Comment Re:For those of you like me who don't have a clue. (Score 3, Interesting) 74

by twomi on Friday June 28, 2013 @12:04AM (#44129365) Attached to: World's First Tizen Tablet

When was Android last mentioned by Samsung? Their brand lies now with Galaxy, not Android. Samsung Galaxy is basically an industry synonym for Android (high-end) phone today. They likely intend to use this brand value to eventually ship Tizen phones as Galaxy phones, and if skinned with same UI and some Android compatibility layer for apps, nobody is missing Android.

Comment Re:MSE fails genuine check, no install, on validat (Score 1) 175

by twomi on Thursday December 23, 2010 @02:40PM (#34653604) Attached to: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Released

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msestart/thread/22930cda-a0bd-4263-890b-ddf812859ca4

3rd hit on Google. You must be a project manager.

You missed the point by a mile, so that probably makes you upper management... 1) This "fix" you reference doesn't work for me. Yes, I can google for stuff. 2) Users shouldn't have to jump thru hoops like this, _ever_. If you think making legit users do things like this is acceptable... well, I'm sorry for you. 3) M$ seems to have at least three different ways to check for activation status (the one at System Properties, one at Web and one at MSE)... WTF?

Comment MSE fails genuine check, no install, on validated (Score 3, Funny) 175

by twomi on Sunday December 19, 2010 @04:37PM (#34609630) Attached to: Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Released

MSE install fails genuine check on Windows 7 Ultimate and won't even install. Windows is legit and activated and MS website activation passes and says its genuine. Oh well, the good ole trusty M$ quality again...

Comment English speaking world also caught it (Score 1) 1

by twomi on Monday September 13, 2010 @03:05AM (#33558766) Attached to: Anssi Vanjoki resigns from Nokia

English speaking world also caught it: http://www.4-traders.com/NOKIA-OYJ-1412498/news/NOKIA-OYJ-Anssi-Vanjoki-resigns-from-Nokia-13454504/ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/senior-nokia-exec-resigns-ahead-of-london-event-2010-09-13 http://frontierindia.net/hr/anssi-vanjoki-resigns-from-nokia/1915/

Comment Neteller has virtual preloaded Mastercards (Score 1) 242

by twomi on Sunday August 01, 2010 @02:34AM (#33099770) Attached to: Alternatives To Paypal's Virtual Credit Card Service?

See intro about Neteller's virtual MC here: http://public.neteller.com/content/en_GB/cards_virtual.htm

Comment Combining new tech and old tech (Score 1) 227

by twomi on Thursday November 05, 2009 @02:53AM (#29991756) Attached to: Maryland Town Tests New Cryptographic Voting System

How about combining new tech and old tech for a new solution: instead of using pen and paper you use voting machine, which prints your vote on a paper (ballot card), and also stores the vote in some database. You then drop the ballot card for voting box (same as you do now). Electronic votes are used for result approximation and for press and news etc (you can use simpler scheme than in TFA), and the paper votes are still the official result and are counted and verified by hand. Obviously this does not cut down costs, but gives you the security of a current pen and paper system, yet delivering speedy results and other benefits electronic systems have.

Use apt-p2p To Improve Ubuntu 9.04 Upgrade 269

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 12, 2009 @08:16AM from the sharing-it-around dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With Jaunty Jackalope scheduled for release in 12 days on April 23, this blog posting describes how to switch to apt-p2p in preparation for the upgrade. This should help significantly to reduce the load on the mirrors, smooth out the upgrade experience for all involved, and bypass the numerous problems that have occurred in the past on Ubuntu release day. Remember to disable all third-party repositories beforehand."

The Best Gaming PC Money Can Buy 360

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 07, 2009 @09:59AM from the don't-we-post-this-every-few-months dept.

SlappingOysters writes "Gameplayer has gone live with their best PC hardware configurations for Q1 2009. They've broken it into three tiers depending on the investor's budget. And while the prices are regional, it is comparative across the globe. The site has also detailed the 10 Hottest PC Games of 2009 to unveil the software on the horizon which may seduce gamers into an upgrade."

Comment Re:Imagine a DX 10 game on an 800mhz CPU -SSE/MMX (Score 1) 503

by twomi on Sunday November 30, 2008 @05:06AM (#25931545) Attached to: MS Says Windows 7 Will Run DirectX 10 On the CPU

To think that anybody would want to run a DX10 game on an 800mhz no SSE CPU is insane, even considering the company involved.

I want to see someone run DX10 capable Windows on a 800Mhz CPU first, then we can talk about running games on top of that!

How To Lose $7.2B With Just a Few Basic Skills 234

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 01, 2008 @11:23AM from the l33t-skillz-not-required dept.

Cityslacker recommends a Register piece speculating on how a lowly trader at the French bank SocGen was able to lose billions using only Excel VB. The author freely admits that his story is not based on hard sources, but his experience in the banking industry lends plausibility.

Journal Journal: Norway Mandates ODF

Journal by ozmanjusri on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @11:34PM

In another step towards universal free and open electronic documents, the Norwegian government has mandated the use of open document formats from January 1st, 2009.

Three formats have been chosen for all documentation between authorities and users/partners: