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* Posts by AndricD

15 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Nov 2009

Microsoft charges the FBI $50 for a copy of your private data, claim 'Redmond hackers'

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doesn't even prove they hacked MS - as I understand it you can pretty much work out that all the companies will charge for access so probably is just a going rate. Advertises that US companies are supposedly in danger from Syria .. nothing to do with war mongering surely...

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NTT DoCoMo says two mobe OSes are enough, so sayonara to Tizen

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Tizen is in the samsung NX cameras and in their upcoming flagship camera so they are definitly using it and developing it & drivers for at least the hardware in them

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Microsoft Xbox One to be powered by ginormous system-on-chip

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pretty interesting. wonder how different the ps4 chip is?

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Outlook son of Hotmail goes titsup for many in the US and UK

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no problems for me, though last week it got horribly slow for a bit. Overall happier with it than I was with gmail. easier and better using it for my own domain than gmail as well.

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Foxconn must pay Microsoft for EVERY Android thing it makes

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its most likely something about file system or similar which ms has loads of stuff one. note its only devices so very likely to do with some hardware/system interaction

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I watched Excel meet 1-2-3, and beat it fair and square

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How I remember it as well

Got a new mouse for the boss - an MS one and got this 'Windows' with it free. He got a demo of excel from somewhere and that was that.

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A valid use for Windows 8?

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Re: My parents...

agree overall. I found the beta far less usable than the release but no-tech users seem to get it faster than tech users - many tech types at work seem use the 1st 5 mins to basically confirm the hate on the web than to actually try and use it.

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Windows 3.1 rebooted: Microsoft's DOS destroyer turns 20

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Re: MS still the underdog then

mac's were far too expensive to buy except for specific roles, and network unfriendly as I recall when was asked to price up a network - the 2 mac's I proposed were comparable in price with all the other machines required & directors just said no to macs.

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Voda in 3G blackhole probe by ASA

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City of london pretty bad as well

Just junked vodafone due to very poor 3g access in City of London. No problems so far with O2 there.

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Microsoft files monopoly complaint against Google

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Coat

to much stupid prejudice in these comments

Just because MS is bad and has done worse things doesn't mean its ok for others to do it. if oogles in the wrong they should be brought to book as were MS.

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Rift

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not a good review

Poor review - obviously he like's WoW gameplay and graphics, and as Rift isn't WoW he didn't like it.

Personally I can't stand playing WoW and loath its FisherPrice colour scheme/graphics - Rift I'm enjoying only question is for how long. Quests are good, Rift invasions and so on are really good fun, pvp is decent. Graphics are good and scale very well. Main weaknesses are the lack of a group finding mechanism, crafting needs work and some itemisation is dodgy. With the multi soul builds for characters you can easily swap out builds 9up to 4 at max level) to meet playstyle/situatio - typically soloing, grouping and the two arch roles.

Its quite a complex game once you start into the diferent souls you can mix'n'match so most want to stick to 1 class and learn the options and balance them around playstyles and roles.

Overall I'd give it an 80

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Labour clings to the good old days

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IT Angle

bitchy, not news

what real interest is this on IT as opposed to tory propagandist gloating?

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Apple voids warranties over cigarette smoke, users say

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WTF?

terms and conditions

If Apple were refusing to repair the machine because the damage was CAUSED by smoke then all these comments in support would be reasonable. That is NOT the case though.

They refuused to even attempt a repair or diagnosis of the problem which they are bound by there term to do. It unreasonable for them to - without speific terms in the agreeement - to refuse a machine which has been used within normal use.

I no longer smoke and find it vile but you cannot just randomly change your agreements without warning or notification.

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vBulletin denies busting downloads in paid-up protester ban

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well nice to find out

I havea paid for licence which I did not buy a service contract for this year for a few reasons. I was about to upgrade but I find out from a news site that not only has my licence been castrated but that I have missed the 'offer' price on the new version. I get regular emails from them advising of security upgades but no notification of the change of licence? that seriously stinks and I will now explore the best alternative with good import tools.

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