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Blighty goes retro with 12-sided pound coin

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Re: Brilliant idea

Didn't anticpate that application. Here you go (see icon).

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Couldn't you use the coin itself an antenna?

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Why not bury a RFID tag in them? I know this would put the price up by a penny or two but wouldn't that be a difficult one to duplicate/fake, make the fakes easier to spot using a reader and it might come in handy when you want to know how much you've got sutffed down the back of your piggy bank/sofa.

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Xenon: Bitmap Brothers' (mega)blast from the past

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SuperFrog has problems with the onscreen controls and they changed them with an update to make the game playable. Perhaps a few tweaks would help here too.

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Nokia tries to lure Android porters with free Nokia X mobes

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If you're not required to sell your soul to Google (or anyone else for that matter) they might be worth a look. Haven't seen them mentioned on any of the coming soon pages of various carriers though.

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USB cuts the cord, again, with WiGig-derived wireless spec

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I can't help but think this needs wireless charging (and preferably the move around the room kind, not leave it on a charge plate kind) before this would catch on in a big way.

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Scottish gov may miss IT budget cut target

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Hopefully with a smaller country and politicians being a bit closer to various coal faces there will be a bit more pressure for them to get things like this right.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg buttonholes Obama, rages against NSA dragnet spying

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Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meed pot. I am sure you'll get along famously.

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Bill Gates-backed SOLAR POO RAYGUN COMMODE unveiled

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What would its performance be like in the UK? Perhaps the smelly portaloos at festivals are a thing of the past.

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UK.gov to train up 11-year-old cyberwarriors

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*sigh*. Presumably they can all go to work for BT.

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The browser's resized future in a fragmented www world

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Re: Er what?

Didn't even know there was a register app.

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Re: Er what?

This is a bugbear of mine. Can't watch lovefilm or netflix on my bb7 phone, playbook or linux laptop without resorting to WINE to get a windows version of a browser going. Amazon won't release an app for android cause it could kill the kindle fire.

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Re: TBL is MS!

I think his attitude is let’s have the least evil form of DRM and seems to be a pragmatic compromise in the face of corporate power. Ideally I’d get rid of DRM as it only reduces the experience for honest customers but that isn’t going to happen (unless people make it ‘happen’).

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Re: TBL is MS!

Don't feed the trolls.

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Re: Er what?

Compuserve, wasn't that buried under a crossroads with a stake throguh its heart?

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Re: re - "Fragmentation is hurting the PC and the browser, yes"

I think he means that apple can't charge 30% for accessing a website so they have produced browsers which are poor to the point that people will pay to avoid using it. Not having used the browser on an iphone I can't vouch one way or another for its quality.

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Tiny heat-sucker helps keep Moore's Law going

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Does that mean that you could use an organic solvent and get the graphene back?

If the process was repeated would you end up with a surface that was a better conductor?

Seems like it would have plenty of applications in heating/refrigeration too.

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Windows Phone beats BLACKBERRY in mobe OS popularity stakes

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Was looking at phone contracts recently and its hard to believe but the 1020 is marginally cheaper than a Z30 on a two year contract.

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Blurred lines: Android e-ink mobe claims TWO-WEEK battery life

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there's an e-ink other half for jolla that might interest you. Downside, you might have to build it yourself.

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Bugger the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion?

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The mini-pro is the only android phone that has made me stop in my tracks and think I want that.

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Re: Well we almost had it

N900 is still the best 'phone' I've used. If there's a decent keyboard other half for the jolla I might get one. The 5MX is still the king of mobile data entry though.

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CIA snoops snooped on Senate to spy spy torture report – report

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My 'knowledge' of the CIA is limited to what you see in the movies but I thought they weren't allowed to operate in the USA itself. Won't they get into trouble for that?

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Very fabric of space-time RIPPED apart in latest Hubble pic

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Re: Space is BIG ...

Look at all those galaxies and think of the destruction on a literally (and I do mean literally in this case) astronomical scale. If we never find a way to go out an visit at least other stars in our galaxy our existence will have been a colossal waste.

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Dark matter killed the dinosaurs, boffins suggest

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Re: Mmm.... made-up fudge! *drool*

That's no AC, that's Holly.

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Cyber battle apparently under way in Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Re: Times change

Not really, it may have played well in the CIS but all the coverage I saw in France and the UK were constantly giving Putin and the games a lot of stick.

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Icahn and I will: Carl's war on eBay goes NUCLEAR over Skype

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Need both barrels just to be sure.

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There's no need to read the content of the article any more. Just get Icahn and the company's name from the headline and you pretty much know the story. Surely there must be some sort of corporate anti-pesticide for him.

