Comment Re:Extensions (Score 1) 202
add xmarks to that too, working fine here, as are all my add-ons, including !
Submission + - NVIDIA Tegra SoC to power new Zune HD (pcper.com)
Vigile writes: Last month Microsoft announced the upcoming Zune HD with an impressive set of specifications including a 3.3-in 480x272 OLED multi-touch screen, support for 720p output over an HDMI connection, HD radio receiver and more. What wasn't known at the time was that NVIDIA's new system-on-a-chip known as Tegra would be powering the entire device. With impressive specifications like the ability to playback an SD video stream using just 150mW of power and output audio using just 20mW, Tegra could actually give the Zune HD a competitive advantage over the iPod touch for the first time. Additionally, with Flash acceleration coming to the Tegra platform very soon, the Zune HD will finally have a killer feature unavailable to iPod/iPhone users.
Submission + - Plans for "broadband levy" on landlines in (bbc.co.uk)
therealmorris writes: The Digital Britain report in the UK lays out plans for a 50p per month (£6/$9.80 per year) levy on all fixed line phones to pay for faster internet access for everyone.
"Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access. The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies. The proposal is part of the Digital Britain report outlined by Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw in Parliament. The report also includes a pledge to curb unlawful file sharing by giving regulator Ofcom new powers to identify persistent pirates. "
"Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access. The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies. The proposal is part of the Digital Britain report outlined by Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw in Parliament. The report also includes a pledge to curb unlawful file sharing by giving regulator Ofcom new powers to identify persistent pirates. "
Submission + - Adobe opens up the RTMP protocol (adobe.com)
damirn writes: We've been waiting for this one and finally, here it is! Adobe opens up the RTMP protocol specification as they promised. Grab the docs, fix your bugs and implement the remaining bits of your FMS replacement!
Comment Re:In a word, it sucks (Score 1) 310
Do you really think Microsoft would re encode every video on the internet into wmv just for this? It's flash. +5 interesting?!
Submission + - DEA Agent Outed as Troll on Anti-Polygraph Website (antipolygraph.org)
An anonymous reader writes: AntiPolygraph.org, a website critical of federal polygraph policy, has publicly identified a user of its forum who was banned for alleged violations of the site's posting policy as Special Agent Shawn Hacking of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division.
Comment Re:I miss TF (Score 1) 88
I feel like I'm gonna open a whole can of worms... but why can't you play it if it's on steam?
Comment Re:Yet another new version (Score 1) 386
What's Windows 2003?! And what is it that you can no longer do in 7?
UK Gov. Clueless About Own Internet Blacklist 203
spge writes "Computer Shopper magazine has interviewed the UK Home Office about its relationship with the Internet Watch Foundation and discovered that the government doesn't actually know what the IWF does, although it still plans to force UK ISPs to subscribe to the IWF's blacklist. The main story makes for interesting reading, but the best bit is the full transcript of the interview. Short version: the IWF investigates suspected child porn websites and adds any it finds to a list that ISPs can use to block these sites; uk.gov wants ISPs to use this list; however, the IWF is not an official government organization, does not appear to have legal permission to view child pornography, and quite possibly is breaking the law by doing so."
Comment Re:Please kill ActiveX (Score 2, Informative) 380
Windows Update on XP and earlier yes, but Microsoft finally made it a separate app for Vista. At least I hope it doesn't still use ActiveX...
Firefox Exec Says Windows Bundling Is a Bad Idea 413
eldavojohn writes "The Firefox executives say they don't want to be bundled with Windows. Firefox architect Mike Conner also said this of Opera, 'Opera's asserting something that's provably false. It's asserting that bundling leads to market share. I don't know how you can make the claim with a straight face. As people become aware there's an alternative, you don't end up in that [monopoly] situation. You have to be perceptibly better [than Internet Explorer].' He also told PCPro that they are worried about becoming the next monopoly just like Microsoft is now."
Comment Re:First sink money and then lay off the best. (Score 1) 361
If I'm honest, can't say I do remember the closure of Bungie. Nice to see they can still make games when they're closed though (Halo 3: ODST)
Comment Re:Oh, that's what made Vista fail!? (Score 2) 672
Or, making what was arguably Vista's best and at the same time worst feature (UAC) something that works without making itself so intrusive as to be the first time users desire to disable?!
Funny, since that is one of the things they've done! It's really easy to change the UAC level of annoyance, and at default it doesn't kick in on user initiated actions and is generally much less annoying than in Vista (which in my opinion wasn't that bad anyway!) Try the beta, you might be pleasantly surprised.
