Posts by Kurt 4

Microsoft's Family Safety app drills into kids' screen time, browsing habits to help 'facilitate a dialogue'

Microsoft has had this feature on android for years. I get a weekly report of all the apps my child has used along with screen time of each and the web filtering has always been there as well. Not sure what's new?

Jeff Bezos: I will depose King Trump

Re: To be honest ...

cyke1 speaks the truth witnesses are to be called in the house where the democrats denied republicans the right to call any witnesses. This article is fake news and judging by the number of down votes on the truth, it shows people are totally clueless.

Apple ups the stakes in patent royalties battle with Qualcomm

Re: Well knock me down with a feather

So if Apple wins, I can then sue xm radio for charging me a fee to use the radio I already paid for! Since when are license fees tied to hardware chips. The chipsets may be capable of doing different things and require different licenses.

LogMeIn collapses its 'Cubby' Dropbox clone into LogMeIn Pro

Re: Anyone know of a good replacement?

Same here. I was using it to sync a folder on my network share.

Elon Musk says SpaceX Falcon 9 fireball investigation is 'biggest challenge yet'

Did anyone leave their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 nearby?

Android's latest patches once again remind us: It's Nexus or bust if you want decent security

Or Windows 10 phones which also have snapdragon but are they unaffected by the holes? Probably totally different drivers so I would assume so.

Ted Cruz slams DNS overseer ICANN a second time

Re: In an attempt to perfectly define the term 'irony'...

Lyin' Ted, he CheaTED and is UntrusTED

Dell PowerEdge R730: Reg rack monkeys crack smiles over kindness of engineers

AMD

Where's the R735? Still waiting for the AMD version.

Buffett would take a $2bn hit on IBM shares … if he cashed in now

Sell before the loss turns into 3 billion

Lets see, IBM lost the PC business, lost the server business, lost the cpu business, losing in the cloud business. Now they are spending their hard earned money on apple gear. hmmm

Wrist-top virtualisation comes to Apple Watch

No thanks

Mozilla-Microsoft spat latest: Firefox yanks Cortana away from Bing

I'm getting fed up with Firefox and their constant crying. All because I change my default search engine in Firefox doesn't mean I want it changed in Windows \ Cortana.

Luckily there's a new option in Firefox to disable this feature, just uncheck "Use this search engine for searches from Windows" in settings.

Nobody will be using Firefox anymore anyway because according Firefox users are so stupid that two clicks instead of one is too difficult to make it the default browser.

Sorry but once edge has plugin support, Firefox will be put into storage.

Citrix warns that Windows 10's Edge browser borks Receiver

Re: IE11

Yup. The little work required that the reg is referring to must be having to type internet explorer in the search box and click on it.

Of course installing Firefox is out of the question as it now requires two clicks to make it default instead of one. According to Firefox it's too difficult for users to click twice instead of once.

Google ready for another pop at India, with Android One in hand

Google is shaking in their boots, they fear Windows Phone.

Has Microsoft saved the Apple Watch with Outlook improvement?

Re: Hidden Agenda or no Agenda

Perhaps it works with outlook.com too?

Foxconn to build 1,500-acre, US$5billion complex in India

Ramping up to build my next Windows Phone I see.

Virtually no one is using Apple Music even though it is utterly free

Spotify, Pandora, and Xbox\Groove Music all have great apps for Windows Phone. Why would I choose crappy Apple music and and be forced onto an iphone? No thanks.

Windows 10 Start menu replacements shifting like hot cakes

You people clinging to your old start menu are probably the same ones hanging on to other old crap because you're too afraid of change, can't stand change, complain when something changes, and won't spend more than 5 minutes trying something new.

Mac fans! Don't run any old guff from the web: Malware spotted exploiting OS X root bug

Re: Is it accurate to describe it as a zero-day exploit?

Don't you mean plus-fourteen-day exploit? minus means they still have 14 days before it becomes a zero day which is incorrect as it's already being exploited.

Epson: Cheap printers, expensive ink? Let's turn that upside down

Re: Hm..

I think you're missing the point. The $379 printer is the same as the $70 printer because the $70 printer is over charging you for ink. If you print a lot as business do, you stand to save thousands of dollars over the life of the printer. Epson will make a few more bucks up front and you'll save a few bucks in the long run.

Apple gobbles chunk of CNET, ZDNet – report

Re: There goes the "objectivity" of CNET.

There goes all the nice things they were saying about Windows 10. Who reads that garbage anyway when we have el reg?

Driverless cars banished to fake Michigan 'town' until they learn to read

There's too many variables in the real world. Once they are released into the wild, they'll become self crashing cars. One of these days, these idiots will give up and build a track. An invisible track under the road would be sufficient.

The US taxman thinks Microsoft owes billions. Prove it, says Microsoft

Google and Apple are in bed with the democrats who run the IRS so of course the IRS won't be targeting them. At least someone is fighting back.

Google says its AI will jetwash all traces of malodorous spam from your box

Switched to outlook.com long ago. twas a nice try tho.

Apple snuggles closer to IPv6

Re: Same-same?

I don't think grandma will notice.

