Posts by james2kuk

Developer slips tethering into iTunes

Apple is slowly catching up...

Once again another hotly discussed feature which has long been available and in use on other manufacturers handsets. I first stumbled upon 'tethering' on a Nokia handset a couple of years ago, and it was all included in my operators 'free internet' which i am guessing was intended for consumption on the handset rather than a connected PC.

Now I have an HTC and the process is seamless, plus I get a better upstream rate off my mobile network than i do from my ADSL, and i didn't have to 'hack' anything or pay anything extra!

Milkman skewers Google Street View over garage break-in

Sure, they spend their days on street view...

...looking for somewhere to budgle. MORE LIKELY: They walked/drove past/were tipped off on the contents of his garage, i'd likely say there were far more people passing his open garage in a day than there will be looking at it through street view eyes in a month.

If it's out in the open enough to be snapped up by street views cameras then surely it's visible enough to be spotted by Joe Bloggs walking his dog.

If anything, his insurance company should be investigating the fact he left his garage door wide open advertising his stuff to prospective theives.

Don't get me wrong, i'm not defending Google here, i'm merely standing up against the ridiculous lack of common sense seem to be displaying in recent times.

Million pound Usenet indexer found guilty

Erm... ok...

"not about to go to war with search engines like Google"

So there is a difference in the way the results are presented to me if I were to type:

'<Generic Film Name> NZB'

Or

'<Generic Film Name> Torrent'

into Google? I don't think so, google provide me with a snippet of text from the page, plus the link, and also a cached copy should the site be down!

"This verdict confirms that such websites have a duty of care to prevent the availability of illegal content on their websites."

Either that makes no sense, or what the MPA mean is websites are responsible for their own content. If that IS what the MPA means then all it does is prove they are talking cr@p, if that isn't what they mean then it proves they are talking cr@p...

Oz watchdog nips Pammie Anderson's bikini-clad ass

Really?

"fantasy bikini-clad minxes hosed with cream in a slo-mo cavort is not a legitimate way to punt an internet domain registration outfit"

Works for me...