Sony wants a word...
Posts by HarryBl
148 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Oct 2013
OneOdio Focus A5: Big battery, budget sound, and a bargain bin price
Google reportedly developing an AI agent that can control your browser
Intel's processor failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineering
PayPal is planning an ad network built off your purchase history
We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners
Google ponders making AI search a premium option
Fujitsu to shutter operations in Republic of Ireland
"The Post Office suspected foul play and demanded those local branch managers make up the shortfall personally.
Hundreds of those Post Office employees were wrongly convicted of fraud, some attempted suicide, with sadly four cases resulting in death, and 33 have since died and are unable to see justice served. "
Slight correction.
They weren't 'local branch managers they were sub postmasters/mistresses.
They weren't Post Office employees they were Post Office franchisees.
Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract
How governments become addicted to suppliers like Fujitsu
Logitech's Wave Keys tries to bend ergonomics without breaking tradition
Clingy Virgin Media won't let us leave, customers complain
Re: Successfully Rubbish "We are committed to providing our customers with excellent service"
Call them and tell the first lot that you speak to that you want to cancel. Be persistent. Take no bullshit.
They will eventually put you through to somebody who actually has the power to negotiate.
Tell them you want to cancel. They will make you an offer. If you find it acceptable then take it.
If they don't come up with an offer that's acceptable tell them you want to cancel - this is with a month's notice.
Sometime in that month you'll get a call from them with a better offer. Again if it's acceptable take it. If not say so.
You can cancel your cancellation any time within the notice month if you feel it necessary.
What you MUST do is convince them that you're not bullshitting and will cancel if necessary.
Be prepared to go through the same rigmarole in 18 months time.
Users accuse Intuit of 'heavy-handed' support changes on QuickBooks for Desktop
Europe finalizes €43B Chips Act it hopes will help free it from foreign fabs
Huawei masters the great vanishing act as UK sales evaporate
Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info
A brand new Linux DRM display driver – for a 1992 computer
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans
Govt suggests Brits should hand passports to social media companies
Japan solves 5G airliner conundrum: Keep mobe masts 200m from airport approach paths. That's it
Ancient with a dash of modern: We joined the Royal Navy to find there's little new in naval navigation
Navigating without GPS is one thing – so let's jam it and see what happens to our warship
Re: Hmmmm....
Sights aren't taken 'round the clock'. They are (or were before Transit/GPS arrived) taken at noon. Occasionally star sights were taken too.
If you're manoeuvring close enough to something to be able to see it you're expected to use your eyes (plus bins) to navigate rather than a sextant.
Lithuania tells its citizens to throw Xiaomi mobile devices in the bin
Lenovo says it’s crammed a workstation into a litre of space – less than three cans of beer
UK arm of international charity the Salvation Army hit by ransomware attack
The Wight stuff: Marconi and the island, when working remotely on wireless comms meant something very different
Post Office awards Fujitsu a £42.5m contract extension for the IT system behind wrongful subpostmaster prosecutions
UK watchdog fines two firms £270k for cold-calling 531,000 people who had opted out
Samsung floats autonomous ships as ready to sail in 2022
UK.gov awards seats on £2bn 'digital outcomes' framework to suppliers – one of which doesn't even have a website
Everybody's time is precious, pal: Sometimes it isn't only the terminals that are dumb
Calls for 'right to repair' electronics laws grow louder across Europe
Xiaomi revenues up by a third due to strong phone sales and triple-digit European growth
Think tank warns any further delay to 5G rollout will cost the UK multiple billions – but hey, at least Huawei is out
Virgin Media CEO says Brit broadband biz 'performed well' in Q2, which is a weird way to say losses almost tripled
My bill was due to go up £20 this month. I called them expecting to spend an hour wrangling with a Filipino before getting through to retentions.
Instead I get through to the UK directly within 2 minutes. When I said it was too expensive they immediately offered to keep me on my current price for the next 18 months so I snapped their hand off.
I'm paying less that the cheapest new customer bundle for more than they get.
It's been five years since Windows 10 hit: So... how's that working out for you all?
Re: It works just fine for us
Same with me. I support a friend of mine who lives on the other side of the world and who is totally bereft of any computer nous at all.
With W7 I used to get a cry for help about once a week and would have to Teamview once a month or so to sort stuff out for him.
Since he got W10 he'll maybe ask for a bit of help every 2 or 3 months and it will vary rarely have anything to do with W10 itself.
Chinese tat bazaar Xiaomi to light a fire under Amazon's Kindle with new e-book reader
Trump gloats, telcos weep, and China is furious: How things stand following UK's decision to rip out Huawei
July? British government could decide to boot Chinese giant Huawei from the UK's networks by this month
We're no longer helping UK Post Office persecute postal workers with our shonky system, says Fujitsu
Re: Been thinking
The first job I had was in a bank back in the 60s. It was that long ago we were still using pounds, shillings and pence.
After we closed for the day we'd count all the cash. If we were more than 15 shillings (75 pence) out nobody went home until it was sorted.
If we were short it was bad enough but if we were over it was a major visit from head office deal as we had money that actually belonged to one of our customers.
Honor launches new UK store, laptop, kettle, er... toothbrush?
I used to use an Oral electric toothbrush which was big, clunky and needed recharging every week. I bought myself a Xiaomi SoWhite (I know) which has the same diameter as the 18650 battery that drives it and only needs recharging once a month.
The Oral cost about 40 quid, the Xiaomi was a tenner.