Posts by Tigra 07

Smartphone sales up 50%

Why is Google limiting expansion?

It's becoming a strange world with Microsoft running the computers and Google running the phones.

I can't understand why Google passed up the chance to become a phone network aswell though, they could make billions from that because their phones are so in demand and it's easy money.

Vodafone issues real Froyo update for HTC Desire

It's a puppet

I was told September, iv got an X10 not a Desire

So i get 2.1 next month but havent heard about 2.2 yet

X10

o2 better not do that when i get my upgrade to 2.1 next month (or hopefully 2.2)

Apple kills browse-and-get-hacked bugs in iOS

RE:NightFail

I can't be expected to constantly reload a page to check for comments after reading, im doing more than one thing at once

Extra data charges?

Since all the network operators are now offering about 500mb a month as "unlimited".

isn't 378m for an update going to push a few people over onto extra charges on their contracts?

Or are updates exempt?

Are plasma TVs killing radio?

Haven't noticed

Haven't noticed anything from the plasma to interfere with the radio, but my microwave is plotting with the dishwasher, and i have believe the toaster is involved somehow.

MoD bod warns of cyber attack risk

How about...

If you lose an unencrypted dongle or a laptop you get a prison sentence for endangering national security?

Or just a sacking and a massive fine?

Conroy, Family First isolated on Oz internet filter

cheaper to partner with green dam?

"- Provision of a free PC-based internet filter to families ($60 m)"

Not really free if it costs the government $60m is it?

Whats wrong with green dam? (or orange for the aussies)

ASA: You can't say 'f**k'

What did they f**king expect?

Wait til they see my business cards

"a c*nt of an offer!"

Spending Challenge closure countdown begins

RE: AC

And when we get nuked, will a sniper be able to shoot the warhead out of the sky?

Or retailiate?

The UK has nukes for defense for good reason, cutting numbers is a good idea but they shouldn't be completely scrapped.

Zeus botnet raid on UK bank accounts under the spotlight

numpty dumpty

I wonder how many of those 4000 mac users thought they were safe from stuff like this, because only windows machines are vulnerable

My guess is at least 3999

Attack reads smudges to retrieve Android password patterns

Re: AC

Dear Mr Jobs

After seeing the videos of other phones with reception issues on your site, we would also like to produce a glove for your iphones.

Can we have written permission and an agreement you won't bring out something similar, steal the iglove name from us, sue us, patent it after we create it, and charge more for it in the UK?

And?

Announcing my new invention: the Android Glove!

Free Android antivirus clocks up 2.5m downloads

hidden apps everywhere out there...

O2 Doesn't disable it.

If you look on the open web safely then theres more available for android phones than there is in the app store

Police told terror ads too terrifying offensive

Terrorists have stolen the phone number?

Why did you blank out the terrorist hotline phone number Reg?

EC probes Apple for anti-competitive antics

Lets see a fine for anticompetitive behaviour!

After fining Microsoft so much for the default browser kerfuffle, this should be very interesting to watch

'Climategate' university to open up data

Coming Soon...

In the news tomorrow: "Climate change exaggerated and green taxes wasted on paying John Prescott's food bill in the commons"

iPhone users get more sex than Android fans

Well...

Maybe iphone users are more likely to pay for it?

On a similar note, isn't Grindr wonderful ;-]

Toshiba shows off self-deleting, self-encrypting drive

Huh?

I've been using Acer built laptops for years with no complaints.

I found Packard Bell to be pieces of crap

Here's a better idea

If you implement this then the private sector will still manage to accidentally leave sensitive drives and laptops on trains and buses.

How about self destructing laptops and dongles?

Kind of like how the money travelling to banks gets sprayed with ink after too long.

If the laptop isn't returned to the office after 24 hours it could detonate or burn the hard drive

Microsoft digs Macs in back-to-school ads

Wrong Jurassic

The virus, named OSX/Leap-A (also known as OSX/Oompa-A) spreads via instant messaging systems.

Found a Virus for Mac OS X already, do some research before making a spurious fanboy defense

Mac security not so good

http://www.securemac.com/

Even the mac security site points out shit loads of trojans and threats Jurassic

What planet are you on?

Yes you're right of course.

There are no vulnerabilities for a mac, and no one has ever had malware on a mac

Only non mac computers are vulnerable to hacking and viruses and trojans

Isn't that right apple fanboy?

First SMS Trojan for Android is in the wild

Stupid people ignoring the warning

The problem is, the people getting infected are stupid because they ignore the protection in place just to install anyway.

These people will then have money stolen from them if the rogue app sends messages out.

So all in all, this is hitting stupid people in their stupid pocket, hardly news at all.

The stupid people will always find ways of being stupid

Step 1 - Find a suitable app for what you want

Step 2 - read reviews

Step 3 - Look at permissions requested

Step 4 - Accept or Reject

Step 5 - install or flag it for someone to look into

It's not exactly rocket science

Obviously social networking apps need access to lots of permissions, but some apps are asking for everything available just to offer a calculator or some other crap

Tory MP's email fail stirs up bloggo-fury

Or...

