I propose that Yahoo gets it's finger out of it's backside and fix Flickr. For months I've been trying to get a "pro" account to upload more photograhs than the standard freebie 200. However like many other complaints in the forums, Yahoo seem to not be bothered in fixing the billing system, many can't log in to even create a billing account, others can't pay or renew what they have. Sounds a bigger problem then just re-arranging how the chairs and desks are in an office for better Feng shui.

This is a question of trust. Remember how Intel released in one of their Pentium line of processors that deliberately leaked the processor ID. Oh sure, you could switch it off in the BIOS, but users DIDN'T trust that, and sales did not go well until the next processor.

Now you're willing to trust Microsoft with an "off switch" to their competition killing lock-out "secure boot" loader. More fool you.

And where are the alternate BIOS manufactureres? About time to shove Phoenix and the rest up their secure behinds.

Skype is about as secure as your mobile phone's GSM chip which has a deliberate flaw (backdoor) to allow hacking of your phone call.

I last changed ISPs a few years ago when my last ISP tried to pull a fast one, changing their terms and conditions to introduce traffic shaping (DPI) instead of buying bandwidth. But it was not just any kind of shaping, they wnated to throttle certain traffic based on time of day, so you could not do work when YOU wanted, but when THEY wanted. They even had the nerve to prioritise their VoIP service over Skype and other such services.

Lucky there was a clause that you can leave penalty free if the ISP changes contract and you refuse to accept it, so that's what I did.

The UK is leading the charge once again in destroying freedom and democracy http://www.channel4.com/news/black-boxes-to-monitor-all-internet-and-phone-data , with their plan to install "black boxes" in all internet providers.. it's for your protection you see, so many nasty terrorists out there http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134333/Why-allowed-spy-Facebook-Twitter-Whitehall-intelligence-chief.html If you don't allow your internet connection to be spied up, you'll be killed....do you want that? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159041/Snoopers-Charter-matter-life-death-says-Met-Police-chief-Home-Secretary-unveils-plans-monitor-website-use.html

The UK already said they will allow access to the information to the USA and to Brussles (EU). Think of all the other crooks, I mean corporations that could do with this information. See, now YOU have to PAY the corporations to prove you're innocent...... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18594105

I have had to make a compromise in using the Nvidia driver. It's a "black box", so you don't know what is in it or how others might be able to improve on it, but on the other hand, it does the 3D work for stuff like KDE, Google Earth or 3D games like Brutal Chess or BZflag.

In Mageia, there is the Nouveau free driver, it works very well for 2D stuff, but does not work for 3D stuff.

So it depends on your requirements, and how wedded you are to the "Free" concept. Having said that, if there was a free driver that does 3D on Nvidia cards, I'd take it.

Considering Skype STILL have not released a 64bit* version or one that works properly with Phonon, I can guess the Linux users will be safe from adverts too. * Static or dynamic are NOT 64bit versions, they drag a whole pile of 32bit junk. It's pathetic as the only application in Linux that refuses to be designed / built for 64bit systems.

So the US steals legitimate users data, and now holding these people to ransom for money to get their data back. Sounds like a mafia gangster mob scheme, or is that what the American government has become, because that's what it looks like to non-US citizens. Land of the free!!!

Red Hat has faith in Microsoft. More fool them!

So that's 30,000 that went through the courts, nice PR spin. How many surveillance ops were mounted WITHOUT court orders?

Things are SO bad in Hollywood, that all those big blockbuster films actually make a loss. All those "poor" multi-millionaire actors, directors, producers can't make any money?!? Hollywood Accounting Why this outright fraud is allowed to continue is anyone's guess. Must have the politicians around the world in media companies back pockets.

How long will it be before the politicians see the problem of software patents as harming their countries own industries? Guess it will never happen, as most politicians are educated as sleazy lawyers, and they are only interested in personal gain.

As patents can be varied just by the language used in it, we should apply for a "as seen on the internet" patent, Amazon don't have that one do they?!

Microsoft are onto a winner with the Win8 design, with thousands of people tearing their hair out trying to figure out how to do things that they've learnt over the years, now have to learn a new way, for NO useful gain whatsoever.... Lots of clips on Youtube like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyc1RVCXvAk