Posts by TechEmperor

Cost-cutting Barclays bank swings axe on 5,600 IT and ops bods

Top IT talent has left barclays 2-3 years ago... the ones remaining are the ones who couldn't get a job elsewhere (or are deep into the shares scheme). If you ask around recruitment agencies, nobody wants to work for barclays nowadays.

FBI offers $10,000 bounty for arrest of laser-wielding idiots

Over reaction

Everyone knows airplanes land with auto-pilot on. the human pilot just enjoys his coffee (and the company of airhostresses). I can't see how those laser beams can blind a pilot.

Devs: We'll bury Candy Crush King under HEAPS of candy apps

Big Candy Balls !

Eurocops want to build remote car-stopper, shared sensor network

Why only remote halt ?

If you spend all that money for a system, why not make it remote control vehicle ? Don't just stop it in the middle of a motorway. Drive it remotely to a controlled stop. Or not. Just keep driving it, until the thief jumps out!

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

Natwest/RBS/Mint spam

The day after I registered with Natwest for a bank account with a unique email address just for this purporse, I started receiving SPAM emails about credit card notifications. All of them were from fake Natwest, RBS and Mint. It's really annoying.

Want to know about Seagate's tech specs? Ask a BEANCOUNTER

Is HDD market a cartel ?

The Big2 or Big3 manufacturers keep buying smaller competitors. No inovations, just buy outs.

HDD prices remain high and are priced similarly. Consumer always loses.

Then there are those rumours (based on tests though) that WD and Seagate are playing games...

WD restricts hardware functionality in the firmware (to protect other hdd lines) and sets the firmware to do unessecery tasks that reduce the lifetime of the drive. Seagate on the other hand, understates the capabilities of their hdd so people that want NAS or enterprise specs, don't go and buy cheaper desktop hdds.

Three offers free US roaming, confirms stealth 4G rollout

There is a reason why it's free...

It's because they are the worst network provider and they got awards for it!

"3 has been rated the worst mobile network operator for customer service in Which?’s survey of the UK’s top 75 service providers." source: http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/phone-networks/3-rated-worst-network-operator-for-customer-service/

I moved to Three last month (from O2) because of their cheap sim-only plans. Their coverage is crap, even inside big cities. I gave up on them after a week... bad or no signal and poor internet speed. And I live in central london!! After 5-6 hours talking to their network team, I broke the contract.

You get what you pay for...