Posts by Teoh Han Hui

Entirely misleading

I've just checked the source link. The GSN is only used by governmental departments.

If only you could ask someone who can actually read Chinese to verify the information, before concocting up this fear-mongering piece...

I may not use Google+ much, but I still want it to stay. At least, they should keep innovating to give Facebook some much needed competition.

Like how "software-defined radio" is rubbish? What a joke this piece of writing (if you can call it that) is.

Privacy?

They should just stop messing with such personal matters, provided that the images are not unsolicited and/or publicly distributed.

GPS

Why GPS? Can't they be synchronized using the delay of receiving the sound waves through the microphone?

Wrong focus?

In the US, most customers are bound to contracts with their carriers and that's what failed it (just like how other unlocked phones never sell well in the US market).

If only they've pushed it out worldwide through retail stores... It was only available in few select markets, and many would like to have a feel of the phone they're buying.

Japan

Isn't similar e-wallet technology very popular in Japan? I really can't see how that'll be more useless than say, a debit or credit card.

Copyright

Are they free to use the artwork (icons etc.)?

Flash

The flash memory is certainly good for random writes. Maybe it will cache frequently accessed data as well (like Intel Turbo Memory)?

build3 != beta 3

I don't think they ever pushed out build2 to the beta channel (due to some failures?).

From the release notes: "v.3.6.4 Beta (Build 3)". It seems like they're officially just different builds of the same beta.

Security through obscurity

"Browsers absolutely should not be able to connect to ports unrelated to HTTP."

Can you really stop anyone from attempting to connect to a specific port? Merely disabling this feature in web browsers sounds like security through obscurity to me.

Promoted from RC2

I went looking for an update before realizing that it's the exact same build as RC2.

Chaos

"Each light could represent a person in the city, who can then choose to control it as desired..."

How will they make that work?

Windows 7

Windows 7 RTM is already in many's hands: MSDN & TechNet subscribers etc.

Performance

Firefox loads slow compared to most other browsers and its UI is less responsive as well. Just make Firefox faster and it will be perfect. JavaScript performance? It won't do any good if the browser itself is sluggish.

Iron Man

Who will be guarding these missile packages then, or are they to be deployed shortly prior to use during wartime?

Leaked

@Major N: It was leaked even before the MSDN/Technet release. Many of the torrents were modified, but one could only tell by hash-checking after downloading.

Wow

I'll be sure to buy one if it's going to be around that price without a contract.

Stark Industries

Stark Industries in the making :P

"... insuring freedom and protecting America and her interests around the globe."

OS

@Anonymous Coward - "Personally, I blame Microsoft - all the spam bots are Windows boxes (the OS fingerprint is detected by the site)."

What has that to do with the OS? It is only natural for you to have such an observation due to the market share of Windows.

Silverlight Flash

$1m lol...

I suppose if Microsoft make Silverlight support Flash content as well they will likely run into legal trouble again.