At last, a real useful application for a social network!

Great application for Twitter: now Plod will be checking cell phone use at road blocks!

Good for PigSpotter (PlodSpotter in the UK).

Americans go for appearance: ever seen this candidates face?

She should have invested in a face lift and visited a hair stylist.

Thank heaven not all the best financed campaigns are successful.

Some Apps lose their novelty

Just how many times can you use an App that emulates flatulence or female mammary gland movement?

So why not set up RedLightUSA.com or RedLightUSA.Co.UK ...

and then host it outside the USA, out of reach of these State Attorneys who are breaching the Constitutional rights pf Craigs List?

Or would the UK government even deport Brits for this?

Share the loot, Google

This action seems to be another 'share the loot' where a company is trying to skim some cream from Google.

Using Motorola's boss as a witness could be risky since all he has to say it never happened. Unlikely Google would that dumb, legally.

This WiFi scanning technique could, depending on the Apps configuration, cost users a lot of paid-for traffic as data is sent back. And when does this scanning occur - continuously or when a particular handset is searching for location data, at the users command, only?

If there are millions of dollars in this type of App, how come they are not paying the freight for this back-haul data? My company employees travel widely in less frequented areas which could likely make data collected through handsets more valuable than data from higher densely populated areas.

Maybe we should sue for our split, too?

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The State judges will likely be more Plaintiff friendly given they are often elected by the public and are more sensitive to their constituents needs. On the other hand, federal judges hold their job for life.

The HD has an aluminium "unibody"

Might just be tough enough for my use - looks like the unibody does what it's supposed to do, protect the goodies inside, as opposed to being just a piece of bling which kills the phone when gripped.

The other good thing about HTC is the fact they bring out totally different form factors rather than tweaking the same old tired box as some competitors do.

Many countries restrict cell usage at various times - use WiFi VOIP instead

Whenever G20, 7 or whatever is in town you will find cell service is reduced/cancelled or delays in text transmissions are arranged. Obama, when mobile in his rolling dog and pony parade, should you have a spectrum analyser, you will see that an electronic wide-band 'cloud' follows him around from one of the black SUV's. They can 'notch' the signal permitting certain frequencies such as Plod, fire, etc, to operate.

Apparently the Secret Service, and the Canadian RCMP, expect UID's - excitable fellows they are.- to brighten their days. Russia and China often cut service..

Obviously, if you are participating in these fracas, go buy some Icom (and Chinese made) field tunable 2-way radios and set them up near to Plod frequencies and you'll have good comms.

Given todays movies ...

it's hardly worth the bother.

Besides, as soon as the DVD is out it's available for download by Bitorrent.

Should be easy enough

If they want to offer up a credit card number they should omit the last two digits of the card which would have to be completed by the iPhan, thereby reducing the chance of accidental purchases.

"skills in mind manipulation, sowing confusion, concealment and ruthlessness"

Maybe this why the Japanese could out manoeuvre Jobs and have replace all those bad batteries recently whilst the rest of the world accepts his claim that there is no problem.

BTW, Lemon 4 has officially become OK in the last couple of days with coloured bands of rubber being cancelled and nothing being done to fix the problems which leaves iPhans in exactly the same situation as existed before "AntennaGate" and effectively have been abandoned by Apple. Not to worry, maybe white ones soon and less than a year to Version 5.

Ninja at work?

Best Viewed using ...

There is little difference in the principle of recommending a web site be viewed using some old browser - some still recommend IE6, which likely such a web site contains dated material.

What web sites recommend is really their business but a link pointing to a free reader should be sufficient, even if the freebie is from Adobe.

An alternative would be to provide a Google link that searches for freebies.

Firefox Beta 4 ....!

Our office likes to participate in Beta testing to support the hard work by browser authors who don't charge for their work.

Beta 4 is so buggy we have had to stop using it ... it was costing us production time.

Good to know Google runs a tight ship BUT ....

it would have created more confidence in it's handling had the news come from Google itself rather through a delayed report in the technical press.

A Panasonic or Fujitsu knockoff

Both Panasonic and Fujitsu have products in this format. The Fujitsu was called the iPad, before Jobs copied the name and had to buy the rights.

I'd rather buy a Panasonic or Fujitsu than Dell - better quality and more experience in the format.

