Re: 43 times
It will naturally only catch fire if it is running on Samsung hardware.
All other makes will give you a 500v electric shock to make sure you don't do it again.
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Sleuths unearth 'Panic Mode' in Android, set off by mashing back button
NAO: Customs union IT system may not be ready before Brexit
Hey, remember that monkey selfie copyright drama a few years ago? Get this – It's just hit the US appeals courts
Thursday 13th July 2017 08:37 GMT 
Re: reductio ad absurdum
It is just more evidence (as if any was really needed) that the USA is a dying empire. They are arguing about things like this rather than more important matters (which El Trumpo denies is happening). Sort of like trying to arrange the chairs on a ship that has been holed by an iceberg?????
Like Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burns and all that.
That aside, it is possible that if the monkey wins then it will be extradited to the USA to face charges of Income Tax evasion. Oh bugger. More lawyers feeding from the trough. that is all we need (not).
I sort of wish that all ambulance chasing lawyers including all the ones involved representing PETA would suffer a horrible lingering and intensly painful death as reward for their contribution to society. Sadly they won't and they'll continue to rake in the big bucks as they screw with the lives of mere mortals.
Good news: Samsung's Tizen no longer worst code ever. Bad news: It's still pretty awful
Thursday 13th July 2017 05:41 GMT
Re: I had not heard of Tizen before
If they do insist on using then the hackers will find a nice fat juicy target waiting for them.
If they are serious about ditching Android and going with Tizen in the competition with iOS (in all its guises) then Samsung need to spend all that mega profit that they are making on it before it can be considered a serious contender. Unfortunately, we'll probably see more devices using Tizen before it is ready.
Yes, the same can be said for both iOS and Android at the start but I think the gadget buying public have moved on a bit since then. If these devices turn out to be crap then Samsung will have to take the hit.
For me it is just another reason to avoid Samsung when considering a purchase.
Speaking in Tech: What is a Windows 10 licence worth these days?
Slower US F-35A purchases piles $27bn onto total fighter jet bill
Wednesday 12th July 2017 15:44 GMT
Re: Why 'so-called "escort" ships' ?
Why?
The US Military will come up with some meaningless 10 word name that means SFA to anyone else to describe them. Then they'll ignore any referece to Escort Ships and sing 'La-la-la-la-la- can't hear you'.
The name automatically adds 500% to the price hence the $500 hammer.
Brit military scolded for being too selfish with sexy high-end tech
AI vans are real – but they'll make us suck at driving, warn boffins
Wednesday 12th July 2017 13:09 GMT
Re: HGV drivers are already at a disadvantage
The poster obviouly has never been tailgated by an HGV. That is a really scary thing.
As for them being speed limited... (Are you having a larf...). one overtook me on the M23 earlier today. I was doing 68mph according to my GPS. The HGV came up upon a middle lane hog. The HGV proceeded to tailgate the driver in front. there was less than 5ft between them. I was on a Motorcycle and being tailgating by any vehicle is just nasty.
Dell gives world its first wireless-charging laptop if you buy $580 extra kit
Got a Windows Phone 8 mobe? It's now officially obsolete. Here's why...
Wednesday 12th July 2017 05:59 GMT
Going Nowhere soon?
can upgrade from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 Mobile, which Microsoft has assured us will not be going away anywhere any time soon.
not going anywhere soon can also mean that it is also a dead duck but they haven't the balls to kill it just yet.
Why keep up this charade MS? We (and you) know that it is a dead Os walking. It was too late, too resource heavy and there were no apps etc etc etc
Just put the poor thing out of its misery and while you are at it, get rid of those tiles on non touch systems.
You may just win a few defectors back. Sadly I think the odds of that happening to be next to impossible.
His Muskiness wheels out the Tesla Model 3
Former GCHQ boss backs end-to-end encryption
Bah Gawd! WWE left wrasslin' fans' privates on display online
Well, that escalated quickly: Qualcomm demands iPhone, iPad sales ban in America
Friday 7th July 2017 18:45 GMT
Re: sue Fed?
Don't give the Laywers ideas. When one thinks it is a good idea the rest will follow suit. Who but the very every very rich will be able to afford to fight the cases. So people will roll over, pay the fine and vow to never buy anything that contains QC stuff again.
The Lawyers won't car, they'll be planning what Island paradise to buy next.
