Posts by Planty

Uber is killing off iconic black cabs, warns Zac Goldsmith

Re: It's bloody chinese owned now anyway so who gives a hoot!

The Uber drivers I have spoken to think Uber is great for drivers , just as its great for consumers.

It seems this is yet another shitstorm created by those that just woke up from their complacency sleep.

I don't live in London, but on a recent us trip I used Uber at Heathrow and stateside, and the experience was superb, a million miles away from a expensive grubby black cab that still smells of the cabbie's bacon butty he just finished.

Re: It's bloody chinese owned now anyway so who gives a hoot!

#failoftheday

Uber do black cabs too...

http://newsroom.uber.com/london/2014/06/introducing-ubertaxi/

PSST! You wanna iPhone 6S Plus? YOINK! You can't have one - Apple

Re: Ming the Merciless says...

Along with a handy excuse when they wheel out crap sales figures... Very handy indeed.

Win win for apple, get the early adopters fighting to get one (like aa bargain poloroid TV from ASDA), and them have a prepared excuse for when sales fall off the cliff a month later.

Boffins laugh at Play Store bonehead security with instant app checker

Really???

So why is this not happening then...

Becuase its horseshit, that's why. The vast majority of those phones have ASLR which pretty much mitigates things. I guess you chose to forget that..

Like I said, storm in a teacup, any security company bigging this up isn't trustworthy..

Spaniard claims WWII WAR HERO pigeon code crack. Explain please

Man with something to sell seeks free publicity

When will you learn??? It's bad enough having to suffer android malware FUD from snske sellers, now this...

Windows 10 now on 75 million devices, says Microsoft

Microsoft spin

to convince us that their monopoly hasn't come crashing down around them..

How many SATISFIED Windows 10 users are there. My guess, a few that feel it's an upgrade from the truly abysmal Windows8.x and that's it.

Perhaps this is the new way forward, make something really really bad, and then give everyone a free upgrade to a slightly less naff version a few years down the road. Pretend everyone is going to have to pay soon, but they are special and get it for free, and for added effect, increment the number by more than the usual .1 version. to these idiots, the higher the number, the better it is.

Uninstalls counted?

Tried windows 10, it sucked, went back to 7.

I guess I an still counted in the numbers.

Win8 inventory glut? Yep, it's all Microsoft's fault, says HP

exec said the feedback for Microsoft’s latest OS is “pretty good”

They said that about windows 8...

10 is better than 8, like a ford escort us better than a Austin allegro.

Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank becomes TV reality

Tony Hayers will be spinning in his grave

Still waiting however for Chas and Dave arm wrestling.

I've seen Kaspersky slap his staff with a walrus penis – and even I doubt the false-positive claims

Not fishy at all

Kaspersky (and others) are constantly misleading people by overplaying stories about malware on Android to try and sell their solutions.

With over a billion active handsets and more prevalent than windows, don't you think we would be seeing android malware infestations daily, like you do with windows??? Yet I have never ever seen any problem...

Google have also called out snakeoil vendors like kaspersky in the past.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/mobile-malware-exaggerated-by-charlatan-vendors-says-google-engineer-3320818/

You can't play it both ways, you can't act irresponsibly AND have people trust you.

Kaspersky Lab denies tricking AV rivals into nuking harmless files

Re: Kaspersky? Reputation?

Not sure I trust any of those snakeoil vendors, every week they spew FUD to try and sell their product.

They mix real secuity threats with BS ones, pretending they are equal, and always gloss over major mitigating points.

Red-stained Opera wants someone to hug it and whisper: 'No more pain, no more tears'

Wow, all 4 presto fans in one place

What bout the 200m new opera fans that don't need to converge on every opera story with the lame "chopra" nonsense?

Opera works better than it ever has, browsers need to work, and presto was on it last let's for years, the amount of site patching they were doing in user.js to get stuff barely working was massive. That all went away with blink.

FAIL: Windows 10 bulk patch produces INFINITE CRASH LOOP

It's Microsoft, did you expect windows 10 free to ACTUALLY mean free?

The only free here is free beta testing for Microsoft.

Microsoft vacates moral high ground for the data slurpers' cesspit

Gopgle

I find them pretty clear about the deal, what I give up and what I get in exchange. Their privacy policy is the clearest of them all, and in my testing, the ONLY one of the big players that let you take away you data bd ACTUALLY delete your account. Facebook being the worst ( Facebook told me 5 years ago that they deleted my account, yet they still seem to know who people from my IP address might know....)

Windows 10: Buy cheap, buy twice, right? Buy FREE ... buy FOREVER

It was never free.

Nothing is ever free when it comes to Microsoft.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2rypoio.jpg

They basically think everyone is an idiot and they can get everyone onto "Windows 8+2" by sticking a free sticker (limited time offer of course) and then start charging them for every little feature.

Edge out rivals? No! Firefox boss BLASTS Microsoft's Windows 10 browser brouhaha

It also sets your machine to be a download server for others, using your bandwidth.

