Posts by MrXavia

RIM mulls pimping BlackBerry OS to Samsung – report

Re: Patents dear boy, patents

Errr hasn't push email been around since IMAP?

Doesn't MS have Push email in exchange?

Surely there is way too much prior art for push email...

Personally I use IMAP and get instant notifications...

Cameron 'to change his mind' on the one thing he got right in Defence

What I don't get is why we don't make our own fighters? surely if the French can do it, and the Americans can do it, we can do it??

This whole F35 project has taken what 20 years to get finished? really it takes THAT long to design and build them?

I say lets go for catapults, rent a few aircraft for now, and build our own combat planes in future!

Google fined for stalling Street View cars' Wi-Fi slurp probe

Google protecting its employees? I'm actually quite impressed, no matter what their real reasons, its stopping any employee from being dragged into this just for driving a car!

I can forgive google for snooping un-encrypted data, since its unencrypted, and anyone using an open wifi network should know that their data is free for the world to see!

I've seen the improvement in gps since using wifi to assist, its a great idea, now all we need is some form of easy feedback for google maps/navigation to help fix the few times they don't tell you in time, or give bad instructions!

ANU puts quantum random numbers online

Re: DOES ANBODY UNDERSTAND THIS

@DRender

The experiment sounded quite simple to me, I am surprised no one has thought of doing it before, surely its obviously a great way to generate random numbers (and I am no crypto nerd either, I just know more randomness is good for cyphers, the rest I leave up to the experts)

Lords give automatic smut censorship bill the once-over

This cant work

How will this work???

What is porn?

How will they detect that it is a porn site?

Do they consider a streaker porn?

Do they consider a nudist porn?

Do they consider an artistic nude by a famous artist porn?

It is just censorship in another form, once the ISP's show they can do it, then the gov will slowely creep what they censor until were restricted more than China..

I for one am going to write an email to my MP right now!

Facebook accused of 'wanton' use of Canadian woman's pics

Re: Depends on Canadian law ...

That landlord sounds evil,

I am a landlord myself, and I would never dream of entering my tennets home without prior notification and I would always prefer them present, while their renting from me, its their home and I won't violate it! I hope that landlord got locked up for what he did!

If someone walked in on me unannounced in my home, they should expect to be physically incapacitated & restrained before I ask who they are, I don't care who they are, in my mind an intruder is a deadly threat to my family & me until they are secured and identified...

DMOL proposes Freeview EPG shuffle to pull in IPTV

Re: It wouldn't matter..

My Sony Freeview TV does... My New Samsung does.... just because they have defaults, it doesn't mean you cant change them! from what I know its just sky who limit them... (maybe freesat? never tried to change them)

Smoked by Android: Microsoft coughs up free laptop

It sounds to me like they are just using apps to show how fast it is... i.e. they have an app for that..

And it sounded like the people smoked didn't realize exactly how to do things...

IF i had Facebook on my android phone, its like 2 taps to upload a photo after taking it...

Sitting down all day is killing you

Re: The Truth About Exercise

Another chivalrous gentlemen, amazing,,,

Now, how many times have you been slapped for offering your seat? or looked at funny for holding the door for a stranger?

I always stand on short bus journeys, and always on the tube!

Oz regulator to Apple: Don’t call it 4G if you can’t connect

It is different, my car can do around 140mph, and I can take it to a track in the UK and do it...

IF I buy a 3G phone, it will work in the country I buy it, I don't expect it to work over all different countries unless specifically brought for that, BUT if I buy a 4G device and a contract for it, I expect it to have 4G available..

The fact is the 4G device isn't even 4G really... Its a bit of a fraud.. its 3.5G at most...

Totally agree with you here!

I am fuming that Apple are selling a 4G iPad which can't actually use 4G!

The Facebook job test: Now interviewers want your logins

Re: Many ways to handle this

No 4 is perfect! Love that Idea!

