Re: Market share

Unfortunately they are the no. 2 email provider with 25% of the market, just behind the market leader Yahoo which has 26%.

Changing email provider means telling everyone your new email address and persuading them to use it. That can be a bit of a pain which is why a lot of people still use hotmail.

@BristolBachelor

To use target disk mode, you need to reboot the machine and press Cmd-T at the EFI boot screen, then your macbook is working like a very expensive Firewire drive. You would not be able to do your presentations at the same time.

Re: Travelcards

You by a travel card with your credit/debit card. It is stored on TFL's computer against your card number, and when you present that card at the gate, it lets you through.

Re: FUD

Target disk mode is very similar to taking the hard drive out the laptop and connecting it to another computer as a second drive. It is well known that if you have physical access to a machine, you can access its contents, and you need to encrypt them to keep them safe.

Re: Emergency SMS

It is also good if you want to call for help without letting your attacker know

Re: Agree

Was this small print even available to read between the PC World shelf and the till? I very much doubt it, and you can't impose additional T&C after the purchase has taken place.

Re: No

I think El Reg means two users in addition to all the Microsoft employees who don't work in Mac Business Unit.

Re: Why are the so late?

The ones that are ready only produce accounts for small companies with reduced disclosure requirements. Sage, Thomson Reuters and presumably the two big four accountancy firms listed are the only ones that can cope with large company accounts, listed plc accounts and group accounts. They have much more complex disclosure requirements, and hence a lot more work to get it operational.

Sage's corporation tax software was previously written by Deloite before they sold it to Thomson Reuters. Presumably they still use it, so that is at least three of the big 4 that are not ready.

Sounds good

If they come up with something that means my clothes can walk from the middle of my bedroom floor to the washing machine, get themselves washed, then walk to the ironing board to get automatically ironed, and walk to the wardrobe, then I will definitely sign up for it. Until then, the only conceivable use for a connected washing machine is that it texts me to say it is finished, but I usually notice when it stops making a noise, and if I'm too far away to hear it, then I've got better things to do, and it can wait until I get back.

Or maybe I could log into the fridge and get it to send some food to the microwave, and then to my bed. I doubt that will happen any time soon either.

Re: Nano Clouds

An iPad is designed to be used sitting down, or at least when you are not walking around. That means somwhere where there is WiFi, or on public transport. I'm not sure that an iPhone Nano would be used in the same way.

Re: Who in the hell

That is how El Reg signs off its articles.

Re: Abstract ideas

Google's algorithms are not patented, they are trade secrets.

Re: hmm

and even if they are, the upload speed is usually not that good.

Yes

In fact, it is such a good idea that I am going to install Chrome for the sole reason of downvoting expert sex change.

No it doesn't

ACS:Law is not a limited company, so Andrew Crossley is personally liable.

Maybe not

Did you agree to the T&C before or after buying the Playstation that was advertised as having this feature?

Re: Android = Open. Market = Not

On my phone, I have the Google Market with its 100s of thousands of apps, and the Samsung App Store with 9 apps to choose from. I can also obtain apps from elsewhere and transfer them to my phone on the SD card. As Android is Free and Open Source, anyone can use it and modify it as they wish.

Re: What about new networks and technologies?

UMTS over here is located at 2100MHz. if you look at earlier articles on this site, you will see that O2 now have permission to operate it in their current 2G slots at 900Mhz, and have placed and order for the kit to do so.

I thought Canada operated in the 850MHz / 1900MHz bands, which is why you need at least a tri-band, and ideally a quad band phone to roam over there.

Re: Eh?

I guess they have a data recovery plan to deal with hardware failure, malware, cyber attacks, natural disasters and so on. However most people forget about user error, and that is the most common cause of data loss.

and also

Most people are still happily using Office 2003. Continuing to use that costs nothing.

Re: Different networks, different rules...

You need to prove you are over 18 for home broadband anyway, to show you have legal capacity to enter into a contract. Anybody can walk into Carphone Warehouse with a bundle of cash and buy a PAYG modem.

Re: suoıʇɐʇɔǝdxǝ ǝןqɐuosɐǝɹ

I usually expect to have to charge up the phone, put in my exchange server settings and wait about 10 minutes or so for it to sync before I can use it, but other than that, I agree with you.

