OK, I'll give you that. But that is not really issue with iOS - it is more about the platform.

Which is why iOS itself asks you to grant permission to an application that wants to use GPS, and indicates when the internet and GPS is being used. Wasn't there report recently about a spate of Android apps tracking users without consent?

Again, I'll give you that. Again, this is a platform issue and not iOS.

Hmm. You don't like the stock icons. Sorry.

iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are devices designed for end users who care about being able to use their devices productively without having to worry about details like the above. Are you seriously telling me that you will run a packet sniffer every time you download a new application for your Android device?

Your comments that iOS is a pathetic excuse for an OS are based on your perceived experience as a user and not a developer.

Whatever.

How the hell is iOS a pathetic excuse for an OS? Or, like most detractors who simply haven't developed for the platform, are you simply referring to the application launcher?

Whilst I accept that a lot of people presume that the HTML served from their web server is going to be rendered as they intended in the client browser, that is not, and should not be a foregone conclusion. HTML describes content - it is then for the client browser to render that content. Extracting just the content I am interested in is surely a valid use of that content, and unless web sites start to use a different model for their content (i.e. restrictive) then this should not really be a surprise.

I have used Reader, and I personally like it, but I have only used in on a handful of websites that are chock-full of spurious crap other than the content I am interested in.

It's a clit mouse.

My favourite is the tie fighter: ]-o-[

That's no different to pre-ordering from Amazon.

There - I fixed it for you. :)

How about an escrow system where I can pay my money for the game, but don't receive it until the DRM is removed? And if the price drops in the meantime, I get a refund. Or if I decide to cancel, I get a full refund. That way, the developer will see that there are gamers out there wanting to put money in their hands for a legitimate copy of the game, but unwilling to put up with the DRM.

In the meantime, I can download the cracked version... :)

You should try UnixWare, imo it's a lot better than Fedora. And it's backed by SCO, which is a lot larger and older than Red Hat. :p

We actually pay a flat rate charge for most calls, but some are charged additionally. Mostly, people call us though. ;-)

Let me get this straight... the BBC pays for their internet connection, and they will have to pay a tariff appropriate to the bandwidth that they use in providing these services, which covers iPlayer video being delivered from their servers. As a consumer, I pay for my internet connection, and pay a tariff appropriate to the bandwidth that I use in consuming services, included iPlayer video that I download and stream. So if both ends are paid for, what is the problem?

It sounds to me like BT has suddenly realised that they have oversold their services on the basis that not everyone uses their internet connection at the same time. This is a classic telecommunications model. Except that, unlike the telephone, our internet access is largely un-metered (flat-rate charge), and we can use it even when we are not physically present.

Heck, if it really never needs to be upgrades, I would say hang on in there until it works. It will be worth the wait. ;-)

I had a Nortel Meridian 1 a couple of years back, secreted in a cupboard in my study. Anyone who knows the Meridian 1 will know that that is a feat in itself...

Anyway, my company asked me to develop and integration between our call centre software and the Meridian 1, and so I signed up to get the API documentation. My boss thought that I would need access to the PBX for testing purposes, so ordered one and had it delivered to my house.

Honestly, you should have seen my wife's face when she saw that bit of kit. :-)

I know everyone likes eye candy these days, but really, does the look of the Windows UI really make much difference? One of the biggest things I think Microsoft got wrong was to assume that people only cared about what Windows looked like, and really didn't care about how it worked. Now, I'm pretty sure that a lot of people don't care about how it works, as long as it does.