There goes another patent

Jobs must be kicking himself. At one cent per transaction ...

For business and tax reasons, of course

Since he's living in the country he might as well go the whole hog as it makes life a little less complicated.

Of course, many of the Japanese interned during WW2 were actually born in the U.S. and having citizenship didn't do them much good.

Not in Ontario

This couldn't happen in Ontario, Canada as married couples have to both participate in all transactions, even if there is a single name on the property title.

It came about since on occasion, one spouse abandoning the marriage would load the property up with a mortgage, realise the value in cash, then abandon the other spouse and the property.

Therefore, both spouses with ILA (independent legal advice - separate lawyers) have to participate.

I have two questions: (a) Why does the original owner lose ownership as he received no money; (b) Why weren't the funds frozen in the Chinese account?

Give it to the Nigerians to find holes in a system. Guess Australia will review it's procedures.

Guilty of having graphics files, not paedophilia

Another conviction under a stupid law. He was a support worker and no doubt had little, in any, interaction with children.

Pity "The equipment set-up contained within his bedroom would put many professional IT systems to shame" didn't include TrueCrypt.

VOA is no BBC International

VOA is stultifying, boring, broadcasting by committee. It is only bettered by the commercial religious transmissions for power wastage.

These religious types are running 500,000 watt transmitters in the AM band in the Philippines to China and VietNam where the most popular receivers are FM! Same with VOA, except they use shortwave.

"... will benefit OUR creative economy by some £200m per year ..." Huh?

When they claim: "We expect the measures will benefit OUR creative economy by some £200m per year ..." are they actually doing it to help British artists and companies OR continue to collect damages for America business?

Let other countries do their own thing and not use British procedures to shaft the British public.

Of course, the new ACTA Trade Agreement, designed to help Hollywood, remains under wraps although some information can be seen here: < http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4829/125/ >. This Trade Agreement will no doubt come into play along with this new tribunal.

It is essential to ensure that 'evidence' be of the highest calibre and not some mouthpiece 'expert' financed by the U.S. record industry trotting out the party line.

Craigslist behaved responsibly

IMO, Craigslist behaved responsibly in trying to isolate the controversial advertisements.

The real problem is that present incumbents holding office seek some controversy on which to base their next election drive. This includes some judges, in the U.S.A.

These incumbents ignore more scattered targets both on the InterNet and in other media as Craigslist provides an easy target.

Of course, the Washington politicians are more interested in constitutionally protected freedom of speech.

Naturally the customers will get to pay for the banks weaknesses

The banks continue, mistakenly, to think very highly of their on-line systems security but when it comes to undoing fraud they get offensive and accuse their clients of various misdeeds.

My bank has part of the solution. I was able, using a branch terminal, to adjust my profile do the countries my Debit Card will work in, together with disabling the ability to transfer money other than to my other accounts.

I always use portable-versions of software so the risk of using public computers is minimised. I also only transfer cash from my main account to the ATM account minutes before I access the money. It is a pity that smart-phone Apps have not been developed by banks as additional verification would be possible.

The last technique I use to identify my withdrawals is NOT use round numbers, such as GBP1000, instead I would withdraw GBP990, habitually, whereas fraud artists usually go for the highest amounts.

Another weakness are the 'independent' ATM's - I always use a bank ATM after making sure it has no suspicious attachments to the card slot or the face of the machine.

Until banks accept they are not infallible they remain part of the fraud equation.

The military know this and target them for recruiting

I noticed advertisements posted by the Canadian armed forces were targeting joystick games players to use some of the more modern equipment.

The Arizona-based desk-jockey pilots who fly the Pakistan drones knocking off unsavoury characters were also selected on their joystick skills.

Why are government contracts confidential?

In many countries the whole tendering, opening and awarding process is open including Canada and the States.

Government contracts awarded for routine supplies are published and this allows suppliers not listed to get on a bidding list which increases the competition and, often, decreases costs.

Therefore the British government should adopt these practices so that the Cameron Heinz 57 government can achieve it's fiscal goals.

The Blair/Brown government's seemingly cosy relationships with suppliers no doubt cost British taxpayers plenty although undoubtedly providing a source of funds during elections or jobs following parliamentary retirement for politicians involved in these transactions.