Not really

They aren't all attending the same mosque, so if members of one congregation wish to communicate with members of other congregations, the only option left is the postal service, or to go and visit in person.

That means, for example, that if the government forces attack one mosque or its congregation, they can't put out an appeal for reinforcements.

@johnny canuck

I did read that. Every year from 1999 to 2010 has been colder than 1998. There is no doubt about that. However I don't think you can conclude from this that the world is now entering a cooling phase. All the other factors which affect global temperature besides CO2 concentration pointed to 1998 being a hotter than average year. In 2010, all these other factors pointed to it being a colder than average year, however, for the first 11 months of the year, it was on course to be the hottest year ever, and only the cold spell in December pulled it in to 2nd place.

So, any time I see 1998 being mentioned, I wonder if a denialist is trying to manipulate statistics to his own end. That's why I ask, is there a cooling trend since 1997 or 1999? Does the 5 year moving average show a cooling trend since 1998? I think you will find the answer to these questions is no. The denialists would be very quick to point out any manipulation of statistics by scientists, and I think the denialists should be held to the same high standards that are expected of scientists.

Re: Grounds to be counter-sued

Accusations made to the person concerned are not libel. It is only libel if the accusation is made to a third party.

They did tell the accused's ISP that they detected copyright infringement at a particular IP address. They could get round the libel charge by arguing, as the accused has, that the IP address is not evidence that he did it.

Re: well done HP, not

Just like the iPad 1. The iPad 2 will most likely be out by the time that ships, which presumably will have better performance.

Re: yeah but no but

I've never had any problems with Companies House. Ask a Company Formation Agent to form the company, and you have it on the Companies House website a few hours later.

Getting a bank account and a VAT number for it so you can actually start trading is an entirely separate issue.

However, this is a company that has been registered, precisely five years ago today on 25th January 2006. They filed "total exemption small" accounts for the year ended 31st January 2008, and "dormant" account for all other years before and after. "Dormant" means they had no trading activity at all. "Total exemption small" means that at least two out of the following three statements were true - they had sales of less than £5.6m, they had assets of less than £2.8m and they had less than 50 employees. Figures are higher now, but that was the limits at that time.

Re: Cloud

Maybe you are like me and have your own personal Exchange server sitting under your desk, but most people use a webmail service for email which is essentially a cloud offering.

So the answer is, I don't entrust my confidential details to the cloud, but a lot of people do.

Re: Rotor size

No. The output increases exponentially for larger blades, so you want the largest blades possible.

Re: I'm amazed

He moved to Tenessee, which has the shortest waiting list in the country, then waited in line like everyone else.

and also

You can't access the network drive from your iPad, unless you know of an App I don't know about, and the boss isn't going to want to sync back and forth via iTunes.

Re: Erm

You find someone who has Apple shares, such as a tracker fund; borrow some shares off them; sell the borrowed shares to some other person; buy the shares back hopefully at a lower price and give them back to the person you borrowed them from.

The risk is that it ends up like another Volkswagen where someone ends up owning >100% of the company, and the general lack of available shares and short sellers being forced to buy them urgently causes the price to shoot up into orbit.

It's too late now

This was announced early morning New York time, and the shares will most likely open down on last night. Perhaps they already have, but it isn't showing on my time delayed Yahoo Finance feed yet.

in any case

You need your own driveway for this car, as you can't exactly run the charging cable across the pavement overnight.

Re: buses

Electric cars may not release any CO2s out of the exhaust pipe, but the power station the electricity comes from almost certainly does.

Also, long distance trains aren't always that eco-friendly. CrossCountry Voyagers emit more CO2s per passenger km than a Land Rover.

Taxed as domestic fuel

Gas costs about 4p/kWh

Diesel costs about 6p/kWh

Electricity costs about 14p/kWh

Diesel for domestic fuel costs 62p/l. For use in a car it costs £1.32/l

Excluding VAT, domestic is 59p, car is £1.10. Additional excise duty is 51p

Applying the same differences to Electricity, I make it about 22p/kWh taxed as road fuel, or about £2.27 for the equivalent energy of a litre of diesel.