If you want to complain to your MP, then at least have the decency to send a letter filled with your dog's finest.

Face it, no one writes to an MP to say nice things and tell them how well they're doing.

iTunes disses doctorates

So what?

Dear Mr Dr

You are a whiney baby

We also don't allow Sir, Lord or HRH, but do you see them complaining?

Get a life

apple x

Anti-virus defences even shakier than feared

Common Sense?

I don't know about you lot, but having antivirus that works 61.7% of the time sounds better than having no antivirus, which works 0% of the time.

Careful browsing and scanning is key.

If your downloaded music file is over 8mb, then use common sense and assume the worst

How an ancient printer can spill your most intimate secrets

Encryption?

Maybe Doctors have a pen capable of encrypting their writing?

it would explain the jumbled mess they write

Google experimenting with spy drones, says German maker

I like Google Earth

I like Google Earth, the fact that it's free is helping keep satnavs from rocketing in price.

And it's useful so if they don't steal WiFi data this time then i don't see a problem with it.

Apple iPhone exec falls on sword

He didn't jump...

"That news organ reached Papermaster by mobile phone, but he "declined to comment" as to whether he jumped or was pushed."

Maybe he couldn't comment because his antenna couldn't hold the call long enough?

Apple iPhone app patent claim 'doesn't feel right'

How?

It's apple doing what they do best/most

Steal someone elses trademark and strike a deal later

Firefox 4 beta crack ruse spreads Trojan to total idiots

Another way to look at it...

Doesn't that just say how unobservent and stupid some of these people are tho?

Clinton barrels in to BlackBerry brouhaha

Twinned with?

I hear it's so bad that people in Afghanistan tell their kids they'll send 'em to Slough if they don't behave.

Ditch the malware magnet

All well and good...

But i've had Adobe on every laptop and desktop i've ever had and have no idea what it's for other than opening PDFs

What does adobe acrobat actually do?

And what's the point of replacing it with a copy made by another company, with similar vulnerabilities?

Alien spymobile menaces Street View

Microsoft Street View?

Perhaps they were hired by Microsoft to do the legwork for MSView?

iPhone 4 satisfaction high, but lower than iPhone 3GS

Cold callers

Was the survey done over the phone?

Only the people with a good iphone signal would be able to answer the survey that way and apple can claim there isn't an antennagate.

Report questions millions spent on NHS.crap

Bargain bin designers...

That's a pretty good deal compared to what the Government paid for just a handfull of sites.

Is it a phone? Is it a Taser? No, it's a cattle prod!

Cat gun?

Any idea if these are illegal in England?

And also a site where they could be ordered?

...There's a cat that keeps getting into my garden and eating my koy fish out the pond.

Badgers, because there's not a cat sign

Apple as a religion: How the iPhone became divine

They can't qualify as a religion...

Unless their leader is made up.

Google to allow trade marks as keywords across Europe

Googletopia?

How much bigger could Google possibly get?

In the next 5 years maybe they will buy a continent with their money?

I look forward to going on holiday to Google =]

Etón Soulra solar-powered iPod dock

Far-fetched...

You could probably run a tiny hydro-electric powerplant with a hose pipe?

Brilliant point...

but lets not forget that electricity prices will undoubtably risein the next 19 years with the cost of oil increasing and the lack of power stations to handle capacity (in the UK anyway)

And isn't there only a couple years on the life span of these photovoltaic solar panels?

Vodafone upsets customers with upgrade downgrade

Not happy

Better not do this to the X10 or i'll be cancelling my contract or demanding a spare battery

Saudi Arabia beats UAE to BlackBerry ban

The UAE...

are taking the mickey!

First they try and push a bodge job of an update onto the phones, which could also open them up to more security threats.

Then they expect RIM to go to them with a deal?

Get on your knees UAE and start kissing that ass because your high horse has bolted and you don't have a leg to stand on!

Sophos downplays Android malware threat

So...

It's basically like running your computer without full permissions and having it ask you for a password every time something tries to change the registry or run a program?

An ingenious idea for a smartphone

RE: Paul Shirley

What's an su request?

Justice?

So far the only smartphones affected by malware in the media have been jailbroken.

Serves them right

Botnet with 60GB of stolen data cracked wide open

Re: Kubla Cant

The people who leave their doors and windows open at night are the people who are easiest to burgle, just as the people with no computer knowledge and no security are the people who we always hear of in botnets.

And let's not forget the people who click all those flashing adverts telling them what they've won.

Computer training is a must-have skill nowadays and trying to get more elderly people online will only add more numbers to these botnets unless it's done properly and safely.

Solar plasma aurora storm to hit Earth tomorrow today!

Woo Hoo!

A day off!

Sorry, can't come into work today because the northern lights melted my house

ta

See you in the pub!