Posts by Tempest

Blogger stokes iPhone 4 shatter fears

I guess you won't get a reply

Anyone who is too ashamed even to use their user name really is a coward and not worth answering, me thinks.

Apple pays off pension fund

iPhans seem over-sensitive

I have watched with interest just how easy it is to get Apple adopters / fanbois / iPhans to fall for the bait!

That said, comparing iOS and Android is not like comparing hardware - Apple has so many versions out on the street which is the intent of their marketing - first adopted by automobile companies.

Android, in any hardware, is still a sale just as iOS, in any version, is a sale. And as someone pointed out Android is being adopted faster than iOS at the present time.

Nielsen said that Android chewed away at the competition and increased its share even more dramatically, rising from 14 to 32 per cent. Apple meanwhile, let some 7 per cent of users slip through its fingers and fell from 32 to 25 per cent, despite its release of the Iphone 4 in June, while Blackberry took an 8 per cent dunk and dropped from 34 to 26 per cent.

Guess this must put iOS in 3rd place.

The US SEC said

what Apple, and many other companies did, is fraud if it is not reported to the SEC.

What Jobs seems lack lack is the understanding of morals.

Youth jailed for not handing over encryption password

British citizens have no rights, get it?

Most countries allow the right to hold your tongue, except when it comes to the USA torturing anything out of victim's mouths - truth or otherwise, but in Britain you are practically forced to state your defence so the Plod can go about working the evidence to refute it.

Everything is weighted against defendants which with the increasing abuse of police power it takes a very plucky young man to withstand.

Hold your tongue, young man, and show them that not all British people are prepared to roll over, figuratively speaking, and say do it again.

iPhone makes many Aussies late/early for work

Not an Apple problem, it's because Australia is upside down compared to ...

where the iCrap stuff was designed and even manufactured.

Australia also has a problem with bath water - run runs counter-clockwise to California - which scientifically proves that Jobs is correct.

iPhone app tagged as terror tool

Don't laugh - this brain-dead idiot makes more money than you and YOU PAY HIM!

You now have a measure of just how stupid your elected representatives are.

The question that needs answering: is the elected one brighter than the people who voted him in!

Ministry of Sound floored by Anonymous

Has he possibly learnt the lesson - don't mess with InterNet guys

The alleged excerpt from an e-mail suggests Crossley, whose firm's name suggests a larger entity than a sole practitioner, has had time to reflect on his recent history.

Now he will actually have to work for income.

Pentagon out to 'destroy' Wikileaks, founder says

Do they still print Government Property on toilet paper?

I visited a toilet in the UK years ago and they had Government Property, or something similar, on each sheet.

The other memory of that occasion was the abysmal condition of the facility.

Amazon plots Android store

It should be a fee OR commission

I agree that if the Apps are commisionable to the store they should be allowed in free. These App tores rely on the labours of App writers .and good apps are an asset to a store not another cow to milk.

BT promises biggest ever rural broadband project

I'm waiting for the other boot to fall

How much per month?

Acer Aspire 5940G 15.6in notebook

My foot fell off and the DVD drive died within primary warranty

and they denied responsibility for both items. And this was under the primary, included, warranty.

They might have good designs but I also want that coverage and one that is respected by Acer.

2 out of 3 Android apps use private data 'suspiciously'

Google is a known evil with Android but Apps shouldn't be

I pay for an App for it's utility, so if they want additional income they should charge more and not give my data away at MY COST, yet!

Apple in 873-page legal claim to word 'Pod'

I like this. Bye, Bye Apple?

Apple is a common usage word for a fruit that grows on a tree.

Next Apple, the company, will be suing cider distillers, fruit orchard people AND living up to their competitors name of CRAB Apple!

HP reported close to naming Hurd successor

Your comments are most interesting

These tidbits of information were useful anecdotal that fills out the article.

Thanks.

Jailbreaker alert: Apple TV runs iOS

One Hack fixes all?

If Apple settles on a single OS, hacking one device will make it easier for the other devices.

It might encourage malware writers, too.