How is this FREE update working out???

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/30/windows-10-steals-your-bandwidth-to-send-other-people-updates/

And on that bombshell: Top Gear's Clarkson to reappear on Amazon

Re: Sorry, chaps

Really?

£6.50 a month gets you unlimited music streaming, unlimited TV and video streaming, free picture storage, free ebooks, free next day delivery on Amazon stuff..

I know people that pay more than that for just ONE of those things..

It's a major bargain.

Windows 10: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE to Microsoft's long apology for Windows 8

Did Microsoft remove the keylogger in the final build, or is it still sending keystrokes back to Redmond? It was still in there 2 weeks ago...

That's fine. Just hope it doesn't gobble up your licence to go back to windows 7

Media is only a small part, you need to be able to licence and activate. Anyone know 100% that it's not a one way trip to windows 10???

Slashdot, SourceForge looking for new owners after parent dumps them on the web's doorstep

Re: Lost credibility

Slashdot lost theirs when they started allowing obvious paid shilling and banning of anyone that didn't make noises that didn't agree with their shadow sponsors.

A problem all to common on the "free" internet

OnePlus 2: The smartie that's trying to outsmart Google's Android

Re: Nice

I disagree. I use NFC for liveview and picture transfer from my DSLR camera, My QI dock in the car has one in that starts my driving playlists etc etc etc.

Infact payment is one of the very few things I don't want to use it for. paying by mobile phone is even more dorky than Bluetooth inear headsets when you aren't driving.....

Nice

But I don't buy phones that don't change wirelessly. It's an essential purchase criteria for me. Missing NFC is also questionable.

Most people shouldn't care, iphone is equally gimped.

Google bows to inevitable, stops forcing Google+ logins on YouTubers

Explain me this

People that didn't want to use Google plus but wanted to post on YouTube no longer have to create a Google plus profile that they weren't going to use..

How does this change anything for the millions of Google plus active users??? Answer, nothing has changed. People that weren't planning on using it still aren't, this that are will continue to do so .

It's not rocket science....

As with all social networks,

People need to want to circle you. I would suggest the emptyness is not a symptom of the network, but a symptom of the user...

I find Google+ an incrediblly successful social network, there are no adverts, no spam, and the content and discussions there are relevant and interesting.

Classic quality over quantity. I'm glad its not full of Facebook plebs.

I class Google+ as the waitrose of supermarkets, and Facebook as the Asda.

Windows 10 on Mobile under the scope: Flaws, confusion, and going nowhere fast

Of course it is, even Microsoft address making plans for full scale android presence.

http://microsoft-news.com/this-is-microsofts-arrow-launcher-for-android-download-apk/

Why would this exist if they thought windows phone wasn't dead and buried.

Re: Bi-polar OS 2.0

Microsoft are heading full steam towards android and iOS software services, windows phone is well and truly dead. You know that when Microsoft started prioritising the android apps over everything else including their own platform.

Another in a long line of Microsoft hardware disasters. Perhaps they are slowly learning to stick to software, and not trying to be greedy( and crap).

'Apple lures labels from free streams – and why is no one doing anything about it' shrieks group

Re: Apple owners, the real problem

Nice try at baiting. Sadly it's far from true. Something like the Sony Xperia Z3 destroys anything Apple have to offer, it's got a better display, better speakers, thinner, waterproof, HD 24/96 audio, hardware active noise cancelling, it doesn't bend in your pocket, comes with an O/S that doesn't limit you.

Oh, it's also cheaper, but apparently, that's a bad thing, as your measure of how good something is, is how much it costs...

Re: Paid versus Unpaid services?

Apple owners, desperately delusional as usual. They get paid either way, different earning models, but both paying.

Apple owners, the real problem

Total freaking retards that can't understand they are the key part of the problem

Microsoft attaches Xbox stream bait to Windows 10 hook

Re: Are there enough people?

The only xbone owner I know has given up, he way an early adopter, all his mates got a PS4. His xbone is up for sale on the work notice board, and its been price cut twice so far, we have a sweepstake how low its going to go down to.

Pray for AMD

Re: I am sure I am not alone, but...

Because Intel chipset and Intel CPU brings with it stability.

And and some random chipset is usually a disaster waiting to happen

Another windows 8/8.1/10 casualty to join Nokia

How much more toxic can Microsoft get before braindead investors wake up???? We are living in a post PC world, where Microsoft offerings are not just no longer required, but not the best products either.

Uninstalled Google Photos? Thought your pics safe from slurping? WRONG, bozo

Re: Picasa anyone?

Most of my friends are grateful of a free picture backup service, as they have all lost data on the past.

Good job none of them talk to tinfoil hat wearing googlephobes

Uber to drivers: You make a ton of dosh for us – but that doesn't make you employees

If i sell on ebay using the app

And eBay take a cut of profits. Does that make me an eBay employee????

We tried using Windows 10 for real work and ... oh, the horror

Re: Are you ready? Probably not.

