Posts by Barry Tabrah 149 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jan 2008
You can download an extension for the stable release that does auto-translation using Google Translation services. Works quite well. I can understand why they decided to put it in as a built-in feature.
However, this is a dark and dangerous path. MS have embedded a whole bunch of unused tools in their browser in the past and this has caused much woe.
Government, particularly local Government, are still running software that relies on IE6 that was written 7-8 years ago. This software is the backbone of many a department. The person who wrote the software left 3-4 years ago and left not a scrap of source code. And this software contains 7-8 years worth of data in a proprietary format that God himself would find hard to untangle. And that data exists only in this system.
Government is desperately trying to avoid having to get someone in to decypher the data and import it into new, expensively written, software that relies on IE7.
Free Download McAfee groups, Extend McAfee Subscription groups, Click Here to get your free McAfee emails, all pointing to malware. This I foresee.
Also you would not believe how many systems I look at which are heavily infected because the AV has expired.
This will not end well.
The electromagnetic field generated by electrical devices from a neighbours house is what is really being ridiculed here. The levels of exposure from these devices would be so low at that range as to be unnoticeable in comparison to background radiation. And I'm pretty sure it's not being carried by shared wiring.
We are all hoping that common sense, and maybe a bit of science, will be applied in this case.
You will note that I am not saying that hypersensitivity doesn't exist, just that it does not apply in this case.
Slates, or tablet PCs as they used to be called, strike me as having a limited market. I sure as heck wouldn't want to use one strictly using a Windows 7 front end.
Once again I think it'll fall to Apple to show us how these awkward, unwieldy, keyboardless devices can be turned into practical devices.
It's not like Facebook is charging anyone. It's offering a free service for those who wish to use it. If they want to change their policies then that's their right. After all, it's not like they did it without telling people.
Ooh, I was a bit cold but now I can almost feel the flames. :)
The most likely carriers of such evil would be apps like the fart button (not that I'm currently accusing these developers of anything more than poor taste). It's unlikely that malware developers would put the time and effort into developing something useful.
So do the world a favour and avoid the stupid apps. It'll help keep your data safe and make the world a more pleasant place for everyone around you.
At least I am when it comes to Dell kit. No inbuilt 3G, poor performance, and not exactly the prettiest chunks of hardware on the market.
There is the issue of general useability with netbooks but they do have their place and if they are designed to meet their niche then all is well. I just feel that Dell netbooks aren't.
If there are a large number of people sticking with Firefox 2 then surely that's a major security problem. Not as bad as sticking with IE6, but pretty bad nontheless. After all, malware writers don't care what you use as long as they have a back door into your system. And as Firefox 2 is no longer supported by Mozilla it's not like any holes are going to get patched anytime soon.
The weakest link in the chain is once again shown to be the end user.
I haven't bought a new console in over a year now. I guess it could be because of the financial downturn, or more likely it's because I've already got one!
When was a new console last released? Are there thousands of people out there putting off getting a new console for this long? Or maybe, just maybe, everyone who wanted a console has already bought one.
Game sales would be a better indicator of the financial console situation. I know that I have to consider the price of games more these days.
I've always thought that the most effective method of eliminating spam would be to target the companies that advertised via unsolicited spam, rather than the spammers or botnet writers. Take away the profit and you take away the problem. Who's going to write a spambot if there's no spam to send?
I know that the user is the weakest link in the chain, and that most managers store their passwords on post-it notes stuck on the top of their laptops, but no manager should have the user rights necessary to remove encryption from a device in any organisation that carries sensitive information. And no decent encryption should allow a user to turn it off.
Any organisation that doesn't use decent encryption methods deserves to have their data stolen, and should be held accountable for the consequences of that data loss.
There is a reason why IT experts are hired. It is a wise idea not to ignore their advice just because you don't like the results.
I see no problem with software such as this being installed as part of Windows Updates. I spend more and more time these days cleaning malware from people PCs just because they have outdated or unregistered AV software. Some protection is always better than none and I believe the introduction of the MSRT has been a step in the right direction.
One of the features that's been missing so far from the Stable release of Chrome is a proper zoom function. As I use my TV as my computer screen the ability to zoom in the whole page, not just the text, is kinda important to me. So far the new version looks like it'll do what I need. Hopefully I should be able to discard IE completely now (apart from needing it for badly written web pages of course).
When I say working I mean that the use of non-legit copies of the OS amongst the people I meet has tended to decrease. It is often easier to purchase a copy of the OS than to try and fudge away the Activation with every Service Pack, and the cost of an OEM version is not unreasonable.
