Radio Shack was the only good electronics place in my town before Best Buy. Maybe Best Buy or similar should buy them and use them as outlets that cater to local demands (like one location might do well with phones, another with tvs).
Posts by sjsmoto
170 publicly visible posts • joined 9 May 2012
As bankruptcy looms for RadioShack, we ask its chief financial officer... oh. He's quit
OH SNAP: Getty Images sues Microsoft over Bing pics widget
BAD VIBES: High-speed video camera records your voice from trash
It's Google HQ - the British one: Reg man snaps covert shots INSIDE London offices
MYSTERIOUS Siberia CRATER: ALIENS or METEOR not involved, officials insist
REVEALED: The sites blocked by Great Firewall of Iraq
Kids hack Canadian ATM during LUNCH HOUR
Watch: Sun BELCHES PLASMA large enough to ENGULF 35 EARTHS
UK.gov tweets now national treasures! – National Archives
Apple eyes virtual reality goggle game with patent filing
Windows Phone 8.1: Like WinPho 8, but BETTER
Apple vows to add racially diverse EMOJIS after MILEY CYRUS TWITTER outrage
Google settles copyright suit with Viacom over YouTube vids
Blighty teen boffin builds nuclear reactor INSIDE CLASSROOM
Congrats for common sense and a learning opportunity!
Wow, they let him build it in a school after a presentation and training where needed.
While here in the States, you can get suspended from school for chewing a Pop Tart into a shape that resembles a gun [1].
What a world.
[1] http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/boy-suspended-pop-tart-gun-loses-appeal-have-record-expunged
Steve Jobs statue: Ones and ohs and OH NOES – it's POINTING at us
Apple seeks patent for mood-sensing technology
it didn't work too well in the future
Toaster: Howdy doodly do. How's it going? I'm Talkie, Talkie Toaster, your chirpy breakfast companion. Talkie's the name, toasting's the game. Anyone like any toast?
Lister: Look, I don't want any toast, and he doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. No toast.
Toaster: How 'bout a muffin?
Lister: Or muffins. We don't like muffins around here. We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and definitely no smegging flapjacks.
Toaster: Aah, so you're a waffle man.
FCC net neutrality blueprint TRASHED by US appeals court
Microsoft: Here, we'll make it easy for you Gmail lot. Meet our Outlook.com movers
Backup software for HDD and Cloud
Spideroak
I use Spideroak. I use it on Windows 7, iOS, and Ubuntu. I have it syncing certain files to their cloud and between these OSes. I could also sync to an external hard drive, it's just a matter of referencing its drive letter and selecting the folders/files to sync.
I chose Spideroak because they only charge for the amount of storage you want, not by how many computers you install the software on. And as a programmer, it's a bonus to me that individual file versions are saved. Also, your files are encrypted on your computer before they're sent to their cloud - so don't lose your password.
Long time ago? Galaxy far, far away? You ain't seen nothing yet
Here comes Windows 8.1! Microsoft grits teeth, pushes upgrade to world
Allow more variety on Start screen
I think the desktop Start screen has a potential to be more useful if widgets were allowed to live on it. Just like on Macs where a key press will show you the widgets screen, why not have some useful things (weather radar for your area, twitter feeds, news headlines, task manager info) on the Start screen as well. Press the Windows key, have a look, press again to close.
Robot WildCat slips its leash and bounds around parking lot
Steve Jobs AIRBRUSHED from history by APPLE months before his death
US.gov - including NASA et al - quits internet. Is the UN running it now?
Congressmen will very quickly balance the budget when a law is passed that requires them to draw their pay only on government *surplus*. If not, they should go unpaid.
Google is showing that almost half of them are millionaires, so not getting paid won't bother them. I would figure the holdouts are in this club so they wouldn't care either.
