Posts by Wisteela

Surprise! That £339 world's first 'anti-5G' protection device is just a £5 USB drive with a nice sticker on it

Idiots and their money...

The only good thing about this is the amount of utter idiots that will buy this crap.

Apple strips clips of WWDC devs booing that $999 monitor stand from the web using copyright claims. Fear not, you can listen again here...

Or like normal, they will make up stuff as to why it's worth the price.

Yeah right

Copyright reasons? Bullshit.

Exclusive: Windows for Workgroups terror the Tartan Bandit confesses all to The Register

Re: The lengths you have to go to...

The NT 4 computers at my college had been been ridiculously locked down, yet I could get a command prompt by embedding it into a Word document. Can't remember the EXE name now.

Re: Changing Wallpaper can have career enhancing effects

You couldn't drag it totally off.

Re: I changed the start up & shut down sounds.

Somebody changed one at my college to say "It is now safe to turn off your cucumber"

Oh yes, fun with .ini files. Those were the days. And really like that tartan wallpaper too.

Wanted: Big iron geeks to help restore IBM 360 mainframe rescued from defunct German factory by other big iron geeks

Awesome

This is truly wonderful stuff.

On the first day of Christmas, Microsoft gave to me... an emergency out-of-band security patch for IE

Really?

People still use it?

ReactOS 0.4.9 release metes out stability and self-hosting, still looks like a '90s fever dream

Re: "Last century called. They want their UI back, please"

I'm totally with you. It's not progress if things get worse, and they have. The Windows 10 UI is a piece of crap.

Re: Old fashioned user interface?

Hear here!

Excellent

Now might be the right time to finally try this out on some of my old hardware. It will be great for that retro vibe. Also, I like this old school UI. I'd much prefer it to the rather bloody awful Windows 10 mess.

Intel chip flaw: Math unit may spill crypto secrets from apps to malware

That pic: Wrong chip for the socket

Microsoft loves Linux so much its R Open install script rm'd /bin/sh

Good job most Linux users won't user their crap

It's Pi day: Care to stuff a brand new Raspberry one in your wallet?

Excellent news

It's a good job I'd not yet upgraded from my RPi 2. I say 'Yay!'.

Beer hall putz: Regulator slaps northern pub over Nazi-themed ad

Sounds like the landlord is a complete cock

That was fast... unlike old iPhones: Apple sued for slowing down mobes

Merry Christmas, Apple

This news pleases me.

Surprise: Android apps are riddled with trackers

Am I concerned? Nope.

Pro tip: You can log into macOS High Sierra as root with no password

Re: They are busy setting Root passwords...

Yep, with Apple, crap sells.

Again?

I forget the version now, but at least one old version allowed you login in as root with no password by just choosing to log in as another user.

Can North Korean nukes hit US mainland? Maybe. But EMP blast threat is 'highly credible'

Time to use...

...valves (tubes)

It's August 2017 and your Android gear can be pwned by, oh look, just patch the things

Hmm

But how many are real world threats?

CMD.EXE gets first makeover in 20 years in new Windows 10 build

Re: Ultima VIII Pagan..

Reminds me of DOS font changing utils.

Linux

This reminds me of the colour choices in Linux terminals.

Raspberry Pi 3 to sport Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE – first photos emerge

Anniversary

Given the first Raspberry Pis were available for sale fours years ago on Monday...

Reminder: iPhones commit suicide if you repair them on the cheap

Typical Apple

Google snaps Dutch woman completely taking the piss

"splashed across Live Leak"

How very apt

'A word processor so simple my PA could use it': Joyce turns 30

I've got one

I've got one in my retro collection. Classic computer, and great for running CP/M stuff.

"There was also support for other printers, using the optional and rare RS232 serial interface."

I've got two of these. They also have Centronics. I've used the serial interface to send software from a PC using Kermit. Lot's of CP/M stuff is archived on the 'net. You need to set the terminal/console as VT52, and the printer emulates the Epson FX-80.

For just $400 you can have this Raspberry Pi – and mine bitcoin

Well, I like it

To me this seems a very cool bit of kit.

Dead Steve Jobs' life and times are being turned into an OPERA

So much pretension

Cue the fanboys queuing up already

Roll up, roll up, for the Meta35: The hybrid snapper's data dumpster

Superb

I think it's superb that people are still supporting film photography like this.

Happy birthday, Amiga: The 'other' home computer turns 30

Classic

Superb computers, and yes, very much ahead of their time. It's just a shame what happened to Commodore, and any attempts to bring it back.

STINKY nerds: Sick of horrifying chums with your terrible BO? Nosey Google wants to help

Google+

I actually find Google+ to be very useful. And autobackup is fantastic. (under Android)

Apple Watch 'didn't work on HAIRY FANBOIS, was stripped of sensor tech'

Now it does even less

And Tim Cook is a dick.

Apple knob refusenik Sir Jony Ive handed award - for talking BOLLOCKS

What a load of pretentious crap

Sinclair is back with the Spectrum Vega ... just as rubbish as the ZX

Re: Raspberry Pi

Those look superb! I'd seen the grey +2 on eBay via Spectrum 4 Ever on Facebook.

28? Awesome! That's a lot of Beebs.

YES!

As soon as I found out about this, I knew I wanted one. I'm a big Spectrum fan, and this will go nicely with my original ones, and the emulators.

Apple patents autographs. Checkmate, eBay

What an utterly crap idea

Countdown contestant pays homage to IT Crowd's Moss

Well played

Superb

EE launches 150Mbps '4G+' in the heart of London

Apple products as not working on the new service

Give them at least two years.

So long Lotus 1-2-3: IBM ceases support after over 30 years of code

Re: Not quite dead

Years ago, I bought a sealed boxed Release 2.1 (2.something, anyway), that was only to be sold with an Amstrad PC2086, from a charity shop. I also have a boxed 3.x. I must dig out one of my retro PCs for a Lotus 1-2-3 session.

What’s the KEYBOARD SHORTCUT for Delete?! Look in a contextual menu, fool!

Great article

The good old days of DOS. From the time when people largely knew what they were doing.

Your chance to win the world's only handheld ZX Spectrum

Can we see you do better then, oh great one?

Re: "the first mass market colour home computer"?

But you couldn't get a BBC Micro until 1982, and the ZX Spectrum was way cheaper.

Re: Android ZX Spectrum emulator

I developed great skill in aligning the heads of car boot sale cassette recorders for use on a ZX Spectrum. I bet I could still do it now.

Re: Meh

I have a PCW8256 dated 1985, so it's one of the first. I must use it as a terminal to a Linux box.

Re: In order to stand a chance at winning

True, but if you're geeky enough...

IT jargon is absolutely REAMED with sexual double-entendres

I believe she likes it up the register.

Don't bother with Apple's 9 Sept hype-day: Someone's GONE AND BLABBED IT ALL

Took them long enough

Yesterday's technology tomorrow. You can buy better, but you can't pay more.