* Posts by pklong

9 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Aug 2009

Google to deep six dodgy download buttons

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I wonder if we in the UK could get the ASA to do anything?

Daily Mail caught on hooks of Angler exploit kit

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You forgot

The Reg won't get a reply as they won't believe it is a serious journalistic question unless you also ask how much their house is worth.

Raspberry Pi grows an eye

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Flame

Lets hope they don't use RS as a distributor!

Loads of problems with RS in the Raspberry Pi forums. They really should have got their act together by now!

BT: Olympics cyber attackers were amateurs

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Windows

So just script kiddies and the folk good enough to not get caught then.

Shops 'mislead punters' over phone contract prices

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Trollface

If it was a loan...

Time for the mis selling compensation bandwagon to strike again?

Korean boffins discover secret to quick-charge batteries

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Re: Fast charging

It would be more efficient, safer and quicker to swap the charged battery with the one in the car. But it wouldn't be cheap cos you would need a machine to make the swap because of the weight and a second battery,

BBC gives itself a gold in 700Gbit-a-second Olympic vid sprint

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The BBC's Olympic coverage couldn't have been bettered, both on Freeview and online. Every sport shown. Every sport with a catchup online. Commentators that know when to shut up and seem knowledgeable about the sports they are covering.

Hope F1 bosses take note!

Shame they haven't got the Paralympics, but C4 is better than nowt, and it can all be watched online on the streams provided by the Paralymic organisers.

As I understand it, no one has taken on the rights for the Paralympics in the USA so it will not be shown. Shame on all the broadcasters on the other side of the Atlantic.

Philip

Behold: First look at Office 2013, with screenshots

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Nikon unveils world's first projection camera

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Model Number: R2D2

"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're My Only Hope"