Comment Re:Irony? (Score 1) 476
Well, they're entitled to 'complain' just as all third party Twitter clients 'complain' about limitations in the Twitter API.
That 'complaint' wont go anywhere, however.
Comment Re:The joys of proprietary software (Score 1) 476
Then less people will choose to buy a Windows powered phone. Just as Apple have tried to keep third party apps from their devices, Microsoft will soon learn that it slows sales and alienates users.
Comment Re:3 users (Score 1) 476
oh snap!
Comment Irony? (Score 3, Informative) 476
If Google are in fact doing this, then I can fully understand why Microsoft would be justified to complain.
However given Microsoft's past tactics in trying to undermine the competition, perhaps they should eat humble pie.
Anti-competitive browser tactics through bundling, non-compliant standards (IE6), deliberately making it hard for SAMBA to integrate with AD, these are just two things that have personally turned me against Microsoft in the past.
More recently, launching Twitter campaigns to try and spread Android FUD and on the other complaining that Google aren't playing fair? Take a look in the mirror Microsoft.
Comment Re:Must be nice (Score 5, Insightful) 401
If I had mod points I would mod you up.
Most articles on the BBC are followed by comments by people who do not understand the fundamental workings of the organisation. The BBC is an independent news organisation. It does not have to bend to the will of governments or advertisers. That is it's huge advantage over commercial news and TV broadcasts. You only need to watch some US news shows to understand why this is preferable to commercial TV news.
Comment Re:Only credential holders? (Score 1) 196
And then the reporter can re-tweet them? Surely if the reporter didn't write the tweet then they're not the ones breaking the rules?
Comment Re:LOL (Score -1, Flamebait) 318
Did you realise that switching to AC would make it less obvious that you replied to your own post?
The point wasn't interesting. No replies doesn't mean "add your own".
Comment Re:Good to see (Score 1) 113
i see what you did there :)
Tweeter To Be Prosecuted, Twitter Now Censoring? 195
Andy Smith writes "Slashdot has already covered the super-injunctions furore in the UK, with one famous footballer going after an anonymous Twitter user who broke a court order and revealed his extra-marital affair. Now another footballer has asked the attorney general to prosecute a well-known journalist and TV personality, who went against another super-injunction and wrote about this footballer, again on Twitter. Meanwhile, going back to the first footballer, it looks like he's got Twitter running scared, as the site is apparently blocking his name from appearing on the trend list, despite him being one of the most tweeted-about people."
Comment Re:Think of the children (Score 4, Informative) 198
Its not exactly like they have cameras in their bedrooms.
I think they'e already started exactly that.... "CCTV cameras were installed, including in their bedroom. Social workers explained that the cameras were there to observe them performing their parental duties and for the protection of their baby." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/3507238/Social-services-set-up-CCTV-camera-in-couples-bedroom.html
Comment jboss in production (Score 1) 227
I've been working here for 3 years and have continually pushed FOSS at everything we can use it for.
Currently our intranet is running MediaWiki, our mail servers are postfix, monitoring is cacti and nagios and our production systems are running JBoss and Apache.
I'm pretty sure this is mainly because I have a deep routed love for free stuff and believe that it represents a better offering in terms of support, ease of use and cost.
Comment Re:Stupid (Score 1) 496
there's nothing to say that windows won't automatically download these during the initial setup.
if there's a wizard to select to have them automatically download during windows first boot, then that would be a good way of helping n00bs out.
Submission + - Australian police chief seeks terror reporting ban (news.com.au)
DJMajah writes: News.com.au reports that Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty has called for a media blackout on reporting of terrorism investigations and cases before trial in a speech to the Sydney Institute last night. Although he doesn't believe public institutions be immune from public accountability, he goes on to say that public discussion should be delayed until information is made available by the courts or legal proceedings are complete. This all comes after last years widely reported case of Dr. Mohammed Haneef who was detained then later deported from Australia on evidence described as weak — and seen by some including Haneef as a conspiracy.
Submission + - RIAA drops another case (blogspot.com)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Once again the RIAA has dropped a case "with prejudice", this time after concluding
it was the defendant's daughter, rather than the defendant, that it should have sued
in the first place. In a White Plains, New York, case, Lava v. Amurao, mindful that in similar scenarios it has been held liable for the
defendant's attorneys fees (Capitol v. Foster and Atlantic v. Andersen), the RIAA this time went on the offensive over its attorneys fee exposure, even though there was no attorneys fee motion pending, arguing that it was the defendant's
fault — and not the RIAA's — that the record companies sued the wrong person, because the defendant didn't tell them that his daughter was the file sharer they were looking for."
Should Apple Give Back Replaced Disks? 446
theodp writes "As if having to pay $160 to replace a failed 80-GB drive wasn't bad enough, Dave Winer learned to his dismay that Apple had no intention of giving him back the disk he paid them to replace. Since it contained sensitive data like source code and account info, Dave rightly worries about what happens if the drive falls into the wrong hands. Which raises an important question: In an age of identity theft and other confidentiality concerns, is it time for Apple — and other computer manufacturers — to start following the practice of auto mechanics and give you the option of getting back disks that are replaced?"
