppy with the keyboard to use on your lap.
It's too heavy to use for long as a tablet.
To do actual work, my netbook is better (and a laptop that cost the same as the surface would be better).
As a tablet, my Nexus 7 kicks its ass.
That's why the Nexus 7 is with me right now, and the surface is sitting at home.
Netflix original TV shows gamble pays off... to the tune of 10m new viewers
Brit PM raps Facebook for allowing GORY beheading vids
Now swallow: Microsoft hands out cure for Surface RT tabs killed by Win 8.1
I didn't know where it went...
(It's a tiny link in the lower left corner of the File History control panel)
in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard"
I think some manager said to make Windows 8 less complex, and another manager said to hide anything that looked complex. Problem solved.
Wait for it, waaiiit for it: We update an Atom tablet to Windows 8.1 Pro
Re: updating iOS @Tom 35
Must not have been paying attention and missed the link.
I also did a fresh install of 8.1 enterprise on a laptop that will be joined to the domain. The "no I don't want a MS account" is hidden nicely. You have to click create new account before you get the link to skip it.
The new features seem to be much more useful on the laptop then they are on the surface.