Friday 7th July 2017 05:43 GMT
Re: Apple's hypocritical
Lets look at it in a slightly different way.
Say that Ford uses Brand X tyres on a Ford Focus and pays Brand X $500 for using five of them.
Brand X makes money and everyone is happy.
Now this upstart Ferrari comes along and uses the exact same tyres in their new F99332 Special that costs a cool $2M a pop.
Brand X say, sorry no. I want $50,000 per tyre, ie. the came percentage of the end user cost of the car. Ferrari say fuck no and move to Brand Y tyres who will sell them equivalent tyres for $500 a set.
Brand X don't like this and sue Ferrari 'because we always charge a percentage of the final cost of the car on top of a fee to the company that puts the tyres onto the rims. That fee is for using our IP with their rims.
Is that right? This double dipping as it is called AFAIK, happens nowhere else.
If QC charge say Google a flat licensing fee for using essentially the same chip for us in a Pixel why can they say to Apple, give us a percentage of the iPhone cost EVEN if you are not using our chips?
Patents and especially on the mobile area work on FRAND. That means QC have to use the same terms with ALL their customers no matter who they are. They can't just milk Apple (even though they mostly deserve it) because Apple kit is mostly (see the Pixel and S8 prices...) the most expensive and therefore profitable on the market.
IANAL and all that.
Around 10 years ago this was very well discussed on Groklaw and some seasoned IP lawyers and academics all came down on the side of FAIR licensing and against a percentage of the final device price.
Fast-spreading CopyCat Android malware nicks pennies via pop-up ads
Trump's CNN tantrum could delay $85bn AT&T-Time Warner merger
Friday 7th July 2017 13:30 GMT
Re: Inform Trump?
Are you drunk? None one on his staff would dare to that. If they did the TiC would respond with an immediate
Your'e FIRED.
and then announce that he was sweeping clean on Twitter.
The Fake News machine would soon make the former staffer unemployable.
At the moment, the Emperor's New Clothes are the bees knees. Understand?
TfL, WTH is my bus? London, UK, looks up from its mobile
Thursday 6th July 2017 10:13 GMT
Re: timetables
Sadly Tfl have recently stopped issuing timetables even for the Tube.
There are working timetables but not generally available to the public.
Don't worry. When your No 7 to East Acton comes along, there will be three more right behind it all empty. such is the nature of London Busses.
Need a change? Well, the Euro Patent Office needs a new president...
Thursday 6th July 2017 07:28 GMT
WOT! You mean he hasn't done a Mugabi
and made himself president for life? He certainly seems to be slipping up.
Those staff that remain will certainly cheer when he leaves office. But where will he go then? What other bunch of unlucky Eurocrats will he wreak havoc on next? President of the Commission perhaps?
El Reg partners with Action for Children to give IT industry an uncomfortable night
Thursday 6th July 2017 06:25 GMT
Re: Action Man?
Don't you mean a Barbie?
Modern Kiddiewinkies are far too precious and wrapped in cotton (undyed organic, from a Fairtrade estate naturally) wool to be allowed something as nasty as an Action Man. Action Man is far too politically incorrect.
Yet when I were a lad, we built tree houses and underground burrows and got really filthy by 10:00 and you hadn't come of age until you'd had at least two trips to A&E after treading on nails.
My how times have changed.
Windows Insiders with SD cards turn into OneDrive outsiders
Thursday 6th July 2017 05:42 GMT
YAFGMFM
Yet Another Foot Gun Moment For Microsoft.
Will they ever learn?
I hope not as their antics provide endless enjoyment for the likes of those who comment here, MS FanBois excluded.
Didn't the Final FAT patents just expire? Perhaps that is a reason? I seem to remember reading that 2017 was the expiry time for those Patents.
If that is true then they don't their their tithes/usury/royalties from the SD Card makers and kit that uses SD cards, they are turning their attention to NTFS where the patent bandwagon still applies.
PCs will get pricier and you're gonna like it, say Gartner market shamans
Brit prosecutors ask IT suppliers to fight over £3 USB cable tender
Imagination: Apple relations still rotten but, hey, losses have shrunk
Wednesday 5th July 2017 05:41 GMT
Re: It is all Apple's Fault
Well Captain Scarlet, you had better go back to fighting the Mysterons.
I was referring to Apple as the title of my post said.