Twitter airport bomb joker loses second job

This is typical of the Blair/Brown frame of mind

Being British was at one time equated with having independent thought and a dedication to purpose likened to that of the bulldog - tenacious.

Plunkett, Blair and Brown turned Britain into a bunch of conformists, at least from a legal point of view, any deviation from their concepts resulting in an ASBO, or some equally ridiculous penalty whilst reducing rights that have been enjoyed for years.

Then you have this collection of pompous, legal neophytes called magistrates who think the sun shines out of their collective rear ends, usually blinkered and pro-police to the point of stupidity.

My experience of dealing with airport officialdom was that the British were fair, firm and polite with a sense of tolerance and humour. Now you would be hard-pressed to tell them apart from the brain-dead uniformed buffoons that greet me when I go the States.

I, and many others, now choose to bypass the UK, using European airports instead.

Facebook follows papal line on censorship

That's not all they have in common

Narrow-minded, hypocritical, do-gooders who are also less than intelligent in certain subjects.

Reminds me of the time I was in Boston and someone had thoughtfully covered 'the member' of a carved stone statue to protect American innocents. (It wasn't in Cambridge, so likely wasn't a student)

eBay boss outbids everyone in election spending

Not even the TV surgeons could improve this one

California is, supposedly, the land of the beautiful people, whomever they are. This ex-CEO wears every worry she has ever had on her face and no TV show could improve her.

Yuk!

Mobile phones for minimalists

Disposable cells are in reality POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service

If they can bang out disposable phones for a minimal number of bucks/pounds why not these? The only difference is in the case and the SIM.

What parents need ...

is a hand-phone into which up to 5 numbers could pre-programmed, with a graphic capability for each number, so children could be given a phone which permits them only to call trusted people without the risk of dialing any other number without cost control. The graphic along each number could be of the person whose number is programmed.

Since some jurisdictions require GPS be fitted, this data could be transmitted so the called party would know where the child user was located.

Google sued by ex-iPhone location outfit

They scan all the time, and send the data on your penny/cent

A friend who services cell network equipment reported he had isolated a smartphone by swamping it with his WiFi test set and he analysed the data blocks returned and it would appear that when the WiFi identity was changed a report was transmitted reporting this 'new' WiFi system. This required no action by the user.

I wonder if this is honest use of our data quota, if this is invading our privacy or just another way of monetising smartphone use?.

Our vehicles should confuse matters!

All our company vehicles have WiFi access points on them that are either in 'ad hoc' mode or providing interconnection to data services from cell systems. Our on-board equipment links with our man-portable equipment.

If handsets are scanning WiFi for location these few mobile WiFi set ups will certainly confuse any data collectors.

Software re-sale restricted by US Court of Appeals

My software doesn't have EULA's

It's removed by the copy shops I buy my software from. In fact some of the software was sold to the Chinese market and most everything other than the program - set up in English - is in Chinese so they don't mean much to me, either.

Since restrictive clauses can't be read until after purchase, and opening the package makes them invalid for return, I would not feel constrained by them.

Why are you so afraid of using your handle?

Naturist club objects to erection of five storey tower block

This story reminds me of Shipton Sands in Devon

To older ex-military types Operation Tiger on Shipton Sands was one of the giant military exercises off the Devon coast in preparation for the D-Day landings of World War 2.

Years later my parents took their children camping and we used to play on the beaches as well as climb on the rocks at the east end of the Shipton Sands.

One day, I and my brothers climbed the rocks further than we had ever gone before - only to be presented by the most unusual sight of our then young lives.

The Shipton Sands Nudist Club. Right on the public beach! They were very decent about it and never complained about our sudden interest in rock climbing.

Wonder if they are still there?

Is US prudishness ruining the internet?

Get it straight - AMERICAN PRUDISHNESS NOT Anglo-Saxon

It is the prudishness of AMERICANS criticising the Anglo-Saxon's!

America is a racial melting pot and is dissimilar to most other 'cultures', if the U.S. even has a culture being such a young country.

