Comment Re:Err...What?? (Score 1) 330
Oh dear, that doesn't look at all comfortable to use.
I can't imagine trying to conver those buttons in those positions if i needed them
Comment Re:Err...What?? (Score 1) 330
Yes, i can't quite see "Is that a Wiimote in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" working with the new one
Comment Err...What?? (Score 4, Insightful) 330
They call that a controller? Yeah maybe for a giant. The way the Wii was designed in the past you want real movement and reflexes with the controller.
Just thinking back to those people who accidentally threw their Wiimotes into their TVs, can you imagine the mess that one would cause
Comment Re:Very good for computer novices. (Score 1) 330
According to the link you can switch back and the video even shows that functionality. Not sure what i think of this new interface, i liked the ribbons once i'd worked out where everything was, but this looks a bit to touch-orientated to be running as your standard desktop interface. I'll give it a try and possibly just disable it if i don't like it
8-Year-Old Receives Patent 142
Knile writes "While not the youngest patent recipient ever (that would be a four year old in Texas), Bryce Gunderman has received a patent at age 8 for a space-saver that combines an outlet cover plate with a shelf. From the article: '"I thought how I was going to make a lot of money," Bryce said about what raced through his brain when he received the patent.'"
Comment Re:"Pirate finder general" (Score 1) 332
Aah, but its a Pirate Finding General.
That means he'll be stuck back on dry land in Britain waving his fist in the approximate direction of Somalia
Comment Guy Fawkes (Score 4, Interesting) 332
That's the thing the politicans don't understand.
We celebrate Bonfire night not because he failed to blow up parliament but because he had the idea.
We're all just waiting for the next guy to come along and pull it off
Comment Pfft (Score 5, Funny) 198
::Sony BIOS SCREEN::
Virtualization: Disabled
Complimentary Rootkits: Enabled
Comment Uh Oh (Score 1) 3
Oh well it was nice knowing you all
*runs off to write will*
Comment Hmm (Score 1) 12
Surprised this isn't on the main page yet!
What time do the editors get up :)
Submission + - Do your company provide private home-folders? 2
fluor2 writes: Most companies provide a home dir which is pretty much private for the user. Here, the user can store documents only intended for private storage. E.g. internal job applications, personal letters to the boss and other similar data. The boss tells us, the IT department, to get rid of the home directory for our users.
Arguments are that we do no longer want to store any "private data", thus we can open up most of the data at all levels in our company. Private data should be stored on the local disk (a separate C:\Private or similar), or on private USB equipment or similar. In conclusion: out of sight from the company. I personally fear that people will bring private equipment into work and thus increase the chances of 3rd party driver crashes and similar. And I do not want people to spend time on backing up private data. After all, it's only a few gigs at average per user.
What is Your company's policy on home-folders?
Arguments are that we do no longer want to store any "private data", thus we can open up most of the data at all levels in our company. Private data should be stored on the local disk (a separate C:\Private or similar), or on private USB equipment or similar. In conclusion: out of sight from the company. I personally fear that people will bring private equipment into work and thus increase the chances of 3rd party driver crashes and similar. And I do not want people to spend time on backing up private data. After all, it's only a few gigs at average per user.
What is Your company's policy on home-folders?
Submission + - The Google OS is Announced (blogspot.com) 2
popdookey writes: "It's true, it's real, and it's announced. Google will have an OS aimed at netbooks, and it will co-exist with Android. It will be fast booting, all applications will run over the web, and they will be supported through any standards-compliant web browser. The announcement is here, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html"
Submission + - Google Plans to Introduce a PC Operating System (nytimes.com)
kraksmoka writes: ""In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal computer based on its Chrome browser, according to two people briefed on Google's plans. The details of the technology could not be learned, but Google plans to make the announcement on a company blog on Wednesday afternoon, this person said.... in a recent interview, Marc Andreessen, who developed the first commercial browser and co-founded Netscape, compared Chrome into an operating system, "Chrome is basically a modern operating system," Mr. Andreessen said. Google has also long customized a version of the Linux operating system for use internally." Our desktops may never be the same. . ."
Comment What good will this do (Score 5, Insightful) 252
Problem is BT estimates that it will cost upwards of £5Bn to do FttC.At 50p a month even if every household paid this.
It would still take 37.9 years to raise that amount. Its totally pointless, further more the problem in the UK is that all the politicans and BPI seem to have gotten it in their heads that all file-sharing is illegal regardless of whether it is family videos or the latest cinema release.
Comment Re:New title required.... (Score 5, Funny) 203
Oh i think our Government does have that patent somewhere, remember we did own most of the world at one point,
so we must have spawned the cluelessness of other governments.
