Posts by Test Man

Microsoft offers IE 11 preview for Windows 7 ... but not Windows 8

Well, it is a developer preview, not the final product.

Royston cops' ANPR 'ring of steel' BREAKS LAW, snarls watchdog

Re: sinisterly deliberate or incompetently deliberate

Out of interest, what is the bypass? The A1(M)? Or is it that road that cuts through some rocky hill (the one that leads to a load of roundabouts and the tunnel before you get to the A1(M))?

Mass Sony DVR seppuku riddle: Freeview EPG update fingered

Ah, so this killed several channels on my Digital Stream last night then?

Oh please, PLEASE bring back Xbox One's hated DRM - say Xbox loyalists

Re: "...consumers were uninformed..."

No, it wasn't confirmed by Microsoft. It was completely rubbished by Microsoft (http://winsupersite.com/xbox/xbox-one-preview-what-really-happened-family-sharing). The "generally thought" bit was a load of crappy tech sites regurgitating the rubbish that was pasted on Pastebin - hardly a bastion of truth.

Windows kernel bug-squish, IE update star in July Patch Tuesday

Re: Mandatory question

Must be your machine - my two works with IE9 fine with no crashes.

Win 8 man Sinofsky's 'retirement' deal: $14m shares, oath of silence

There has to be something really shady to have happened to have Sinofsky get pushed out and subsequently put under a ton of NDAs in return for having his stock bought up. Shady as in operational reasons. Obviously there's been massive speculation regarding Windows 8's direction and (lack of?) sales which may have done it but that can't be all.

Tethered and vulnerable: Hotspot password FAIL not just in iPhones

Re: one of the problems of selling to a non tech end user

What's a hotspot not?

Not a good spot.

Facebook slurped phone numbers says Norton

The funny thing is the other day (within the last two weeks in fact) the Facebook app presented me with my phone number with a message "Is this your phone number?". Cheeky bugger!

The future of cinema and TV: It’s game over for the hi-res hype

The thing is, technically of course upping the frame rate would make the picture much much better in comparison to upping the pixel count, but would the masses accept it?

We've already seen things where technically the better solution is generally rejected, even as recent as the Xbox One digital sharing feature that, amongst others, was dropped. There's also some detractors that don't like the look of the 48fps The Hobbit film.

So I'm not sure if people are ready to accept a 120fps UHDTV film, for example. Still, it might make live broadcasts look much more vivid. And maybe might make those silly 100Hz interpolate feature that are on some current HDTVs obsolete (hate them - picture always looks naff and it ruins "the feel" of footage that is filmed on film).

Brits' HSBC bank cards, net access goes TITSUP

I always thought that Scottish (and Northern Irish) notes weren't legal tender ANYWHERE for any amount.

Adobe CEO admits need to 'tweak' Creative Suite's cloud-only policy

Re: Bah!

What the hell are you FUDding about? Only a few months ago, via where I work, IT installed a single user single copy of Dreamweaver CS6. Adobe have never stopped offering single applications for a single price.

Apple reveals bare bones iPod touch

Re: Planned obsolescence

"The BBC has chosen to cooperate with Apple and refuses to make the iPlayer - TV or radio - work, even using web apps/web browser of any flavour, on any IOS higher than 4.2.1."

iOS EARLIER or LOWER than 4.2.1, you mean

But yes, I also have a 2nd gen iPod Touch, one that hasn't seen updates in months because clearly the new baseline version number standard for apps is either 4.3.x or 5.x. Gutting.

Hot new battery technologies need a cooling off period

Re: Wouldn't it be easier to...

Overhead electric lines over roads - Cost, unsightly, dangerous, etc. You're advocating overhead gantries over every single road? Even if it was only over major roads, it's still a ridiculously expensive and unsightly venture to be getting into.

If you've bought DRM'd film files from Acetrax, here's the bad news

Re: The boot is on the other foot....

Friend got Transformers 3 on Blu-ray. with a Ultraviolet copy that you download through iTunes.

After what seemed like an awful faff, we managed to get it to download to iTunes and then transferred onto his iPad.

Disconnected then connected again and it synced, deleting the freshly-transferred film with it.

Tried to download again - would not let us do it.

Rubbish system.

