scaryfish - Slashdot User

Comment Re:People usually prefer What they're used to... (Score 1) 697

by scaryfish on Saturday January 06, 2007 @10:19PM (#17493674) Attached to: Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista

Actually I do remember when it used to do that. Not for CDs but for floppies, or thumb-drives. Thing is, every drive had a "desktop" and a "trash", so when you dragged a file from a floppy to the desktop, it didn't copy it to your computer's hard drive, but merely moved it to the desktop area of the floppy. So when you ejected it, the file went greyed-out. Of course, this was back under OS 9, it seems to have changed under OS X.

MP3 Transmitters Now Legal In the UK 125

Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 23, 2006 @11:30PM from the yay-listening dept.

SilentOneNCW writes "From December 8th, it will be once more legal to own and operate an MP3 Transmitter in the UK, primarily used to convey music between an MP3 player such as Apple's iPod to your home or car stereo. The device was originally banned because their transmissions can override and interfere with legal radio stations, which is prohibited by the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949. Strong consumer demand for the devices and pressure from Liberal Democrats were among the primary motivators for the amendment."

Windows Chief Suggests Vista Won't Need Antivirus 361

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 09, 2006 @10:52PM from the steadfastly-bulletproof dept.

LadyDarth writes "During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin, while touting the new security features of Windows Vista, which was released to manufacturing yesterday, told a reporter that the system's new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Vista without antivirus software installed."

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