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 | if his domain is inactive emails to that domain won't be delivered, DOH! If he published content that's in violation of the law (which cracks certainly would be, whichever excuse he uses to publish them) his hosting provider may well have pulled the plug, wouldn't be the first time. |
 | It's a good thing there are several versions, and 4 isn't excessive. The editions map well to the current versions of XP: Home, MCE, Pro, and 2003 Server edition. Easy choice, though I think the basic edition won't sell too well (especially as a boxed product, it's got a bright … |
| | Google is getting way too intrusive, shortly people will be completely pwn'd by them and that's when they suddenly will realise they can no longer access their own data without paying Google a kingly ransom for it. In the meantime Google will be analysing all that data and selling it …  |
| | LOL. Actual numbers are completely meaningless when comparing internet (or cellphone, or whatever) use between countries with different population and demographics. The percentage of people using the technology is, and there China is lagging behind. The large numbers quoted (especially for internet use) are also in large part people having … |
| | The "complaints" that "Java is slow" have been inaccurate since the release of the 1.4 JVMs ages ago, but will never die because there are too many people who have vested interest in seeing the end of Java (not the least of which is a good portion of the open …  |
| | And don't the security firms have access to the same beta and prerelease versions you do (and early access versions of development tools for Vista)? Seems someone's looking for something negative to say about Microsoft, as usual. |
| | Nothing to prevent the same anti-piracy systems from being used on a downloadable version that are on the hardcopy version. The key is in fact far more easy to personalise to the purchaser, making pirated keys that much easier to track down (as it is they can be traced at … |
| | And as usual things are misrepresented. Microsoft just says they believe the accusations made against them are wrong, and the OSS world starts attacking Microsoft as usual. You just have to end with an anti-Microsoft tone as usual don't you? For the average user Linux is certainly not more secure … |
| | " it seems to be a dirty trick that Apple's doing right now by forcing you to buy an iPod/iPhone if you want to play your songs on a device, and forcing you to buy from the iTunes store if you want to play songs on your iPod/iPhone" Uh, have …  |
| | the only reason PP gets the biggest share of phishing victims is because they target the big fat underbelly of the internet, the gullible computer illiterate masses who are the preferred victims of phishing attacks (as anyone with more common sense doesn't fall for them). |
| | posession of stolen goods is a crime in most countries, once you have downloaded pirated software/movies/music you are in posession of stolen goods. The "fake" stuff isn't in itself enough to convict you, but can be used as an indicator to get a search warrant to find out if you … |
| | Apple is confident that they can buy a judge and jury with their massive legal budget, maybe even countersue Cisco for using iWhatever for any product at all. |
| | Not well received due to its closed nature. Battery can't be removed (and thus exchanged), just like the iPod (but phone batteries wear out more quickly). Lack of software options (no Java for example from what I hear). Overpriced. the only thing it has going for it is the "cool" … |
| | If the Chinese get what they want the internet will be blood red due to the Great Firewall of China regulating everything :mrgreen:  |
| | Bug-free programs of more than a few lines don't exist. But from the entire tone of your rant it seems you don't care about the truth, only about kicking Microsoft in the shins...  |
| | new email addresses can receive spam within minutes of being created, even if they've never yet been used. I've confimed that through experiments, creating semi-random email addresses on my server which usually started gathering spam in 5-10 minutes. And for many changing their address is no (realistic) option. The old … |
| | Re: Microsoftzilla they may have had the reputation but that reputation was never backed up by facts. As to Opera, as with Mozilla in the past you hear little about it because so few people use it. As a result few exploits are ever attempted against it and thus it doesn't make … |
| | The only thing about that functionality that annoys me is that even if you explicitly declare you want to trust a certificate that's for example expired or handed out by a non-trusted authority (like our self-issued certificate we use at work for the intranet/extranet which for some obscure reason uses …  |
| | [B]Websense predicts that some embedded anti-phishing toolbars will become targets of exploit code designed to disable or avoid their prevention mechanisms.[/B] Even more duh: it's easy to trick people into installing spyware, that's well known. Hiding that spyware as spyware prevention or removal software is also well established. Lots of … |
 | So you're opposed to Linux because one distro is gaining the upper hand (at least among new users), and at the same time you're opposed to Linux because there are too many distros out there. Which is it? I do agree with your statements about GPL and OS in general, …  |
 | Sigh, another pointless study from another pointless magazine. So you have a few hundred respondents worldwide, all of whom are either HR people from companies addicted to certifications or possibly individuals addicted to them. Not representative of the IT industry as a whole. If it were you'd have MCSD, MSCE, … |
| | The main target for this release will be new installations rather than upgrades. Microsoft may have underestimated how content most users are with XP in that, especially given the massive volume of Microsoft hatred flooding the internet (they've probably a team analysing it all and predicting how much of it …  |
| | Another major reason is that the PS3 is late to the game. Most hardcore console buyers have in recent months bought an XBox and Nintendo and are now out of money for a bit before buying a PS3 (at which point prices may have come down). I expect PS3 sales … |
| | "It may seem like the Zune is a total flop, after all, "it's from MS". But no, I don't think that is the problem." I think it is the problem, or at least a major one, with many of the target audience (youngsters). That audience is extremely image conscious, and … |
| | "However, explain to me if you will, or indeed if you can, why it appears that UK users will have to pay a staggering 72 percent more than US users for Office 2007 Professional Edition? " So? That's the case with pretty much ALL software in the UK (and Europe … |
