Posts by Kay Burley ate my hamster

Boffins build lie detector for crooked CEOs

I feel sick after reading the first few lines

If I read the rest my 3 day weekend could be a 4, hmmmm...

Mozilla shrugs off 'forever free' H.264 codec license

Seems a simple choice to me

WebM is the only choice, HTML is an open standard, WebM is an open codec.

H264 comes with no future promises.

We need a codec that will evolve and stay open and free.

All the crap about device support is pointless, this isn't a decision based on downloaded video, this is about streaming, and when WebM is chosen as the HTML5 codec chips will be made.

As for Apple products, no problem, the upgrade cycle is short enough that the new chips can be in the next gen devices before wide adoption. :p

Stockholm schoolgirls fined for bugging staff room

Script kiddies

The fact that they bought the bug says it all.

Energy-saving LEDs 'will not save energy', say boffins

Yup

Spot on!

The past increase came from bad lighting, but we aren't making a move from candles/gas lighting this time, LED's provide the same lighting as current systems so apart from commercial uses I can't see this report being credible.

Who paid for it?

Android gets talk-tastic Froyo upgrade

It works perfectly

I use the speech recognition on my Android for translation, it's freaking awesome. Speech to speech.

Oracle sues Google over Java in Android

This is different

What MS did was create a version which would only work on their browser on the dominant windows platform.

What Google have done is create a version with add-on's which would only work on their platform, much like any other platform version. They all have odd hooks specific to the platform.

Spending Challenge closure countdown begins

W, w, what!!

"The Treasury said it has received 100,000 ideas in total, 44,000 apparently from members of the public."

...So what, did they hear the voice of God (Sure sign of crazy), or did they get some backhanders from the buddies in the lobbying biz?

Google finally pulls Gmail contacts tool into line

Merge

Is awesome!!!

'Poo-powered' Volkswagen astounds world+dog

Aachi & Ssipak

Aachi & Ssipak is a very good film dealing with this subject.

Synopsis:

Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have somehow engineered a way to use human excrement as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also act as a laxative. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading black market Juicybars. Through a chain of events involving their porn-director acquaintance Jimmy the Freak, they meet wannabe-actress Beautiful, whose defecations are rewarded by exceptional quantities of Juicybars. For that reason, Beautiful is also wanted by the violent blue mutants known as the Diaper Gang (led by the Diaper King), the police (most notably the cyborg police officer Geko), and others.

iOS jailbreak howdunnit partially solved

Bindun

There is a project already, google is your friend for finding that...

Although I'd rather not have to stick electrical tape to my phone...

London bike hire scheme suffers pre-launch wobbles

£4

OK here's the deal, I tried to register, I chose reoccurring £1 a day since I'll use it once in a while if I don't have my bike with me and the site says clearly it will only reoccur when I actually use the bike, I then proceeded to register.

It tried to charge me £4 straight off, with no explanation of how that works, am I prepaying the £1 for when I first use it as logic dictates? or for the first day as a thieving bank like Barclays would dictate, I just don't trust Boris perhaps...

there was a statement

They said it was too expensive, but really, we all have oysters and mine is linked to my debit card which is perfect for this, I'd like to know just why the key is cheaper and by how much, I mean how expensive can an oyster reader be? Every bus has one!

How they stop thieves

They charge your credit/debit card for the cost of the bike. It's on the site.

Taxis and buses

I find that Bus drivers are very good at spotting cyclists and keeping out of the way, Taxis on the other hand seem to only care about stopping for a fare and will sweep across in front of you and stop feet from the front of your bike, if you try to then speak to the driver you will be lucky not to be shouted at or hunted down till you lose the cab in traffic.

I even had one put his hands around my neck after I (calmly and in shock) told him he had nearly killed me, even his passenger agreed. This was just a few months ago. I told him I would report him to TfL and he backed off, I wish I had.

That's just my 24 years experience as a cyclist in East, North and Central London. These days I keep the hell away from taxis and their nutjob drivers.

Council wins motorbike charges case

Arrogant, Violent, Speeding, Weaving, Law-breaking, Polluting, Arseholes!

My daily experience of motorcyclists: Arrogant, Violent, Speeding, Weaving, Law-breaking, Polluting, Arseholes basically.

I think it's time the police paid more attention to them, and time we had speed limiters fitted to all motorbikes.

Bendy bike inventor scores design prize win

No gears

My first impression is.. Where the hell are the gears and brakes?

Better Pic...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/7885788/Bendy-bicycle-that-can-be-wrapped-round-lamp-posts-wins-design-prize.html?utm_source=tmg&utm_medium=TD_bendy&utm_campaign=moto1307am

Google fashions Android dev kit for dummies (from Scratch)

Erm...

Have you never heard of Hello World?

Jeeze

Shhh, you'll give them ideas!

You beat me to it

I agree. There are plenty of cheap Android phones available which will find their way into kids hands, so yes this is good for teaching kids.

Coward

Hahahaha, I guess you're not left handed. :D

It's not the end for stop and search

I was stopped and searched recently

I was stopped and searched recently...

The officer said it was because a section 60 was in force covering the borough of Hackney, I asked "oh is that the s60 used at demonstrations?" he answered "No".

After the search and ID check I asked another officer who had searched my friend "So this section 60? is that of the Criminal Justice Act?"

He said "Yeah that's the one" my officer was present so I cleared things up for him "this is the same section 60 used at demonstrations, BTW may I have a receipt?"

Always ask for a receipt.

Hacker swipes details of 4m Pirate Bay users

The vast majority

The vast majority of TPB users aren't registered. So only the commentards then!

Google's remote Android app installer explained

This is awesome

Will make IT support for remote users so easy.