Re: Don't buy an Xbox One

WRONG. Microsoft have already said you'll need to connect to the internet at least once every 24 hours. Irongut - you haven't a clue.

The bunker at the end of the world - in Essex

How timely an article - I passed this on the way to Brentwood a few weeks ago.

HTC woes prompts 'leave now' tweet from former staffer

Re: Plus you have to throw it away in three or four years when the battery expires

That's going to be a bit hard when you can't replace the one it already has.

BT Tower is just a relic? Wrong: It relays 18,000hrs of telly daily

Re: Sorry, but....

HAHA fair enough.

Not that I watch it (I kinda do... sssssshhhh! :D ) but I remember a year or two ago, a broadcast of X Factor was delayed by around 20-40 mins because the power to BT Tower's was knocked out.

In fact... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/14/bt_xfactor_outage/

I hope they upgraded the power coverage since.

Hunt: I'll barcode sick Brits and rip up NHS's paper prescriptions

Re: Rhyming Slang

I'm assuming when barcodes are mentioned, they're talking about QR bar codes.

Re: Will cause more problems than it solves

Couldn't the doctor, in that case, simply print out a copy of the... oh!

Sorry, I meant that he fills it in there and then and lets you leave once he's "committed it to the system" so that the pharmacy can access it straight away, maybe with a code?

New Ubuntu for phones due 'by end of May' – usable this time

Just looking at the screenshot in the article and I have to say, what is the point of this mobile OS? It has boring icons like many other mobile OSes. What new and revolutionary does it bring to the table?

NEW ITV Player app IS HERE ... for Samsung fandroids only. Ha ha

Re: what a load of

The exclusivity isn't, seeing as the app's been available for months already.

I still shudder at v1.x of the app - the craptastic Adobe AIR version. It was AWFUL, with lots of non-standard buttons and features, including (for the first few builds anyway) the inability to actually exit the app via an on-screen button, menu item or the back button.

STV Player

If by some miracle there are people who want to view ITV's programmes on a device that isn't a Samsung one, STV did release a player recently (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.stv.android.player).

Just use a Scottish postcode (like the postcode of Ibrox Stadium - that one works ;) ).

Voila! No real need for the rubbish ITV Player as most of the same programmes are also available on this not-as-restricted-as-ITV-Player app.

Re: Spoilt for choice...

Not strictly a new app, as this 2.0 version was released when the branding changes were implemented months ago.

If by some miracle you still have the 1.x version that needed Adobe AIR, it will still work (poorly).

This is weird. The new ITV Player app (that has the new branding and is specifically for Samsung devices only) has been available for months already. So God knows why Samsung has only put out a PR statement now.

HTC profits PLUNGE 98%: Pins hopes on HTC One, 'Facebook mobe'

Re: Mail client

You can copy settings across?! How did you do this?

Hotel marketplace Airbnb: Show us your privates if you want to book a bed

There is NO CHANCE I will be handing my passport details to some random American company, to store for some unspecified reason.

Giving it to the American authorities, fair enough, as they need the information for me to enter the country and they are the authority charged with using that info. Some American company that just holds it so that other American companies can use this info to verify you? Not a chance.

iPhone 5 totters at the top as Samsung thrusts up UK mobe chart

Re: HTC One Black - no stock

NinjasFTW - same experience for me but with HTC Desire HD. Burned once, still suspicious of HTC, especially with their "flagship" claims.

Londoners in mass test of telly tech savvy as 4G filters mailed out

Not understanding this.

London doesn't use any UHF channel in the high 60s any more? It's the high 60s that are near or at 800MHz, yes? So 4G signals at 800MHz aren't likely to interfere with any Freeview signal?

Although I do recall someone in the comments section on a Freeview article in The Register suggested that it would still interfere if people were using a wideband aerial that is designed to accept signals from the full UHF range.

Dell axes IT channel middlemen, installs Windows in the factory

Re: Who new...

This is for EMBEDDED systems.

Microsoft brings back Windows watch after Apple seeks 'flexible' bod

Re: meh....

Select * From Handle - that is truly a geeky answer. I bet you don't have a home phone either ("why have a home phone when I have a mobile?") or clocks on the wall ("why have a clock when I have a mobile?") or a TV ("why have a TV when I can watch everything on a mobile?")?

