Sophos free works very well....
...on my iMac.
Posts by Lallabalalla
633 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Jun 2011
Malwarebytes declares Windows 'malicious', nukes 1,000s of PCs
I salute Lady THATCHER - Shoreditch's SILICON GODMOTHER
Monday 15th April 2013 12:27 GMT
Re: I'm old enough
Couldn't agree more. The three day week - introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative Government 1970–1974 (Heath) to conserve electricity.
How I miss those heady days of miners and printworkers being coshed to the ground by baton-wielding police on horseback. Of every junction being overrun with "squeegees" and every park and underpass crammed with beggars and the homeless.
How I loved still having a job at a time of our highest ever unemployment, 15% interest rates and 21.7% inflation.
How I rejoiced at the American nuclear missile bases in our green-and-pleasant. How I applauded the sheilds of truth and swords of honour of those righteous members gallantly upholding all we revere as true - Parkinson, Clarke, Archer, Aitken, Major and Currie et al.
How I gagged as Gummer shoved BSE infected burgers down the throats of his own children.
Etc etc blah blah blah.
So, New Labour were little better, and things are even worse now, and things can always get worse, or better, YMMV. They all suck.
Eerie satnav boffinry claims it can predict THE FUTURE
Wednesday 17th April 2013 12:45 GMT
Re: So in your worldview, anyone with a nice car is an arse
No - in my worldview, anyone with a German car is an arse. VW tend to be the exception that proves the rule (although this is a concept that doesn't actually exist as anything more thatn a concept) - but - BMW - AUDI - MERCEDES - you know what I'm talking about.
Just becuase my Zafira was *built* in Germany - well that doesn't count, obviously :)
Facebook struggling to find 'immersive' Home on Apple's iPhone
Tuesday 16th April 2013 12:54 GMT 
But, but....
iPhone always looking like iPhone is exactly why I like them. I spend ZERO time configuring, tweaking, rooting, re-installing, rebooting, managing or otherwise doing ANYTHING with my phone apart from texting, emailing and making calls. Games? Got a few. Facebook? Got an app, it's enough already. Other apps? Loads, yeah, they all work fine thanks.
The day Apple do this will be a) a freezing day in hell, IMO and b) the day I try something else.
Microsoft brings back Windows watch after Apple seeks 'flexible' bod
Tuesday 16th April 2013 12:39 GMT
There IS no compelling reason for a smart watch.
Because any and all of its functionality is readily available to hand in your phone, as has been noted.
A watch is primarily a piece of JEWELLERY. Of course it tells the time in a convenient way, but it has a look and a feel and every time you look at it your perceptions about yourself are re-affirmed before you even read the time.
Microsoft watch = "I'm a total geek and I don't care about anything apart from gadgetry even if that makes me look like a dick, because there's no such thing as looking like a dick."
Swatch/Guess/Robot/Moron/Bench watch = "I'm a fashion victim who is happy to pay £100+ for a $2 watch that looks a bit like a [chronograph/timepiece/whatever]"
Tag/Rolex/Omega/Breitling etc watch = "I buy into the brand and wish to be identified with it in some way as a discerning consumer i.e. a tosser with more money than sense"
Seiko watch = "I appreciate true horological achievment and the fine balance between engineering excellence, master craftsmanship and value".
While smart watches continue to look like shit no-one will buy them. So Apple may just have a chance to get this one right, as that is something they do well.
Smart metering will disrupt weather forecasts, warns Met Office
Review: Kobo Arc Android tablet
I am NOT a PC repair man. I will NOT get your iPad working
Orange is the new TalkTalk of the broadband complaints league
A lightbulb that does IPv6: You know you want it
why is there an Apple forum?
Apple share-price-off-a-cliff: Told you that would happen
Maybe don't install that groovy pirated Android keyboard
Japan's rare earth discovery bad news for China's monopoly plans
Drunk driving: No more dangerous than talking on handsfree mobe
Samsung's new Galaxy S 4: iPhone assassin or Android also-ran?
Curiosity succeeds – Mars was wet enough for life!
Wednesday 13th March 2013 13:32 GMT
Re: Assumptions
Yes those are the assumptions but you know what? Carbon and water behave the same everywhere in the universe, that's why the laws of physics - and thus the emergent properties known as chemistry - are called "universal".
This means that the complex molecules (amino acids, hormones etc) etc required to enable complex organisms like us to evolve are still going to be reliant on the ability of carbon to link stuff up in an almost infinite variety of ways and water to dissolve just about anything and hold it in solution.
The organisms thus produced don't have to be human. There's foxes, dogs, cats, eagles, Piers Morgan, to name but a few.
Ten ten-inch tablets
Tuesday 12th March 2013 12:28 GMT 
expandable memory
I seem to have heard somewhere that apps can't be stored on expandable memory, which would mean that 1Gb onboard storage is going to look a bit short after 6 months even if none of it is taken up with your music/photos. Would this be right?
