Posts by BleedinObvious

Hands-on with Ubuntu's rudimentary phone and tablet OS

Installed, uninstalled

Ubuntu Phone stayed on my Nexus for almost an hour, I wanted to feel it running on my phone even though I was well-aware it was going to be mostly mockup, similar to what was demoed at CES last month.

On a slightly related note, there was a nice analysis and comparison of upcoming phone OS contenders last week, covering the progress, teams, approaches, and industry support and tips for success for Ubuntu Phone, Tizen, Sailfish OS, Firefox OS, BB10

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/2/5/analysis-new-mobile-operating-systems---ubuntu2c-sailfish2c-tizen2c-firefox2c-blackberry.aspx

Why will UK web supersnoop plan cost £1.8bn? That's a secret

1.8bil for broken software, at least they're being honest

"pose an unacceptable risk to the ability of the UK to safeguard national security" and "disclosure of this could be used to avoid detection".

So that's 1.8 bil on a system that once finished, relies on security through obscurity, and is expected to have known exploits and be possible to avoid.

Olympics TV HQ future: Catwalk beauties elbowed out by IT bods

Thought green-minded data-centers in northern countries only need an extra 1% power for cooling these days? i.e. would only need about 290KW of cooling for 29MW of compute (Yahoo Chicken-coop claimed this percentage with a datacenter they did a couple of years ago in NY IIRC)

UK judges quietly declare text chat can be obscene

Leveson Inquiry is all a bit pointless then

If all the texts count as publication, there's no such thing as phone hacking (text snooping) any more, and all those who had their phones hacked should be jolly well happy with this judge.

OTOH, the press should start doing more phone hacking and exposing now - probably the only thing keeping t.h.e.m. straight, when the laws are so ripe for abuse^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M^M.

Apple wins EU-wide Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 ban

Next up, MS v Samsung?

So will Microsoft now go after Samsung for copying it's Version-numbering-'N'-suffix-method-for-naming-near-identical-products-with-EU-ban-avoiding-modifications? (Windows XP N, 7 N, etc)

WTF is... WiGig

Not here yet? Aim for 4K surely

1080p Sounds like by the time it's released, they'll be plenty of people using 4K screens.

LG execs fingered in Samsung OLED tech theft

LG confession

"We do not need Samsung's technology which works under a totally different display system."

And how would they know? I rest my case :)