Comment What about the rest of the World? (Score 1) 230
Not every country uses 30/60fps like the USA, why not release them in 25/50fps too?
Submission + - Microsoft Asks Google to Takedown BBC, TechCrunch, CNN, US Gov, Wikipedia URLs (paritynews.com) 1
hypnosec writes: Recent Microsoft DMCA takedown request to Google has targeted some of the most well-known sites in the cyberspace – BBC, TechCrunch, Wikepedia and HuffPo among others. Microsoft has sent out the take down requests stating that the URLs are involved in illegal distribution of its Windows 8 Beta operating system. The list of URLs contain 4 from BBC, 4 from Wikipedia, 1 each from HuffPo, TechCrunch, CCN, Washington post, Science Direct, and CBSlocal. None of the URLs listed for these sites and surprisingly half of the URLs listed under the section – “WINDOWS 8 BETA” of DMCA complaint actually don’t have anything to do with Windows 8 at all.
Comment Re:Why not hardware manufacturers? (Score 1) 809
Do you honestly think that retail outlets will even consider selling computers without those stickers?
That's a tough question. At first we all assume that the stickers must be pretty important, but my guess (pre-looking-at-evidence) is that most retail sellers would in fact be willing to do just that, since users never asked for those stickers in the first place; they're ads.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. When Windows 8 comes out 'Windows 8 certified' will be all over the adverts and retailers such as PC World and Comet will be expected to say things like "this computer is better than that one because it is Windows 8 certified".
Comment Just 3 for me (Score 1) 280
Linux on all my computers and server at home
Android on my phone and TV box
Windows at work - not my choice :(
Does Rockbox on an iPod also count?
Comment Re:UK isn't England (Score 0) 253
Don't worry Microsoft can't even release a version of Windows that uses the proper version of English rather than the American version! Favorits, color etc.
Comment Re:This is what happens with kings/queens (Score 5, Informative) 253
I think you'll find that the extra day off is next Tuesday and not this Friday. Oh and Ubuntu has been showing the correct bank holiday for at least a year.
Comment Re:They haven't lost it (Score 1) 211
I'm sure they used to do things to speed it up like sending the most viewed pages more often and I've seen some services - ARTE for example - where the pages counted down rather than up, but they also showed messages instead of the clock too. ISTR there were some extensions to the original teletext that would allow up to 4096 colours and other special effects.
Comment Re:Patents in question (Score 1) 180
I'm sure I've seen this in some of the more expensive programmable remote controls where the display changes to show different buttons after you've pressed one button.
Comment What about Apple? (Score 1) 197
Does this mean that Apple will get sued for their iBook?
Comment I don't own a cell phone.. (Score 1) 396
I own a mobile phone instead!
Comment Re:Not at all. I've had a house built. (Score 2) 317
The factory where I work which must be over 60 years old, there are redundant cables and pipes everywhere. It would cost far too much money to figure out what is redundant and then remove it without disrupting anything else.
Comment Re:There's no need for that complexity. (Score 1) 551
And while the original article was about New Zealanders, we're Americans.
Speak for yourself, but I refuse to be bundled in with the assumption that everyone on here is American. Here in the UK, I found it amazing that it was OK for a disabled person to park in a parent & child space if the disabled spaces were used, but not the other way around.
Comment Re:My daughter was extremely upset as well. (Score 1) 228
They also think they have control over a website running on a foreign server too though.
Comment Re:My daughter was extremely upset as well. (Score 1) 228
Why exactly does the USA think it has jurisdiction over someone living in another country?
Comment Which aspect ratio? (Score 3, Interesting) 267
As the series was originally in 4:3 ratio when it was shown on TV, are we going to have a pillarbox or cropped wide screen transfer when this is put onto blu-ray?