Also, carping about iCloud is a bit disingenuous since you can very easily use the dropbox and skydrive apps if you have stuff stored there. Which, I'm sure, every sensible person already does.
Useful review though, thanks. Just in time for the kids' birthdays.
Ten serious sci-fi films for the sentient fan
Mozilla to Apple: we don't care about iOS
Here's the $4.99 utility that might just have saved Windows 8
Throttled customers rage over Virgin Mobile UK's tight cap
Farewell, Reg: This hack is hanging up her Apple jacket
Virgin Mobile coughs to choking its customers
Microsoft: You want Office for Mac, fanboi? You'll pay Windows prices
Apple files 'iWatch' patent application
Microsoft: Office 2013 license is for just one PC, FOREVER
Higgs data shows alternate reality will SWALLOW UNIVERSE
Bill Gates: Windows Phone strategy was 'a mistake'
A new Mac Pro coming this spring? 'Mais oui!'
Plunging BT sales hit every branch of the biz on way down
Customer service rep fired for writing game that mocks callers
Is your Surface Pro a bit full? Slot in an SD card, it's not from Apple
Thursday 31st January 2013 11:49 GMT
My iPad has a near-limitless storage solution
In the vanishingly rare case of our 16Gb iPad being full (of what, exactly?) we have this thing called a "computer" which we "synch" to - removing archive data for long-term storage and adding anything new that might be wanted when mobile.
It's Magical! (tm)
Tablets aren't killing ereaders, it's clog-popping wrinklies - analyst
Record numbers of you are reading this headline right now
‘Anonymous’ hacks Oz Uni’s email to protest bulk iPad buy
Monday 21st January 2013 13:58 GMT
Apple is a locked down NIGHTMARE
And that's the big reason to use them, right there. No hacking. No viruses. No malware inserted along with your memory card... the iPad is PERFECT for the consumption of content: podcasts, videos, iTunesU, textbooks, magazines, flyers, info sheets, assignments, in short the endless list of required reading in one handly little package, all safe and sound with every wireless sync. And presumably backed up with the perfect warranty: corporate applecare - oh is it broken madam? Here, have a new one. No waiting, no fuss, just here you go, as you were.
Monday 21st January 2013 13:50 GMT
Re: What's the alternative?
And has anyone yet mentioned the extraordinary iTunesU content stream produced by the world's leading universities? An unparallelled resource directly available on an iPad. I don't think there is any Android resource anywhere that even comes within a billion lightyears of it.
Honestly, you apple-haters should really just .... oh go away :)
Google's JavaScript assassin: Web languages are harder than VMs
Look out, fanbois: One in two nicked mobes is an iPhone - cops
Thursday 17th January 2013 12:35 GMT
in 10 years iphones will look ... dated
REALLY? In 10 years EVERYTHING you now have will look dated - that is how things like "10 years" and other dates work.
You *really* think that the iPhone15 will look just like the iPhone1 - because the 5 is *so* similar to the iphone1 ... oh, wait.
On the upside, I expect my 3GS will *still* be working perfectly, look like new and be worth a good chunk of what I paid for it.
Thursday 17th January 2013 12:30 GMT 
The reason iPhones get nicked
Simple - it's the market that dictates. They are worth more secondhand than anything else. They cost more to begin with and they have far higher residual value especially when unmarked - as they tend to be because they are high quality kit that is generally well looked after.
Security audit finds dev outsourced his job to China to goof off at work
Wednesday 16th January 2013 12:25 GMT
Nothing new here
Back in the day I ran a very small courier firm - just me and a few others on bikes - till we got bored of riding and got a cheaper firm to do our work for us while we sat in the cafe fielding calls and providing "quality assurance". Occasionally we'd knock out a few jobs ourselves, especially for a few key clients. Then we'd spend a merry hour each day in our rented office raising invoices, and go home.
Microsoft ends Mac users' Windows Phone 8 misery
Tuesday 15th January 2013 13:18 GMT
Re: Surprising choice
Not really - I would actually consider a new windows phone because I quite like the look of the interface, and I don't have much use for apps over and above core functionality. But the overriding criteria is that I must be able to easily and quickly back it up, and sync it with the data I want. Naturally the iPhone is best for this. We all have them at home, because going all-Apple has cut my home IT support duties down from dozens if not hundreds of hours a year to a handful - especially when things go wrong and a file goes missing or a phone appears to lose something. The worst that seems to happen these days is iOS losing appointments out of the calendar. This is actually pretty serious, but it's the only negative that seems to be affecting us right now.
Tuesday 15th January 2013 13:08 GMT
Lockdown!
It's pretty clear that the only people who really know anything about macs are those people who actually owned or owned one. Is this stating the obvious? Because an awful lot of people who have clearly never even considered buying one have some pretty weird ideas about what they can do and how they work. All I can say is - YOU WEREN'T THERE, MAN. You don't KNOW!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
