Posts by dogged

Re: Simple multitasking

None of those are Metro apps.

Do you have any clue what the topic is?

Re: My standard desktop use at work

I really do not understand all this blind panic among people who should know better.

Let's spell this out once and for all.

IT'S A LAUNCHER. YOUR DESKTOP IS STILL THERE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE METRO APPS. YOUR TELEMETRY SYSTEM IS NOT A METRO APP. EXCEL IS NOT A METRO APP. CS5 IS NOT A METRO APP. YOUR WEB BROWSER OF CHOICE IS NOT A METRO APP (unless you chose IE10Metro and why the hell would you?).

UNLESS YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO USE A LAUNCHER, YOU'LL BE FINE.

fucksakes, people. The sky is not falling.

Re: Bogus argument

Are you suggesting that all of MS's server monitoring tools are going to be Metro apps?

The clue in the Task Manager. It most definitely is not a Metro app.

No, you can use the desktop and have as many as you like.

Bogus argument is bogus.

Broken XBox

That's just Barry Shitpeas and his "perfect" PS3 again. Let it go.

Re: Expert opinion

>Or an EU politician.

Alright, to bet your own money.

Re: Pot meet kettle

Would you mind translating your comment for the sound of mind, please?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Re: Expert opinion

You'd have to be pretty brave to bet against a Greek default right now.

Re: Catch up tv is only 9.2%..

My XBox gives me iPlayer, 4OD and skyPlayer (although I never use that). No iTVplayer and I don't think whatever Channel5 have but really, that's not exactly a major loss.

I quite like the YouView idea but it'll have to be pretty damn good to make the XBox redundant.

Re: Question for the Windows Phone executive

Works on the Dell Venue Pro, "Anonymous Coward". Troll fail.

Re: blimey...

More evil than Google?

More evil than Apple?

More evil than Oracle?

Highly unlikely, in all cases.

If you want evil-free, you're shit out of luck. So pick your evil-of-choice and shut the fuck up.

Worst. Reporter. Ever.

Here's what Paul Thurrot has on this -

[quote]This week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was widely reported (including right here in WinInfo) as having said that he expected to see as many as 500 million Windows 8 users by the end of 2013—a fairly impressive feat given that the product will have been on the market about 15 months by that time. Microsoft PR contacted me to explain that he never actually said that, but wasn’t able to provide a video or transcript of his speech, nor tell me exactly what he had said. But the basic gist of it—since, again, no one seems to be able to provide this very basic information—is that Ballmer was simply reiterating a statement the company had made previously in its Windows Store blog, that there would be more than 500 million Windows 7-based PCs ready to upgrade to Windows 8 by the time Windows 8 ships. And the credible Todd Bishop says that Ballmer actually said the following in his speech: "With something like 400 million to 500 million users expected in the next year, the best economic activity for people building machines, and the best economic opportunity for people writing applications, will be around Windows." Point being, Ballmer was talking about Windows generally, not Windows 8 specifically.[/quote]

Yes, I know BBCode doesn't work but it's a nice delineator.

Gavin, do you get this crap from Google or what?

Re: @Stoneshop: Microsoft *must* be on dangerous ground messing

That's true. I used to work for Motorola years ago as an RF engineer, designing logic and faultfinding on GSM base stations.

They have a LOT of IP in the field of what you'd call BIOS on a computer and plenty regarding packet-switched network design and implementation, fault diagnostics and network maintenance.

On the software that makes a phone work?

Not so much anymore. They don't even use their own OS these days, or make their own chips. So yeah, Moto have a lot of IP. Almost none of it is relevant against a software company.

Re: Germany

Because German patent law is brutal and German courts are regarded as sympathetic. It's like suing in Delaware or East Texas.

You could offer yourself to Motorola as an expert witness in rendering this patent invalid but if nobody mentions your prior art in court, it's as if it never existed.

So basically, if this offends you so much, telling us is just pissing the wind. Contact Motorola.

Re: MS vs. non-MS

Yeah, google are lovely fluffy bunnies who love everyone, especially YOU. Riiiiiiight...

Motorola have certainly sued over patents though. And this case was brought against Motorola, not Google.

Re: What is the difference between a smartphone and a featurephone?

It can. YOU can't code it, though.

If you can check email while playing music, multitasking is happening. WP can do that because the music player has native access.

It can multitask. It just doesn't let any old idiot with a copy of Visual C# Express fool around with its nethers. If you feel that makes it less than "smart", that's your decision.

Re: Baidu

Android phones are going to be pointing at Google

In China? Very, very unlikely.