WIN a RockBLOCK Iridium satellite comms module
Roses are #f00, violets are #00f. This witty code is a boffinry breakthrough
Murdoch machinations mean Microsoft must rename SkyDrive
You're 30 years old and your PIN is '1983'. DAMMIT, biz mobe user
Typical! Google's wonder-dongle is a solution looking for a problem
Re: DRM
What I find crazy is that none of these "Smart" dongles (as far as I am aware) allow users to access their "legal" movie libraries, such as Ultraviolet or Digital Copy.
Oh yes, please. Otherwise I don't download the video software to view the "free" digital version of a movie that's included with a dvd. I just rip the movie from the dvd instead.
Sony and Panasonic plan 300GB Blu-Ray replacement for 2015
Texas man charged in multimillion-dollar Bitcoin Ponzi scheme
"The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning about the potential dangers of investing in virtual currencies"
I keep getting stuck at this line. I mean, isn't the whole stock exchange one big virtual currency? One day your piece of paper from X Corp is worth ten bucks, the next day it could be a penny.
Apple dives through iRon curtain, launches Russian online store
Telly psychics fail to foresee £12k fine for peddling nonsense
Facebook's Sean Parker fined $2.5m for tasteless eco-trashing wedding
Is the next-gen console war already One?
I started with a PlayStation because I didn't want to have to deal with video drivers. And I bought a PS2 because it improved the speed and graphics, and was compatible with PS1 games.
In deciding between PS3 and XBox 360, I chose XBox because I thought I'd make more use of the XBox/PC connectivity. This turned out to be a wash, since only the music part worked ok but I couldn't even get home movie AVIs to stream through the XBox to the tv. And the extra apps offered by Xbox - you have to be a Gold member to use them.
So, I have no plans to buy a new console, XBox or PS, because it's easier now just to run games on my computer, and wifi videos to the tv.
Microsoft: YES! You can have your desktop back again for FREE!
Adobe kills Creative Suite – all future features online only
Re: gimp? really?
I'm already not using Photoshop because I can't afford it. And I'm not using GIMP as some sort of political statement. It just happens to work for what I need. Is that not allowed?
I should also mention that I like KompoZer because it provides what I need over Onenote. Should I feel bad for being productive with that software as well?
Plans for fully 3D-printed gun go online next week
Ubuntu 13.04: No privacy controls as promised, but hey - photo search!
Re: Amazon...
If I'm looking to buy or download something, wouldn't it make sense to add the Amazon search to software center instead?
But If they're stuck on adding all of these searches to the dash, at least offer a prefix to limit the search locally, like "my editor" or "my report" so it only looks on my computer for a file or program containing the word editor or report.
Gartner magicians mumble, fling bones, scrawl new disk pentacle
'Wireless charging' in Galaxy S4 will betray Samsung's best pal
RIAA: Google failing on anti-piracy push
Bill Gates: Windows Phone strategy was 'a mistake'
I guess I'm just crazy. I have a two-year-old Windows phone that I like better than the new Android phone I also have. Still snappy, still downloads maps and such quickly.
Probably the only way to make the phone more popular is to bundle it with a Windows computer, with a 6-month prepaid pay-per-month plan.
Ubuntu? Fedora? Mint? Debian? We'll find you the right Linux to swallow
why either/or?
On my laptop I'm running Ubuntu in VirtualBox seamless mode under Windows 7. In Ubuntu I use GIMP, Meld, KLinkStatus, and VLC media player. In Windows I use various MS development tools, and one I can't do without: SQLyog.
But even if I had nothing to use in Windows, I'd still use it as a VirtualBox launcher to run different Ubuntu environments. If nothing else it does a great job of that. ;)
Apple refreshes MacBook Pro range
Re: *splutter* How much??
In the States I've gotten used to good laptops priced at $400. As Wibble reminds me I've never considered a Sony, they've always been pricey without anything compelling to make it worth it.
But a couple of months ago this life-long Windows user finally bought a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Yes, I would have loved for it to have been cheaper, but now that I have one I don't feel like I've been ripped off. Solid construction, great touch-pad, nice OS.
While I won't be ditching my Toshiba laptop anytime soon, I can see how the Mac hardware/OS integration makes it more pleasant to use.