| | This isn't about software patents, but patents on hardware, mainly production techniques for high density microcircuitry. If Via's chips or their factories use patented technology without a license they should feel the heat. Asian firms have been able to flount international patent law for far too long, effectively making it … |
| | the real clever bit is that they can make a ton of money selling the special paper that people will need to use their special printer in combination with their special paper. "Carbon footprint" is complete bollocks, an invention by treehugging politicians with no understanding of the first thing they're … |
| | Technically Google's services are indeed pretty viral as they seem to infect everything they touch unless you take precautions :) And as I have my doubts as to the good intentions of Google, the usually hostile nature of virusses is also present. |
| | Time to start looking for another line of work then. Companies will pretty rapidly start moving away from Java as they want nothing at all to do (and rightly so) with anything that even remotely reeks of GPL. |
| | Sounds like just another load of scaremongering by some anti-US, anti-government people who think they're done injustice because they no longer can wave their first class tickets at someone and be let through security without a second glance. Noone is going to confiscate anything without due reason. Airport security has … |
| | The open content of wikipedia is the data, therefore if you take that data and republish it under a different name you're forking it. |
| | if they are they're rather late to the game with every phone manufacturer (and they have that market firmly in hand and divided) offering pretty much the same thing already: a mobile phone that is also a media player, game computer, PDA, video and still camera, etc. etc. etc. . |
| | So? When you send me money I've no obligation to see whether it's for something you were required to pay me for. Nor am I under any obligation to send money back old ladies send me. Besides, she wasn't elderly in the 1980s... |
| | What idiots. Privacy nutters gone haywire (even more so than usual). If a 14 year old kid has access to his mother's work computer something's seriously wrong with the network security at that company (and what was the kid doing in there anyway?). If a person uses their work computer … |
| | While a cost per copy sold of $450 is a bit much, it does prove the point quite well. Most people sorely underestimate the cost of building and maintaining software, let alone supporting it for years after it is sold. They think that because they can buy blank CDs for … |
| | prepaid phones are the real ripoff :mrgreen: You pay more for less. Just because some marketing department was less than honest in the way it shoved services down the throat of customers doesn't mean that subscription plans are bad, it means marketing departments should be put against the wall and … |
| | And who's going to be the version number police? Are you proposing some UN agency where everyone has to submit requests to be allowed to release something and wait for a few decades (or pay a few million dollars in bribes) before it goes through the bureaucracy? Take a look … |
| | Indeed well done. Those squatters are no better than the domain hijackers who register domains in the names of celebrities in the hope of extorting money with threats to sell to porn operators (for example) or squatters buying expiring domains before the holder has a chance to renew the registration … |
| | Boeing will close down its service, at the moment it's loosing them a lot of money to keep it running. Most likely the first step will be to stop marketing it, and refuse tenders for new potential customers. Next step will than be a move to not renew contracts with … |
| | I wonder how you'll feel when your sales plummet because the punters can now get your entire book online for free. Your argument is the same as that used by the advocates of music and movie piracy who claim that it eventually leads to sales. Problem is that for every … |
| | The "researchers" you are talking about are the crackers who would use such tools to steal corporate secrets and commit sabotage. And they don't care a gnat's ass about the DMCA (or any other law). And there's no telling whether this printer was updated with current firmware or not. Most … |
| | how can you have been talking for "many years" about something that hasn't existed for more than a few... |
| | Good warning about FF now forcing even more spyware onto PCs. The Goooooooooogle toolbar was bad enough, now RealPlayer as well and all the crap that brings. Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with IE. It's at least as good, looks better, and doesn't spy on me. And yes, I've … |
| | They give people a choice, either change to a GSM subscription or pay for the privilege. That's more than the networks here did when they stopped their oldfashioned (even then) analog networks in 1999 or so. Subscribers were told to either change over to GSM or no longer have a … |
| | Re: Intel Quad-Core? If you always hold off to buy the next announced CPU or GPU you'll never buy one. As to gaming performance, there's indeed not that much difference YET between single core and multi-core CPUs, but that's mostly because most games to this day aren't programmed to make use of multi … |
| | It's pretty much all stores... Staff are hired based not on knowledge but pricetag and looks. A cheap highschool dropout with a toothpaste smile, a miniskirt, and big boobs sells more (and at a higher price) than a nerdy boy with thick glasses, a faded T-shirt, and a stutter. She's …  |
 | Don't believe every anti-Microsoft rant you read online, most are based on either blatant lies, gross misunderstandings, incomplete data leading to massive exagerations, or a combination of the above. You WILL use Vista at some stage. XP support won't last forever, and sooner or later you're going to be working … |
| | You can prove anything with a survey if you only word the questions correctly. If you want Symantec to score high in customer satisfaction, just put them on top of a list of companies that noone ever heard of for example. Everyone will either check them or "other" (if supplied) … |
| | Re: As google officially becomes a transitive verb, Google worries about losing trademark protection Since when is the Webster 'official' and in what capacity? Is it some sort of government body which defines what the language is? And if so which government (as English is spoken in many countries as the native language). AFAIK English has no official government (or intergovernmental) organisation to define … |
| | Indeed it's no fault of Microsoft at all. They keep support on their products for far longer than most companies, yet people complain it's not enough. I just today found out my IDE which was released Q4 2004 will go out of support Q3 2007, a far more normal period. … |
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