London fire brigade outsources 999 control centre to Capita

Londons Burning, Fetch the Engines... Fire Fire... Please hold...

"Your call is important to us, we are sorry for the delay.."

What a load of nonsense! we must stop this... I hope the person who signs the order is one of the people held responsible when someone dies due to this decision!

And lets be honest, privatizing a service is bound to lead to lower quality, forget saving a pitiful 5million, i'd rather save lives!

Third European supply podule blasts off en route to space station

Now, why don't they whack a heat shield. parachute, a few padded seats and a life support system in there and make it a manned space tug??

Surely it cant be THAT hard to convert the ATV into a manned vehicle?

Man FLIES with Android-powered homemade bird wings

While I think its fake, I like the idea..

Wings, motors, batteries & controllers, just augment the human... Must be possible... well if they can fly with pure man power(pedel) augmented is fully possible!

Samsung backside-bitten by emoticon patent trollery

Re: Surely the solution is simple

Just void all software patents and 'look n feel' patents..... then use electroshock therapy on anyone who thinks they are a good idea....

Re: Hahahaha

Remember ICQ? they had it way before Skype existed and way before most others....

I even wrote a little messenger app in college in '96 that did this. not sure if that was before or after ICQ hit the scene.

UK drivers' privates fondled overseas in new outsource plan

It makes you wonder whether they actually have brains inside those skulls?

No wonder our economy is in the toilet, the inmates are running the asylum!

Its like the stupid decision to buy trains from Germany when we build them in the UK, don't they realize that keeping people employed improves the economy, that in turn means more tax revenue meaning over the life of the project, keeping it in the UK is financially better.

It just goes to show that the decision makers can't handle the information..

Pirate Bay plans sky-high flying proxy servers

If it was some kind of dirigible/weather balloon, I can see this being within the realms of possibility.... If they have the right minds behind it that is....

Who fancies coming up with a standard for a constellation of low cost dirigible network access nodes?

No central owner, just build, launch and they self configure!

Tomorrow's smartphone tech today

Re: Scanning stuff in shops

Really? I've not been asked and I do it all the time, especially on films to check reviews before buying... unless there is a massive difference in price, the fact I am there with the film/ in my hand is more important than £1 or £2 difference in price...

'The new iPad' revealed: Full specs, rumor scorecard

Re: apple.com down so can't get my order in

There is nothing revolutionary about the screen, its evolutionary, i.e. basic evolution... they upped resolution to something that really is not needed but is nice to have.

There is nothing revolutionary about the ipad, tablets have been around for over a decade, we before ipad hit the scene, the difference now is that the tech has reached a point where they can be powerful as well as handy.

So far i have not seen ONE thing that the ipad can do that has not been done before in one way or another by someone else..

Smart telly trends make Apple 'iTV' a certainty

Re: Re: Mac can't play AVIs or MKVs....

But does it do DLNA? An iPad DLNA client would be great

Personally I'd not touch an apple TV , I am still frustrated that the iPad can't play AVI's!

My PHONE plays AVI's, MKV's & any other format I've tried, and that was out of the box, so does my TV... Plus they both can access all the media from my Windows 7 PC, my iPad can't, neither can my Mac Book (well not found software that can yet)..

I do think an Android/Google TV sounds good, but as I've just brought a new TV, so i wont be upgrading that for a good few years...

Japanese robot mirrors master’s movements

Re: Moon

Big problem there is the delay, IIRC its about 4 seconds round trip.. Much better idea is simpler robots that are able to act independently to orders rather than need a driver/controller..

That is until someone invents an FTL/instant communication system....

Space: 1999 returning to TV?

re: filmed in chinese

No, but how about a British/Chinese Partnership?

Heathrow facial recognition tech stalled by borders fiasco

re: IRIS is being decomissioned

Typical!

I liked IRIS...

Well I guess soon they will see whether MI style masks can fool it..

The e-gates are a great idea, but simply a typical government mess causes it to be delayed...