Yes I know that Linux is free. And OSX doesn't need this tech because you have to buy an Apple computer to run it in the first place (officially). But with the Windows OS being the only purchasable OS for PC it's only fair that Microsoft try and protect their intellectual property isn't it?
There are two releases of Chrome, a stable version and a developer version. If it's version 2.x then it's currently the developer version.
More information on current versions and changes can be found at the following link;
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/
If it's meant to be a cheap and cheerful machine then it should have a DVI output. If it's meant to be a media centre then it should have the grunt for the job.
From your review this machine fails to do what it was designed to do. I mean, what's the point of HDMI without the HD?
I personally think 75% is a generous review.
The point of this is not that the malware was installed through the use of warez, the point is that the Macs in question had nothing to protect themselves from this infection.
The majority of infections on the PC are caused by the installation of something by the user, mostly from websites. Antivirus and Spyware protection are the components by which users are protected from their own stupidity.
As Macs are targeted more, Mac users are going to have to consider investing in some extra software. And good luck finding an expert who can clean your Mac. I'm pretty good at bringing a PC back from the brink, but I wouldn't know where to start on the Mac.
Methinks the Mac Geniusi are going to need a whole new level of genius pretty soon now.
If product tagging within supermarkets (one of the many lauded applications for RFID) took off, consumers could pull up nutrition information, allergy warnings, supermarket price comparisons, etc. This could tie up with shopping lists created by your fridge and uploaded to your phone.
God I miss Tommorow's World!
It'll take 5 minutes to get into the store. Upon entering the store you will be handed 20lb of Microsoft merchandise but no bag to carry it in. You may be thrown out of the store at any point with no warning. You will be hounded by sales staff asking you if you are sure you wish to browse this shelf.
And then there's always the risk of counterfeit Microsoft Stores. Happy days.
Some of the worse games are those with movie tie-ins, but the real stinkers are the ones that are developed by 4th grade developers using a game engine they developed 5 years ago and rushed out to cash in on a movie release. And how much will we be charged for these abominations I wonder?
This is not the way to sell blu-ray movies. Once again Sony is playing to marketing guys and not consumers. Will they ever learn? Methinks not.
The worst thing about Google Chrome is its installation location, which is in the application data folder of the currently logged in user. The Google team seem to think this is the correct location for Chrome as it's not an application. However on a multi-user system this can cause major headaches.
Microsoft created a Program Files folder for a reason. Sure, Google Chrome should be storing settings in the user folder but they shouldn't be storing applications there.
You have to question what other windows standards they are throwing to the wind.
I know it's early days but there are still a few issues with the NXE, for example everyone I know has had the console freeze when viewing the Friends page, and the content is ofren reported as not being available (possibly due to high loads, time will tell)
Hopefully these minor niggles will be resolved soon. Overall however I quite like the change.
This will probably work in most cases because a) most people don't password protect their bios and tend to leave everything bootable, b) most people don't clear their internet cache, and c) virtually nobody encrypts anything.
Just think, how many people do you know who would have the first clue of how to hide something on their computer?
Paris, because she probably thinks encryption is something she heard in Ibiza.
...zoom in by touching the screen with two fingers and moving them together
Are there fruit related legal issues why you zoom in by moving your fingers together rather than moving them apart, or is it merely another typo in this extremely hasty and slapdash news article?
There are many simple reasons that don't require a degree to figure out.
1) The units are too expensive. The cheapest DAB units start at fifty quid. You can buy a regular radio for under a tenner.
2) The average person doesn't want the extra channels. We like BBC and local radio. And we can get the regular channels on our good ol' analogue radio.
3) Most people who might want the extra channels can listen via the internet or their TV. They don't need to spend fifty quid on a radio.
The only way you can get people to switch is to knock the price down by at least half. You can't tell me that the manufacturing costs of DAB radios massively exceeds that of analogue radios. It's not like you have iridium-plated nanoprocessors in the darned things.
People have been shipping backups around ever since we've had backups. I realise that the reporting of these incidents in recent times is highlighting the problem, but imagine how much information has been lost over the last few decades. It's not like courier services have suddenly become incompetent overnight.
Gamestation was the last place I could trade in my £20 PC games for £1-£2 a piece. I sense that with this acquisition the second-hand PC game market is now doomed. Where shall we now get our copies of Myst and Leisure Suit Larry? I hope we are not reduced to car boot sales for PC gaming bargains.
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