Posts by Edwin

As part of the 99%

I would be more interested in seeing these clowns behind bars.

Unless I qualify for large donations of course (cash only, please)

Thanks?

It is indeed an impressive list (and yes Neil, I found you on it)

I agree a notification to the 46k plus recipients would be in order. I can send you a copy if you'd like.

Sorry El Reg, but there is NO excuse!

Mythbusters!

built a hypobaric chamber when they were testing whether or not bulgarian airbag implants will explode during flight.

This strikes me as the sort of test they would be delighted to assist with!

Hacktivists?

I think the term 'hacktivist' lends an aura of respectability where it doesn't belong.

While I don't agree with the ideas behind whole Wikileaks exposé, there at least was a certain defensible point in exposing things that had otherwise been covered up.

What we are seeing now is nothing shy of digital terrorism by a bunch of anarchist script kiddies throwing a temper tantrum.

Throw the book at 'em.

sorry

"...they're actually making us pay for it."??? Clearly, Smith is a sucker for advertising. Nobody is 'making' him pay for anything.

And yes, I am a parent of two children young enough to want one of these. However, In contrast to what the three 'experts' from the Sun seem to think, I am more than capable of deciding for myself whether or not the kids should have a given toy. In fact, I'd rather they have a toy McDonalds kitchen than some of the more violent Nerf guns/Wii games/Disney films...

sheesh

to be fair...

Apple has a point here - policing charity donations is a notoriously difficult thing to do.

The solution, of course, would be to allow linking to the developer's website, where further explanation could be posted, free of liability for Apple, or by requiring registration with some of the charity policing organisations already in place in most countries.

Of course, Apple then risks no longer screwing charities out of 30%...

Think Steve will ever have an 'oh, shit!' moment on this business model? Didn't think so...

I want in on...

...whatever office pool was started in Vulture Central concerning comments on this article.

the real issue is consumer mindset

With hotmail, gmail, flickr, facebook and so on, consumers are used to getting something for 'free'. With p2p filesharing, this experience is further enhanced that you can get (nearly) anything for 'free'.

And with all this 'getting' comes (insidiously for service providers) a sense of ENTITLEMENT. Somehow, the industry (or guvmint, or whoever) is going to have to get it into consumer minds that you get what you pay for.

As with antivirus, phishing mails, patching your windows install and so forth, this looks to be a long, slow battle. I wish us all luck.

Something nice about MS?

I would hesitate to claim any kid of 11 (autistic or otherwise) would appreciate the consequences of having someone else modify their account.

No doubt this whole story got quite a bit bigger than mom anticipated, so I think it's a nice gesture by Microsoft. A decent thing to do, the more so since they didn't have to.

HOW many of us?

Either El Reg or Strategy Analytics needs to do a little clarification here...

Will 15% of smartphones contain multicore processors by end 2011?

Will 15% of the world population be using smartphones with multicore processors by end 2011?

Will 15% of Reg readers be using smartphones with multicore processors by end 2011?

Will 15% of new smartphones sold contain multicore processors by end 2011?

Will 15% of the smartphone models on the market contain multicore processors by end 2011?

The numbers involved in the different cases are pretty dramatically different...

News because it's an app?

I'm sorry El Reg, but this story is utter tripe.

As all the commenters above have noted, this is tech that has been in frequent use around the world for years. Finnair has offered SMS boarding for years and Lufthansa, KLM and others have offered 2D bar codes on ALL mobiles using THE INTERNET rather than some Jobsian-controlled binary interface to a subset of smartphones.

Maybe other airlines are not releasing boarding pass apps because THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE . it's called a browser.

The only innovation I see here could be the ability to buy the ticket while on the go, but any detail on that real news seems to have been cut in favour of Cupertino eye candy.

Missing feature?

Some NAS boxes are able to use one or more these services, which can be quite handy. My Synology can use S3, which from my perspective is a big vote in favour of S3.

The concerns voiced in other comments with regard to data privacy are enough to have kept me off it so far.

Cheers!

And maybe we could get a new column on the joys of reporting on tech to myopic luddites?

Digital Data Carriers

Amusing Dutch term - it means media such as CDs, DVDs and flash drives, but can also cover hard drives, etc. I wouldn't read too much into that though.

Way cool!

until Jobs decides to block hardware interface apps from the AppStore.

Hope they come up with Symbian & Android editions of the software, but they do seem to be a Cupertino-only shop...

a license for re-entry?

This is most amusing.

How does that work? You need a license from the FAA if you want to deorbit above US airspace? Or do you need one to land in the USA?

"I'm sorry sir, but your license to deorbit has expired. You will need to wait while your new application is considered"

sour grapes?

seems unlikely, but hey...

Nothing new, only a UI innovation

Amazon is far from the first to do this (there are numerous online bookstores that offer excerpts), but somehow it's the company offering the most bulletproof consumer-lock-in that gets the kudos. I guess this is partly because their marketing is more effective, and partly because they spend a lot of R&D money on features that can persuade users to be locked in...

Bit like an iPhone

I wonder if consumer disinterest will eventually kill open standards.