I am going to set up a star-gazing telescope shop

Everyone in the new high-rise overlooking the sun worshipper club should take up astrology.

I think I will set up a stand as soon as people move in. Come to think of it, sales might not be so great as likely the first two floors won't see much, which would reduce my potential profits by two-filths. Mmmmm

A sad end to his career because of greed

One thing will likely never change in businesspeople all over the world….Greed!

It seems to be a key element in their psyche. Recently a bunch if them have come a cropper - Madoff, Wall Street entrepreneurs, Ebbers, the 'victims' of Nigerian 419 scams, Clemens and Woods in sports, the list is endless.

Greed (from the Latin: avaritia) is an alternative expression of avarice or covetousness, is a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of power, status and wealth. For those of the Christian faith, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Moffat will be but a footnote in the history of technology. Now he will have the time to slow down and smell the roses.

Sorry, Beak, What I buy, I own

Apart from not being subject to U.S. law, whatever I buy, I own.

Nothing on my software says I am renting it, a principle I understand as I have rented vehicles and tools. The transaction is recorded on a form entitled Rental Agreement. The terms of the rental agreement usually state the longer I use whatever is the subject of the Rental Agreement will cost me.

When I give money over for software I get a receipt, there is no rental agreement. In fact the receipt I get for handing over money for software is no more different, other than the figures, for a bar of chocolate or a book. Therefore it must be a sale.

This is why I would never buy a Lemon 4 (or 3 or 2) as Job's gives me the impression he is actually only lending me the device as I don't have total control over it.

Judges getting smarter.

Looks like this Swiss judge is on the ball and understands the nitty-gritty detail.

Good for him (her?)

Facebook doesn't need any Trojans! (They do it themselves)

Given the lousy record of privacy protection from Facebook, it is obvious Trojan writers can save themselves time by concentrating on other social networks.

Although Facebook holds first place, many other websites need to tighten their security and make sure their server software is fully patched to current updates.

Poetic Justice!

TEN years of Labour rule demonstrate how worthless their plethora of legislation, much more than previous governments, really is.

Now the British Law books are cluttered with meaningless, police time wasting, legislation. How fitting it is that all these Members of Parliament become the victims, many of whom are actually lawyers, and really didn't bother to read the legislation they voted for rather they acted like sheep following Blair and Brown where ever they would lead them.

iPhans voting with their pocket books on Walled Gardens

In reality the success of these alternate Apple App markets by people who obviously favour Apple electronic products, is a vote against Jobs Walled Garden.

Will Jobs even learn from Apple's previous attempts at exclusivity?

Viva the competition!

Are they wonder if Boeing ...

gives a warranty that these things will fly or whether these crashes will simply lead to further orders.

Imagine this aircraft's vulnerability if it was operating in a theatre of war! I guess helicopters are a little more complex to fly than six when it roams are in Pakistan.

This reminds me of the BA check-in guy

I remember years ago, I think it was at Gatwick, a BA check-in counter man used to figure out whose houses were worth a visit whilst his customer passengers were away on vacation.

When will people learn putting information on public notice boards, such as Facebook, make them vulnerable to many comprising uses the day employers looking for background information, or nosy neighbours wanting to know the latest gossip and, obviously, be ever vigilant criminal community.

Remember the old maxim, " Talk is dangerous"? Still good today.

This is reaching disturbing levels

This new British Heinz 57 government must be setting some sort of record with the numbers of election commitments it is honouring.

Gathering fingerprints for passport renewals was a stretch anyway, particularly since the number of offices actually issuing passports has been reduced. For example, all UK passport renewals will be handled in the U.S.A. This consolidation is being replicated across the world.

How would they be able to get clear prints at remote offices? The skin of older peoples hands are difficult to print as it is so soft, as are hands kept in rubber gloves filled with skin softener for 24 hours, for those reluctant to donate to the governments data collections. The removal of skin hardened by arsenic and similar chemicals using abrasion often results in a very satisfying print formed of 'criss crossed' lines - totally frustrating for comparison. ;-)

Technology catches the technologist

Just shows how unintelligent some people connected with technology can get.

No doubt the fake signature writer will be identified in short order - then let's hope he learns his lesson. 7 days sitting in a park, without pay, should do it.