Holding out, happy with windows 7, no need for a buggy "upgrade" that removes aero and bribgs loads of ui problems , no need for metro apps (or whatever they are called this week).

I'm not going to be a free lab rat, falling for the free upgrade trick.

HTC in crisis: How did it get to this point? How did it get this bad?

Re: Simple...

Sorry, but every chav and builder seems to own an iPhone, and is keen to flash it around like some kind of advert on how successful they are.

They reality is, they are showing the world they are stupid enough to sign up for a £35 a month contract for a turd rolled in glitter..

Microsoft rushes out latest Windows 10 build. 300 fixes? Pff, whatever

Re: Old is new

Xbox360 with its 60% defect rate rushed out the door to meet xmas shopping deadlines for braindead consumers...

Sadly they sold millions (mostly bought replacements) and the media slaughtered Sony for taking their time and releasing the product when it was ready, rather than when consumers wanted it to be ready.

Microsoft are a marketing driven company, windows 10 will release on a fixed date with whatever quality they can achieve by then. Any adopters (like Xbox owners) only have themselves to blame when the glitter wears off and they discover the chocolate inner.

Windows 10 is due in one month: Will it be ready?

Avoiding

"While you can mostly ignore Metro in Windows 8.x if you prefer, this is not possible in Windows 10, "

That's enough fit me to steer well clear. Windows 10 is a stinky Trojan horse for another failed metro experiment

Android's sun sets on Eclipse

Re: Embrace, Extend...

I guess you haven't tried either.

Eclipse ADT was pretty horrible. Functional but that was about it. It was a sprawling resource hog.

Android Studio is better in every single way, by a massive amount. So what's been extinguished exactly? Improved beyond recognition...

Microsoft releases free Office apps for half of all Android phones

Me neither. There will be a sting in the tail, nothing is ever free from Microsoft.

I will stick to Google docs, I know what the deal is, what I am giving up in exchange for what I get

Re: Hmmm... 'Microsoft' and 'free' in the same sentence...

Of course it's a trap. They lost their grip on the market and need you back using proprietary office formats again. This is the dangly carrot that brings you money back to them. Like a drug dealer, only the first hit is free when it comes to Microsoft.

Google's new free music service is classic Google: Take someone's idea and slap ads on it

I hope so to. It's also my social network of choice, chock full of interesting people discussing interesting things, along with all the private circles you don't see.

I guess if you were trying to be ironic, then the reality is, Google+ was a ghost town because nobody wanted to be your friend. I would look closer at yourself not the club that didn't want you to be part of it...

Ecobee3: If you're crazy enough to want a smart thermostat – but not too crazy – this is for you

Re: Does it really save that much?

It does. Mine hit the projected payback in two year. I can correlate £10 a month saving to fitting Nest. The house is warmer when it needs to be in addition

I have years worth of historic energy use in my online account and can see a sizeable reduction since fitting nest. Last winter was a particularly cold and extended one too.

I also love the monthly nest energy report emails.

Worth every penny any then some. Also a doddle to fit, especially if you use the desktop stand.

Nest on a stand

Gaming's favourite fly by night. Batman: Arkham Knight reviewed

Re: Reviews all appear to be on the PS4

I think we all know the reason why that is, and why that's also true of pretty much every other game so far. You release the best version for review.

Microsoft U-turns on 'free' Windows 10 upgrade promise for ALL previewers

And so it begins

Usual about turns that accompany all Microsoft product launches

Google to shell out up to $58k for new Nexus epic pwnage

Almost 40 percent of users run the outdated Android KitKat platform

The one from last year?

Are you for real? How old is XP???

It's FREE WINDOWS 10 time: 29 July is D-Day, yells Microsoft

Re: Loving the free upgrade

Good luck with that. Word on the street is that it's a one way trip. Once you upgrade to Windows 10, there is no way back. Your licence key is irreversibly "upgraded" from a Win7 licence to a Win10 licence. Conviently (for Microsoft), there is no way to buy Windows 7 licences any more in retai either.

In other words, you didn't want to buy Metro, so this is a way to force the Metro on you, with no way back...

BT's taxpayer-funded broadband monopoly may lock out rivals, says independent report

BT spent the money

So why shouldnt they be allowed exclusive use of their cables?

If anyone else is upset, too late, they shouldn't have sat on their behinds.

World of the strange: There will be NINE KINDS of Windows 10

Re: "...Windows 10 to be delivered as a service, this milestone..."

Watch idiot investors all get excited when the initial influx of freebie hunters downgrade from windows 7. Grab some popcorn when they they realise Microsoft never report uninstall rates, and it's a totally fake statistic

Re: Same old, same old

One big renaming scheme.

Mobile and tablets only run simple noddy "universal apps". Previously known as metro apps. Desktop windows run those and win32 apps.

How is any of this any different from what we have now? How dies this save Microsoft's failed mobile strategy?

Thty have just taken everything they already had, rolled it in glitter and called it all windows 10 and offered windows 7 users a free downgrade.