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Comment Re:IT is a customer service group (Score 1) 576

Well then they'll have to turn the damn thing on theirselves, wasting all of 2 minutes.

This is a greater problem than you think. Our policy is that we have to turn off out laptops every evening, it takes 10-15 minutes for my laptop to boot and have Outlook up and running in the morning, this is due to the various crapware it must run in our environment. The newest laptops where I work still take over 5 minutes to boot. Even with the newer laptops that means that in any year employees are loosing half a working week every year waiting for computers to become usable, I seriously doubt any of the IT guys where I work earn less in half a week than the additional electricity costs required to keep their PC running 24x7.

Comment Re:And will be unavailable anyplace else.... (Score 1) 571

4) Your car requires you to have a drivers license to drive, annual inspections/emissions. To make sure you have at least some cursory knowledge of the road rules, and to make sure your car's tail-pipe won't fal off in mid drive. India does not have this.

Not so: http://www.indiandrivingschools.com/driving-license-in-india.html
I suspect 2) and 3) are inaccurate too.

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MS To Slip IE8 Into Vista and XP Through OEMs 289

crazyeyes writes "Microsoft says it's 'optional,' but they are already planning to slip Internet Explorer 8 into all Windows Vista/XP PCs by March. MS claims that IE8 will offer better performance and security. But what about unwanted stuff like 'Monetization opportunities (for OEMs)' and 'These services will be used (by OEMs) to deliver brand exposure... to the users'?"

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