Absolutely. I purchased a utility to add this functionality to Mac OS, which is normally unprecedented for me.

The advent of split-screen has lessened the need for a second monitor to me- but another big alternative is virtual desktops.

I work mostly on a laptop, so second monitor can be a pain to keep hooked up, virtual desktops are a life saver in this instance, because you can group windows together, or generally simulate multi-screen set ups.

You can have your movie back guys- it was rubbish anyway...

Zoom! Enhance!

Not convinced about the practical use for this, your eyes are generally working one step ahead of your hands.

Let's say I'm playing Bejewled in timed mode, where you need to make moves as fast as possible- my eyes are already looking for the next move as my hand makes the move I've just found.

Same goes for browsing the internet or many other tasks, where my eyes are looking at something else while my hands move the cursor to a link or, say, Next Page button...

Ask any guitar/bass player, they're not looking at the note they're playing, they're looking at the next note their hand is going to move to.

Having the cursor track the eyes would significantly slow down a power user I think?

This is why I use TrueCrypt instead of Fire Vault...

Most of my home directory isn't sensitive, I don't want to slow-down and hassle that comes with encryption on it.

So all my stuff is unencrypted, and then I have a few TrueCrypt volumes with stuff that I DO want encrypted.

I don't tink the two are directly related, although it wouldn't surprise me if the 'sources' of both scams are links or even the same.

I've had scattered reports of these phone calls over here, I hear about it every now and then, but it's sporadic. Not sure how these calls are targeted.

I've spent the past month clearing up the fall out of this explosion of Fake AV... It's the most common issue I see on computer in my repair shop these days, and has been for a few years now, but this confirms why it's been so hectic the past couple of weeks!

I am amused that AVG are going on about it when, like the rest of the mainstream antivirus products, AVG itself cannot prevent or remove these Fake AVs- by the time the user brings their computer to me, AVG, or any other antivirus is broken and crying in the corner of C:\Program Files, or just gone completely.

As with TPB case, this is about Intent.

Google is not meant for searching for pirated material.

IsoHunt is a website designed and intended for sharing pirated material.

Just because some people use a crowbar to break into a house doesn't make a crowbar inherently evil, but put the crowbar in a Burglar's Toolkit, and then you've got a kit intended for crime.

As with TPB, I hope the IsoHunt guys win, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking their argument is justified, and they're on a par with google- their argument is a pedantic technicality.

If it's semi-conductive, does it need to be earthed over a long run?

One advantage of fibre is the electrical isolation, no interference, and no potential difference between buildings.

Does having a semicondictive core erase that?

Even if this was a super evil virus tool, it's got the same problem that every other mac 'virus' has- How do you get it on the system?

The last so-called 'Mac Virus' required roughly the following steps:

1. Go to dodgy porn site
2. Attempt to watch shady video
3. Download dodgy video codec no one's every heard of in order to watch shady video
4. Mount DMG file of dodgy video codec no one's every heard of
5. Run installer for dodgy video codec no one's every heard of from DMG
6. Enter an administrator login for installer for dodgy video codec no one's every heard of

That wasn't a virus, it was a cleansing of the biggest idiots from the mac community.

Why will this be any different? There's a billion remote admin tools that can be used maliciously for OS X- but it's not a trojan unless you can install and configure it without the user knowing, or better yet without them doing it themselves.

I've done the whole Sit In Costa Writing My Book On My MacBook thing, not out of pretense, but just because I write well in that environment.

And then one sunday, I walked into the same costa, and every- EVERY single table had at least 3 laptops on it, with school kids on MyFace and trailing charger leads to wall sockets.

I turned around and walked out, not wanted to be part of that horrific sight.

I think it's okay to have one or two laptops in a coffee shop, but it really can get excessive, and then it makes the shop a place to avoid.

Personally though, so long as they're not making noises, I don't see the harm in portable devices (iPad, Kindle, etc...) -they're not nearly so invasive as laptops are.

I disliked this idea from the start. I'm no catholic, but I can see well enough what confession is for, and a big part of it is the symbolist action of going to a church...

No, I am Alex Tapanaris. ...and maybe Spartacus.

I'm not so sure... The problem with Tablets and touchscreen phones is that while you have the freedom of having a custom input (virtual keyboard, handwriting recognition, virtual gamepad...), the input interface and your hands get in the way of what's on the screen.

Most smart phones loose the best part of half the display as soon as the virtual keyboard is visible.

The twin-touchscreens allow you to have the freedom of custom input that can change to be anything you want, but even if you cover the lower screen with a full size keyboard (which might be the first virtual keyboard not to suck), you still have a completely clear upper screen to look at.

Why does this stuff keep making the news?

There are at least five mobile phone manufacturers out there using Android, where as iOS and BlackBerry are used by one manufacturer each.

It's not a straight comparison. Android vs. Windows Mobile is a comparison, because they're both operating systems being used by several OEMs.

But everyone seems to be crowing in triumph that five or more OEMs have collectively sold more phones than one. That's not news.