Why worry, no one can open a passenger aircraft door - not even Arny

Passenger cabin doors, even if on 'local', cannot be opened as the pressure differential between internal and external air atmospheres makes it absolutely impossible, let alone the fact that even to open them in proper circumstances is difficult.

The regular exit doors have to be pulled inwards, rotated, then pushed out.

The only doors that open in flight with any regularity are cargo doors, some of which only need swing out - Boeing aircraft have had several instances where their cargo doors opened because the safety mechanisms were poorly designed and manufactured. In one case a coffin dropped in to Ontario!

So let the big breasted air-heads try their best, they won't make it.

Sounds like handy software, where can we get a copy?

Most network operators have various staff driving around do their normal duties with test sets in their trunks that auto-dial calls on everyone's networks so they can assess coverage.

Why can't Ofcom start with this data? Dam sight cheaper than having a paid outfit cover the same ground. They can cover the less frequented areas.

The U.S. is rife with prurient bible-thumpers and do-gooders

As readers can see from newspapers or Google. the latest being the self-proclaimed Qu'ran burning preacher, a long list of narrow-minded hypocrites - so long that it would fill several Register web pages - who also gather unto themselves like-minded politicians who are usually looking for funding or following the latest public opinion poles to gather votes, are often the rabble-rowsers who drive public opinion.

Then you get people like Jobs who use their positions to force their concepts of morals on to their followers.

Unfortunately these like-minded people are good at organising public groups such as The Tea Party or the Anti-Immigrant movement and then they start a witch-hunt using search engines followed by a search of government grants.

Yet the often under-aged, multi-wife, faiths of Utah and parts of Western Canada go about their polygamy even though it is contrary to the laws of both countries. Older readers will remember when the singer Jerry Lee Lewis came to the UK to do a tour, accompanied by his then, legal, 14-year old wife, who was also his first cousin. This was in 1957! He didn't last long as UK public opinion was violently against him.

The problem lies in culture. The InterNet is culturally insensitive; one persons idea of normal is another's insult or offence. Look at Greece: naked breasts all over the beaches with few tops; Vietnamese women dress, to Westerners, provocatively, yet this is no indicator of their conservative views; many African women are topless but this is their custom. It doesn't mean they either promiscuous or flaunting their wares.

InterNet content providers should put a warning screen between regular and more 'extreme' content, much as movie theatres or the TV advise that the following material is not suitable for certain audiences. But you'll find these do-gooders carry on clicking, and then complain about content that offends them.

Personally pornography bores me but IMO it is a useful, harmless, victimless, outlet for those who have a predilection for that type of activity and might even prevent an attack on a child or female. Yet the politicians have criminalised such viewing which only drives the practices, which are obviously flourishing notwithstanding, underground.

The U.S. should look after it's 'culture' first before trying to make the rest of the world toe their line.

No wonder America is failing - everyone's staring at a screen

There are possible, logical, answer to this.

Maybe the mass of unemployed Americans are using FB to look for work / employment connections or, having nothing to do, just hang around FB.

Some companies are now blocking FB as their employees also spend hours on FB, whilst getting paid, and doing nothing productive.

Interestingly, some of the booming Asian economies, where so much of the West's stuff gets manufactured, actually block access to FB.

True Freedom of Information - Couldn't happen to a better source

The military rate almost every piece of paper, other than toilet paper, 'Secret", or above, which really detracts from the ratings worth.

Given the numerous illegal acts committed by U.S. Forces, including killing British and Canadian forces, as well as other coalition forces this information needs outing.

A previous leak showed the murder of Reuters reporters with a sound track that sounded more like game hunting talk rather than the pre-planned, deliberate murder of innocent civilians.

The Pentagon isn't entitled to any secrecy in a pathetic attempt to hide their crimes, crimes which violate civilian, military and war rules. These Wikileaks are justified as anyone who has viewed the helicopter video of the reporters murders would no doubt support.

There's cracks in the walls of the Garden of Job and getting bigger

Looks like between the FCC and Google, and inadvertently aided by AT&T, the much vaunted Wall of Job is going the same way as all walls - be they Jericho, Hadrian's, Great [China] or Berlin - they all collapse.

The technical innovation unleashed by the introduction of the smart-phone was only being inhibited by the personal prejudice of one man who betrayed his duty to Apple shareholders in the process.