Posts by Anonymous Coward 15

New in Android 4.3: At last we get a grip on privacy-invading crApps

And this is different to Permissions Denied how?

London Mayor shows off GIANT BLUE COCK in busy square

German poking fun

Another thing you won't be able to Google soon.

Deadly Spanish train disaster exploited by malware mail scumbags

And the networks of Murdoch's empire do what?

Chromecast: We get our SWEATY PAWS on Google's tiny telly pipe

Re: Looks Awesome!

Would probably work with a dumb monitor too.

Sounds like a porn mode to me.

Burger-rage horse dumps on McDonald's: Rider saddled with fat fine

Re: Does anyone know

Would they serve someone with a horse and cart?

Phantom apps appear in Chinese fanbois' iTunes accounts

Extra! Extra! We've got absolurely f*ck all to say since 10 minutes ago!

Leap Motion Controller: Hands up for PC air gestures. That's the spirit

I pre-ordered one of these

Tracking says it was delivered this morning :)

I wonder if there will be any apps to take advantage of certain one-handed gestures?

PHWOAR! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, Prime Minister

Re: There is an upside

Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in the honey tree?

Re: "...simplest way is to show you have a credit card..."

Depending on the network you may be able to go into one of their shops with ID to prove you are an adult.

WAR ON PORN: UK flicks switch on 'I am a pervert' web filters

Does the same happen

with males who are "overstimulated" by having exceptionally high amounts of sex in real life?

Or upload your photos/videos from your holiday in the area during the summer heatwave.

Re: Neigbours WiFi?

There's no breach of the act if the "victim" consents.

Think of the violins! (Whoops, that rhymes with violence)

The word "fiddle" has been banned.

Spotify: If musicians don't give us their stuff they get pirated more

Give it to us for close to fsck all

Or it'll be "stolen". Hmm, sounds like the government.

Windows desktop VDI

Re: Open Source VDI

Have a look at Microsoft Registered/Authorised Refurbishers, if you find one that is appropriately equipped and you don't mind second-hand machines. They also have special charity licences.

Darth Vader's old gaff awaits exogorth desert DUNE DOOM

Aren't Disney going to save it for any future sequels?

Fanbois get Outlook app for iOS, but only if they sign up for Office 365

reproduces functionality already on the phone

They'll ban it then.

Man sues Apple for allowing him to become addicted to porn

You're holding it wrong.

(etc.)

Feds BANNED from DEF CON by founder (who is Obama's cyber-expert)

How would you know, since they're meant to be good at keeping secrets and all?

Ciseco Pi-Lite: Make a Raspberry Pi trip light fantastic with 126 LEDs

Re: What we really want...

W

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Asperger's and IT

Re: Can I make a meta comment?

Itchy, itchy beard.

Re: I don't think I'm on the spectrum

Isn't that a separate disorder in its own right?

Emergency alert system easily pwnable after epic ZOMBIE attack prank

And all they wanted

was a nice game of chess.

Germans brew up a right Sh*tstorm

Re: Does anyone know....

Trying to think of a translation for "clusterfuck" that wouldn't be misconstrued as "orgy"...

EU chucks €18m at research for stupidly fast networks

Re: Faster *direct* access

OK then, how does Russia or the Middle East grab you?

Bandwidth != latency.

Fines 4 U: Mobe insurer cops £3m penalty for grumble dumping

Arse-covering: my 2p worth

With contracts, if you break the phone you've still got to pay the bill. (Breaking your home phone doesn't stop BT charging line rental.) Having insurance means you're less likely to stop paying the bill for a busted phone on a connection you can no longer use.

Carphone Whorehouse tried to sell me Geek Squad when I bought my Nexus 7, then asked "can I just have your account number" when I paid with a credit card, and had to get the manager's permission to sell it without. Pfft, I was going to root it and invalidate the warranty straight away anyway.

Re: It's always a scam

My previous phone (a Galaxy Ace on PAYG upgrade) was from Phones4U and they didn't give me any stick about insurance.

Win 8 man Sinofsky's 'retirement' deal: $14m shares, oath of silence

Re: Eadon hols?

He got banned.

Perhaps the bodies are berried in Berry St Edmunds.

US states: Google making ad money on illegal YouTube vids

Re: What they SHOULD be doing??

For every funny or arousing one, there are a dozen paint-drying or disgusting ones.

Re: First amendment?

Because terrorism! Be afraid, be very afraid!

Report: IPCom gets rich off Deutsche Telekom patent payment

Prioritising emergency services? Isn't that the law? In which case it ought to be more than FRAND.

Boston U claims LED patent, files against tech giants

Re: Oi!

I would have thought the mood on these forums would suggest to TPTB that it's a bad idea.

Which you won't be able to see in the evening, because traditional lamp designs are bad mmkay.

IT bloke inadvertently broadcasts smut on vast public screen

Re: I never understood...

If you use your phone, you can run Tor or VPN on it too so the BOFH won't know what sick shit you're into. (Although, for the sake of other users, don't suck assloads of bandwidth streaming video over Tor.)

This pint goes out to the guy.

Vulns 'like a hacker camped in the server room' all across the net

VLANs, change the default passwords, and the same goes for all your managed networking kit even if you only use it as a dumb switch.

Government IT contracts to be scrutinised by UK competition watchdog

We surveyed 300 bears regarding their defecation habits. (7 of them didn't even maul our agents.)

Bolivian president's jet grounded so officials can look for Snowden

Re: I can see the next terror plot..

No, I'm Edward Snowden!

Re: GCHQ didn't plant that bug in the Ecuadorian embassy

That's just what I was thinking.

Rest your head against a train window, hear VOICES in your SKULL

Re: What an amazingly cunty idea

I see what you did there.

Modern-day Frankenstein invents CURE for BEHEADING

We have a Ship of Theseus problem here.

why is there an Apple forum?

Re: Long time Apple user and previous Fanboi seeks new platform

Regarding the lack of a DVD in the box- if you've already got the download, you can burn your own DVD or flash drive.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1161069/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html

Judge nixes Microsoft SkyDrive name in BSkyB court ruling

And next week

he'll start suing airlines.

What's the difference between GEEKS and NERDS?

Re: WTF is...

Like eBay for supposedly handmade crafts, but actually mostly resellers. For the horror stories see Regretsy.

Facebook restricts ads running next to dodgy posts

It's like Chatroulette

But with even more dicks.