Beeb sacks teaboy, hires Press Association

Hehehehe

I reckon they have been reading El Reg, and now they've got Lester on the run, quick Lester they changed it again!!! :D

Oi Beebwebbys I owe you a pint.

Meryl Streep to tackle Margaret Thatcher

BBC to appease the Tories

...Should have been the headline.

The 3G coverage picture that can't be published

jobsworth

How much is Steve Jobs worth?

I challenge El Reg!

Make us an Android app and run a database for it to connect to, oh and if you could do some jazzy google map shading effect that would be nice, and bit-torrent distribution for the raw data?

Microsoft's 'New Busy' Hotmail has lie-in

Oh is that what they were going on about

I use Gmail, but have a Hotmail account for spam.

Someone asked wtf the newbusy (newspeak init) is all about, I had no idea, I even said "it would make sense to run the campaign if there had been a difference made to hotmail, I just don't get it!" And if I don't get it (10 years in IT) wtf do the users think?!

MS are worse than bad at marketing, advertising a service before it launches is prolly one of their more honest mistakes, using Hotmail does in fact suck time from your day and make you more busy!

Orange gazes into 2050 Glastoball

Ugh

They keep trying to control us don't they, "get the kids used to it, the rest of em are already wise to the down side"...

Production problems push back white iPhone 4 release

It must be a dastardly plot against Apple!!!

Damn the Register for misleading us so.

It must be a dastardly plot against Apple!!!

I nearly waited a month or so before checking if I could get some crappy glass-backed locked down lack of choice box. Bugger, can you tell I'd rather be seen with a 3310?

Naked Cowboy wrestles Naked Cowgirl

The "50-something New Jersey native whose real name is Sandra Brodsky"

C'mon, Lester did say she was 50-something!

But I did take a peek, and it wasn't pretty.

Virgin Media in talks with power firms to expand network

If you think BT have bad customer service...

VM take the piss, I left them for BT 2 years ago, BE* internet over a BT line is the best Internet service I've ever had.

HTC speaks out on Hero Android 2 update

villainrom10 or ChocolateEclair both very fast and your apps install to SD card!

I'm running ChocolateEclair AKA the HTC 2.1 update with slight overclocking during use and underclocking while in standby, it's super fast and great battery life.

* If however you install the official 2.1 version you'll never know this joy as you won't be able to load custom updates. *

Details for the techies @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702215

Apple revamps Mac Mini as skinny HDMI box

What!

Far too expensive and no e-sata!

Palin puts paid to Boob-gate

So the moral of the story is...

If she had gone for the enhancement she would be VP right now?

Or at least have her own show on Fox "News".

Aussies face 10 year browsing lock-up

Why don't you trust the people who elected you!

I don't quite understand, has no one pinned them down (say on a national tv show) and asked why? Properly! Like Paxman in the 90's Why? And what's up with the opposition there?

Why don't you trust the people who elected you? Do you think they will trust govt ever again?

Seriously if this keeps going I'd like to see private wi-fi mesh networks spreading soon.

Google mobile ad chief fires back at Apple lockout

Simple answer

Hey Google! Are you searching this page? Listen up!

Apple has a nice looking standardised mobile hardware platform called iPhone, how about you release a version of Android for it? You only need four hardware profiles!

Then we can both sit back and laugh. :D

Jobs woos devs with iPhone OS iOS 4

K800i

Fecking lush camera! :)

Sony Ericsson

My old SE K800i had a front facing camera, and I'm pretty sure it had the same level of multitasking. :p

DPA breach. ;)

Was this guy in the UK? This sounds like spyware, didn't Jobs have a rant about stuff like this a few days ago?

Yep

I have and am reminded of it every time a user says "I just need it to work" when you are trying to explain it was their fault and they will do it again... Like using shift-delete or buying an iOS device...

Sarah Palin 'boob job' debate dominates US right - and left

:D

Haha and Oliver is a bit of a tit (Pun intended), although funny from time to time...

Apple releases moving pictures of Steve Jobs keynote

Yep

:D

Apple adds 'make the web go away' button to Safari 5

El Reg ads

Great, I won't have to ever see that IBM multicoloured multi-mouse-pointer brain-ache inducing ad on El Reg ever again, or any of its friends. :D

Jobs: iPhone sales spank Android

Apples and oranges

iPhone OS is rather limited, on purpose of course, it's for a phone after all, too many options will slow down use and confuse, you don't want that on a phone for say a 50 y/o CEO or a 14 y/o girl or even a 25 y/o Dalston hipster.

Android is on the other hand open, customisable, and due to this it changes it's appearance from one device to another, this confuses the CEO/teen/hipster market as they learnt to use their iPhone by repeating what they saw in the intro video (Parrot fashion, like MCSE "Learning" compared to a Uni degree).

My point, Android is for people who want more than a phone and more than Steve Jobs will allow them, people who know why the machine goes bing.

Can't wait for a front facing camera on an EU Android, those skype/fring calls are gonna be fun! :)

Met lab claims 'biggest breakthrough since Watergate'

Totally possible...

Also for the filth to do this in reverse...

Paterns

They know what they are looking for, this isn't a 50Hz wave we are talking about, its disruptions to it.

BBC iPlayer to run on iPads. Eventually

GoogleTV

Clearly on GoogleTV, based on Android (with Flash) running the Chrome browser we can just use...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/

Good luck with that Padbois! :D

Very dodgy

In that they are going out of their way to support products which are so locked down as to come within a hair of breaking their own DRM responsibility.

Israelis build floating electric hover platform

WiFi Hotspot?

Clearly not at 100 metres but this would make for a kickass wifi hotspot...