Posts by vegister

so sad.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-08/09/indie-labels-warehouse

pointy haired bosses

the reason for choosing big name brands is that is what the salesman/consultant (with his own agenda) tells mr pointy haired boss what to do.

mobile spectrum auctions

remember when the govt made billions off the 3g spectrum auctions? maybe they need reminding of that fact.

licensing fees

i'd be interested to see their licensing budget. often there's better ways of saving money that the bright idea of cutting jobs ...*open source*.

revenue up..i wonder why?

>>Those customers are generating an average of £24.70 per month for TalkTalk, up from last year

That's because my average bill has gone from £16.50 to £25 without any change in usage.

I suspect the next year may not be so good as customers look elsewhere. TT used to be reasonable value -not any more.

screenshot

the screenshot is from 12 months ago - probably quite a bit has changed since then - is there anything newer?

zimbra

while they're at it they could dump Exchange and go for Zimbra. Works nicely with Active Sync on mobiles.

oracle are doing their best to destroy any remaining goodwill.

every time oracle do something like this, they are shouting 'we hate our customers'

people will start choosing alternatives very soon. they are in my top 3 companies to avoid if at all possible.

why root anyway?

is it just because I can?

i haven't seen any need to root my HTC desire running 2.2, and i'm usually one of the first to invalidate my warranty on new gadgets.

windows worm

lots of newspaper articles mention that siemens machinery is targeted, but neglect to mention it is a windows worm. and....

Q: And these have been patched by Microsoft?

A: The two Privilege escalations have not yet been patched.

purchase looming...

My money's on vmware buying the suse part of novell. recently they bought zimbra for their cloud email solution, and suse could fill a few gaps for vmware (hypervisor and cloud solutions).

antivirus on android

i've seen an antivirus on android - do they work? has it ever caught a virus/trojan/malware/rogue app from the marketplace?

i don't want android to become another untrustable OS like windows.

good fun

enjoying it, hope it's a sign of better games coming our way on android. i would pay a nugget for a few more levels.

although this game has now filled my phone memory, so I'm waiting for 2.2 so i can transfer to SD.

latest android software?

"and it has been fixed in the latest version of our Android software."

are they referring to 2.2? half of the android phone owners today will probably never get to run 2.2

red hat - competition?

redhat are NOT providing stiff competition in my experience. tried for ages to get RHEV evaluation software and/or academic/realistic quotes.

I suspect they didn't have a product to release.

They lost me when I realised you require active directory to run their management software. I don't care about "coming soon", promises or vapourware, I was in the market to buy a product.

I am now a VMware customer.

agoraphobia (fear of the market place)

i hope google sort out their marketplace, and clear out the smut and at least put some controls on it. i'm an android user and a little nervous (security-wise) about installing apps from there. i generally choose poplular ones, but don't get that nice feeling like when i'm downloading apps from ubuntu's software centre.

maybe google will sort it after there is a massive malware issue due to a rogue app.

had an android phone for only a few weeks and haven't paid for any apps yet. although not to say i won't ever. i'd probably pay for an app if it was cheap enough and useful enough (e.g. locale?). wave secure (remote wipe app) looked a bit too expensive for my liking.

who owns the data?

it concerns me that in this increasingly fascist country we could be presumed guilty for something we did not do, on account of our proxmimity to an event shown by our oyster travel records.

sorts out the men from the fanboys

the ipad is so useless that anyone buying one will establish their credentials as a devoted follower of the cult of steve.

make it cheaper, and they will come

i am a tech literate IT bloke and would love a Nokia N900 and mobile internet, but the reality is, with wife and kid to support, i just can't justify an extra £30 a month for the luxury. nearly all iphone users i know are young free and single with no landlines, nappies to buy and mortgages fixed at 6%

until then, in my opinion, it remains a luxury in the realm of those who have plenty of disposable income, or those who absolutely need it (far fewer than the first category)

uk.fail

typically we hear nothing from the UK.gov

agenda

the great thing about the revo that my wife still uses daily (besides the instant on, great battery life, weight, touch screen, design) is the software - well written and still yet to be improved upon. the week view on the agenda/diary is just excellent - what else compares with it?

such a shame that psion died before they were able to release a colour, wifi, bluetooth version of the revo. the nokia n900 is the only device that has caught my eye since the revo. mind you, i haven't got my hands on one to try yet - i may be disappointed!

I like it

..but how much does it cost? I'm hoping not very much.

My phones are usually hand-me-downs from the wife. My K700i still feels quite new!

could be a psion killer..

i like this. i also read that the boot time is 3 seconds. if the price is right the wife's psion revo might get a refresh..

missed opportunity

here was their chance for an ARM based Linux tablet and what do we get? more of the same, hardly an innovation.