Re: April Fool??
The trojans don't get onto your PC magically because Java is enabled, but because you visit a compromised site while it is enabled.
Therefore enabling Java while using one specific, trusted site, is very low risk.
Posts by JDX
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Mac Java hole exploited by wild Flashback Trojan strain
Ice Cream Sandwich gives Android mobes brainfreeze – Sony
Monday 2nd April 2012 16:49 GMT 
Re: So why are people obsessed with getting the latest Android?
Isn't this just showing Google are finding out that creating an OS is hard? We don't rush out to get the new version of Windows or even MacOS until seeing how it turns out after all, and they have public betas/RCs as well... even more reason to be cautious with Android when AFAIK a new version is totally unknown territory for the huge majority?
Terrafugia flies first prototype: Flying cars 'within a year'
Internet Explorer nibbles browser rivals, swells by 1%
Monday 2nd April 2012 16:06 GMT
Um, I thought MS did that now? Most people would still pick IE if they knew nothing about it since it's the official one by the OS company.
The fact people switch from IE9 less than they do IE7/8 shows your argument is not totally good - people are less dissatisfied with IE9 than other versions. That's because IE9 is now at worst tolerable - no strong incentive for people to switch.
Monday 2nd April 2012 16:01 GMT
idiot
"Internet Explorer the Ford Focus or browsers, everyone's got one, but it's not very good.
Opera, the Ferrari of browsers, really great, but only a small amount of people know how good it really is.."
Except a Ford Focus is a better car than a Ferrari in terms of reliability, usefulness, etc as well as cost.
Nokia v Apple nanoSIM format war: Victor will be named next month
What does the Titanic's sinking tell us about modern science?
Groupon bungles figures, slides $65m into the red
Apple drops 'thermonuclear' patent bombshell
Sugar content now to be measured in Cadbury Creme Eggs
Saturday 31st March 2012 09:12 GMT
Re: @John 137 (was: For the record ...)
>>Voicing a personal opinion on one of the food groups warrants an ad hominem attack in your mind?
No, you stated as fact "With that said, the outer shell of these things is not now, and never has been, chocolate." That marks you as ignorant as well as a snob.
And please, I know you think it's cool to throw around the phrase "ad hominem" because, as a pretentious nitwit, you want to look clever, but please learn what it means rather than parrot stuff you read on the internet.
Thanks.
Apple products now found in half of all American dwellings
Visa and MasterCard warn of credit card data breach
Saturday 31st March 2012 09:59 GMT
Is this me?
My MBNA Visa card suddenly stopped working only yesterday and when I contacted them it was due to "VISA warned us you had a transaction with a suspected compromised merchant in the last year". Is that likely to be the same thing and they didn't want to tell me the true story? Or an unrelated coincidence - it happens from time to time?
Vote now for the WORST movie EVER
Friday 30th March 2012 13:13 GMT
Seriously?
Out of every film ever made people are nominating WOTW, Avatar & Titanic? That's equivalent to asking a teenager "who's the greatest black man ever" and being told "Obama".
You're confusing "not liking" with "bad". A 'worst film' should be terrible in every possible department - no redeeming graces AT ALL. Terrible music and SFX must be included in that.
For "worst recent popular blockbuster" which is what most of these are, I nominate the remake of "Day the Earth Stood still" even though nominations are shut :)
A million TVs to go dark across London
Thursday 29th March 2012 16:30 GMT
Re: South East News Bias ? - Nahhhhhh.......
"Never met anyone from London who isn't obsessed with other parts of the country having a chip on their shoulder.
Everyone hates London because it is a shithole lived in by shit people."
No chip there at all. Now where's that Michael McIntyre sketch...
'People expect privacy on Facebook and Twitter'
Munich's mayor claims €4m savings from Linux switch
Friday 30th March 2012 09:05 GMT
Re: hmm
>>getting their work done quicker and cheaper
Please do explain why using Linux increases productivity for the average worker? I've never heard even Linux fans claim their software is easier to use than Windows software - they normally take the "it's a bit more complex but more powerful, I like the control over how it works" line. Which is not what a typical secretary wants at all.
So LibreOffice may be AS easy to use as MS, but I fail to see how it's going to make people more productive.
Thursday 29th March 2012 20:42 GMT
Hmmm
So they were already running Windows but they would have had to spend £millions on new hardware so they could run Windows, whereas they could keep the hardware for Linux.
I'm rather surprised the saving is that great - I thought the discounts at this level were very high - and that they are having fewer support issues.
However what about the fragmentation issues, whereby different cities could all pick different Linux versions, etc? If/when a vulnerability arises, each is on their own. Maybe that's a problem for another decade though - not until Linux is roughly as popular as Windows.
Charge of the Metro brigade: Did Microsoft execs plan to take a hit?
Digitech iPB-10 guitar effects pedalboard for iPad
TopWrite
Chinese to burn iPads in upcoming celebrations
Apple IP details tech for 'iTV' innards
Adobe reels in game coders with a quick free Flash
High school student expelled for dropping F-bomb in tweet
Wednesday 28th March 2012 10:38 GMT
Is it so bad?
Firstly, schools have always expelled students for things they do out of school if they find out, and if they think it reflects badly on the school.
Secondly, swearing is obviously a small thing, but publishing it to the world is different. If the student had made flyers with this and posted them all over the school/town, it would not be newsworthy.
The issue is people claim Twitter is their personal 'voice', yet it it is visible to the entire planet. Nobody can decide what traditional way of being a dick that corresponds to.
However I do not like the idea of automated twitter surveillance and for the record, it seems unworthy of more than a suspension at the most. Unless of course he's on probation for being a prat in the past, which would conveniently not get reported.
Amazon names date for Kindle Touch touchdown
Solar power towers overpower PV panels by 20X
Harry Potter e-books go on sale
Tuesday 27th March 2012 20:59 GMT
Re: Thank goodness for that
EVERY book will exist in some dodgy scanned format if more than a handful of people want it. So what? I don't believe that most people would think it was fine to download such a version simply because a legit digital version doesn't exist.
Those who would get a free pirate version - especially those who would use DRM as some kind of moral justification - would do the same thing even if legit paid versions existed from the start, just as they do with film, music and software.
Wii U graphics said to be no better than current consoles
Tuesday 27th March 2012 16:30 GMT
Re: Reasons for Nintendo not to include graphics at more than 1080p
>>how many TVs do you see that arent 1080p?
Absolutely loads. Many, many people bought 720p/1080i TVs as little as a couple of years ago (maybe even now?) since they are a fair chunk cheaper and 1080p is currently only of use for blu-rays.
Microsoft censors Pirate Bay links from IM
Tuesday 27th March 2012 13:21 GMT
TPB is doing nothing illegal in their country
Oh come on. When things that "should" be legal are illegal (like making digital copies of your own DVDs) people scream about how it's about "right and wrong not petty laws". When it's something that is absolutely clearly immoral, suddenly "it's not technically illegal".
James Cameron back from dive to world's deepest point
Tuesday 27th March 2012 09:22 GMT
Re: "I had this idea that life would adapt to the deep"
>>so why would there be anything alive down there?
Because if nothing can live there easily, that means it is uncontested. Many very extreme environments support super-specialised life forms which find the lack of competition makes the unbearable just bearable.
It's a reasonable theory life would be down there... in fact I bet microscopic life does exist there.
Smoked by Android: Microsoft coughs up free laptop
The future of the fondleslab belongs to the Fire
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