I've installed ad-blockers on many computers...
...and I'm reasonably certain most of the people using these couldn't tell if, or which ad blockers are installed. So I'd say the ad-blocking levels might very well be a lot higher than reported.
Posts by Kar98
67 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Mar 2010
Ad-blocking ‘plateaus’, claims hopeful ad industry
Seagate flashes 60TB (yes, sixty) SSD monster
Three UK: Our MMS prices are up. Get around us with WhatsApp or Skype
Sunday 22nd May 2016 15:58 GMT
Re: Wow, first Canada has worse internet now the UK has worse cellular
In the universe where I have unlimited calling anyway, and callers don't need to worry about how much it will cost them to call a number. Is it local? Long distance? Landline or mobile? Same network or another? Who cares, it all costs the same, i.e. it's already been paid for. $40 for unlimited everything is what I pay. Or in UK terms, about 1 MB of data and three and a half MMS.
Microsoft Surface Book: Shiny slab with a Rottweiler grip on itself
Reminder: How to get a grip on your files, data that Windows 10 phones home to Microsoft
No tit for tat, or should that be tat for tit ... Women selling stuff on eBay get lower bids
Sunday 21st February 2016 06:51 GMT
Boulderdash
Of the 100 most recent entries on my eBay feedback page, buyers and sellers, two members have a user name that identifies gender. All the rest have names like gadgetshop, racers2015, or thedoodahcollector.
Somebody started with a foregone conclusion and went from there with this study.
Microsoft sabotages own Lumia smartmobe flagship launch
Wikimedia sweeps shill accounts after stunt doubles, waterparks scammed
Windows 10 Mobile Build 10512 rolls out, but progress is sloooow
Tuesday 18th August 2015 16:41 GMT 
Are we there yet?
Tried on my 1320 for a few days (as opposed to just a few hours last time I checked it out). Overall, I like what I'm seeing. The new phone app, the added functionality in Cortana, the calculator and the music player, all looking very promising. But I do need my call+SMS filters, quiet hours and weather on the glance screen. Also, I need battery life and a phone that doesn't heat up like crazy. And the My Account app from T-Mobile US (and a few other apps) didn't work anymore. Lenses aren't supported yet either, and I really can't live without custom ring and text tones. But there's nice progress and I think once RTM time comes around, it will all be fixed, right? Right? For now, I went back to 8.1.
'WOMAN FOUND ON MARS' – now obvious men are from Venus
Virtually no one is using Apple Music even though it is utterly free
Friday 7th August 2015 12:06 GMT 
Don't need to be a squeaky voiced millennial...
...to disable Apple Music as soon as it popped up in iTunes. There's only so much entertainment one can take, especially since we're talking about a service here that will analyze your tastes and preferences, and then will force-feed you Taylor Swift.
Oi, idiot fanbois. DON'T buy this gun-shaped iPhone case, mmkay?
Reddit meltdown: Top chat boards hidden as rebellion breaks out
UH OH: Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends
So much for rainbows, Zuck: Facebook staff still overwhelmingly male and white
Phablet for the biz fleet with easy typing: Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
Toyota Yaris Hybrid: Half-pint composite for the urban jungle
Apple about to make Apple TV WAY LESS SUCKY - report
Wednesday 18th March 2015 18:29 GMT
Re: Progress - what progress..?
Oh! Is that what I'm supposed to do with it? Here I am downloading stuff willy-nilly, convert it with handbrake, drop it into iTunes and then watch it on the big TV screen. It also does Netflix and Hulu streaming, but the video quality is a lot better streaming it from the XBox One. Oh, and the free HBO Go activation I found somewhere.
UK government says goodbye sat navs, hello Xbox, e-cigs and Spotify
Kim Dotcom vows to KILL SKYPE with encrypted MegaChat
Bought an iPhone 6 Plus? Odds are you've binned the iPad
Ten Mac freeware apps for your new Apple baby
The Toyota Aygo is PARKtastic ... but it is very much a City slicker
Behold the Lumia 535 NOTkia: Microsoft wipes Nokia brand from mobes
FBI boss: Apple's iPhone, iPad encryption puts people 'ABOVE THE LAW'
Want to buy T-Mobile US? Yours for $35 per share – report
Hello Moto... It's the Nokia Lumia 630
Honey, the satnav app says you're to leave at 6am... Yup. I'll have that coffee off you
Apple patent LOCKS drivers out of their OWN PHONES
Amazon sets FIRE to your living room in bid to shake up TV streaming
Microsoft frisks yet another Android gear maker for patent dosh
Sysadmin job ad: 'If you don’t mind really bad work-life balance, this is for you'
Internet cafés declared 'illegal businesses' in Ohio
Sunday 26th May 2013 22:03 GMT 
Not quite.
That's because these "internet cafés" aren't places where one would go and do some research on Wikipedia for instance or checks one's e-mail, but rather are very obviously fronts for illegal gambling for cash prizes. In the front section of the business, the discerning customer may purloin such essential computer hardware as CRT monitors, parallel port ZIP drives, ISA modems, or PS2 mices. In the backrooms, some redneck's mother-in-law is feeding her social security check into 30 year old arcade game for the chance to win tokens. Which in turn can be turned into cash.
These places /call/ themselves "internet cafés" and computer stores, but really are just fronts for illegal gambling and probably money laundering.
TomTom brandishes new strap-on in Amsterdam: The wristnav
Feeling poor? WHO took all your money? NOT capitalist bastards?
T-Mobile USA inks deal with Apple, will offer iPhone in 2013
Friday 7th December 2012 23:56 GMT
Re: All the 2G you can eat
A, T-Mobile US is currently in the process of refarming their 3G/4G network to the 1900 Mhz band which will allow, for instance, an unlocked iPhone 3GS to connect to the net at 3G speeds.
See airportal.de for updates on the refarming process. Big cities like Dallas and Houston for instance are getting just slathered in 3G coverage as we speak
B, some people just want to have a nice phone and not pay an arm and a leg in monthly fees for the privilege.
Dogs would say: size is important, shape - not so much
The new Mac mini eviscerated with ease
'Sacrifice another goat!: iCloud is Apple's biggest failure before Google
Saturday 21st July 2012 23:30 GMT 
Works just fine
Author must be holding the cloud wrong, because iCloud actually does work. Funny how he didn't manage to come up with an actual example or usage case to demonstrate how it isn't working.
In comparison to former systems like Palm's HotSync and Microsoft's ActiveSync? Holy hell, does it work, and how.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