I for one will stick to using IRIS, its fast and I don't even need to get my passport out of my pocket!

BT seeks apartment dwellers to sign-up to 'superfast' FTTP trial

I would pay for fiber if I could get it, I am sure many in my village would pay for it!

I'd happily pay twice what I pay now to get fiber and decent speeds.

Ofcom sets out spectrum mega-auction, again

"Voda and O2, two of the worst companies to deal with when you complain"

Odd I found Three to be the worst, since when I was with them their indian call center workers were incompetent, yet with Vodafone i've never had a problem, and always helpful UK call centers when I call.

But I do hope 3 stay in the market, since in Canary Wharf its hard to get a decent net connection on Vodafone but 3 works well

Profs call for harsh taxes on sweet carbonated beverages

@Greg J Preece

"Except that drinking alcohol at work is rarely encouraged."

Maybe not in the office, But surely the lunchtime pint is still a tradition among British techies?

The best work is always done after a lunchtime pint of a real ale or scrumpy!

Mobile phone mast-in-a-chip biz sells out for $50m

I've got a vodafone one, works OK, but takes ages (days!) to set itself up,

They need to fix that issue before they become mainstream

New Chinese space plans are all about security and strategy on Earth

Skylon may not be fully funded, but they have a good chance of getting more funding once they prove the Sabre engine. I was mainly saying that they (a British company) has a better chance of a space plane than the USA government does, (and that is a slim chance funding wise so I doubt Skylon will see the light of day until way beyond 2020).

I agree totally that the US Private companies are much more likely to get into space next with a manned vessel, and I bet at a fraction of NASA's costs and complexity.

I'm looking forward to the next few years developments in US private space flight.

@Randall Shimizu

"At this point it's hard to tell just how much of a threat China's space plans pose to the US. China wants to reach the moon by 2020. By this time the US will have developed a space plane and other scramjet technologies."

You Really think that??? the US gov will be lucky to be able to get to the ISS without hitching a lift from Russia, China or a private taxi service...

Us Brits have a much better chance of having a working space plane by 2020 than the US of A does.. At least we have boffins (private company tho) working on a space plane, NASA just retired its rusting (metaphorically) space truck..

PayPal dispute ends in 'violin destruction'

@AC 8:56 Remember that PayPal isn't a bank

It is actually regulated the the FSA in the UK at least, not sure about the rest of Europe, and so far as a seller they have been pretty good, although the horror stories I have heard coming from the US of A make me shudder!!!

Software bug fingered as cause of Aussie A330 plunge

"the captain was not in the cockpit and had no chance of getting to it before the inexperienced copilot had stalled the jet into the sea"

Personally I find it concerning that the copilot would be so inexperienced they would not be able to control the plane without the computer, surely thats part of the regular tests they do!

Potential ALIEN LIFE habitats FOUND ON MOONS

So when do we start sending out the probes???

Bloke claims ex swiped his sperm to make twins

In his position, I would demand custody of both children, and that SHE pay child support.

If he wants to abandon those kids, well he doesn't have a third leg to stand on...

UK nuclear: Walking into darkness with eyes screwed shut

The problem is education

The young generation have had their minds polluted by false information, until someone puts out a decent publicity campaign for nuclear power, they wont know anything better and they will oppose nuclear.

Nuclear is our ONLY option unless we want to loose our gadgets...

And as for nuclear waste... the volumes are minimal, and in actual fact I am sure much of it is radioactive enough to be of use in RTG's or similar!

Nuclear now I say!

China spacecraft masters the art of docking

Congrats Chinese but...

Full credit to the Chinese, but whoever wrote this article is out of touch, Europe was the third to master docking technology, who do you think launched Jules Vern to supply the ISS???

Samsung demands iPhone 4S ban in Japan and Oz

Apple has no truly original design in the iPad/iPhone.

It looks like a star trek padd!

It looks like my notebook sitting on my desk, you know with paper in it..