AMD looks at sinking sales, gulps: It's worse than we thought

Re: Pity

Exactly. I don't think Dell even has any with those chips. In addition, both Dell and HP do not have any newer generation servers with AMD chips. That means you have to switch to intel or use older g tech.

Linux Mint 17.2: If only all penguinista desktops were done this way

It looks a lot like Windows XP.

Microsoft spunks $500m to reinvent the wheel. Why?

Re: Odd...

They can easily build this stuff. That's not the point. These apps are already hugely popular with lots of users. They are buying the user base more than anything.

Google blames Flash for hobbling Chrome, says it sucks (too much power)

lol since when does google care?

People seem to be forgetting that Google sat on a bug for years which consumed up to 20% more energy and only decided to fix it after it made headlines in the news.

Facebook uses Nokia maps in mobes, Instagram and Messenger

Re: Please, Please, pretty please....

Well it's for sale so who would you rather have your travel data, facebook, google, apple, or microsoft?

Best Buy bites down hard on Apple Pay fruity bonking deal

fail

I've stopped shopping at best buy for obvious reasons. I wouldn't mind if they just went away.

Apple to devs: Watch out, don't make the Watch into a, well, a watch

nice

Apple sounds like a real nice company...

LG slaps SIX CORE Snapdragon 808 in LEATHER G4 dog&bone – not overheaty 810

Re: Compared to the G3?

If it runs Windows Phone 10 then it's another clear upgrade.

Man-in-the-Middle diddle hits 25,000 iOS apps

got what they deserve

That's what Bank of America deserves for canceling their Windows Phone app. Glad I moved on to Ally and Wells Fargo banks. Life's much better now.

Fandroids, take your phone's antivirus and burn it – Android bod

If Google didn't have a malware problem then they wouldn't need to scan your device once a week. Basically they do have a malware problem and that's why they scan once a week.

Chrome version 42 will pour your Java coffee down the drain: Plugin blocked by default

Firefox

All the Dell and HP servers I've connected to use Java as well as KVMs. Firefox always worked best for this anyway...

Microsoft cramming free stuff into Galaxy S6es? Not so fast – US telcos

Where did anyone say it can't be removed?

Tests show HTC, Sammy phablets BEND just like iPhone 6 Plus

Re: It is all about the case

Windows Lumia phones don't bend. Probably would of busted their machine instead.

Google slams Play Store password window shut after sueball hits

Windows Phone

Windows phone already has the option to require a pin for in app purchases.

BIG trouble in BIG China: Cisco shares fall off a cliff as CEO warns of slump

The only thing good about cisco is meraki. They've already started jacking up meraki's prices lets hope they don't totally destroy them.

YouTube co-founder either HATES Google+ or his vid account just got HACKED

Couldn't agree more. Also, Why the F*** do I need a google+ account to leave a review on an android app? That's just one of the reasons I dropped android and couldn't be happier.

T-Mobile US brags of cash pile this quarter as biz gambles pay off

TMO rocks.

1. No contracts

2. Phone cost separated from plan

3. WiFi Calling

4. Free International data and voice just 20cents

I'm planning to switch our entire company over from crappy AT&P ©

Firefox 21 ships with performance-profiling Health Report

Firefox is my go to browser but this phone home crap pisses me off. FU Firefox

Thai PM's site defaced with smutty abuse

I've been to Thailand several times and it seems like they have more freedom than USA. Maybe you're getting monarchy confused with government. PM is not monarchy.

Google not sabotaging YouTube on Windows Phone after all

The new app works great. Just got done pinning a channel to my start screen (try not to be jealous android users).

WP8 already had a couple really good youtube apps, MetroTube and MyTube. The free option by Microsoft is great though.

Nokia shareholder tells CEO Elop he's going to hell

My Nokia Lumia 920 is amazing and that's saying a lot since I was previously an android fan. I don't think it would of made much difference if they relased an android 920. It would be like the Samsung ativ s windows phone, most people I talk to have never heard of it or seen it.

Intel supremo backs biz pal SoftBank's billion-dollar bid for Sprint

Intel you are totally stupid... You forgot about T-Mobile.

T-Mobile US announces 'no BS' rate plans, iPhones, LTE

Re: "few who can do basic maths"

Yeah. People are clueless. I bought a lumia 920 unlocked for 680 and and signed up with tmobile no contract plan here in the US. When I tell people, they think I'm nuts. But then I ask how much they paid for their phone and how much they pay a month and I'm saving around $800 in a two year period. Not bad at all.

Contracts are awful, it locks people in, takes away their freedom to leave, and they end up spending more in the long run. It only looks good on the surface.

Samsung's new co-CEO: 'Windows isn't selling very well'

Dear Samsung,

Nokia and HTC were smart enough to design new phones specifically for WP8. Most people don't care for a galaxy s III with windows installed. There were some users that may have bought your s III with Windows but you failed to release it here in USA. How do you expect to sell any when we can't buy it?

Regards,

Customer

Curiosity succeeds – Mars was wet enough for life!

Concrapulations, my sock could have supported life as well before they went through the spin cycle. We wasted decades on the space station and rovers we should have a Hotel and McDonald's on mars by now.

Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8

They actually thought it was a good idea to take the Windows out of Windows?