A few replies got my Tongue in Cheek thoughts.
Every time apple release something, there are posts here and in other places stating that Apple is doomed. IF they are doomed then Chap 11 is not that far away.
There have been many reports recently blaming Apple and the forthcoming iPhone for the worldwide shortage of DRAM.
Then there is the mighty Apple picking on a poor Brit company and driving it into the ground.
(The Imagination BOD didn't help themselves much though)
So, yes it is all Apple's fault even if it is not.
Like the Samsung Note 7 fiasco was all Apple's fault. (according to some commentards)
Nokia touts future of virtual reality ads... but who's the audience?
One-third of Brit IT projects on track to fail
Monday 3rd July 2017 09:22 GMT
Failure...
Is delivering one day late according to some people.
However, in my book failure is not delivering anything that remotely works by the agreed date/time. This seems to be the norm for government projects (not only IT...).
One Government Auditor once told me
"Those who can do, those that can't teach, those that can't teach become project managers for the government".
Seems just as acurate today as it was in the 1990's.
UK.gov tips £400m into digital investment pot
Kaspersky repeats offer: America can see my source code
Monday 3rd July 2017 05:23 GMT
An Education for the TLA's
Id expect that seeingthe source code may well show some nifty tricks that the various TLA's don't know about which [cough-cough] put to good use in future NSA hacking tools.
So, what's not to lose by inspecting the source code eh? It does not mean that Kaspersky gets any prefferential treatment when tendering or the likes of MS/Semantec etc would be filing suit in a flash.
Don't ban Kaspersky by law, just don't choose them for sensitive contracts. Even the tweeter in chief should be happy at that sort of deal.
Fancy fixing your own mobile devices? Just take the display off carefu...CRUNCH !£$%!
Friday 30th June 2017 17:02 GMT
RE: iPhone 5S
Tesco were flogging them on a 2yr contract a few months ago. I had to stop and read the sign twice as I didn't believe it. A 3 or is it 4 yr old phone. At least it will run iOS 11 and updates but beyond that??? who knows eh
The Apple boys wanted you to buy an new shiny (unless it is matt black) iPhone 7 whatever. However there are plentiful supplies of iPhone 6's and 6S's at your local Pawn shop. Far cheaper than Apple's gouging.
Dead serious: How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone
US Senators want Kaspersky shut out of military contracts
How to avoid getting hoodwinked by a DevOps hustler
Friday 30th June 2017 06:59 GMT
Re: DevOps!=Bullshit (at least some of the time)
In other words,
it is a pile of steaming dog poo who's smell intensity varies from company to company depending upon how much of the DevOps KoolAid that Management have swallowed.
Great for the MBA Management gobbledgook powerpoint creators but a total PITA for those at the sharp end who have to implement it in some half arsed underfunded way simply to meet some management wonks bonus target. Failure to meet these targets will mean that the whole IT team will be outsourced to India where no one asks questions let alone has the balls to argue with their bosses which guarantees total success before the MBA wonks move on to pastures new and rinse and repeat.
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Ubuntu 'weaponised' to cure NHS of its addiction to Microsoft Windows
Friday 30th June 2017 09:22 GMT
MS won't take this lying down
Their NHS cash cow is far too big a revenue stream to lose.
All power to Leeds but I feel that once MS get their big guns out and start arm twisting in Whitehall it will come to nowt.
But if a properly hardened Linux can be made viable then brilliant and all those naysayers (it seems that many have posted here) will be proven wrong.
My only doubt is the LTS point. I think the NHS needs at least 10 years of support out of a distro. AFAIK, Ubuntu LTS does not give you that. AFAIK (and I am willing to be proved wrong) only RedHat and SUSE do that.
If by making their own distro they can get the 10 years of support then brilliant but anyone who has been around Linux long enough will know that distros come and with all the best will and intentions die after a few years because the people responsible give up or move onto other things. If by paying a company money for support the longevity of the distro can be secured then brilliant.
But as I said at the start of this post, watch out for the MS bully boy tactics.
It's the iPhone's 10th b'day or, as El Reg calls it, 'BILL RAY DAY'
Thursday 29th June 2017 19:15 GMT
Re: "apart from the intuitive UI"
This is still true today, despite a decade of whining from Apple haters about non-removable batteries, lack of SD card and picking and choosing specs where the iPhone is lacking compared to their pet favorite.