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MWC: The good, the bad ... and the Galaxy S5

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Re: It has to be unobtrusive

It has also got to be accurate, not suck the life out of the battery and be private. (When it can adjust its figures for the weight of my backpack I'll be impressed).

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Murdoch dumps Microsoft, prepares to Hangout with Google

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Re: Be nice...

Apparently there is a way with a windows version of firefox running on wine to get sliverlight to work but I haven't tried it myself (*mutter bloody lovefilm/amazonprime mutter*).

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At least when the next hacking scandle comes round we'll know who to go to when we want to know who knew what and when. (Ads based on recent searches - wireless microphones and buckingham palace open times).

Don't know why but they story brought a particular song to mind, 'Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you're part of a team'

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US gov claims it spent TOO MUCH on wiretaps – and blames SPRINT

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Sounds like cut-throat capitalism in action. Isn't that the American way?

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UK.gov back-office battle may see British Justice offshored

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Cutting corners at the MoJ. I am sure it will all be effectively project managed, no data will leak out and nothing will ever go wrong.

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Insecure hipsters with BEARD ENVY spur facial hair transplant craze

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Re: I ain't a hipster then

Not soap, that's one thing that has definitely improved regards shaving over the years.

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Re: I ain't a hipster then

Downvote if only for the lazy ginger reference.

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Frenchman eyes ocean domination with floating, mobile Bond villain lair

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Re: VIP deck?

""VIP cabin" - temptingly below the waterline for visiting dignitaries"

Oh this way Senator Sceptical to the VIP cabin. *Later that night on deck* Was the sound the window in the VIP cabin giving way? Pity he didn't vote to give us the funding for all those safety measures we asked for....

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Fukushima radioactivity a complete non-issue on West Coast: Also for Fukushima locals, in fact

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Re: Oh fsck. Not Lewis Page again.

" Alternatively, are they based on the idea that no matter what human beings do God, or the Earth, or the Sun, or some other agent, will have the ultimate say in determining the outcome?"

At some point a redding sun is going to turn Earth into a barren rock. Does that count?

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Re: No wonder Americans are scared

xkcd, is there anything they can't do?

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Nice to see you're out there fighting the scare mongering but nuclear power isn't save by 'accident'. A lot of money and oversight needs to go into the design and running of nuclear power plants. Thanks to dithereing by out political overlards (typo intended) we're going to need at least another generation, probably two) of them before renewables/fusion can take up the slack (some wishful thinking in that time scale I know but I can dream).

BTW, how much radiation is released by coal burning plants in the ash they release into the atmosphere? Purely for the sake of placing these figures in context.

Forgot to say that for all the stick they've been getting, the workers at the plant, particular since the accident deserve some recognition for helping to contain the situation.

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New radio tech could HALVE mobe operators' bandwidth needs

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"Kuma envisages a model where 5G phones act as relays for signals – a mesh network – so that the mobile phone operator can reduce its expenditure"

Won't this kill battery life?

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SpaceX set to try HOVER LANDING for re-usable rockets on March ISS mission

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don’t=done.

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Won't the extra weight and complexity impede performance? Guessing they’ve don’t the math to determine if it’s worth it.

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Dropbox erects sueball shield with new T&C and privacy legalese

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Anyone recommend a paid for alternative that's as easy to use? (Just have to convince all the file manger app makers that I use to support it).

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Re: Law is a mystery to me

Illegal clauses are unenforceable. There's bound to be a way to overturn that.

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Facebook ditches TOP SECRET email service. Did YOU know it had one?

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Re: Much as I dislike Facebook, I wish...

As much as I love the idea it would fall foul of facebooks basic business plan I.e. Expose people to as many adverts as possible.

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BlackBerry brings back call, end keys, touchpad to Q20 keyboard cutie

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Didn't realise that the 9720 had a touchscreen.

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Re: BB Curve vs Z10

Editing documents on the playbook is similarly frustrating. Got a bluetooth mouse. A lot better but because document to go won't let me click in the middle of a word most of the time still frustrating.

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I have only the trackpad on my 9320 to base a judgement on. The first was good till it went haywire and the refurbished replacement is acceptable. It is a lot handier than having a touchscreen would be in a lot of situations, particularly when using it as a bluetooth mouse with the bridge connection to a playbook.

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The Q5 was suppose to be their mid to low level device so the reduced component quality was to be expected.

If the Z3 has the same antenna design as the Z30 and usb host mode I'd snap up one up right away.

The combination of trackpad and touchscreen would be interesting.

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DARPA wants help to counter counterfeits

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"“unauthorised overproduction of authorised components”"

AKA selling to both sides.

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Java or .NET bod in the Midlands? Congrats - you've got a DOUBLE DIGIT payrise

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Re: DOUBLE DIGIT payrise

or 11p.

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