* Posts by mr_chris

6 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Jul 2009

Asus to punt Core i5 Windows 7 tablet

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eee Pad

Is that like the iPad, but for folks from Yorkshire?

Mine's one wit' th' eee Pad in t' pocket

National Identity Card holding chumps have buyer's remorse

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@IglooDude

"they've got the database of verified names and addresses sitting right there, by definition"

Nah, it's probably on a USB pen drive somewhere...

Mine's the one with the hole in the pockets...

Steve Ballmer defaces fanboi MacBook

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I like it

I like it a lot. Seriously - well done Steve - that was fantastic :)

Sony pulls plug on cabled power

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@Alex Walsh

Whilst it might be expensive and impractical at the moment, it's called research!

Tell me where in that article does it say that this is a finished product Sony are happy that 25% wastage is acceptable?

"But the technology is far from perfect, Sony admitted."

Microsoft offers EU choice on Windows browsers

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If Microsoft have to do this...

Then surely Apple should be forced to do the same - Safari is not the only Mac browser out there! IMO Apple are far more controlling of the end user experience than MS.

And which browsers will we get a choice of then? Who will make that decision?

I know IE is hated by many, mainly because of previous versions, and the fact it came out of Redmond, but this is just going to generate a lot of confusion for joe public when they buy a new Windows 7 PC. Another decision they have to make instead of simply getting on with it, when in reality they couldn't give two hoots!!

This sets a dangerous precident - bullying tactics by the EU. Sadly yhey appear to have successfully got away with this, what will they try in the future?

Amazon Kindle doomed to repeat Big Brother moment

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Re: "the writer's rights were successfully protected thanks to technology"

By any chance, would that be the same technology that caused this problem to exist in the first place?