'Sorry, I don't get the drama around having an always-on console'

Re: 'Sorry, I don't get the drama around having an always-on console'

Considering the entire "always on" thing is a massive rumour, for all we know Microsoft were NEVER considering it. That one bloke who ranted on about it isn't indicative of Microsoft's official position on the matter whatsoever, especially as he has nothing to do with the development of the next Xbox at all.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Re: Water levels...

wowfood - I HATED the casino zones with a passion!

New rules to end cries of 'WTF... a £10 online booking fee?'

Re: RyanAir

"Clearly they're just moving the numbers around, but if the up-front price is correct then I can live with that."

Yeah I'm pretty sure that instead of charging wildly excessive prices if you use a credit or debit card, they now simply call it some "admin fee" or something else now, so EVERYONE pays.

BSkyB punters drown in MASSIVE MYSTERY Yahoo! mail! migration!

Re: migrating or copying emails?

Your paranoia has caused you to not understand what is happening. If you use POP with the "leave deleted mail on server", then when mail is moved to servers, as far as the client is concerned they are fresh new e-mails so it's redownloaded them.

Unfortunately, this is one of the reasons why POP isn't fit for purpose.

Re: RTFM

Bob. Hitchen

Again, like the OP said, it's down to the fact that people were using POP with the "leave deleted e-mails on server" option set - when the server changed, as far as the client is concerned the e-mails are fresh new ones so it's redownloaded them all.

This is yet another reason why POP should never be used.

Freeview telly test suggests 4G interference may not be a big deal

Re: I checked last week

Pity you can only access one of those without a subscription.

Google goes on the Blink in WebKit fork FURORE

Re: Chromium WB

It's the Chromium project that is moving to fork Webkit to create Blink, hence Chrome also follows. Therefore, any Chromium browser built from the Chromium source will be using Blink as the engine.

Provider of FIFA goal line tech chosen, tracks ball in space and time

The camera-based system is only one tech that is legal for use in football, according to IFAB. There's a magnetic-based tech that has magnets or sensors in the football and goals, which avoids the problem of line-of-sight completely. Obviously, this sort of tech is more expensive.

Microsoft's summer update will be called Windows 8.1

Re: So, Windows 6.2.1? 6.3?

You're thinking about it too much.

The marketing name has nothing to do with the internal version number.

Same as with Linux.

Boss of Irish-based R&D hub: Man, this place is the back of beyond

Re: Shame

The Dublin-Galway motorway/route is good, but barely anyone uses it, compared to a similarly-specced UK motorway, and even considering it's only two lane. What's even more annoying though is the multiple tolls on the route. More (expensive) tolls on that motorway/route than the whole of the UK.

Facebook prepares to dominate Android

Re: "Would you like to tell me and the rest of my family how ..... the birth of my first child is?"

"As having a child is the biggest act of selfish vanity you can indulge in"

Would love to meet the parents who spawned you...

IBM socialises Notes mail to stop your yammering

Too late IBM. We're moving to either Google Apps or Microsoft Office 365.

PC World ordered to rip up promo for next-day repair promise

Re: Good customer or Bad its irrelevant

Exactly

That is missing the point - they didn't advertise that they could pick up devices from that particular area before 3pm next day, they advertised to everyone in the UK that they could do it. They failed to prove that they could pick it up from anywhere by next day 3pm, just that they did in one area, hence banned.

I think it's not really a case of a single complaint that the ASA have used to discredit the ad, the single complaint was used to bring the ad to their attention, then the ASA investigated it and determined that PC World had not proved it.

It could have been thousands of complaints or none, it doesn't matter, the point being that once ASA were aware of the ad, the onus is on PC World to substantiate the claim the ad was making. They failed (proving that they could have picked up this customer's kit before next day 3pm was missing the point - they had to prove that they in general could pick up ANY customer's kit as the ad was aimed at everyone in the UK), hence it was banned.

So in other words, it doesn't matter if there were complaints or not, if the ad is misleading, it's misleading.

Proto Steam box may feel your arousal, hints Valve daddy

Re: The next generation of consoles

We're talking about the here and now, not some theoretical scenario in some distant future.