Rackspace claims credit for shushing Koran-burning 'pastor'

ISP's expect Telephone Company Protection but not to act like them

Telephone companies, and ISP's, have immunity for prosecution against illegal content. i'e' advertising illegal services doesn't make them liable.

The telephone company, correctly IMO, hasn't cut this hate-mongers telephone service, nor should Rackspace. It has behaved in an irresponsible way given it's legal protections.

Remember, what's good for the hate-monger might be used against YOU in the future.

Retailers price up Samsung 7in Android tablet

A small correction

I think the next release of the Android OS will be V3.

UN steps into Blackberry debate

IMEI number is semi-permanent

The IMEI number is a flashed serial number that is unique to every cell phone. IMEI number facilitates an important function; it easily identifies a mobile phone being used on a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network.

To increase the difficulty in nosy people creating a contact database this number should be changed.

IMEI numbers either come in a 15 digit or 17 digit sequences of numbers. These numbers can identify a handset. Currently the format of the IMEI is AA-BBBBBB-CCCCCC-D.

- AA - These two digits are for the Reporting Body Identifier, indicating the GSMA approved group that allocated the TAC (Type Allocation Code).

- BBBBBB - The Remainder of the TAC

- CCCCCC - Serial Sequence of the Model

- D - Luhn Check Digit of the entire model or 0 (This is an algorithm that validates the ID number)

There are on-line databases to check a phones status:

Color Meaning

White Valid Mobile Station

Grey Mobile Station to be tracked

Black Barred Mobile Station

Any cell phone of interest to a third party only need be made Grey.

There are links for changing IMEI numbers such as < http://www.renjusblog.com/2009/11/how-get-new-imei-number.html >.

ViewSonic outs Windows/Android 10in tablet

Even the original Chinese units, that preceded Apple, ...

cost around USD$200 in GuangZhou, where the manufacturers are located so this is a useful number by which to benchmark tablets.

The ones I saw had almost every feature available and some sported 3D screens (capacitive).

Toshiba touts £329 Folio Android tablet

:) You, too? Use tap washers and instant glue!

Same thing happened to this Tosh I.m typing on. Seems to be a 'feature'.

I removed the remaining feet, bought some chunky tap washers and used instant glue - been working for 3 years so far!

Wikileaks founder blasts reopening of rape probe

@ Anonymous Coward <What? >, < Answer >

Whilst I disagree with the reasons for the wars, your two posts show:

(1) You are despicable;

(2) I am sure the family of the only woman, you claim, appreciates recognition of her sacrifice;

(3) You can't count.

Apple goes social with musical Ping

Any word is fair game in the USA

Many times US corporations have adopted words in the public domain and tried to make them a trademark, or similar.

Poor choice for another reason: Bing.

At least all of Jobs followers will be able to enjoy their incestuous, narcissistic relationships without troubling others.

New iPod crew: 'Phoney, futuristic, retro, doomed'

Vendors responsible for their products

If you buy a Ford car with a subassembly made by a third party your recourse would be against Ford.

Likewise, id Apple, or any other vendor, chooses to use designs that are buggy/cheap they get to pick up the bill.

Apple, in my experience, has always tried to dumb things down minimixing costs and quality which has cost some people injury and minor fires. Using these custom connectors lets Apple remain a sole source supplier, read monopoly, and they ae priced accordingly.

Get a version 3 from Walmart

Walmart is selling version 3's for 99 bucks.

Add the OS upgrade, hen you have a cell that is better than V4 and even makes calls..

All these little fire bombs

What concerns me id the safety of all these powerful batteries that have an unfortunate history of turning in Apple stuff.

Some Apples have also exploded.

Looks like Apple is after never ending subscriptions - leasing next?

I would have thought people would want to archive some movies yet A-TV is suggesting they want to use a subscription based system.

Leasing players and other things would fit in to this Apple concept.

Personally I will stick to my library of audio so I have a one-time charge and the ability to play in anywhere, any time.

Apple Magic Trackpad

It IS different, it's dove grey

I have an Aple product or two and I agree the fingerprints show on the dove grey. Bad choice for high use items.

I also think the Bamboo version is better.