Posts by Anonymous C0ward

Apple files patent for typo-sensing buttons

Sorry Dave.

I can't let you do that.

The amazing .uk domain: Less .co and loads more whalesong

fc.uk/this

Returning a laptop to PC World ruined this bloke's credit score. Today the Supreme Court ended his 15-year nightmare

Re: Greedy

A lump sum isn't everything. He also needed the black mark to be removed and the credit agreement to be cancelled. Was this included in the first offer?

Passport PIN tech could have SAVED MH370 ID fraudsters

Re: Lost or stolen (or dead)

I think the executor is meant to send back the dead person's passport.

Re: Getting through Airport Security

As a British person re-entering Britain, I observed that the manual passport control was faster than the electronic one.

French novel falls foul of Apple's breast inspectors

Nothing wrong with boobs

I mean, the first time I saw them was the day I was born!

Psssst. Don't tell the Bride, but BBC Three is about to be jilted

Re: really?

As long as they used protection.

Microsoft to get in XP users' faces with one last warning

Re: XP Activation

Use the volume edition with a pilfered-but-genuine key.

Cable thieves hang up on BT, cause MAJOR outage

Where are they going to find an easily portable 250kW power source?

Re: Damn thieves

And putting some high voltage cables in the bundle with the rest, for extra Darwin value.

California takes a shot at mobile 'killswitch' mandate

For smartphones, remote wipe already exists. Any phone can be blocked by the operators. What exactly is this?

El Reg BuzzFelch: 10 Electrical Connectors You CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!

Re: Sarcasm is the highest form of humour

F*cking hell, Maddox is still around?

Developers: Behold the bug NOBODY can fix

Couldn't people look up the correct words on Google Translate before they get inked? Or is that exactly what they're doing?

Does it serve Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters?

Candy Crush dev stuffs EU 'candy' trademark down gob

Re: Prior use of the term.

Or use a hack, that gives you unlimited washes and bonus stain remover.

UK IT supplier placed on ASA naughty step over 'misleading' HDD ad

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Re: Oh his claims are true alright

Were they clean of the previous owner's data?

Candy Crush King went 'too far' when it candy crushed my app – dev

Next they'll be suing any number of porn stars and strippers.

EE BrightBox routers can be hacked 'by simple copy/paste operation'

Re: Telecom Italia had such junk before...

Are they as bad as Powergen Italia?

Mountain bike mishap man suffers SEVEN WEEK stiffie

"fistulous communication"

Fnarr.

Even 'Your computer has a virus' cold-call gits are migrating off XP

Re: They seem to have stopped calling me

And can you read out the message that popped up on your screen please Sir?

Yeah, it says "(C)1982 Sinclair Research Ltd."

Pay-by-bonk on the blink: O2 loses Wallet

Pay by bonk

Good moaning, I have sod news...

Pervy TOILET CAMERA disguised as 'flash drive' sparks BOMB SCARE on Boeing 767

Re: "canine assistant (dog)"

Such terror, many inconvenient.

Re: Flash Drive Terrorism

I don't think so, he'd need more gore and hentai for that.

Microsoft tries to trademark 'Mod' in the US

People try to put them down...

Gift-giving gotchas: How to avoid Xmas morning EMBARRASSMENT

Re: Rechargables

But bulk/discount batteries often also suck donkey balls.

Feminist Software Foundation gets grumpy with GitHub … or does it?

Re: Brogrammers

What is a "brogrammer" as distinct from anything else? There are arseholes in every profession, some are men and some are women.

Oi, bank manager. Only you've got my email address - where're these TROJANS coming from?

Re: Another possibility

Take it as a compliment.

Facebook to BLAST the web with AUTO-PLAYING VIDEO ads

Re: allow a whole load of Google related ads through as exceptions

Then untick the box, and have a look through the additional filter lists on ABP's website.

Amazon's non-existent drone delivery army ALREADY P0WNED

Can the Parrot's wireless network

be set to use WPA2 with a strong password?

Women crap at parking: Official

Re: Parking Rant

Did they also count the percentage of all trolley users that were women? Otherwise that 82% doesn't mean much.

Got a NAKED Jelly Bean Samsung S4 or HTC One? Maybe it's time for a KitKat

Re: No update on Galaxy Nexus

Plenty of unofficial ports on XDA, but there are bugs.

Google, Microsoft to drop child sex abuse from basic web search

Who the hell is watching this stuff on Youtube anyway?

Tip of the iceberg.

¡Bong!

Re: ¡Bong!

It's a piss-take. It's not serious.

BOFH: One flew over the PFY's nest

Re: off topic

>never heard of goatse.

What is he, 12?

XBOX One SHOT DEAD by Redmond following delivery blunder

Re: Again with the PS4 ad?

What's wrong with the Wii U? Anything in particular, or is it not significantly better than the Wii?

Whovians, your Doctor needs you: Take back the Day from One Direction

The more I hear One Direction mentioned

the more it sounds like a cult. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

Anonymous threatens cyberwar with Anonymous

Re: People they can rule out immediately :-

Zing!

Oooh! My NAUGHTY SKIRT keeps riding up! Hello, INTERNET EXPLORER

Rule 34?

While the BBC drools over Twitter, look what UK's up to: Hospital superbug breakthrough

I've heard Dutch tulip bulbs are doing pretty well at the moment.

Indestructible, badass rootkit BadBIOS: Is this tech world's Loch Ness Monster? VOTE NOW

Bet it won't survive a manual rewrite of the BIOS chip with an EPROM programmer or Bus Pirate.

Pimp my office: 10 cubicle comforts

Did anyone else think

some of the Luidia pens look like something naughty?

Nice job, technology. Now we have to work FIVE TIMES HARDER

Re: Further confirmation that things are progressing nicely....

<-- You forgot this.

Pop OS X Mavericks on your Mac for FREE while you have LUNCH

Why are we using memory compression?

Isn't that something we used to do in the old days of DOS/3.1 with only 4MB?

Now swallow: Microsoft hands out cure for Surface RT tabs killed by Win 8.1

Re: Serves you right

Mistake

>_

Torrent site isoHunt to close

Pirate Bay's still around, I set up my own proxy on my VPS for the lulz.

Free Cocaine giveaway from Russian search engine Yandex

I know where I'm hosting the next Silk Road.

D-Link: Oops! We'll slam shut that router backdoor by end of month

And how many consumers install firmware updates on their embedded devices? How many even know what firmware is?

YouTube turns on dormant DRM, permits official downloads

"unless the copy protection proves massively insecure"

Until.

Assange: 'I'm fond of your work, Cumberbatch, but let's leave it at that'

It's a movie

You think it's going to be true?