And yes they still moan and wail. You forgot to add to the list...
"Walled Garden"
"Apple spyware"
"Lack of a headphone port"
"Sideloading"
"Not Open Source"
"To do anything, I have to root it..."
"Cost, cost, cost"
"Planned obsolescence"
etc
etc
Apple gave millions of people a device that opened up true mobile computing for the masses on the move. They have made a shed load of money from this and a lot of people don't like this. Personally, I have an iPhone (secondhand iPhone 6) because it does what it says on the tin. That is all I need from a device.
Murdoch's £11.7bn Sky takeover referred to competition regulator
America throws down gauntlet: Accept extra security checks or don't carry laptops on flights
HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS
Robocall spammers, you have one new voicemail message: Cut it out!
Tuesday 27th June 2017 10:33 GMT
Re: Voice mail? Are we still in the 20th Centrury?
So there you are driving along and your mobile rings. For some reason the hands free does not work and ... you lose the call. So with you that's it.. With Voicemail, at least the caller has a chance to leave you a message without reverting to all those other mediums you mention for which they might not have your details.
What is it to be eh? Lose the call and all possibility of a big order/contract or let it go to VM so that at least you can call them back and explain that you were driving and that it wasn't safe to take the call?
Please tell me now why VM is not needed?
Linus Torvalds slams 'pure garbage' from 'clowns' at Grsecurity
Despite high-profile hires, Apple's TV plans are doomed
Monday 26th June 2017 11:15 GMT
Do Apple have to compete with Netflix etc?
Their ATV seems to be a not too expensive platform for bringing together lots of different media sources. As it is not tied to a particular broadcaster (eg Sky or Virgin) then it could occupy the middle ground quite easily IF....
IF Apple put the effort into it that is... Like their excellent Airport/Airport Extreme devices, they really don't know what to do with the ATV. It works, no fuss and the U/I is far better than LG, Samsung etc provide for their TV's.
Perhaps one day, Tim Cook might wake up and say, hey, we really have neglected a lot of really good products. Why don't we put a little effort and we can make a lot more money from them. Granted, not the sort of profits the iPhone makes or even the Mac Line (several $B a quarter is not to be sneezed at) but it makes people realise that Apple are not a one trick pony outfit.
But will they be half arsed/bovvered to do this?
Probably not.
Monday 26th June 2017 08:21 GMT
Apple : doomed to fail?
Te-he. How many times has this been said in the past only to be totally wrong eh?
Actually you might be right this time.
However, there is space for the right service at (importantly) the right price.
With Amazon, Hulu, Netflix etc all having a monthly fee which is on top of your Broadband/Mobile fee, I see a space for apple to become a one stop stop where instead of three, four or more $9.99/month fees, you can see the shows you want without the monthly subsctiption. A sort of pay-as-you-view. Then you can mix and match content from a range of services and only get one bill that would be less than the individual subscrtiptions.
That obviously needs the likes of Netflix etc to play ball. Do they want more viewers of their top content at a reasonable price (and probably less pirating) or are they only after more subsctiptions?
We don't know as yet.
Apple will fail as a competitor to NetFlix etc because the studios don't want to deal with Apple. They know only too well that Apple could take over Hollywood if they wanted to and do it with Cash. They'd rather bargain with services that need their output and won't (unless it is Amazon) be able or willing to take them over. Job (and the casting couch) preservation means a lot to Hollywood as they fight to keep their loss making (according to their accounting rules) empire going.
Lots of food for thought.
Intel's Skylake and Kaby Lake CPUs have nasty hyper-threading bug
Monday 26th June 2017 06:26 GMT
Re: Not good news for the new iMac...
The Screen is a whole lot better as is the GPU than the 2009 version but you don't seem to care.
And the problem is probably temporary so won't affect many people (who buys iMac's these days eh?).
but you seem to really not like Apple so carry on hating them even though this problem does not lie with apple but Intel.
Microsoft recommends you ignore Microsoft-recommended update
Monday 26th June 2017 05:25 GMT
Re: MS - Getting more like the inept
Keystone Cops every day.
A great laugh but honestly, they need to grow up and face the facts that their software testing is crap and they should stop releasing anything until they get that sorted out.
More like 'release and be dammed' than 'softly softly'.
Thr World of MS is full of danger. You have been warned.
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