Posts by Chris Duncan

Remembering the true* first portable computer

Brilliant, just Brilliant

Great Article. Informative, interesting and funny.

Ditto for comments.

Austin please write more.

Driving some value into Google's Street View

IDIOT Software Developer can't research article

1. Sustrans is NOT a government body. It is a charity set up and run to promote sustainable forms of transport (particularly walking and cycling). It is because of Sustrans working with local government that the National Cycle Network has come into existence, however this is after years of tireless work by individuals.

2. The Ordnance Survey is a Government Trading Fund. It doesn't get direct taxpayers money!

3. Both 1 and 2 have already been mentioned - but nothing has been done to correct the story.

Can I be so bold as to suggest that M. Walker should be so kind as to keep to his day job as a software developer at The Register until he learns how to properly research an article (or at least do some cursory checking of his facts).

AVG revamps free security scanner

More praise for AVG

AVG is brilliant.

So many times I've un-installed Norton from other peoples computers in order to get a computer to actually work. I remember when Norton used to be good - that was quite a few years ago! When Norton is already installed on a machine, people rarely take it off, but it is often one of the big reasons a computer is running slow.

AVG on the other hand is no resource hog, is better at detecting viruses (according to various independent tests I have read over the last x number of years) and is free for a non-commercial, home user. The free AVG Anti-spyware is also good, I can't wait to see them integrated.

So what's in a URL? The Reg URL?

Has to be .co.uk

The Register is a uk news site. It may serve the whole world via the internet, but that is no reason to give the site an American address (even if a lot of the world doesn't know any better).

Keep British spelling! PLEASE!

Having us.theregister.co.uk sounds fine to me - perhaps it would make other companies think about their address (yes, I know it's not likely!).