Posts by e-bob

NASA's asteroid hunter creeps up on Vesta

I can see the Daily Mail headline right now...

"African astro-beer run, funded by YOU the taxpayer."

Angry Birds struggle to take on Androids

G1

Root it, install Cyanogen's Froyo firmware and not only does Angry Birds run fine, but the phone in general works better. Battery life is still s**t though!

I've also got a wildfire and it runs fine on that too, despite it also being on the list.

Google pulls trigger on 'Instant' search engine

The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Russia will follow within the week.

Maybe it's just me, but it's live in the UK already. It's irritating to say the least, though I'm sure I'll get used to it.

@Geoff Johnson - it brings up "Sex and The City" when you enter the first three letters of sextant. And Google Analytics when you enter "anal"... just so you know... ;)

Mozilla man: Firefox 4 will leapfrog JavaScript rivals

Who had 15 hours?

I did wonder how long it would take for one of the Peoples Front of Opera (or is it the Opera People's Front?) to bounce in and remind us all how stupid we all are for not using it.

I'm surprised it took this long to be honest!

Ballmer's 'lost generation' note finds resonance

No multitasking?

My Windows Mobile phone multitasks just fine, thank you. I can keep as many applications running as the phone's RAM allows, and happily switch between them as I need.

My only gripe is that it won't sync with an x64 version of Windows 7.

PC means Personal Computer

Yes, it does, but you knew what was implied, and since nobody has used the term "IBM Compatible" in about 20 years, I think it's safe to say that "PC" has become the generally accepted "brand name" of sorts for an entire grouping of machines that never really had one.