Posts by Winkypop

Met bobbies get CSI kit to probe perps' mobes

PCs

Phone Cops?

Pakistan blocks Twitter, then changes its mind

I object to silly beliefs

But I waive that point. I do not press it. I look over it

(apols to G&S)

Iran threatens to chuck sueball at Google over missing gulf

How about calling it the "Pershing" Gulf?

The name sort of fits.

It's not the most peaceful region on earth.

Facebook jumps then slumps in first few minutes day's trade

It only takes one prick.....

....to burst the biggest balloon.

Crooks sell skint fanbois potatoes instead of iPhones

As it's always been

This con probably started in a cave somewhere.

Ogg: Want buy some mammoth meat?

Zlg: Oooooh....

[later]

Zlg: Awww &%#$, not rocks again!

Roman roads get the web maps treatment

Puts a whole new sandal on

Global Romin'

Google+ dying on its arse – shock new poll

Google+ you say

Sorry, I spend too much time avoiding Facebork to worry about another one.

Casablanca to screen for free on Facebook

It's OK

I know what happens...

US dope farmer in Walmart rattlesnake chomp shock

"At this point, it appears to be an isolated incident."

Oh, except for that mountain lion we had in the BBQ section once.

Siri subtly shifts smartphone allegiance

You're kidding, right?

[jaw drop]

IBM smashes Flash out of Wimbledon, serves up HTML5 app

"...and consistency of servers."

Oh I see, those kind of servers!

Doh!

Spy under your car bonnet 'worth billions by 2016'

It's never about LOWERING prices

Never.

Game goes titsup in Australia

The once great malls now stand empty as silent sentinels.....

...from the days of old when people actually went to the shop.

Apple drops '4G' label from new iPad

I'm glad I bought my iPad 3 when it was 4G

That was close, eh?

I almost ended up with 'very fast' instead.

Hyundai Veloster coupé

Hyundai eh?

Once bitten, twice shy.

Iranian firms told not to use foreign email providers

So what will they call 'their' Internet

iRan?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Blu-ray

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to 80

no more, no less. 80 shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be 80. 81 shalt thou not count, neither count thou 79, excepting that thou then proceed to 80. 82 is right out. Once the number 80, being the 80th number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

ISP kills off country-ban dodge after just 48 hours

It's not that kind of ISP

Because, sadly, it's not that kind of world.

Shy Venus in rare Sun crossing next month

Avoid the crowds, make sure you are in the van

The transit van...

'Fake Carla Bruni' Twitter account spreads Thatcher death rumour

Shame

That is all.

VW STUNS WORLD+DOG WITH REAL HOVER-CAR!

Das luft auto?

You feed it Chinese batteries and half an hour later its hungry for more...

Anonymous takes the Kremlin offline in Putin protest

Not that many years ago...

...such an 'incident' could have set off WW3.

Times have changed, if not power-hungry politicians.

US gov boffins achieve speeds faster than light

It's science

It's good.

Pirate island attracts more than 100 startup tenants

But

Who'll stop all the pirates!

Cybercrims dump email for irresistible Twitter, Facebook spam

Finally social media has a purpose

One giant sump for online shite.

Virgin Media cuts Pirate Bay access for millions of punters

Re: No, You need to get real.

I just wanted to have a go too.

Microsoft ejects DVD playback from Windows 8

Microsoft?

Are they still around?

Baidu sets up shop in Australia

A Chinese search engine?

Sort of an anathema really.

NHS trust goes 100% over IT budget in patient records rollout cockup

We can't make you well

But would you mind filling in the "customer experience" survey all the same?

Nympho hauled to loon-cooler after serial bonkathon brutality

I always wondered

If you could get too much.

Seems you can.

<== who else?

iTunes fanbois outraged by Apple's sex-life quiz probe

I faced these questions last week

I already have no clue as to what I answered...

Fail for me too.

Astronomers provide new estimate for neutrino mass

WiggleZ

∑mν<0.60 eV to ∑mν<0.29 eV

That leaves a bit of WiggleZ room.

Descriptive Camera develops text instead of images

Oh dear

What's to stop abuse?

Are the image description multi-sourced?

You could really mess with people.

Just sayin....

iPhone 5 in ICE CREAM SANDWICH photo riddle

New iPhone 5 gesture?

The 'lick' ???

No sex please, we're Telstra

What a pussy!

Oh wait, nix that!

Getting rich off iPhone apps is b*llocks, say UK devs

App development how-to

Is there an App for that?

Megaupload case near collapse: report

Spanner, meet Works

It does appear like one mega obfuscation tactic to me.

Google founders, James Cameron, go asteroid mining

Planetary Resources Co

They have the most important thing covered it seems.

A Facebook page....

Apple claims Aussie 3G is so good it's 4G

Re: Astonished! Shocked!

No, life here is Aus is no different.

I call my 3G access "Mary"

I knew the Apple 4G wouldn't work in Aus, but I bought the iPad 3 anyway.

Call it what you will. 4G, 3G, Mary.

It works just find on the iPad.

Caveat emptor.

How iiNet beat Big Content

"If you aren't selling, why are you bitching when people pirate?"

Ummmm, because they are, errrrr, greedy?

Kiwi three strikes law closes on first victims

Careful, the alleged offenders might abscond...

...and go on the lam.

It is NZ.

iiNet wins High Court trial

Hey AFACT

Up your nose with a rubber hose!

Irish national telco gets 100 days to escape €4bn debt hell

Ahh privatisation...

There's plenty of cash to be made by privatising public assets, just don't expect:

- lower prices

- competition

- public dividends, nor

- investment, or even survival it seems.

Techie stages 'strip down' protest at TSA 'harassment'

Don't look Ethel !!

Too late, she looked.

NBNCo shoots down Turnbull's satellite argument

In other news....

Australian Liberals claim that the Internet gives you cancer and will make your dog pregnant....

Swiss, German physicists split the electron

Science eh

Just when we reckon we know it all, they go and discover new stuff.

Cloudy QR code bike theft stopper gets Police thumbs up

Far Canal

Do they work at the bottom of a canal?

That's were many stolen bike end up.

Pirates not to blame for Big Media's sales plunge

Changing how we consume

Me:

I've all but given up on TV, I listen to and watch free and paid web content, consume copious amounts of entertaining/educational podcasts and avoid radio due to the dross that is 'today's' music.

Who'd a thunk it a few years ago?

Microsoft to bake Windows 8 in three flavours

w00T

I'll be even further behind soon.

Still quite happy with the previous eXPerience.