Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:Not replacing PCs after all (Score 1) 328

A touch interface is much easier for some people to use than a mouse.

But they suck balls for highly dense knowledge work. The precision is not there. Go ahead... Select a single character in the middle of a word on your tablet. I dare you. And PCs are eventually going to be the people that can not make do with a tablet, and having the tablet interface hurts that function.

Comment Re:Tablet? (Score 1) 328

The article is like saying Toilet Paper will replace tablets since the sales are so much better. It confuses purchase with use. I have a dumb phone and a tablet. I caught grief for a lot of years, but I am starting to get more people asking me about it and considering joining the Luddite band. :) A "phabulet" is too big as a phone with a screen that is still to small for reading anything but twitter and facebook.

Comment Re:Probably malware (Score 3) 149

And even if ALL 13000 were Amazon, that is a tiny percentage of accounts. It would be nice if they had posted the link so you could look for your name. Now it is hidden so the people least likely to be on the list (those with enough clue not to install the malware) can find it in a few minutes, but those most likely to be on the list will have no clue how to...

Comment Re:Idiots (Score 1) 62

The "Microsoft controls the servers in Ireland, so can hoover up everything they hold" case indicates that if a single person in Romania can get the data then the Romanian police can get the data.

I think the South African Police might have something to say about that. Just as an example, of course... http://www.datacentermap.com/s...

Slashdot Top Deals

Are you having fun yet?

Working...