Icons look just like my old Amiga desktop 20 years ago! A grid of icons, WOW!

The courts should have thrown out the apple design claims unless samsung were selling them AS iPads....

People want iPad like devices without the iOS or Apple, so let them buy them!

ISPs end PM's web smut block dream

"deny all except allowed.

allow list;"

might work until 8 and they choose to bypass it..

Not sure what the solution is

Samsung preps anti-iPhone 5 lawsuit before it's even out

not really

There have been tablets/pdas/phones around for many years that look similar to the ipad / iphone.

my ancient 3g PDA video phone, that I cant even remember the name of, was similar enough to the iPhone 3/3gs. and acutally i think my galaxy s looks nothing like an iphone 3gs, and the galaxy s 2 is totally different to the iphone 4, there is no way you could mistake them as being the same!

Apple are just taking advantage of dumb judges that know so little about technology and design they will rule on anything that gets them media attention.

I would accept a technical patent on a real technological innovation as being a valid reason to pull it, but design? that's nonsense.

Next you will have them claiming they invented windows and folders in the os!

Skype to test advertising

bye bye skype

Sorry to say I tried installing Skype while in china recently, it gave me a version one so full of ads provided by a local partner, I quickly found a UK installer... No ads for me....

I for one will remove skype as soon as ads are added, it costs them nothing to let people use the free features, and they already charge for calling phones, so whats the problem? They NEED millions of users so they get super nodes, dont they realise they will alienate the people they need???

As soon as someone releases a decent video chat/conference client that works on android, iPhone, Windows and Linux, (well mac aswell I guess) then skype will go the way of ICQ, anyone remember that apart from me?

iPad 2? Let's be kind and call it iPad 1.5

no function? What w

@John Molloy

have you ever used an android device?

Mine came with wordprocessor & spreadsheet that syncs with my online office choice,

yet I have to buy it for the ipad.

My android phone will run remote access programs in the browser, I have to spend $30 to get similar functionality with my remote destop provider on the ipad.

I can copy any files to and from my android phone, can I do that with my ipad? fat chance.

I can play ANY media file i have tried on my android phone, it takes me hours to convert for itunes to bother to take them.

I can run java apps on my phone, I can access ANY web page on my android phone.

and this is a PHONE not an ipad, not a tablet, just 2.2 android.

If your in any kind of business you would realise the ipad is just a toy not a tool.

And with apples locking down of apps, it means many apps will just never appear on it.

Ex-PM blocked Steve Jobs knighthood

What Design?

All he did was watch star trek and copy the padd!

And as for innovation, I was using PDA's for years before the IPhone came out, I was watching movies and doing things on my symbian pda phones well before the iphone came out.

All Apple did was buy out a keyboard company (fingerworks) to get the touch tech, (which stopped me from buying one of their lovely keyboards), then they stick in a pretty(ish) case with a pretty standard pda phone and a pretty interface and bam you have the iphone.

Then a few years later, stick the a pda in a bigger pretty case and here comes the ipad, just a large iphone.

All they did was make it pretty and have good marketing along with Apple fanboys to buy it.

I for one am glad he did not get it.

Bill Gates, while I am not a microsoft fan, he did deserve it for his non MS work.

Shocked mum muzzles foul-mouthed toy mutt

Definately 'Bark'

Someone needs to clean their ears occasionally i think....

Ms. Gates: 'Bill does not use a Mac'

Or are they the coolest? Prototypes!!

I know if I had access to the lastest of everything, I'd ensure my kids had the best of everything, iphone? bah it doesn't even have 3g video calling! nor does android at default (galaxy s does) but my old trusty win mobile does!

Indiana judges dismiss girl's nipple exposure appeal

More Crazy US Laws...

I simply can't understand how a 'free' country like the USA can be so prudish, the human body is nothing to be ashamed of!

Personally I think nudity should be permitted unless done to cause harm/distress, that is the legal case in the UK last time I checked.