Posts by tim-e

Reg hacks confront really wide Oz load terror

moving houses...

We move them through the cities too. It gets fun when they encounter a roundabout though.

Apple finally purges Mac OS of disgraced DigiNotar certs

Downvoted for whinging.

Quiet, astronomers at work

Who cares what bogans do?

I mean, really? This is astronomy we're talking about. Surely it's more important than A Current Affair.

Actor Simon Pegg warns over banking Trojan Twitter hack

Sue Denim

I would have thought that Simon Pegg, of all people, would be savvy enough to have strong account passwords.

Server sales grow thanks to big boy boxes

About time

About time Oracle got some growth in the server space.

Fedora 15: More than just a pretty interface

you...

You don't have to use it. Install one of the other of the myriad of desktop/WM environments available.

Apple to support reps: Don't confirm Mac infections

Why?

It's not Apple's problem if some twat downloads malware.

Microsoft calls Intel's Windows 8 comments 'inaccurate'

So...

Will "Windows 7 Mode" contain "Windows XP Mode"?

Skype bug gives attackers access to Mac OS X machines

Yes

Yes it does. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net/skype/

White iPhone 4 spotted, 'shipped to Apple stores'

nice

I like it. I'll buy one when Unicorn 5 phone comes out.

Windows Home Server 2011 signed off

They already have one.

They call it the Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server. $A1299.00

Council busts breast milk ice cream parlour

~slurp~

Two scoops in a waffle cone, please.

Google whacks link farms

And

About fucking time! These pages give me the right royals.

Apple to 'boot boxed software from retail boutiques'

No phone jack

And the USB modem is not in the online store any more. Glad I saved mine, I've needed it a couple of times for work.

SCO: 'Someone wants to buy our software biz!'

Pizza Hut

...at least in their Australian stores, used SCO. But I haven't worked there for 10 years now, they probably ditched it.

Mexican woman gets litigious on Top Gear's ass

but...

It's KIWIS and sheep, you idiot. We Australians do kangaroos.

Lane Fox promises sub-£100 PCs

My mum

I have just put my 62 year old mum online for the first time, using an old Dell laptop from work and Windows XP. She's off and racing, and will be looking at LOLcats in no time.

Facebook facing fall-down issues

Freedom

Why do you hate freedom?

Sainsbury's is abandoning tape

It'll end in tears

Ask the State of Virginia.

Windows Phone 7 to get cut'n'paste shortly, says Ballmer

what?

I can't believe it didn't have copy pasta from the outset. Every user of other OSs has been screaming for it for years.

Ubuntu Wayland: Shuttleworth's post-Mac makeover

If you don't like *nix...

There's always Haiku.

BURNING LUST for SEXY BUSTY BLONDES - Science explains

but...

> Gates was driven to make the most of his abilities earlier in his life, when it would get him laid, and having successfully made a family and conquered the universe, the impetus was no longer there.

Where does this place Larry Ellison?

WikiLeaks ousted from Amazon US

Torrents

They should just shift to publishing via torrents. Then the info will spread like wildfire and no one could stop it.

Most coders have sleep problems, need 'hygiene and care'

sleep hygiene

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_hygiene

Wikipedia is your friend.

Oracle ships Solaris 11 Express

Nice.

I installed it yesterday in a VM - very smooth and painless installation. I would drop into a terminal and change the root password though, by default it is set to the same as what you make the first ordinary user you set up.

Nokia slips out Designed By Community handset

I like the N8

It's just a pity it runs Symbian.

OOo's put the willies up Microsoft

How do you think I feel?

I work for Oracle - I *have* to use OOo.

Google tests 'streaming' search engine

Scroogle

...ftw.

Apple.com hit in latest mass hack attack

hah

You need AVG. You wouldn't if you had a Mac. :p

Labor raids IT piggybank to grease election promises

well...

I saw this on the front page, and I'm in Oz.

Renault DeZir: 'leccy sex machine

Gearbox

Does it have 1 forward and 5 reverse gears?

FarmVille moooves onto iPhone

argh

Crap like Farmville was one of the reasons I quit Facebook.

Windows 7 Backup gets users' backs up

heh

*hugs his mac* Time Machine works perfectly for me.